Camping
Camping is one of the most popular forms of outdoor recreation and can range from "roughing it in the wilderness" with only a tent and limited cooking utensils to utilizing more modern accommodations like campers and mobile homes. Other outdoor activities, including hunting and fishing, are often connected with camping trips. American campgrounds are designated by the National Park Service and other government entities and require a fee if they are privately owned. Due to the overwhelming number of people who go camping every year, especially in the summer months, many campgrounds strongly encourage their potential users to make reservations well ahead of time. This section provides camping checklist, camping tips and helpful information for the outdoor enthusiasts.
Collection of Books
A
book is a collection of leaves of paper, parchment or other material,
leap together along one edge within covers. A book is also a literary
work or a m
ain
separation of such a work. A book produced in electronic format is
known as an e-book. Maintaining a library used to be the chance of
princes, the well-off, monasteries and other holy institutions, and
universities. The growth of a public library system in the United
States started in the late 19th century and was much helped by
contributions from Andrew Carnegie. This reflected classes in a
society: The poor or the middle class had to share most books through
a public library or by other means while the rich could pay for to
have a private library built into their house.
The advent of paperback books in the 20th century led to an explosion of fashionable publishing. Paperback books made owning books reasonably priced for many people. Paperback books often included works from genres that had previously been published mostly in pulp magazines. As a result of the low cost of such books and the spread of bookstores filled with them (in addition to the creation of a smaller market of extremely cheap used paperbacks) owning a private library ceased to be a status symbol for the rich.
While a small collection of books, or one to be used by a small number of people, can be stored in any way suitable to the owners, a large or public collection requires a catalogue and some means of consulting it. Often codes or other marks have to be added to the books to speed the process of relating them to the catalogue and their correct shelf position. Where these identify a volume uniquely, they are referred to as "call numbers". In library and booksellers' catalogues, it is common to include an short form such as "Crown 8vo" to indicate the paper size from which the book is made.
VI. Retell the topic “Free time and hobbies”.
VII. Compose your own story about your free time and hobbies.
Shopping
Learn the words:
to cost – стоить a purchase – покупка
food – продукты питания, еда drink – напиток
rice – рис fish – рыба
oil – масло beef – говядина
shrimps – креветки chili peppers – перец чили
potatoes – картофель chicken – цыпленок
market – рынок vegetables – овощи
store – универмаг bakery – булочная
butcher – мясной магазин; мясник rows of stalls – ряды прилавков
dairy produce – молочные продукты offer – предлагать
clothes – одежда shoes – обувь
price – цена slightly – слегка, немного
to stand in line – стоять в очереди buy – покупать
sell – продавать fish sauce – рыбный соус
goods for sale – товары на продажу to refuse – отказывать (-ся) to bargain – торговаться sausage – колбаса
bargain – (торговая) сделка; выгодная покупка
tourist items – принадлежности для туристов; to cut in – вмешаться, зд. вклиниться в очередь, встать без очереди; siesta – исп. сиеста, полуденный отдых