Voyage: a rather long journey, esp. By water or air.

trip: a journey, an excursion, a brief one made by land or water.

tour: a journey in which a short stay is made at a number of places with the view of sightseeing, the traveller finally returning to the place from which he had started.

cruise: a sea voyage from port to port, esp. a pleasure trip.

hitch-hiking: travelling by getting free rides in passing automobiles and walking between rides.

Shopping

Shopping is a part of our daily life . We have to deal with it whether we like it or

not . There are people who hate going shopping . So they make a shopping list .

Sometimes they even don't care about the price . And there are people who go from

store to store king for goods of better quality and lower price . Those don't worry about the time they spend shopping.

I like to go shopping . Clothes make people feel warm , comfortable and good-Looking.

People go shopping to the market, department stores and boutiques . When I buy clothes I usually try a thing on in the fitting room and consult a sales - girl to choose my clothe, before buying it . It is very important to have your own dress sense. I prefer to buy expensive and fashionable clothes because of die quality of goods .

However I can also buy something cheaper if I like the thing .

My style is casual . Students usually wear jeans and sweaters.

These clothes are comfortable . In winter we change our shoes and trainers for boots and high boots.

When invited to the party or for some holiday I go to the department store to buy

something fresh in order to look nice. The store is divided in departments: women’s

clothes, men’s clothes, shoes, toys, sport goods, leather goods, kitchen goods and so

one . In a women's clothes department you can find a wide assortment of clothes such

as : sweaters, jumpers, evening gowns, tights, suits, dresses, trousers and many other

things.

Very often there is a winter or summer clearance sale, during this period all prices are reduced .

For a birthday present I'd like to buy something for my friends in the cosmetic shop: cream, hand cream, lipstick , lip gloss, powder, liquid make - up, nail varnish, eye-shadow, rouge and so on.

Many people have to wear a uniform at work , They are doctors, policemen , postmen and others .

But in some years I’ll be an executive woman and I'll have to change the casual style for the formal one.

Executive women usually wear a medium length skill and a simple blouse and a jacket or trouser suit. They don't wear heavy make - up, a lot of jewelry and toostrong perfume.

I like ready made clothes not made to other one. I always try to be dressed for the occasion. People say « A good dress is a card of invitation » but everybody knows that « Clothes don't make the man ».

Seasons

There are four seasons in the year - spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Spring is the season of hope and happiness .

It is the season when nature awakens from her winter sleep - the ice is broken , the grass is beginning to shoot, here buds are showing, there the trees are already bursting into leaf, fresh, green and lovely . Spring has come !

Summer is the hottest season in the year .

The bright sunshine scorches the earth .

Not a single cloud is in the sky . It is pleasant to get out of town where one is

oppressed with the heat and ramble though woods , among hills and valleys ,

following winding paths that are hardly seen to the naked eye in the thick green grass

The fields are green and shorn - here there big stacks of hay are seen . The days are long in summer..

But on moves the earth in its ace round the sun . The days are becoming shorter , the sun rays are losing their glittering force - autumn is approaching . The beautiful nature has thanked the laborious fanner for toil in the fields , meadows and orchards .

The trees than not long ago bloomed with flowers are laden with ripening fruit . But the beautiful « Indian summer » is over it is deep autumn now .

We don’t hear any more the sweet melody of birds in the woods and forest -they have flown away to far distant warm countries . Everything is beginning to take a different colour and garment in the lonely quite of the country - side - the trees look bate , for they have cast off their leaves , the fragnant flowers have faded away . The shy is overcast with low , black, heavy clouds - the period of rains has set in , It is unpleasant to be out in the drizzling piercing rain that is accompanied by a cold wind.

December is approaching . There is a breath of winter autumn air . It is getting colder day by day . The cold makes the hands cold and stiff.

It is on a morning in December that you get up and look out of the window , and ... the ground . the roofs of the houses are thick with snow . In the woods the branches of the trees are also feathered with snow . Everything around looks so beautiful ! Winter has set in.