My winter holidays
I like winter, because I have my long winter holidays. They are from the 29th of December till the 10th of January.
Usually the weather is fine. Sometimes the sun shines brightly and you can see a lot of snow everywhere.
During my holidays I have a lot of free time. It is not necessary to get up early, I have breakfast and then I am free.
I like to skate and to ski, if it is not cold.
My friends and I go to the skating-rink. It is near our house. Usually there are a lot of young people there.
On Sundays my parents and I go to the forest to ski I can ski well and I am fond of skiing.
During my holidays I spend a lot of time in the fresh air. My friends ring me up and we go for a walk or go to the yard to play snowballs and to make a snowman.
When it is cold I stay at home, read books and watch TV.
Sometimes my friends come to see me and we play games. I like to go to the cinema and enjoy seeing new films. It is easy to get tickets at once and we don't buy them beforehand. After visiting cinemas we discuss films, speak about actors and actresses, the main idea of the films.
We don't go to the cinemas very often because the tickets are very expensive.
I like my winter holidays, as we have a happy day - New Year's Day on the 1st of January. It is a gay holiday, my parents and I prepare for it. We buy a New Year's tree and presents. I decorate the New Year's tree.
It is a good tradition to see the New Year in with my relatives and friends. I invite my friends to celebrate this holiday together.
Sometimes my parents and I travel during my holidays. Last year we visited Suzdal. We went there by bus and it took us 5 hours to go there. We came to Suzdal and lived in a hotel for 3 days. I saw many places of interest in this old town, wooden houses and churches. It was a very impressive trip. English pupils have their winter holidays from the 25th of December. The 25th of December is Christmas Day in England. It is a tradition to have a Christmas Tree at home, a big turkey for a holiday dinner and give presents to each other. I like my winter holidays very much.
My summer holidays
I like summer holidays very much. It is warm and I have a lot of free time in the fresh air.
Usually I spend June at the sea-side. We usually go to Sochi My parents and I have been there several times. It is a nice town and there are many places of interest to see there.
The weather is fine, it is hot. I like to swim in the Black sea and try to become sunburnt spending much time on a beach.
In July my parents return to their work and I go to a camp. The camp is situated not far from Moscow and it takes me two hours to go there.
We have a gay and happy time at the camp. There is a forest near our camp and we go there to pick up some berries and mushrooms in the morning.
In the afternoon we play games, make jokes, watch TV, read English and Russian books as my friend and I are fond of reading and look through magazines and newspapers.
In the evening we dance, go for a walk, play chess and do a lot of interesting things.
August comes and I go to the country to see my grandmother and grandfather. They have a big old house and I come to see and help them. There is much work to do. I water the plants, take care of hens and help my grandfather to repair the old house.
There is a big kitchen garden near their house, where they grow different vegetables:
My grandfather is an angler and he spends a lot of time on the bank of the river. We take our fishing-rods, some food, fishing three or four hours.
I have a nice time in the country.
I return to Moscow at the end of August, meet my friends and we have a picnic
We go to the forest, prepare meat, speak about our summer holidays and school.
I like summer and enjoy my summer holidays very much.
WORDS:
beforehand - заранее
expensive - дорогой (о билетах)
gay - веселый
church - церковь
impress - производить впечатление
turkey - индейка
see the New Year in - встречать Новый год
become sunburnt - загореть
in the fresh air - на свежем воздухе
beach - пляж
hen - курица
repair - ремонтировать
angler - рыболов
fishing-rod - удочка