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2. Oleg’s winter and summer holidays

Oleg has much more free time during his holidays: winter and summer. The winter holidays last from January 26 till February 7.

In winter the weather is cold and it often snows. Everything is white. The river is frozen over. The average temperature is about 5 degrees below 0. Oleg likes such weather. It’s a very good time for sports. He can go in for skiing and skating. Sometimes he makes snowmen and plays snowballs with his friends or sledges with his younger sister from the hill near their house. Unfortunately it gets dark early and he has to come back home and to occupy himself playing computer games, programming or watching sport news on TV. Sometimes winter evenings are rather boring.

He prefers summer holidays because it’s the warmest season of the year. The sun shines brightly. The sky is often blue and cloudless. It gets light early in the morning and gets dark late at night. As summer holidays last two months, he has much time for his favourite pastime. The weather gives him the opportunity to be more in the open air. Riding a bicycle is the best way of being in a good form and Oleg cycles as much as possible .He also goes to the river to swim and sunbathe or enjoys walks in the forest gathering berries or picking up mushrooms.

It’s also a good season for travelling. Every year his family goes somewhere by car. Usually they go to the seaside or to the country where their grandparents live. As for Oleg, he enjoys living in a city or town. But after a while, say a week or so, he feels like breathing some fresh air and having a look at the countryside. Oleg’s grandparents have a house in the country. Everything is peaceful and inviting there. He especially likes cycling through the forest along the long lanes.

Oleg likes active spending of free time. Leisure for him is a source of inspiration.

Exercises

1. Reproduce the sentences using the following words and word combinations:

later than usual

to do shopping

far away

to do indoors

at one’s place

to get ready for

on his day off

to take away

2. Complete the following sentences:

1. If the weather is fine Mike goes… .

2. If the weather is bad we usually go… .

3. Do you watch …?

4. Much depends on… .

3. Agree to the following statements and add some more information:

Pattern: – On your day off you go shopping.

Thats right. I go shopping on my day off as I want to help my mother about the house.

1. You skate well.

2. Your father always helps your mother to clean the flat.

3. Mary went to the skating-rink last Sunday.

4. Helen had a good time yesterday.

5. Kate doesn’t often go to the theatre.

6. It’s a pleasure to see the friends.

4. Fill in the missing parts in the following dialogues:

  1. A: Were you at home last night?

B: No, I wasn’t. I skated with my friends on the skating-rink.

A: Did you have a good time?

B: …

  1. A: Do you like going to the pictures?

B: …

A: Do you often go to the theatre?

B: …

A: How often?

B: …

A: Not so bad, I think.

B: …

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