Reading and speaking 6 a Read the text. What are Azra's favourite
animals? Where do they live?
b Are the statements true or false?
1 Meerkats are black
False They are brown with grey stripes and black ears
2 They ve got a long tail
3 They can stand on two legs
4 They live in pairs
5 They sleep in holes in the ground.
6 They eat fish
7 They can eat scorpions
8 Eagles eat meerkats
7 Work with a partner. Tell him/her about your
favourite animal.
Meerkats
My favourite animals are meerkats. They live
in southern Africa in the Kalahari Desert.
Meerkats are brown with grey stripes and black ears.
They're quite small - about the same size as a rabbit.
They've got a long body and a long tail, but short legs.
They can stand on two legs,
They live in groups. There are between five and thirty
meerkats in a group
They sleep in holes in the ground. Early in the morning,
they leave their holes and look for food. They eat
insects, plants, lizards, eggs and mice. They can even
eat poisonous animals like scorpions and spiders. When
meerkats eat, some of them stand on two legs and guard
the others. That's because some other animals like to eat
meerkats. When the guards see an eagle, a snake or a fox,
they bark and all the meerkats run back to their holes.

I would like to tell you about my hobby -  photography.  When i was 10 (например, здесь надо написать сколько тебе лет) my parents gave me a camera for my birthday. It was not professional, because they are very expensive. I made one landscape photo and saw that it was so beautiful. Honestly i am not a person who likes to be on photos, but the one who likes to make these photos. Also you need to know many things about the light and shade, you need to pay attention to the sun and set the right camera mode and many other things. I think all the hobbies are good enough. For me it's photography and I hope in future this hobby will become my profession.

My hobby is take pictures landscapes, I like when everything that nature has created surprises the eye. It looks very beautiful not only in real life, but also in a picture that can be shown to loved ones, or posted on the Internet. Landscapes on which something unimaginable, which in your opinion nature could not do, but still did, very much surprise, I like this in my hobby. It can also bring me popularity on the Internet, because it is always requested. It's always very beautiful, especially when you take a picture on "Polaroid", and then hang it on the wall. Each picture is my memory that reminds me of the past, calm and very aesthetic. My hobby calms me down, walking through picturesque places and breathing fresh air. Especially to walk in the Park where there are hills, the photos are voluminous.

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Моё хобби фотографировать пейзажи, мне нравится когда всё то что создала природа удивляет глаз. Это очень красиво выглядит не только в жизни, но и на снимке который можно показать близким, или выложить в интернет. Пейзажи на которых что-то невообразимое, которое на ваш взгляд природа не смогла бы сделать, но всё-таки сделала, очень сильно удивляют, это мне нравится в своём хобби. Также это может мне приносить популярность в интернете, по тому что это всегда запрашивается. Это всегда очень красиво, особенно когда ты фотографируешь на поларойд, и потом вешаешь на стенку. Каждая картинка это моё воспоминание которое напоминает мне спокойное и очень эстетичное. Моё хобби меня успокаивает, гуляя по живописным местам и дыша свежим воздухом. Особенно гулять по парку, где присутствуют холмы, фото получаются объёмные.