Write about a natural disaster (70-90 words), using relevant vocabulary + Passives. Use the questions below: 1. What is it? When and where did it happen?
2. How long did it last? What are the results of it?
3. What was the damage? Human victims?
Do not plagiarizel​

First of all, I would like to say a few words about the role of books in our life. I think books are our best friends. While reading we have an opportunity to look into the future or into the past. Books form our values and character. Besides, they help us in self-education. What is more important, books teach us to be kind, hard-working, brave and honest and to understand each other better. I’m really fond of reading. Whenever I have got free time I spend it with a book. There are a lot of famous writers in the world known for their wonderful books but my favourite one is “Oliver Twist” written by Charles Dickens in 1838. This is a very sad story with a happy end though. In his novel Dickens wrote about poverty and an unromantic criminal world. The book also exposed the cruelty with which poor children were treated in London at that time. It tells us about an orphan who was born into a life of poverty and misfortune. He came across lots of terrible events in the early years of his life and it can be stated that “he died several times” but the desire to live and to find justice in this world helped him to survive, to reunite with his lost relatives and to finally become happy. In this book a constant struggle of good and evil is described. You can’t help crying when reading it as you start to live the life of the main character. I truly believe that “Oliver Twist” is a masterpiece of English literature. Summing up I want to say that a book is one of the wonders of the world. We must treat them with great care.


Прежде всего, мне хотелось бы сказать несколько слов о роли книг в нашей жизни. Я думаю, книги – наши лучшие друзья. Читая книги, мы имеем возможность заглянуть в будущее или Книги формируют ценности и характер человека. Кроме того, они в самообразовании. И что наиболее важно, книги учат нас быть добрыми, работящими и честными и лучше понимать друг друга. Я очень люблю читать. Когда у меня появляется немного свободного времени, я провожу его с книгой. В мире существует огромное количество знаменитых авторов, известных благодаря своим прекрасным произведениям, но моя любимая книга – «Оливер Твист», написанная Чарльзом Диккенсом в 1838. Это чрезвычайно печальная история, однако, со счастливым концом. В своем романе Диккенс написал о бедности и лишенном романтики криминальном мире. В книге также описывается жестокость, с которой относились к детям бедняков в Лондоне в то время. Роман повествует о сироте, который был от рождения обречен на бедность и несчастье. В ранние годы на его долю выпадает множество ужасных событий, в результате которых он, можно сказать, «умирает несколько раз», но его желание жить и найти справедливость в этом мире ему выжить, вновь обрести потерянных родственников и, в конце концов, стать счастливым. В этой книге описывается неутихающая борьба добра со злом. Невозможно не расплакаться, читая и сопереживая судьбе главного героя. Я твердо уверена, что «Оливер Твист» – истинный шедевр английской литературы. В заключение я хотела бы сказать, что книга – одно из чудес света. Мы должны относиться к ним с заботой и осторожностью.

Nauryz is the most important holiday in the Kazakh calendar.

Nauryz means ‘new day’, it is celebrated over several days from March 21st and marks Persian New Year which begins on the Vernal Equinox. The month of March is known as Nauryz in Kazakhstan.

Since 2009, there have been officially three days of bank holidays for Nauryz beginning on March 21st. If the holiday falls over a weekend, the holiday will be extended to the following weekdays.

History of Nauryz 

This is a very ancient holiday, known to have been celebrated for over five thousand years by different cultures in central Asia. Certainly noticing that the days were starting to get longer than nights on the exposed plains of the steppes must have come as welcome relief to the tribes living there after a harsh winter.

As with other Spring festivals around the world, traditional customs focus on the idea of renewal, rebirth and a chance to start again. Acts such as house cleaning, settling debts and forgiving past offences by others are common.

Nauryz celebrations today are a mixture of old and new, ranging from preparing rich food to rock concerts. In fact, these days it seems that anything goes in marking Nauryz, with the prevailing rule being the more festive, the better.

Two key traditional elements of Nauryz are feasting, starting with a tasty yoghurt-like dish known as Nauryz kozhe, and the erecting of yurts, or traditional nomad homes.

Nauryz kozhe is the most important dish related to the festival and a main symbol of Nauryz. A yoghurt like dish, Nauryz kozhe is traditionally made with seven different ingredients, which can vary but generally include water, meat, salt, milk, one type of grain (rice, corn or wheat) and two other ingredients. These seven ingredients symbolize the seven virtues of joy, success, intelligence, health, wealth, agility and security.

During Nauryz, in urban areas, traditional felt nomad dwellings called Yurts will be erected. These yurts act as focal points for people to find out more about the culture and lifestyle of the traditional nomads through Kazakh songs, dance and national clothing.

More modern festivities such as firework displays and music concerts will also take place during Nauryz.

In 1926 Kazakhstan became part of the Soviet Union and celebrating Nauryz was banned as the regime did not tolerate any reference to traditional or ethnic heritage as it was seen to detract from the formation of a pure Marxist state and a Soviet ethnicity.

It was only in 1988, shortly before the collapse of the Soviet Union that Nauryz became a holiday once more, and was officially recognised by a presidential decree on March 15th 1991. Since then it has regained its position as the most important and popular festival in Kazakhstan.