|I go on doing it, but I wouldn’t call it a hobby. | | |
|I like dancing at some club or disco, but it’s just| | |
|a way of spending time, not a hobby really. | | |
|Best of all I like reading. | | |
|It’s a very quiet occupation, & it does not require| | |
|any particular skill or ability. | | |
|But that’s what gives me the greatest pleasure. | | |
|I enjoy reading all kinds of books - historical | | |
|novels, travelogues, biographies, novels, science | | |
|fiction, detective stories, poetry, etc. | | |
|Someone said that reading to the mind is what | | |
|exercise is to the body. | | |
|Books can’t be replaced by all the mass media in | | |
|the world. | | |
|Reading is a perfect combination of business & | | |
|pleasure, of intellectual work & entertainment. | | |
|So, frankly speaking reading is my hobby. | | |
| | | |
|Ekaterinburg | | |
|E is one of most wonderful & interesting cities in | | |
|Russia. | | |
|It’s the capital of Urals, & it is dear to the | | |
|hearts of our citizens. | | |
|It had a rich history, & when you walk along the | | |
|quiet streets of old E | | |
|You can feel the past everywhere. | | |
|The sights of E are countless, so I will mention | | |
|only my favourites ones. | | |
|I like to walk window-shopping down Main Avenue, | | |
|glittering & full of hurrying passers-by. | | |
|I like to sit on a bench near the monument to Popov| | |
|- I like the monument itself, but even more I like | | |
|to watch the people passing by, & people that are | | |
|waiting for their dates. | | |
|E is a cultural centre. | | |
|There are many theatres, picture galleries, film & | | |
|sound recording studios. | | |
|Most interesting cultural events, shows, | | |
|exhibitions take place in E. | | |
|E, of course, is an educational, scientific & | | |
|industrial centre. | | |
|There are a lot of enterprises producing a wide | | |
|range of goods, such as machines mechanizms & so | | |
|on. | | |
|What I like most about E is the pulse of life, of | | |
|change, of movement. | | |
|E is the place where things are happening in all | | |
|spheres of human activity - it’s the heart of | | |
|Urals, full of energy. | | |
|I just love this city. | | |
|My school. | | |
|There are many different types of school in our | | |
|country now- specialised school, gumnasiums, | | |
|lucees, colleges, private school. | | |
|They offer different curricula, & you can choose | | |
|the subjects you need. | | |
|Our school is secondary school, & it is quite good.| | |
|All in all, it is quite comfortable for studying. | | |
|The classrooms are well-equipped, there are | | |
|chemistry & physics labs, a language lab with tape | | |
|recorders, headphones & mikes. | | |
|The teachers are very knowledgeable, & the lessons | | |
|were always interesting. | | |
|So we have everything at our disposal, we only have| | |
|to study. | | |
|And we study hard, especially in the senior forms. | | |
|I’m interesting both in natural sciences & the | | |
|humanities, as I believe a person should have a | | |
|broad general education. | | |
|Beside the school building there is a stadium. | | |
|We have football matches & all kinds of | | |
|competitions there. | | |
|Naturally, it isn’t just all work & no fun. | | |
|We have a rock band, & often organise dancing | | |
|parties with flashing lights & everything. | | |
|We have different contests, including the one | | |
|between teams of witty persons. | | |
|Some of the jokes are quite funny. | | |
|There is an amateur drama company, & they often | | |
|stage short sketches by humorist writers. | | |
|So, our school life is rather eventful & active, | | |
|leaving no time for bedroom. | | |
|I like my school & I ‘m going to miss my | | |
|classmates, the easygoing atmosphere, & all the fun| | |
|we have. | | |
|My Working Day. | | |
|A person’s schedule depends on his or her type of | | |
|activity, & is organised accordingly. | | |
|It is rather flexible, & can be change any time, if| | |
|necessary. | | |
|I will try to give you a snapshot of a typical day | | |
|in my life as a school student. | | |
|The shrill ringing of an alarm-clock wakes me up at| | |
|half past six. | | |
|I do not jump out of bed, but daydream for about 5 | | |
|minutes more. | | |
|Then I do jump out, & keep jumping, pushing up, | | |
|sitting up, & generally warming up for about 20 | | |
|minutes. | | |
|Then a quick shower, & a very light breakfast - I | | |
|just can’t make myself eat much in the morning. | | |
|So, it’s a soft-boiled egg, a toast, & a cup of tea| | |
|or coffee. | | |
|Then off to school. | | |
|It’s the usual routine of classes & breaks, a | | |
|longer break at 11 a. m. for lunch, & school is | | |
|over at 1 or 2 p. m., depending on the number of | | |
|classes. | | |
|Sometimes I stay at school till 3 p. m. for some | | |
|optional class or something extra-curriculum. | | |
|Then I’m home, & it’s dinner, if I may call it so. | | |
|My folks are both at work, so left to my own | | |
|devices I have what I manage to find in the fridge.| | |
|Then I fool around for an hour or so browsing in | | |
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