Sport is the Way of Life to Everybody
Sport plays a great and important role in our life. If you want to be healthy and keep fit you must go in for sports. "If we are healthy, we are wealthy!", says the English proverb. It is necessary to go in for sports regularly, then it does our health good, gives us joy, pleasure and satisfaction.
Physical Training (Physical Education) is an important subject at schools. Pupils have PT (or PE) lessons twice a week. They run, jump, play volley-ball and basket-ball at the lessons of PT. If the weather is nice, pupils have their PT lessons at the sports-ground near the school. It's fun to have lessons in the open air. In winter pupils go skiing in those parts of the country where there is much snow.In our school a lot of different competitions are held, a great number of pupils take part in them. The participants who show the best results become winners.
My friend and I are fond of football. We play in our football team. Playing football is hard work today. So we have to train a lot. Once or twice a week we get up early in the morning and go for a run in the woods. At first we felt tired after running for only ten minutes. But soon we got used to it. Today after half an hour's run we feel fine. Besides running I do morning exercises regularly. In
summer I go swimming, in winter I go skiing and skating. Going in for sports helps my friend and me to feel cheerful after a hard day at school. I think I like sports because all the members of my family are fond of sports. My father lifts weights, my mother and sister play tennis.
Summer is the happiest time for us because we can go on hikes. We enjoy camping in tents. Sometimes we go for a bicycle ride. I think, it is remarkable. You can go along country roads. You find new places, see new sights. It gives you exercise and keeps you in good health. You can stop anywhere; there are no parking problems. When you come back from a day's ride you feel really good.
I think it is necessary for people of all ages to go in for sports.
Nature Pollution
People always lived in harmony with nature. But they wanted to live better and to make their lives easier. They began to discover new things and invent new technologies. This caused the global pollution of the nature.
One of the greatest problems in the world is the pollution of the environment. For example people pollute nature throwing trash everywhere, but it’s not the worst problem. With the development of industry pollution became more important. This leads to global warming, different diseases and disappearance of endangered species.
If people pay more attention to this situation, they would solve this problem more quickly. First of all if we recycled more plastic bottles, we wouldn’t have to produce so much plastic. If we produce less plastic, we would burn less oil. If we burned less oil, there would not be so much greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. If there was less greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere, we would be able to reduce global warming. If we reduce global warming, the Earth’s climate wouldn’t change so fast. So, the world would be a safer place. I wish this with all my heart.
Technology
Technology is a very important thing of the 21stcentury. Nowadays people want to develop different spheres of their lives and do it in different ways. We use all possible devices and gadgets. In today’s world there are a lot of new inventions. They are: DVD player, portable CD player, computer, camera, and other useful gadgets. People think that the most important is the mobile phone which is used as a mean of connection. But scientists proved that kitchen devices are more highly needed.
But it’s worth mentioning that every plus has its minus. To be addicted to technologies is nothing good. When we work on the computer for a long time we damage our eyesight. So, we must spend less time at the computer and not to listen to music loudly to avoid ear problems. If you follow these rules, you won’t have any problems with your health.
My favourite gadget is a photo camera. I think it is the best device because it is not bad to your health and you’ll never forget the bright moments of your life. Furthermore, you can look through photos before they are printed and make any changes. Also everybody wants to look perfectly in the photos so some cameras have photoshops.
To finish with we can’t live without modern technologies nowadays.
Topics 4th form
Free-Time Activities
People enjoy doing different things in their free time. Some of them like rollerblading, dancing or playing computer games. Others prefer doing athletics or gymnastics. There are such hobbies as photography, music, fashion, martial arts and others.
People all over the world go in for different kinds of sports. Ukrainian people like sport and games too. In my opinion the top five sports in our country are football, basketball, swimming, athletics and gymnastics. Many famous Ukrainian sportsmen are Olympic champions. My classmates are interested in skateboarding, cycling and playing computer games. A lot of schoolchildren join sport clubs where they meet friends with the same hobby.
The British and Australians also love sport. They play it, they talk about it and watch it on TV. Australian weather is perfect for sport. And there are thousands of great beaches, so swimming is very popular. As for Britain, the weather isn’t very good, so water sports aren’t popular with many people. Football, swimming, cricket and basketball are top sports in Australia and the UK. Young people also do other activities with friends: for example skateboarding, cycling and horse riding.
As for me I go in for judo. I usually have trainings twice a week. First we train our arms, legs and stomachs. Them we practice fighting for an hour. I hardly ever have free time, but at weekends I always do my favourite activities. They are reading books and rollerblading.
From my point of view free-time activities help us feel strong, cheerful and full of energy.
Hobbies and Pastimes
To start with I should say that there are many hobbies such as fishing, gardening, reading books, travelling, going shopping, doing sports, collecting things, watching TV and so on. They are very interesting and exciting. As for me I am a very clever and curious boy\girl that’s why I have some hobbies too. So, I like … and … . But I don’t like … and … . I think it’s boring! … is one of my favourite hobbies. I started to do it when I was … and I usually do it … . Another nice pastimes for me are parties. I like fancy-dress and birthday parties. To prepare for a party I clean my flat, blow up coloured balloons, make decorations and help my mother to cook many different tasty things. It is a great fun!
I’m sure that watching films is also great. I usually go to the cinema with my … every … . Best of all I prefer … and … . My favourite film is … and my favourite actor/ actress is … . He/she is brilliant. So I can’t imagine my life without hobbies
Holidays
People celebrate a lot of holidays all the year round. Many holidays are days when we don’t go to school and grown ups don’t go to work. On some holidays such as Christmas and Easter people go to church. Some holidays are the birthdays of famous people like Taras Shevchenko in Ukraine or the British Queen in Great Britain. I would like to tell about the most popular celebrations.
One of them is Christmas. We celebrate it on the 7th of January. We open our presents in the morning on this day. The younger children have a stocking full of little presents next to their bed. Only good children get things. Naughty children get bad presents. The other presents are under the tree in the living room.
Easter is also a religious holiday. People celebrate Easter on Sunday in April or May. They go to the church to bless food. Children enjoy decorating and colouring eggs before this holiday. It is a tradition to have a family dinner on this holiday.
St. Valentine’s Day is the day of love and friendship. People make or buy nice cards. They write their words of love and friendship there. And they send the cards to the people they love. There is a trick about the cards. You shouldn’t write the name on the card. Your friend should guess the name. People often make parties on this day.
My favourite holiday is … We celebrate it on the … I like it because …
My Flat
I live with my mother, father and brother in block of flats. Our flat is on the … floor.
We have got a living room, a bedroom, a children’s room, a hall, a kitchen, and a bathroom.
My room is not very large, but it is light and cosy. I sleep on the comfortable sofa. It is on the left near the wall. There is a chest of drawers next to the sofa. You can see a nice vase on the chest of drawers. It’s made in China. The desk is by the window. There is a computer on the table and two chairs near it. I have got a lot of books for school and for reading. They are on the bookshelves.
There is a big soft carpet in the middle of the room. I like to lie on it when I’m tired.
I tidy up my room twice a week. I do the carpets with the vacuum cleaner, polish the furniture and water the flowers. I never drop things around the room. I put them in their places. So, my room is always in order.
Try to keep your room in order:
Sweep the floor and make your bed.
You should never let disorder
Steal your time and make you sad.
Reading Books
Reading books is a very popular pastime of children and grown-ups. Do you know why? Of course, you do. Books are our friends and teachers. You can find answers to all questions in books, because there are different kinds of books.
Books about famous people teach us to be noble, honest and hard-working. Stories about nature teach us to understand the beauty of nature, to take good care of it, to help birds and animals. I’m fond of reading books about other countries. It is so interesting to know their history, traditions, customs and their places of interest. It’s fun to read stories about children and their adventures. Fables and fairy-tales are also very amusing. They teach us to be kind and clever, polite and modest, not to be lazy and naughty, not to boast and not to wish too much. They teach us not to be silly and to think well. From books we learn what is right and what is wrong and how to behave in different life situations.
I have got a bright imagination, and when I am reading a book, I imagine the people and places. I often imagine that I am one of the characters. Time flies quickly then, and I can’t take my eyes off the book.
My favourite book is … The author of the book is … The main character of the book is … (What does he look like? What is he like?)
Since books are friends,
They need much care.
When you’re reading them,
Be good to them and fair.
I try my best to do it. I always wash my hands before reading. I don’t write or draw on the pages. I don’t make dog’s ears, I use book-marks. I don’t cut or tear pages. If I take the book from the library, I always return it in time.
So, books are my good friends and I try to be a good friend to them, too.
Rivne
Rivne is a big town. There is the River Ustia in our town. There are many different streets in Rivne: old and new, long and short. The main street is Soborna street. It is the longest street in Rivne. The heart of Rivne is Independence Square. There is a lot to see in Independence Square: the monument to Taras Shevchenko – famous Ukrainian writer, the building of the Central Post Office. Behind the monument there is a Cinema House ”Ukraina”. Teatralna Street is famous for Drama Theatre. To the left of the theatre you can see a monument to Ulas Samchuk and to the right there is an underground shopping center. Not far from the Teatralna Street there is a monument to Maria Nesvitska, who was called the Princess of Rivne. It is great.
My town is very beautiful and cosy. People like to spend their free time in the central park or in the Hydro Park. There is a big and nice Zoo out of the town. There are many domestic and wild animals and birds in it. The main cultural centers in Rivne are: the Drama Theatre, the Puppet Theatre, the Cineme House ”Ukraina” and many museums. There are many modern buildings in Rivne. There are banks, hotels, holpitals, shopa and cafes.
I think, Rivne is the best town in Ukraine.
4th form
Travelling
Travelling is very popular nowadays.
Everybody travels
To places near and far
By bus or train, by boat or plane,
Bicycle or car.
Some people travel on business, others travel for pleasure. When you travel, you can see and learn lots of new things. You can enjoy the beauty of nature. You can visit different cities and countries and make new friends.
There are many ways of travelling. Travelling by plane is the fastest. Modern planes are very comfortable, but the tickets are very expensive. Besides, planes don’t fly in bad weather.
Trains are slower than planes, but not less comfortable. You can see everything from the train window. Trains go in any weather. They are safe and not expensive.
Over the mountains, Carrying passengers,
Over the plains, Carrying mail,
Over the rivers, Over the country
Here come trains. Here come trains.
Many people are crazy about travelling by car. They don’t need to buy tickets. They go where they want and stop where they want. But I think that cars are more dangerous than any other means of transport and not so comfortable.
As for me I like to travel very much. I travelled by plane, by train, by bus, by car, by bicycle and on foot. I have got a dream. I want to visit other countries. The best way to get there is by ship. It’s great to breathe the sea air, to watch the fish in the water and the birds over the ship. The passengers can swim in the pool on board the ship or sunbathe. I think a sea voyage is fantastic.
I hope me dream will come true.
Topics 2nd form
My Timetable
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday are seven days of the week. I go to school five days a week. We have got Maths, English, Sport, Reading, Writing, Art, Nature Studies and ACE lessons at school.
This is my timetable. I have got ___ ( English) on _____( Monday).
I want to say that English is my favourite lesson. We speak, read and write English. We like singing English songs and doing PACE’s at ACE lessons. Also I like doing sums and counting at Maths. We draw and make things at Art and sing songs at Music. I like to go to school.
My Classroom
I go to the Center of Hope school.
There are many classrooms in my school.
My classroom is light and clean.
There is a blackboard on the wall.
There are many offices in it.
There are three windows with white curtains.
We can read books and listen to the tape-recorder in it.
I like my classroom.
My Working Day
My name is… I am a pupil of the 2d form. I study at theCenter of Hope school. I have got a very busy morning. I wake up at 7 o’clock, do my morning exercises, wash my face and hands, clean my teeth, brush my hair. Then I dress, have my breakfast and go to school. Usually I have got 7 lessons a day. After classes I go home. First of all I eat my dinner and then I have a rest. After that I do my homework. In the evening I have supper. Also I can read a book or watch TV. I have a bath and go to bed at 9:30.Topics 3d form
Daily duties
I live with my … in a flat. We like to keep our flat tidy and clean. So, we always have much work about the house. We make the list of duties. Everybody has some duty.
My father’s duty is to do the shopping. Mother gives him the shopping list. Mum usually cooks for the family. Sometimes I help my mother. I can peel, slice or chop vegetables and fruit. I can make sandwiches and different salads, too. I can warm food in the microwave oven. I often wash the dishes and sweep the floor in the kitchen. It’s easy.
On Saturdays we all clean our flat. … does the carpets with the vacuum cleaner. I tidy up my room and water the plants. Mum does the laundry with the washing machine. She also does the ironing.
When we finish our work, we are very tidy, but we are very happy, too. The flat is very clean and cosy. It’s great to live in it.
Sometimes we invite guests for tea. I like to help mum to lay the table.
Help your mother lay the table, Help your mother clean the table,
Put the knives, and forks and spoons. Take the knives, and forks and spoons.
Help your mother lay the table Help your mother clean the table
Every afternoon.
Morning, night and noon.
Seasons
Winter, spring, summer and autumn are four seasons of the year.
It is cold in winter, it often snows. The trees and ground are white. We wear coats, boots, scarves, mittens, caps and socks in winter.
It is warm in spring, it often rains. There are small green leaves on the trees. Birds sing their songs. We wear raincoats, sweaters, shoes ……. in spring.
It is usually hot in summer. The sun shines and the sky is blue. Children don’t go to school. They can swim in summer. We can wear T-shirts, shorts …… in summer.
Autumn is a cool and wet season. But it is beautiful. The trees are yellow, red and brown. It often rains and it is windy. School starts in autumn. We wear raincoats, umbrellas …… in autumn.
Weekends
Schoolchildren in all countries are very busy on weekdays. They have many lessons and much homework. But
Saturday and Sunday are happy days
They bring much fun and time to play.
British children spend their weekends in different ways. In winter they enjoy skiing, skating, sledging or playing snowballs. In summer they often go to the seaside, to the lake, to the river or to the mountains. They go fishing, boating, lie in the sun or build sandcastles. In the mountains they live in tents and climb the mountains.
Many children like to travel with their parents. They go to big cities and visit museuns, art galleries, theatres, cinemas and circuses. They buy new things for their collections: stamps, badges, stickers, posters, dolls, cars.
British children are fond of different parties. They can have a cookery party, a balloon party, a teddy-bear party, a football party on their weekends. For some parties they make special cakes, name badges, invitations and posters.
British children like having a good time on the weekends.
Winter
Children are skating,
Children are skiing,
And sledging down the hills.
Winter is coming,
Winter is here
With snow, frost and winds.
Winter is different in different countries. Winter in Ukraine is fantastic. The weather is usually freezing cold. It is often very slippery and we must be careful. But there is a lot of snow and it is great! We can skate, ski, sledge, make a snowman or a snowcastle. I like having a snowball fight with my friends. It is fun!
Winter in England is not so beautiful. It is not very cold. It is often foggy and cool. Only sometimes it snows, but more often it rains. Englishmen don’t usually wear fur coats or fur caps. They wear raincoats and carry umbrellas. English children only dream of the frosty windows that we have in Ukraine in winter.
When windows are frosty Or flowers, or houses,
And icy in places, Or may be a cat.
I like to write letters, I really wish windows
And draw funny faces, Were always like that!
Topics 6-7th form
6-7th form
City Life and Rural Life
Everybody is a personality and everybody has his own taste. We can choose things to wear, food to eat and place to live in. People can advise us certain styles of clothes and certain kinds of food, but the place to live we must choose ourselves. One can prefer to live in the city, another wants to live in the country.
To my mind life in the city is much easier than in the country. Firstly, there is a developed transport system, so you can get quickly to the place you want. Another point is you needn’t to take care of domestic animals and to do gardening. Life is more comfortable because there are a lot of supermarkets and shops. You can enjoy going sightseeing and visiting museums and galleries. But I want to add, that pollution is the greatest disadvantage of the city life today. Noise pollution is the problem of big cities too.
Everyone who cares about his health tries to move out from the city. My guess is that some people are born for rural life. They can’t fit to live in the city. Rural life has its own advantages. There isn’t any noise and the air is clean and fresh. Furthemore, you can eat your own fruit and vegetables. The life is cheaper and it’s more safe to live in the country.
If I was asked to live in the country, I would refuse, but it is only my thought. To finish with, wherever to live you must look only for advantages of your life.
Environmental Pollution
Nowadays environmental pollution is one of the serious problems in the world. Environmental pollution is a pollution of air, water and land. Pollution leads to global warming and climate change.
There are lots of different types of pollution: air, water and soil pollution, noise and light pollution others.
Air pollution is one of the major problems of today. Millions of people all over the world live in areas in which the air is not safe to breathe. One of the main sources of this type of pollution is industry. Numerous factories and plants release into the atmosphere a lot of chemicals.
Water pollution kills large quantity of fish, birds, and other animals, in some cases killing everything in an affected area.Pollution makes streams, lakes, unpleasant to swim in or to have a rest. People who polluted water can become ill, if they drink polluted water for a long time,
Automobiles are polluting the air but they provide transportation for the people. Factories pollute the air and the water but they provide jobs for people and produce necessary goods.
People would have to stop using many useful things if they wanted to end pollution immediately. Most people do not want that of course. But pollution can be reduced gradually. Scientists and engineers can find the ways to reduce pollution from automobiles and factories.
most terrible ecological problem of Ukraine is Chernobyl. The effect of Chernobyl disaster is dangerous and tragic, because we don t know up to the end all the consequences of radioactive contamination.
6-7th form
Films
I would like to tell you about my favourite types of films. There are a lot of types of films, but I’m crazy about musicals as ”Camp Rock” or ”High School Musical”. They attract me by the great variety of songs and dances.
I also adore animated films. They remind me of my careless childhood, they accompany me all my life. I’m keen on them, because they are very simple for understanding and their characters are pleasant looking and sometimes funny.
There is nothing like historical dramas. They give me a lot of gripping emotions. Such films invest new ideas into my memory. When I feel lonely, I don’t mind watching ”Mummies”.
You know I’m a kind person, so I can’t stand war films. They make me irritated, because such films contain a lot of fighting and blood. My guess is that, those people who watch war films must have strength of mind and be curageous.
On the whole, everybody has different tastes and different favourite films, but I’m sure that one day, you’ll realise that there is nothing better than musicals and animated films.
7th form
Nature Pollution
People always lived in harmony with nature. But they wanted to live better and to make their lives easier. They began to discover new things and invent new technologies. This caused the global pollution of the nature.
One of the greatest problems in the world is the pollution of the environment. For example people pollute nature throwing trash everywhere, but it’s not the worst problem. With the development of industry pollution became more important. This leads to global warming, different diseases and disappearance of endangered species.
If people pay more attention to this situation, they would solve this problem more quickly. First of all if we recycled more plastic bottles, we wouldn’t have to produce so much plastic. If we produce less plastic, we would burn less oil. If we burned less oil, there would not be so much greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. If there was less greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere, we would be able to reduce global warming. If we reduce global warming, the Earth’s climate wouldn’t change so fast. So, the world would be a safer place. I wish this with all my heart.
School in my life
No doubt that school is our second home. We spend a half of our life at school. While studying we become related with school classes and corridors. During our school life we get acquainted with a lot of people, who lately become our good friends. School gives us a lot of good knowledge which will be helpful im my future life.
Our school has all modern facilities. All classrooms are well-equipped. But I’m eager to describe the Art room. Firstly, this class big and spacy. There are a lot of windows there, so it is very light. We have a big blackboard on the wall and a TV above it. The teacher uses a lot of posters and schemes to make our work easier and more interesting. But we enjoy video lessons very much.That’s why we are delighted with Art lessons.
Technology
Technology is a very important thing of the 21stcentury. Nowadays people want to develop different spheres of their lives and do it in different ways. We use all possible devices and gadgets. In today’s world there are a lot of new inventions. They are: DVD player, portable CD player, computer, camera, and other useful gadgets. People think that the most important is the mobile phone which is used as a mean of connection. But scientists proved that kitchen devices are more highly needed.
But it’s worth mentioning that every plus has its minus. To be addicted to technologies is nothing good. When we work on the computer for a long time we damage our eyesight. So, we must spend less time at the computer and not to listen to music loudly to avoid ear problems. If you follow these rules, you won’t have any problems with your health.
My favourite gadget is a photo camera. I think it is the best device because it is not bad to your health and you’ll never forget the bright moments of your life. Furthermore, you can look through photos before they are printed and make any changes. Also everybody wants to look perfectly in the photos so some cameras have photoshops.
To finish with we can’t live without modern technologies nowadays.
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