Read the text "Describing appearance". When we speak about somebody's figure, face, hands, feet we mean his or her appearance. A person may be tall,
middle-sized or short, thin or plump. A face may be round, oval or square. In summer some people may have freckles
on their faces. Old people have wrinkled faces.
People's hair may be long or short, thin or thick, good or bad, straight or curly. If it is long it is often plaited. Its colour
may be black or fair, chestnut or red. Old people have grey hair. Women usually have their hair done at the
hairdresser's.​

Yesterday I heard my alarm clock but I went back to sleep. I got up late and ran to the kitchen. I burnt my tongue because the milk was too hot! I also cut my finger on a knife and my butter and jam toast fell on the carpet, on the wrong side of course! Afterwards I hit my foot against the door. Ouch, it hurt! When I opened the door of its cage, my canary flew away. Ten minutes later, I caught him in a net and put him back into the cage. Of course, I left home late and missed the bus. I took my bike and rode to school. It was so cold that my fingers froze. There I had a horrible history test. I was so nervous that I broke my pen and forgot everything I knew. In the afternoon, the PE teacher taught us how to fight. I fought against a big boy who beat me so hard that I lost a tooth. And even worse! Somebody stole my MP3 player in my locker. I couldn't believe it! Fortunately, my alarm clock rang again and I realised it was only a bad dream, a real nightmare! What a relief!

Масленица отмечается во многих странах мира: Великобритании, США, Ирландии, Австралии, Бразилии, Греции, Швеции, Германии, Франции, Исландии. В отличие от России, этот праздник в Европе и Америке длится всего один день. Он проходит во вторник, называемый: Блинный вторник.
Есть много традиций празднования этого дня. В Англии блинные гонки проводятся по всей стране. Мужчины и женщины, принимающие в них участие должны надеть фартук и шляпу или шарф. Каждый из них имеет сковороду с горячим блином. Они должны бросить его три раза во время гонки, длиной 375 метров. В конце гонки блины должны выглядеть такими же круглыми и красивыми, как в начале гонки! Это не так просто!