Match the words 1–7 to the definitions a–g. (1) cold-blooded a) keen to learn about a lot of different things
(2) cute b) deliberately cruel and showing no emotion
(3) docile c) violent and able to cause serious damage or injury
(4) ferocious d) well-behaved, quiet and easy to control
(5) inquisitive e) lively and full of fun
(6) playful f) trained to stay calm when people are near
(7) tame g) attractive, usually small and easy to like

different people have different tastes and interests. it is impossible for all people to have the same hobbies. hobbies make our life more exciting and engaging. it will be boring to live without various hobbies and interests. if people don’t have passions for something interesting, they will just have one monotonous life. so hobbies make us feel interested in something appealing for us.

as for me, i have many various hobbies. my hobbies have changed throughout my life. when i was a child, i liked to play computer games a lot. now i play them but not with such enthusiasm.

it was time when i went to the swimming pool and was keen on swimming. i did morning exercises every day, in the evening i was running with my best friends. so i was a sportsman in some way.

now i want to make my life creative. i like things out of the box. the life is really bright and marvelous if you can dance in the rain. i watch different films. i often go to the cinema with my friends to watch premiers. theatre is also my cup of tea. there are even more emotions in theatres than in cinemas. and these emotions are sincere.

i like reading. there are so many breathtaking books in the world now. there are different authors, different genres. my favorite book is “gone with the wind” by margaret mitchell. it’s a love story, full of vivid feelings.

my hobby is a part of me, it makes me a real person.

различные люди имеют различные хобби. невозможно всем иметь одинаковые хобби. хобби делают нашу жизнь более увлекательной и захватывающей. и было бы скучно жить без разных хобби и интересов. если люди не будут иметь пристрастий к чему-либо, их жизнь будет однообразной. таким образом, при хобби мы интересуемся вещами, которые привлекают нас.

что касается меня, у меня много разных хобби. мои хобби изменялись на протяжении всей моей жизни. когда я была ребёнком, я любила играть в компьютерные игры. сейчас я играю в них не с таким большим энтузиазмом.

было время, когда я ходила в бассейн и была увлечён плаванием. я делала утреннюю зарядку каждый день, вечерами я бегала с моими лучшими друзьями. в какой-то мере я была спортсменкой.

сейчас я хочу сделать свою жизнь креативной. я люблю необычные вещи. жизнь действительно яркая и волшебная, если вы умеете радоваться ей. я смотрю разные фильмы. я часто хожу в кино с моими друзьями, чтобы посмотреть премьеры фильмов. театр также является моим увлечением. в театре даже больше эмоций, чем в кино. и эти эмоции искренние.

я люблю читать. существует много захватывающих книг в мире на сегодняшний день. есть разные авторы, разные жанры. моя любимая книга «унесённые ветром» маргарет митчелл. это любви, наполненная яркими чувствами.

хобби – это часть меня, они делают меня личностью.

Объяснение:

SCOTLAND

     Although Scotland forms a part of the United Kingdom, it has a distinct character of its own. In area it is more than half as big as England. Its population is, however, only one-eighth as great — about 5 200 000.

     Scotland is a land of romance and it has had a most eventful history. The Picts and Celts lived there before the coming of the Romans to Britain. Those Northern tribes worried the Romans so much that the Great Wall was built to protect the Roman camps in the Northern part of England.

     It was in the 11th century that the Normans began to settle in Scotland. Almost all of Scotland's history is associated with and reflected in many castles and forts that are to be seen all over the country. They are very picturesque, having retained their medieval features: stern, proud, impressive, perched high on a rock or at a hillside. Mary, Queen of Scots, the beautiful Mary Stuart was married in one of them, her son James (who was to become James I of England) was born in another.

     And now some words about the Highlands. For centuries the Highlands were a strange land, where the king's law common to all the rest of the country, wasn't even known, where C Long after the rest of Britain adopted modern ways they kept to the old life.

     In 1603 King James VI of Scotland became King James I of England too, and from then onwards the countries were under the same monarch, though the Act of Union was not passed until 1707. This Act incorporated Scotland with England in the United Kingdom, but the Scots kept their own legal system, religion and administration, centred in Edinburgh.

     Edinburgh – the capital of Scotland has always been admired as one of the most beautiful cities. Glasgow – its second city – always had a bad reputation. It was too often seen as a dirty, run-down urban area. But no longer. The buildings have been cleaned up, the streets are tidy and the people now take an obvious pride in their city. Glasgow was chosen to be the cultural capital of Europe 1890.

Not far from Glasgow there is one of the most famous of Scotland's many lakes (called «lochs»), Loch Lomond. Scottish numerous valleys are known as «glens». Scotland is a country with an intense and living national tradition of a kind only too rare in the modern world. It has its distinctive national dress, the kilt, worn only by men. It also has its own typical musical instruments (the pipes, sometimes called «the bagpipes»), its own national form of dancing, its own songs, language, traditions and education. Scotland has even its own national drink, a fact so widely known that one need only ask for «Scotch».

Notes

      The Picts and Celts – пикты и кельты (племена)

      tribe — племя

      camp — лагерь

      to pass the Act — принять Акт/Закон (в парламенте)

Тranslate using the text

1.полный событий 11.грязная, жалкая местность

2.доставлять неприятности 12.явная гордость

3.заселять 13.не далеко от

4.замок 14.многочисленные долины

5.живописный 15.сохранять

6.средневековые качества 16.располагались высоко

7.законы короля 17.иметь плохую репутацию

8.объединять 18.национальная одежда для мужчин

9.сохранить свою собственную религию 19.волынка

10.иметь плохую репутацию 20.широко известен

2. Comprehension Check. Complete the sentences.

    1. Scotland forms...

    2. The Northern tribes...

    3. Mary Stuart...

    4. The kilt...

3. Answer the questions.

     1. What is the population of Scotland?

     2. Why was the Great Wall built?

     3. Why are there so many castles in the country?

     4. What have you learnt about the Highlands?

     5. When was the Act of Union passed?

     6. What's the country's second city?

     7. What do they call Scottish valleys and lakes?

     8. Are national traditions still alive in Scotland?

4. Put down words, and translate the sentences into Russian.

1. Scotland has … history.

2.The Great Wall was built … in the Northern part of England.

3. Scotland's history is associated with … that are to be seen all over the country.

4. The Highlands were a strange land, where the king's law …

5. The Scots kept their… , centred in Edinburgh.

6. Glasgow was seen … area.

7.People now … in Glasgow.

8. The kilt is … , worn only by men.