The importance of reading.

I am sure that reading is an essential part of our lives.

Firstly, in books you can find the answers to all your questions. Books can tell us about the modern world and ancient times. Secondly, books are the main source of education: they can help us to explore new ideas and expand our outlook. In addition, reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. Books give us food for the mind. Reading stimulates mental abilities. It develops our way of thinking, logic, imagination and memory. Books expand our vocabulary. What is more, books play an important social role. In fact, books teach us to be kind and honest, to solve our problems and to make people happy. They give us models of positive behavior. Finally, reading is a perfect way to spend free time and not to feel bored as books carry us a way into the imaginary world and make us forget our everyday problems.

There are a lot of different kinds of books in the world, for example, thrillers, historical novels, science fiction, adventure books and others. Most of them are with us during all our life. Teens like reading about adventures because they enjoy characters that go through dangers to complete their mission. Boys are fond of thrillers and detective stories because they have interesting story lines and unusual endings. They are particularly captivated by characters who conduct investigations. As for girls, they prefer romances, historical novels and poetry because they like reading about love. Encyclopedias, reference books and dictionaries help pupils to do well at school.

My family My name is Misha and my surname is Makrushin. I am fourteen years old. I want to tell you a few words about my family. My family is not small. I have got a mother,father and sister. There are four of us in our family.

My mother works in Urist . She is a good-looking woman with dark hair and brown eyes. She is a thirty-five. She is not very slim and low. She is very kind, industrious, understanding, patient and friendly.

My father is a engineer. He is very experienced. He is a broad-sholdered tall man with dark hair and grey eyes. He is thirty five. He can fix almost everything: a fridge, a vacuum cleaner, a washing machine and what not. He has got a few shelves where he keeps everything he needs.

My parents have been married for 15 years. They have much in common but they have different tastes and interests. For example, my father likes to watch sport channels and horror films. My mother likes sitcoms and talk shows. But my parents have the same opinion about my education.

My parents are hard-working people. My mother keeps house and takes care of me and my father. She is very good at cooking and knitting. She is clever with her hands and she is very practical. My father and I try to help her with the housework. My home duties are to wash the dishes and to feed our cats. My father helps mother to run the house.

I want to connect my life with computer. I take my appearance after my father. I have a dark hair and brown eyes. But I am tall and slim. As for my character, I am kind, responsible and sociable. I always try to be in a good mood.

There are some fair and sensible rules in our family. We respect each other. My parents believe that I have rights to my own opinion. And I obey them and follow their advice. They always explain my mistakes to me. We can rely on each other. Nevertheless, there is some misunderstanding in our family. I want to be less dependent on my parents. My mother often control where I am and with whom checks homework, makes going to bed early,. She also criticizes my friends. It makes me unhappy.Now about our family traditions. We always celebrate holidays, for example New Year’s Day, birthday, with our relatives who live in Glazov, also we cook cakes with jam and drink tea together every Saturday. On this holydays we cook some traditional food, buy presents to each other. Other traditions every summer travel around the countries. We have visited in Moscow,Kazan,Sochi,Crim, Hurghada. I am proud of my family.