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Every season has its pros and cons. So lets examine each of them in more detail. . .
Spring (March, April, May) is the most delightful season of the year. Despite of the fact that in spring showers may be observed, many people consider it the best of all seasons. Why it happens so? The thing is, spring signifies something new for us. Its a chance to start all over again, change our life for the better. Only in spring the new life is born buds are opening and flowers are coming out. (, , )- . , , , . ? , - . , . .
As to summer (June, July, August) it is a time to rest and just have fun. Sun shines from morning till night. Adults go on leave, children go on holidays. Most people spend their holidays by the sea. There they may not only get a suntan but also meet a lot of strangers. (, , ) . . , . . , .
Autumn (September, October, November) can be nodivided into two parts the beginning of autumn and the end of it. At the beginning of autumn pupils resume lessons and sit at the school desk again. Summer fades into autumn. But spirits are still high. Soon yellow leaves will fall and this majestic scenery wont let us be sad. The second part of autumn is not as charming as the first. Rains, slush and mud its something that people hate the most. (, , ) . . . . , . , . , - , .
Wintr (December, January, February)is at hand, cold weather is coming. We put on gloves, caps, fur coats and knitted scarves. Sometimes school is put under quarantine so as to prevent the spread of flu. Its the good news for pupils, they have another holiday. Christmas is soon to come. Its snowing outside, kids make snowmen and play snowballs. Soon we will decorate a Christmas tree, hang various balls and tinsels on it. Its time to ring in the New Year. (, , ) , . , , . . . - . , . , . !

Our body is a hard system that consists of so-called parts. Each part of our body has its own task. For instance, we need eyes to see different articles, legs and arms to move and do various things.

Literally our body can be nodivided into a head, trunk and certainly limbs. A forehead, face and mouth belong to a head. A trunk its a neck, belly and a chest. As far as limbs are concerned, its a piece of cake arms, shoulders, hands, fingers, legs as well as feet, toes and knees.

Such parts of the body as head and back are particularly important for us. Brain (our head) is responsible for all our body. In other words, it controls both our physical organs and psychological state. As for a spine, which is situated on our back, it also supports healthy function of all organs.

Therefore we should pay more attention to the health of all our body parts. To be much healthier we need to spend a lot of time on physical exercises, go in for sports and eat well-balanced food.

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In a restaurant.

I like going to restaurants at the weekend very much. Its a splendid opportunity to rest from day-to-day cares and just relax. Before setting off for a restaurant, I necessarily reserve (book) a table for me not to wait to be seated. If I go there on my own, I make a reservation for one person. If my friends come along with me, then I book a table for two or more people.

In my city there different kinds of restaurants Indian, French, Chinese and so on. I prefer oriental cuisine, so I can often be found in Japanese restaurants. Probably everyone is aware of the most signature dish of the Japanese theres no doubt that it is sushi. Most of my comrades dont like sushi and when Im going to make my way definitely for a Japanese restaurant, they refuse to go there with me.

Nevertheless, I dont get upset and dont give myself up to despair because of loneliness. On the contrary I get a chance to sit in silence for a while, listen to oriental music and taste one of the specials.

Waiters in the Japanese restaurant are very obliging. At the beginning they hand me the menu for 10-15 minutes so that I might study it well. I adore sweets, therefore I always order some dessert. A waiter takes my order and after a while he serves me the dessert. At the end I pay for the dinner and leave some tip.

In a restaurant.

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A Feature Article Why does English have no phrase tike "Bon appetite? Has it ever occurred to you that there is no simple way of expressing your hope that someone will enjoy what he is about to eat? If you are entertaining, and say to your guest as you put his dinner before him "I hope you like it", then he will probably think one of two things: either that there is an element of doubt about the meal, or that there is an element of doubt about him! that the food is perhaps unusual, and he will not be enough of a gastronomic sophisticate to appreciate it. You can be certain of one thing he will not interpret "I hope you like if in the same way that the Frenchman interprets "Bon appetite" as a wish that focuses itself on the eater, and not on what is to be eaten. Those opposed to English cooking will no doubt explain the lack by pointing to the quality of food in this country; it's so bad, they will say, that no one ever really believes that it could be enjoyed. Hence, no need for a phrase that enjoins enjoyment! But surely not even English food can be as bad as all that. Anyway, it's not only a matter of food. Have you never felt the need for a simple, universal and socially neutral expression to use when drinking with someone? The Spaniard has his "Salud", the German his "Prosit", Swedes say "Skaal", and the Frenchman, simply and sincerely "A votre sante". But what about the unfortunate English? For most of them, "Good health" is impossibly old-fashioned and stuffy. It may be all right for lawyers and stockbrokers, doctors and dons, or for crusty colonels inside the four walls of a club; but in the boozer down the Old Kent Road it just sounds out of place. It is true that there is a whole string of vaguely possible alternatives that range from the mildly jocular through the awkward to the phrase-book bizarre; and if you listen carefully you may just hear people still saying "Here's mud in your eye", "Here's the skin off your nose", "Down the hatch" or "All the best" as they sink their pints or sip their sherries. But mostly they take refuge nowadays in "Cheerio" or its truncated version "Cheers". And even here, for some people there is a sneaking suspicion that the term is not quite right. That it is somehow a shade too breezy, and comes most easily from someone addicted to tweeds and the phrase "Old chap". Even when taking our leave it seems we English are victims of some strange deficiencies in our valedictory vocabulary. The standard term "Goodbye" is both too formal and too final. It may be just the job for ushering someone out of your life altogether; but most leave-takings for better or worse are temporary affairs. Perhaps in an attempt to escape implications of finality, many people now say "Bye bye" instead; others try to make this particularly nauseating bit of baby-talk more acceptable by shortening it to "Bye". And in place of those many leave-takings which so easily accommodate the idea of another meeting "Au revoir", "Auf wiedersehen", "Arrivederci", and so on, we have, alas, only such sad colloquialisms as "So long" and I'll be seeing you". These examples by no means exhaust the areas in which the English language doesn't exactly help social contact. They have been called "linguistic gaps' and tend to turn up in some way or another in most languages. But according to Mr. Daniel Kane a lecturer at the University of Chester there seem to be more of them in English than in other languages at least other Western European languages. At the moment Mr. Kane is seeking funds to finance a small research project into the problem. He wants first of all to question a large number of people about their feelings on the matter. "After all, I must be certain that the man in the street is aware of these gaps in the same way that I think I am" says Mr. Kane. And then he proposes to compare English with several other languages in this respect, and "look for possible sociological reasons' for the differences he finds.   , "n tit"? - , , - , ? : " , ", , , . : " , " , "n tit" , . , , ; , , , . , ! , , . , . , , - ? "S1d", "Prost", "Skaal", " vtr sante". ? " " . , , " " ; . , , , ; , , : " " ( " "), " ", "" ", . "" (Cheerio) "hrs". , . , - "". , , , . "Goodbye" . , - ; , . , "Bye bye"; , "Bye". , "u revoir", "Auf wiedersehen", "Arrivederci", , , , , "" (So long) "" (I'll be seeing you). , . " " . , -, , . . , , . " , , , , , ." . , " " .
A News Bulletin Thirty five vehicles were involved in a multiple collision on the M. 1 motorway this morning. The accident occurred about three miles south of the Newport Pagnell service area when an articulated lorry carrying a load of steel bars jack-knifed and overturned. A number of lorry drivers and motorists were unable to pull up in time and ran into the overturned vehicle, causing a major pile-up. Some of the steel bars from the load were flung by the impact across the central reserve into the southbound carriageway, which was restricted to single-lane working because of repairs and resurfacing, causing several minor accidents. With both carriageways blocked, police closed the motorway for a time, and diversion signs were posted at the nearest slip roads. Breakdown vehicles and ambulances had considerable difficulty in reaching the scene of the accident because of fog. This was dense in places, and the flashing amber light signals had been switched on for most of the night. So far there are no reports of anyone seriously injured in the accident. This accident, the fourth involving a multiple pile-up of vehicles in the last month, comes just as the first National Conference on Motorway Use is getting under way. At the opening meeting in London last night, Sir John Stone, the Metropolitan Area Traffic Adviser, criticised the standard of motorway driving in this country. He said that there was evidence that many of the basic disciplines of motorway use had yet to be learned by British drivers. Lane discipline was much worse in this country than in America; and the habits of drivers when overtaking were particularly bad. One saw far too much dangerous pulling-out without an adequate signal having been given, and there was a similarly dangerous tendency for drivers to cut in after overtaking. Perhaps the commonest form of misuse however, was the reluctance of drivers of private cars to move into the inside lane whenever it was possible to do so. Sir John said that far too many were determined to stay in the middle or even the outside lanes, regardless of traffic conditions, with the result that drivers wishing to overtake became impatient and tried to follow too closely behind the vehicle in front, thus making accidents more likely. The conference is continuing. Now, the Common Market negotiations. Mr. Geoffrey Rippon, the chief negotiator, flew to Brussels last night. It is thought that the object of his journey is to attempt to reduce the disagreement between this country and the European Economic Community on what Britain's contribution to the Community budget should be. Britain has put forward the suggestion that a reasonable contribution would be thirteen to fifteen per cent, built up in a series of equal yearly steps over a period of five years. But the Council of Ministers is considering a recommendation that the British share should be twenty one point five per cent throughout the five year period of transition, or, alternatively, a contribution of between ten and fifteen per cent in the first year rising to between twenty and twenty five per cent in the fifth year. There have been signs that some European leaders are reluctant to take the present British offer seriously, and it is widely felt in Whitehall that Mr. Rippon's main task at the moment is to make it clear to the Six that die offer is viewed in this country as a reasonable and realistic one. The Common Market issue was also taken up today by officials of the National Farmers' Union, when they commented on a pamphlet issued by the Conservative Central Office. The pamphlet claims that on balance farmers would be better off if Britain joined the Common Market. The National Farmers' Union, however, points out that while farmers in Europe receive more for some products, such as barley, wheat, catde and sugar, they get less for milk and pigs. In addition, says the Union, the pamphlet fails to mention horticulture, which constitutes an important part of British agriculture, and which is likely to be badly hit in the event of a link-up with the Common Market. The officials said that in their view the pamphlet tended to over-emphasize the benefits of joining the EEC, and to leave out of account many genuine difficulties.   Ml. , , , . , . , - , . .. , , . - . , . - . , , . , , . , , . , . , . , , , . , , , , , . . . , , . , . , 13 15 % . , 21,5% , , , 10-15% 20-25% . , , , , . , - . , , . , , , , , , , , . , , , , , . , , .
     

 

The Nature of Australia

Australia is the driest continent on the Earth. The unique climate and the isolation of Australia from other continents explain the existence of unusual plants and animals.

The commonest tree of Australia is the eucalyptus. In the drier areas there is the Australian acacia or mimosa. In those areas one can also find strange bottle trees. They preserve water in their trunks.

Australian animals are also very unusual. Among them there are kangaroos, duck-bills, koala bears, and others.

Population and Cities

Australian population is about 23 million people. The natives of the country are called Aborigines. Now they comprise a very small part of the countrys population due to the former extrusion ofthe indigenous peoplein the past.

There are 5 big cities in Australia: Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane. Canberra was specially planned as a capital. All the government buildings are situated there.

Sydney is the oldest and largest city in Australia. It is a big industrial centre. About 5 million people live in the city.

Attractions in Australia

Australia has a lot to offer to tourists.

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands.

The most famous building in the country is the Sydney Opera House. Its roof looks like sails. It is a masterpiece of architecture. More than 5,000 people can visit concerts, operas, theatre performances and other events.

Kakadu National Park is in Australias Northern Territory and covers about 20,000 square kilometres. It is a wetland with over 200 kinds of birds and 1,700 plant species. It is also the home of Australian crocodiles.

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