Vocabulary:

movement [´mu:vm3nt] — рух`

on the grounds [3n 93 ´gra\ndz] —

на підставі

Republican Federation [r´p2blk3n

fed3´re63n] — Республіканська

Федерація

Christian Association [´krst3n

3s3\s´e63n] — християнська

асоціація

Coordinative Committee

[k3\´1:dn3tv k3´mt] —

координаційний комітет

Violent [´va3l3nt] —насильницький

urgent [´-:d43nt] — терміновий

to release [r´l:z] — випускати

anew [3´nju:] — заново

Questions:

1. What do you know about the youth movement in the world?

2. What youth organizations of the USA do you know?

3. Name some political organizations of Great Britain.

4. What do some people do in their church organizations?

5. How do interest clubs work?

l The Life of A merican Y outh

Young people in the USA also have

their problems and hobbies.

I would like to tell about some of them.

At American schools there are many

differentcircles

for schoolchildren,

for example,

a school literature

society, sports society, and so on.

Many young American people are

fond of sports.

They attend school sports clubs.

There are sports teams at schools and

different competitions are organized

quite often.

Besides, there are a lot of school

parties.

Починаючи з 14 років, кожен підліток

зайнятий постійною роботою на

неповний

день, щоб мати гроші на

кишенькові

витрати.

Добре видно, що наша молодь у багатьох

аспектах життя схожа на молодь

за кордоном.

l Життя молоді в А мериці

Молодь в Америці також має свої

проблеми

і захоплення.

Я хочу розповісти про деякі з них.

В американських школах є багато

різних гуртків для школярів, наприклад,

шкільний літературний гурток,

спортивний

гурток та ін.

Багато молодих американців займаються

спортом.

Вони відвідують шкільні спортклуби.

У школах багато спортивних команд

і часто

організуються змагання.

Крім того, проводиться багато

шкільних вечорів.

49 2 Life of Y outh l

Parents help to organize them.

There are “talent nights” where the

schoolchildren

show all their talents

as to the drama or singing.

Most music societies have bands or orchestras,

which perform on different

occasions.

Besides, lots of children and

teenagers have hobbies.

They join different clubs that are organized

for young people having the

same hobby.

During their holidays young people

like to travel.

There are also some political organizations,

and different organization,

that are connected with ecology or

racial discrimination.

As our youth, American young people

also like to communicate with each

other and spend a lot of time

together.

Vocabulary:

hobby [´h5b] — захоплення

“talent nights” [´t0l3nt ´nats] —

«вечори талантів»

to be fond of [f5nd 3v] — займати-

ся, захоплюватися

circle [s-:kl] — гурток

to join [d41n] — об’єднуватися

society [s3´sa3t] — тут: гурток

orchestra [´5kstr3] — оркестр

Questions:

1. Name some political and other societies, organizations of the USA.

2. What does the youth organization Greenpeace deal with?

3. What do some young people do in their school societies?

4. Are you fond of sport?

5. What are “talent nights”?

l My Favourite Books

I like to read books very much.

My favourite writer and poet is

A. S. Pushkin.

My favourite Pushkin’s poem is

“Poltava”, but I like to read his poem

«Ruslan and Lyudmila» too.

My sister is in the second form but

she likes to read Pushkin’s works too.

Most of all she likes fairy-tales.

Her favourite fairy-tale is “The Tale

About Tsar Saltan”.

My sister likes to read other fairy-tales

too.

Her favourite tales are “Cinderella”,

“The Snowwhite and the seven

Dwarfs”, “The Sleeping Beauty” and

others.

In our home library we have more than

500 books.

l Мої улюблені книги

Я дуже люблю читати книги.

Мій улюблений письменник

і поет — О. С. Пушкін.

Моя улюблена пушкінська

поема — «Полтава», але також

я люблю читати

його поему «Руслан

і Людмила».

Моя сестра в другому класі, але

вона також любить читати твори

Пушкіна.

Понад усе вона любить казки.

Її улюблена казка — «Казка про

царя Салтана».

Також моя сестра любить читати

й інші казки.

Її улюблені казки — «Попелюшка»,

«Білосніжка і сім гномів», «Спляча

красуня

» та ін.

У нашій домашній бібліотеці понад

500 книг.

l Видатні люди, праці яких мені подобаються 45 1

There are works by Pushkin, Gogol,

Tolstoy,

Turgenyev and other writers.

We also have books by English

writers,

and among them plays by

Shakespeare,

historical novels by Walter

Scott, detectivestories

by Conan

Doyle.

We have books on science, art and

naturetoo.

But often I go to the school library.

Most of all I am interested in books on

science.

Now I am reading a book about

famous English scientist Charles

Darwin.

I do not like to read books in the

reading room, so I prefer to take them

out from the library.

My father is a teacher, and he often

goes to Korolenko Library in the

centre of the city.

It is a very big library and it has many

thousands

of various books.