Most striking traits of peoples character
MOST STRIKING TRAITS OF
PEOPLES CHARACTER
During our life we get in touch with many
people. We all know a password: "So many characters, so many people "
and it is really true. Character is the most important thing in a person which
attracts or repulses other people. Each of us has his or hers good and bad
features of character, but some of them come to the fore that's why we can say
: "He is a bad man , because he is rude or impertinent . And he is a good
man because he is courageous, generous, kind-hearted . I have many friends
& a lot of acquaintances and they are all different . Some of them are very
kind-hearted and friendly some are not so kind but they are devoted friends and
always help me and their friends, but they can be very cold or indifferent to
other people. Also some feature have a double nature example: modesty or
perseverance and others. Modest people are usually polite, quite, but sometimes
they tend to be too reticence. Persevering people can become obstinate. As for
me I like devotedness , wittiness , kindness, friendliness , in people. I think
that there are 2 sorts of kind people. The first sort is really ,kind-hearted
people who are always ready to help all people in the world no matter what
social position they have The other sort who only try to look kind and
friendly. But they are friendly only with people whom they interested in. I
hate such people because you don't know if they are really good or only want to
look friendly and I cannot trust them. A lot of things can change a person's
character. If you are a kind man and you has grow up with rude, cruel people
you can become the like them or vice versa a bad man can become kind. Some
people have a strong character and they can try to change and become good. For
example people why often let of their steam it is necessary to control
themselves and so on. Every character forms in the society therefore in the
society determines one's character. Also I believe that Signs of Zodiac
influence one's character. Every Symbol has own features common for all people
born under this symbol. For example I'm Libra ,in my Horoscope it says that in
me there are 2 persons. And other good and bad features. But I also believe
that everyone can change his character, adding more good or bad features.
THE UK EDUCATION SYSTEM
First i'd like to criticize John Major's
position about that a good educa- tion is not necessarily the key of success in
British life.As far as i'm concercerned i fully disagree with it.As far as
Mr.Major is concerned i suppose that he did not pay great attention to his
school-life: A school- leaver at the age of sixteen Mr.Major even claimed a
recent television in- terview that he could not remember exactly his academic
qualifications we- re.While the head of the goverment show it their nonchalant
attitude towa- rds the education all British political parties are now talking
about the education issue very seriously indeed.In fact in recent years the
subject has risen to the very top of political agenda.In the year 1989-90
spending on education consumed 14% of all public expenditure in the UK.And as
far as our country's spending on education are concerned - they are less then
1.5% of the whole public expenditure.As far as our primary schools are
concerned they are not offering the sub-standart teaching in reading etc. The
tests showed that the average Russian school-child is 4-5 years above his or
her American or English contemporary.Just the 9-class middle educa- tion is
enought to enter a good foreign univercity.As far as private scho- ols in UK
are concerned i think that they are useful from one side and useless from the
other.The costs are very high.If i had 3000 pounds i wo- uld not spend them on
my education in school.perhaps i would spent them on the education in any
univercity but not in school.Nowadays in Russia a lot of private and
independent schools were opened.I suppose that they influe- nce better on the
moulding the personality but the level of education is lower than in primary
comprehensives.As far as education is concerned it must be free of charge from
the state or any bany or company.I also suppo- se that it must be compulsory
and every boy and girl MUST have a primary education.But the school must accept
pupils on the selective basis with reference to aptitude or ability.In the UK
childern are accepted to school on non-selective basis but it is not correct to
my mind: intelligent,good, bright pupils must study with lazy and silly ? No.
Lets take the Soviet education system as example.There very schools for bright
children with a foreign language from the 2nd form and school for silly and
lazy with techers,who are always ill.
BRITISH EDUCATION
British education emas us to develop fully
the abilities of individuals, for their own benefit and of society as a whole.
Compulsory schooling takes place between the agers of 5 and 16, but some pupils
remain at shool for 2 years more, to prepare for further higher education. Post
shool education is organized flaxebly, to provide a wide range of opportunities
for academic and vacational education and to continue studying through out
life. Administration of state schools is decentralised. The department of
education and science is responsible for national education policy, but it
doesn't run any schools, if doesn't employ teachers, or prescribe corricular or
textbooks. All shools are given a considerable amount of freedom. According to
the law only one subject is compulsary. That is religious instruction. Children
recieve preschool education under the age of 5 in nursery schools or in
infant's classes in primary schools. Most pupils receive free education finenst
from public fonds and the small proportions attend schools wholy independent.
Most independent schools are single-sex, but the number of mixing schools is
growing. Education within the mantained schools system usually comprises two
stages: primary and secondary education. Primary schools are subdevided into
infant schools (ages 5 - 7), and junior schools (ages 7 - 11). Infant schools
are informal and children are encouraged to read, write and make use of numbers
and develop the creative abilities. Primary children do all their work with the
same class teacher exept for PT and music. The work is beist upon the pupils
interests as far as possible. The junior stage extence over four years.
Children have set pirits of arithmetic, reading, composition, history,
geography nature study and others. At this stage of schooling pupils were often
placed in A, B, C and D streams according their abilities. The most able
children were put in the A stream, the list able in the D stream. Till
reccantly most junior shool children had to seat for the eleven-plus
examination. It usually consisted of an arithmetic paper and an entelligent
test. According to the results of the exam children are sent to Grammar,
Technical or Secondary modern schools. So called comprehansive schools began to
appear after World War 2. They are muchly mixed schools which can provide
education for over 1000 pupils. Ideally they provide all the courses given in
Grammar, Technical and Secondary modern schools. By the law all children must
receive full-time education between the ages of 5 and 16. Formally each child
can remain a school for a further 2 or 3 years and continue his studies in the
sixth form up to the age of 18 or 19. The course is usually subdevided into the
lower 6 and the upper 6. The corricular is narrowed to 5 subjects of which a
pupil can choose 2 or 3. The main examinations for secondary school pupils are
general certeficate of education (the GCE) exam and certificate of secondary
education (the CSE) exam. The GSE exam is held at two levels: ordinary level (0
level) and advanced level (A level). Candidats set for 0 level papers at 15 -
16 years away. GCE level is usually taken at the end on the sixth form. The CSE
level exam is taken after 5 years of secondary education by the pupils who are
of everage abilities of their age.
The educational system of
Great Britain.
The educational system of G.B. is
extreamely complex and bewildering. It is very difficult to generalise about
particular types of schools as schools differ from one to the other. The
departament of education and science is responsible for national educational
policy,but it doesn't employe teacher or prescribe corricular or text books.
Each school has it's own board of governers consisting of teachers, parents,
local politicians, members of local community, businessmen and sometimes
pupils. According to the law only one subject is compulsary. Such as religious
instruction. Schooling for children is compulsary from 5 to 16, though some
provision is made for children under 5 and some pupils remain at school after
16 to prepare for higher education. The state school system is usually devided
into 2 stages (secondary and primary).The majority of primary schools are
mixed.They are subdevided into infant schools(ages 5 to 7),and junior
schools(ages 7 to11). In junior schools pupils were often placed in A,B,C or
D-streams, according to their abilities. Under the pressue of progressive
parents and teachers the 11+ examination has now been abolished in most parts
of the country. There are some types of schools in G.B.Grammar schools provided
an academical cause for selected pupils from the age of 11 to 18. Only those
children who have the best results are admitted to these schools. They give
pupils a high level of academic education wich can lead to the university.
Technical Schools offer a general education with a technical bias and serve
those pupils who are more mecanically minded. The corricular includes more
science and mathematics. Secondary modern schools were formed to provide a
non-academic education for children of lesser attainment. The corricular
includes more practical subjects. The comprehensive schools brings about a
general improvement in the system of secondary education.
British education
I know English boys and girls begin to go
to school(it is called "infant") at five; at seven they go to junior
schools or departments; at eleven they go to secondary schools. (After
selection procedures at the age of eleven they can study at different types of
secondary shool: grammar schools which provide an academic education oriented
toeards university entry; secondary modern schools which were originally
designed to give a general education with a practical bias(уклон); a few secondary technics schools
offering a general education related to industry, commerce and agriculture; and
schools providing all three or any two types of education, in separately
orginized streams known as multilateral or bilateral schools). These schools
consist of denominational and non-denominational schools. I'd like to yell you
about non-denominational school. One must study there for 6 years. It's open to
all boys and girls. There are the six years in this school. During the first
year all classes recieve the same basic core of subjects namely English, maths,
history, geography, science, French, art, music, P.E., technical subjects &
home economics. Toward the end of the second year pupils are asked to make
their subject choices for third and forth years. Desicions on this stage are
only taken after interviews involving parents, staff and the pupils themselfs.
The curriculum in 3rd and 4th years consistsof compulsory section (обязательное разделение)
which includes English, math and an options section made up of those subjects
choosen by the pupil at the end of the second year. Optionl cources are
designed to give a sound basic education. The system of higher education in
Britain includes universities, colleges of education and advanced cources at
various colleges. There are more than 44 universities in Britain. But not all
universities are equil. They differ from one another in history and tradition.
The oldest and world-known universities are Oxford and Cambridge. A university
usually consists of colleges. The departments of the colleges are organized
into faculties. In the university students have a series of lectures, seminars,
tutorials and laboratory classes. Lectures are given to large groups of
students while seminars are much smaller than lectures. Lectures and seminars
are all one hour in length, laboratory classes last 2 or 3 hours. The academic
year devides into 3 terms. First two termslast for 24 weeks; the 3rd term is
reserved for classes and examinations and lasts for six weeks. After three
years of study a university graduate will leave with the Degree of Bachelor of
Arts or Science. Student can continue to take his Master's Degree and then the
Doctor's.
Education
Education is very important in our life.
An educated person is one who knows a lot about many things. He always tries to
learn, find out, discover more about the world around him. He get knowledge at
school, from books, magazines, from TV educational programs. The pupils can get
deeper knowledge in different optional courses in different subjects and school
offers these opportunities. They can deepen and improve their knowledge by
attending different optional courses in different subjects. The result of the
educative process is the capacity for Further education. Nowadays the students
of secondary schools have opportunities to continue their education by
entering, gymnasiums, lyceums, colleges. But the road to learning is not easy.
There is noroyal road to learning. To be successful in studies one must work
heard. It's for you to decide to learn and make progress or not to learn lose
your time. The role of foreign languages is also increasing today. Thanks to
the knowledge of foreign languages one can read books, magazines in the
original, talk to foreigners, translate various technical articles. Moreover,
joint ventures which have recently appeared in our country need specialists
with profound knowledge of foreign languages like English, German or French. To
know foreign languages is absolute necessary for every educated person, for
good specialists. Our country is transferring to a market economy. Research and
innovations should improve living, working conditions of our people. That is
why it is so important to be persistent in students. English is a world
language. It is the language of progressive science and technology, trade and
cultural relations, commerce and business. It's the language of international
aviation, shipping and sports. It's also the major language of diplomacy.
Geographically it is the most widespread language on earth, second only to Chinese
in the number of people who speak it hearing a foreign language is- not an easy
thing. It's a long and slow process that takes a lot of time and practice. A
foreign language is not just a subject learnt in the classrooms. It's something
which is used in real life situations. There are many reasons why we begin to
study foreign languages. First of all it's an effective medium of international
communication. I'm convinced if we are working in any brunch of science we must
read books and magazines in other languages. Learning foreign languages opens
up opportunities and careers that didn't even exits some years ago. Knowing
foreign languages can help us to find a job in such fields as science and
technology, foreign trade and banking, international transportation
communication, teaching librarian science and others. A more general aim is to
make our intellectual and cultures. Learning a foreign language including
learning also culture, traditions and mode of thought of different people. Of
course speaking and writing in a foreign language is a difficult art and it has
to be learned. Needless to say that English has become very popular today.
About 350 million people speak English as its first language. About the same
numbers use it as a second language. It's an official language in 44 countries.
It's the dominant language of medicine, electronics and space technology, of
international business and advertising, of radio. It has replaced French in the
world of diplomacy and German in the field of science. As for me, I'm
completely convinced that to know a foreign language is absolutely necessary
for all educated person and modern specialists. Everything depends on our own
efforts.
Education in Russia.
Citizens of Russia have the right to
education which is guaranteed by the Constitution. The public educational
system in our country incorporates pre-school, general school, specialized
secondary and higher education. Pre-school consists of kindergartens and
creches. Children there learn reading, writing and arithmetic. But pre-school
education isn't compulsory - children can get it at home. Compulsory education
is for children from 6(7) to 17 years of age. The main link in the system of
education is the general school which prepares the younger generation for life
and work in modern production. There are various types of schools: general
secondary schools, schools specializing in a certain subject, high schools,
lyceums and so on. Tuition in most of them is free of charge, but some new
types of schools are fee-paying. The term of study in a general secondary
school is 11 years and consists of primery, middle and upper stages. At the
middle stage of a secondary school the children learn the basic laws of nature
and society at the lessons of history, algebra, literature, physics and many
others. After 9th form pupils have to sit for examinations. Also they have a
choice between entering the 10th grade of a general secondary school and
enroling in a specialized secondary or vocational school. Persons who finish
the general secondary school, recieve a secondary education certificate, giving
them the right to enter any higher educational establishment. Entrance
examinations are held in July and August. Institutions are headed by rectors;
the faculties are headed by the deans. One has to study in the institute for 5
years. Higher educational institutions train students in one or several
specializations.
EDUCATION IN RUSSIA
Secondary education is mandatory in
Russia. Children start school at the age of 6 and finish at 17 . As a rule, a
child attends the school located in the neighborhood,the one which is the
closes to home . However , there in big cities there are also so-called
"special" schools , offering more in-depth studies of the major
European languages ( English , French, or German), or the advanced courses in
physics and mathematics, and children attending one of these may have to
commute from home. There are no school buses in Russia. The first stage of
education is elementary school for grades 1 through 4. The second is secondary
school for grades 5 through 9 . Upon graduation from secondary school ( which
is not the equivalent of having completed their secondary education ) ,
students are given the choice of either continuing to attend the same school
(high school; grades 10 and 11 ), or entering a vocational school or trade
school. Both vocational school and trade schools are meant to provide one ,
long with the certificate of secondary education, with a number of useful skills
( e.g. , those of an electrician, technical, or computer operator ).One attends
the former for two years, and the latter for three or four. Haveing completed
one's secondary education, one can either become part of work force or go on to
college ( " institution of higher learning " ). There are
universityes and so-called "institutes" in Russian . The former
stress a more teoretical , fundamental approach to education , while the latter
are more practice oriented. There are no medical schools or departments with in
the structure of Russian universitys . Future doctors attend medical
institutes. There are no degrees in Russian equivalent to those of bachelor's
or master's. Students spend approximately five years in college or six in a
medical institute. To be admited to an institution of higher learning , one has
to pass a series of oral and written tests. Grades in the certificate of
secondary education are also taken account. Entry to higher education is quite
competitive. Some college departments ( philologist,foreign
languages-especially English,law, journalism ) have dozens of applicants for
one prospective student's position. The same is true of medical and theatre
institutes. Up to the present, neither college students nor schoolchildren have
had any say in the selection of courses they had to take. Everyone has studied
according to uniform series of guide lines approved by the Ministery of Higher
Education . Evidently , this situation is going to change in the near future.
Education in Russian has until recently been free on all levels. College
students with good grades were rewarded with a modest stipend . All
institutions of higher learning were subsidized by the government . Now that
the country is changing to a market-place economy, the system of education is
also bound to undergo profound changes . The first private scholls , gymnasiums
and lycees, have already been founded in Moscow and St. Petersburg , in an
attempt to revive the pre-1917 traditionals of Russian educational system with
its high standards of excellence.
Education in Russia.
Everyone in our country has the right to
education. It is said in our Constitution. But it is not only a right, it is a
duty, too. Every boy and every girl in Russia must go to school, that is they
must get a full secondary education. So, when they are 6 or 7 years old they
begin to go to school. There are thousands of schools in Russia. There are
schools of general education, where the pupils study Russian (or a native
language), Literature, Mathematics, History, Biology, Geography, Music, Foreign
languages. There is also a number of specialized schools, where the pupils get
profound knoledge of foreign languages, or Maths, or Physics. After finishing 9
classes of the secondary school the young people can continue their education
at different kinds of vocational or technical schools, colleges. They not only
learn general subjects, but receive a speciality there. Having finished a
secondary or a vocational, or a technical school, young people can start working,
or they may enter an institute or a university. By the way, some people think,
that professional trainings makes it easier to get a higher education. As for
high schools, there are a lot of them in our country. Some of them train
teachers, others - doctors, engineers, architectors, actors and so on. Many
institutes have evening and extra-mural departments. That gives the students an
oportunity to study at an institute without leaving their jobs at plants or
factories.
Learning foreign language
Foreign languages are absolutely necessary
for us no-wadays because of our growing international contacts with all the
countries of the world. There are many reasons why we begin to study foreign
language. One of them is to be able to communi-cate with other people who use
this language. We may be planning to travel in one or two countries where the
lan-guage is spoken. If we know the language of a foreign country, we can talk
to its people and understand what they are saying to us. If we are working in
any branch of science, we naturally wish to read scientific books and magazines
in other languages. Making business nowadays also means knowing foreign
languages because of the gro-wing international business contacts. Knowing
foreign lan-guages helps people of different countries to develop mutual
friendship and understanding. We can also make our intellectual and cultural
horizons wider through con-tacts with people of another culture. It is also
very inte-resting to read foreign literature in the original. We can also read
foreign newspapers and magazines and to un-derstand films in foreign languages
without any help. Learning foreign languages is compulsory in all the secondary
and higher schools in our country. English is a very popular language. People
use it in many parts of the world and there is a lot of business correspondence
and literature in English. I think, it is very important to know at least one
fore-ign language - English, German, French, Spanish or any other one.
LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGE
The great German poet Goethe once said: He
who know no foreign language does not know his own one. Learning foreign
languages is specially important nowadays. Some people learn foreign languages
because they need them in their work, others travel abroad, for the third
studying languages is a hobby. Every year thousands of people from Russia go to
different countries as tourists or to work. They can not go without knowing the
language of the country they are going to. A modern engineer or even a worker
can not work with an imported instrument or a machine if he is not able to read
the instruction how to do it. Ordinary people need language to translation the
instruction or the manual to the washing-machine or a vacuum-cleaner, medicine
or even food-products. Some people are as a rule polyglots. Historians
diplomats need some languages for their work. If you want to be a classified
specialist you must learn English, the language of international communication.
English is one of the world languages. It is the language of progressive
science and technology, trade and cultural relations, commerce and business. It
is the universal language of international aviation, shipping and sports. It is
also the major language of diplomacy. Hundreds and hundreds of books, magazines
and newspapers are printed in English, most of the world's mail and telephone
calls are in English. Half of the world's scientific literature is written in
English. English is spoken by more than 350 million people. Geographically, it
is the most widespread language on earth, second after Chinese. It is the
official language of the UK, the USA , of Australia and New Zealand, it is used
as one of the official languages in Canada, the South Africa. Millions of
people study and use English as a foreign language. In our country English is
very popular. It is studied at schools, colleges and universities. Learning
English is not an easy thing. It is a long process and takes a lot of time and
patience. But to know English today is absolutely necessary for every educated
person. I want to know English because it's interesting for me to know foreign
countries, their cultures and tradition. English will be of great use in my
future profession connected with computers.
Learning foreign languages
Somebody said: "English is a language
that came from nowhere to conquer the world…" These words are really true
and I will prove it. Firstly I would like to talk to you where English comes
from. English is a member of the West Germanic subgroup of the Germanic branch
of Indo-European language family. Secondly I would like to dwell on some of the
chief literary works written in English language in different periods.
"Beowulf" is the most important poem in old English. It is remarkable
for its sustained grandeur of tone and for the brilliance of its style. The
Canterbury Tales were written by Geoffrey Chaucer, "the father of English
literature". He added tremendously to the prestige of English language by
using it instead of more fashionable French spoken at that time. The third is
the King James Bible. It exercised enormous influence on the development of the
English language. It remains a classic of English history. But the most
important contribution was made by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare's influence
on everyday English speech is great, people all over the world quote
Shakespeare. The English language arrived in Britain on the point of a sword.
That is why there are so many loans in English language. In 1940 Winston
Churchill wished to appeal to the hearts and minds of English-speaking people.
It was the time of Patriotic war and that it why he used the plain bareness for
which Old English is noted. His purpose was to show the independence of English
language and English people. It was his celebrated passage which helped people
to fight. Now I would like to tell you about Standard English and Regional
accents. Received pronunciation is the form of British English pronunciation
used by many educated people in every part of Britain. It is thought of a
standard form and is often used by the BBC. It is also used in teaching English
in many parts of the world. The King's of the Queen's English is a good correct
English as it should be spoken. Accent is the sound of a person's pronunciation
of the language. It shows where a person comes from and what class he or she
belongs to. Cockney is the way of speaking English and it is known as the
London dialect. Rhyming slang is a way of speaking, ordinarily popular among
cockneys in which a rhyming phrase, or a part of it, is substituted for a
standard word. There is a standard form of the language and some dialects in
our country too. To my mind, every country needs a standard form of the
language because of the contact between people of this country. But there are a
lot of loanwords in every language nowadays. Every day for example in
advertisements we can hear and see new, incomprehensible, bad words, and they
become widespread among the population. In conclusion I would like to say that
now there are more than 60 countries that speak English as the dominant or
official language. My purpose is to show you why the English is a world
language. The present day world status of English is the result of two factors:
the expansion of British colonial power, which peaked towards the end of the 19th
century, and the emergence of the US as the leading economic power of the 20th
century. English is the chief language of international business and academic
conferences, and the leading language of international tourism. English is the
main language of popular music, advertising, home computers and video games.
Most of the scientific, technological and academic information in the world is
expressed in English.
Learning foreigner
language.
More and more people realize that every educated
person should know a foreigner language. The most popular language now is
English. English is a world language. It's the language of progressive science
and technology, trade and cultural relation, commerce and business. It's the
universal language of international aviation, shipping and sports. It is also
the major language of diplomacy. Hundreds and hundreds of books, magazines and
newspapers are printed in English and real all over the world. 75% of the
world's mail and 60% of the world's telephone calls are in English. Half of the
world's scientific literature is written in English too. English is spoken by
more than 350 million people . It is the official language of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of the United States of America,
of Australia and New Zealand. English is used as one of the official languages
in Canada, the Republic of South Africa and the Irish Republic. It's also
spoken as a second language speakers in many parts of Asia and Africa. The
number of second language speakers may soon exceed the number of native
speakers. In Russia English is very popular : it is studied at schools,
colleges, universities, and sometimes even at nurse schools. There are also
other languages that are popular in the world. For example Chinese, the first
language in the number of people who speak it, is used by over 1000 million
people, it means that out one of every five people in whole world speaks
Chinese. Another popular language is Arabic, which is the official language of
several Asia's countries ( Iran, Iraq, Syria, United Arab Emirates and others).
Learning a foreign language is not an easy thing. It is a long and slow process
that takes a lot of time and patience. But to know languages today is
absolutely necessary for everyone. I want to know foreign language because I
have always been interested in foreign countries and their cultures. You know I
think that who doesn't know a foreign language , doesn't know his own language.
Learning languages
The problem of learning languages is very
important today. Foreign languages are socially demanded especially at the
present time when the progress in science and technology has led to an
explosion of knowledge and has contributed to an overflow of information. The
total knowledge of mankind is known to double every seven years. Foreign
languages are needed as the main and most efficient means of information
exchange of the people of our planet. Today English is the language of the
world. Over 350 million people speak it as a mother tongue. The native speakers
of English live in Great Britain, the United States of America, Australia and
New Zealand. English is one of the official languages in the Irish Republic,
Canada, the South African Republic. As a second language it is used in the
former British and US colonies. It is the major international language for
communication in such areas as science, technology, business and mass
entertainment. English is one of the official languages of the United Nations
Organization and other political organization. It is the language of the
literature, education, modern music, international tourism. Russia is
integrating into the world community and the problem of learning English for
the purpose of communication is espicially urgent today. Learning a foreing
language is not as easy thing. It is a long and slow process that takes a lot
of time and patience. But to know English is absolutely necessary for every
educated person, for every good specialist. It is well known that reading books
in the original , listening to the BBC news, communicating with the English
speaking people will help a lot. When learning a foreign language you learn the
culture and history of the native speakers. One must work hard to learn any foreign
language.
HOUSE OF MY DREAM
Everyone likes dreaming. It helps us to overcome the
difficulties of our daily routine. As a rule, people imagine they have a lot of
money, their own family, happy family and full social life. I’d like to tell
you about the house of my dream. I’d like to have my house abroad. May be in
America, because it’s rather warm there all year round. I want my house to be
near the ocean. I don’t want to have it in town, because there is little fresh
air and a lot of litter on the streets. I’m likely live there with my husband
& my child. I imagine my house has 3 stories. Near the front it has a
facade with columns & steps up to the front door. There’s also small
balcony in my house. The windows are in the shape of arches. Through them you
can see a wonderful view. There are lots of palm trees and flowers around the
house. And there is nothing like walking in the shade of these trees &
listening to the whisper of waves. The sun is shining, the birds are singing
their sweet songs. Oh, it’s lovely to wake up in the morning in our house &
see the sun shining through the window & hear the far-off plash-plash of
the ocean. As you come through the front door, you find yourself in a large
hall with an open fireplace, which is unusual. One of the doors leads to the
living room. This room faces the south, so it’s very sunny & has a lovely
view of the whole valley. In the middle of this room there’s a thick carpet. We
have little furniture in this room. On the left there’s a sofa & small
table near it, on the right you can see TV set & type recorder. There are
some armchairs in this room. In the living room we spend our evenings chatting
with each other & my child plays with a kitten. Then a wide staircase takes
you to the second floor where there are some bedrooms. My child’s room is
really vast. The wallpaper is very colorful. Also there are lots o toys for my
child to play with. Behind the house there is a swimming pool & some
plastic armchairs. Our house looks peaceful & calm, & the calmest room
is my husband’s study. He’s a businessman & he likes reading. But as for me
I prefer associating with my friends. We have many different electrical
appliances in our house. They make our life more comfortable. Also we have some
people to help us. They look after the house, grow vegetables in our garden
& cook. So we enjoy having green & fresh food on our dinner table. Our
house is beautiful place to be at any time of the year. In winter it’s warm
& cosy, & in summer there is so much to do outside.