2. Read and translate the text. My best friend

F rankly speaking, I have a lot of friends. They are my former school-mates and boys and girls from my neighborhood. But my bosom friend is Olga. She is a pleasant-looking girl of about 17. Olga is not very tall, but she has a strong attractive body, she is pleasantly plump. Olga is always very elegant; her clothes are the latest fashion. Her features are very delicate, and her charm is irresistible. She has white curly hair and dark-blue eyes. Her eye-are so long and thick and her eyes seem dark for this reason. Her face is oval and she has a turned-up nose. To cut the long story short — Olga is a pretty girl. But in my opinion, inner beauty is more important than physical one. Olga is a well-bred, jolly and kind person. She is very tactful, shy and sensitive, emotionally stable and witty, generous and kind-hearted.

She did well at school and was always ready to help her friends to cope with difficult home assignments.

She is fond of reading books. Olga thinks that one book isn't enough to read, she generally has two or three books going at once. Olga has a lot of books at home and she buys them wherever she goes. She says that the books are of great help any time and they always must be at hand.

Besides, my best friend is fond of music, especially classic one. She likes to listen to music and relax. Olga goes in for sports and she is a member of our school volley-ball team. Our coach says she is a very gifted sportswoman.

Olga always manages to be amusing and cheerful, energetic and enthusiastic.

She is in a habit of helping her parents, because they always have a lot of work to do both at work and about the house. She is a sunny soul by nature and always takes the slightest excuse to be amused. My best friend has an imagination and her own style. She usually writes nice compositions, because she is an educated person.

Olga is an easy-going girl, and when sometimes it comes to quarrelling, she tries to make it up at once. As I have already told you, she is helpful person and always tries to do her best to help somebody when he has some problems. Olga is my best friend and I am proud of it.

3. Answer the following questions:

1. What is your bosom friend’s name?

2. How old is your friend?

3. What are your friend’s hobbies?

4. Is inner beauty more important than physical one?

5. Does your friend help her (his) parents about the house?

6. Does your friend like to quarrel?

7. What does your friend look like?

4. Translate the following words into Ukrainian.

Plump, elegant, to be the latest fashion, delicate features, her charm is irresistible, eyelashes, neighborhood, well-bred, tactful, shy, coach [kautj], gifted, bosom, witty,

amusing, cheerful, enthusiastic, easy-going, jolly, frankly speaking, to be at hand.

5. Read and translate the article and fill in the topic sentences below .

1. She has a wonderful character, too

2. My favourite person is my cousin Emma.

3. All in all, Emma is a great person to be with.

4. Emma is 22 years old and very pretty.

My Favourite Person 1 We grew up together and we’ve been best friends since then. 2 She is tall and slim. She has got long blonde hair and an oval face with blue eyes and full lips. She always wears casual clothes which suit her perfectly. 3 Firstly, she’s great fun to be with. She has got a great sense of humour. She is always telling jokes and making everyone laugh. She is kind and generous, too. She loves buying people presents or doing things to help them. The only thing about her which I don’t like is that she can be bossy at times. 4 We spend nearly all our time together and we enjoy every minute of it.