I spent my summer holiday very well. I visited the Azove seaside with my relatives. The water was very warm. I liked there - a lot of different kinds of entertainment there: "water mountains", water scooters and discos. All day I was lying in the sun? swimming in the sea and getting a wonderful tan. Later I returned home and spent some time in town. I went out with my friends, read, listened to music, watched TV, played computer games. I spent several days in my summer cottage. I helped my grandpa to dig the garden, to water plants, and to gather fruit and vegetables. Also I was fishing with my grandpa. We were cooking fish together. I enjoyed floating by boat, swimming in the river and helping my grandparents. During my summer holidays I made many new friends, read a lot of interesting books, got to know a lot of useful things. Now I feel ready to get back to school. I am happy to meet my friends and teachers.
The dombra is a beautiful string instrument. They called it the queen of Kazakh instruments. It's got a pear-shaped wooden body with a long neck and two strings. Traditionally people made the strings from sinew but today we are using only nylon ones. The dombra is an instrument with a long history. Many Kazakh families have at least one person who can play it. A man usually play on dombra on its own or use it to accompany traditional songs. It sounds great as part of band, too. Some bands even use electric dombras to create music.
The Tin Whistle.
The tin whistle is a traditional Irish wind instrument that looks like a small flute. Today people make it from a long narrow brass tube with six holes and a plastic mouthpiece. Irish people have played the tin whistle since ancient times and it is one of the most popular instruments in Irish traditional music. We also call it the penny* whistle because in the past many beggars played it in the streets for money. Today, many musicians play it in many styles of music. The theme song of the 1997 film Titanic, 'My Heart Will Go On', features an Irish tin whistle.
water was very warm. I liked there - a lot of different kinds of entertainment
there: "water mountains", water scooters and discos. All day I was
lying in the sun? swimming in the sea
and getting a wonderful tan. Later I returned home and spent some time
in town. I went out with my friends,
read, listened to music, watched TV, played computer games. I spent several
days in my summer cottage. I helped my grandpa to dig the garden, to water
plants, and to gather fruit and vegetables. Also I was fishing with my grandpa.
We were cooking fish together. I enjoyed floating by boat, swimming in the
river and helping my grandparents. During my summer holidays I made many new
friends, read a lot of interesting books, got to know a lot of useful things.
Now I feel ready to get back to school. I am happy to meet my friends and
teachers.
The Dombra
The dombra is a beautiful string instrument. They called it the queen of Kazakh instruments. It's got a pear-shaped wooden body with a long neck and two strings. Traditionally people made the strings from sinew but today we are using only nylon ones. The dombra is an instrument with a long history. Many Kazakh families have at least one person who can play it. A man usually play on dombra on its own or use it to accompany traditional songs. It sounds great as part of band, too. Some bands even use electric dombras to create music.
The Tin Whistle.
The tin whistle is a traditional Irish wind instrument that looks like a small flute. Today people make it from a long narrow brass tube with six holes and a plastic mouthpiece. Irish people have played the tin whistle since ancient times and it is one of the most popular instruments in Irish traditional music. We also call it the penny* whistle because in the past many beggars played it in the streets for money. Today, many musicians play it in many styles of music. The theme song of the 1997 film Titanic, 'My Heart Will Go On', features an Irish tin whistle.