H olidays

1. There are many traditional holidays in Russia such as New Year's Day, Women's Day, May Day, Victory Day, and Independence Day. 2. The most important holidays for my family are New year, Christmas and Easter. 3. As you know, Christmas and Easter are mostly religious holidays. 4. However, lots of people celebrate it too who are far from religion. 5. We like getting together giving presents to each other. 6. We prefer to stay at home. 7. We are happy when we spend time together. 8. We often celebrate these family holidays with our relatives. 9. My favourite holiday is _______________________, because ____________________________. 10. I love holidays very much because you can rest and have a lot of fun. 11. Each holiday has its own traditions such as decorating a Christmas tree, painting eggs or cooking delicious meal. 12. We adopted the Western holidays such as St. Valentine, and Halloween. 13. During public holidays children don't go to school and nobody works. 14. Everybody enjoys the holidays. 15. I think we need to keep our traditions for the next generation.

T V

1. Television plays an important role in our life. 2.

It is difficult to say if it is good or bad for us. 3. It is clear, that television has advantages and disadvantages. 4. But are there more advantages than disadvantages? 5. In the first place, television is an entertainment. 6. But it is not only a convenient entertainment. 7. For a family of three, four or five, for example, it is more convenient and less expensive to sit comfortably at home than to go out to find entertainment in other places. 8. They don’t have to pay for expensive seats at the theatre or cinema. 9. But some people think that it’s bad to watch TV. 10. We are passive when we watch TV. 11. Television shows us many interesting programmes. 12. But again there is a disadvantage here: we watch TV every evening, and it begins to dominate our lives. 13. Sometimes they show too much violence in films and news programmes. 14. There is also too much pop music and ads which are not good for children. 15. As for me, I think that TV_____________________because_________________________.

H ealth

1. Good health is very important for every person. 2.  If you want to be healthy you should follow some rules. 3. First of all, get up early and go to bed early. 4. Then, take regular exercises. 5. It`s a good idea to take a cold shower every morning. 6. Of course, you should eat healthy food like fruit and vegetables. 7. They have a lot of vitamins. 8. Dairy products like milk, cheese, yoghurt, can help you grow and be in good shape. 9. Meat is full of vitamins and proteins. 10. Remember that too much food makes you fat. 11. Too many sweets are bad for you, especially for your teeth. 12. If you don`t want to have bad toothache clean your teeth twice a day. 13. Don`t forget to wash your hands before you eat. 14. We should remember that our health depends on us. 15. We should take care of our health to be strong and happy.

Family

1 . My name is _____________. 2. I'm ______ years old. 3. I would like to tell you about my family. 4. It is big / small. 5. There are _________of us: my father, my mother, my brother / sister and I. 6. We live together in a house / flat. 7. My mother is talkative / energetic / outgoing. 8. She works ______________. 9. My father is tall /short and he is a funny / nice / quite / talkative person. 10. He works___________________. 11. We like to spend time together. 12. In the evenings we watch TV, read books and newspapers, listen to music or just talk about the events of the day. 13. Our parents don’t always agree with what we say, but they listen to our opinion. 14. At weekends we usually ________________________. 15. We are happy when we are together.