Dear Ben, Thank you very much for your letter. I am glad that you are fine. I'm fine too. In your letter you ask me to drop you a few lines about my trip to Kiev. Well, as you know I visited Kiev with my parents in August during my summer holidays. We were lucky with the weather. It was sunny and warm all the time. Kiev is the Hero-city and the capital of Ukraine, so it's a big industrial, political, cultural and transport centre of the country. It stands on the Dnieper river. About 3 million people live in it. The city is very green and they say that there are a lot cities that have a lot of parks, but 'Kiev is situated in one of the biggest parks itself.' Because there are really a lot of trees and flowers in and round the capital. (By the way, the leaf of a chestnut tree is a symbol of Kiev.) The city is very old. It was founded in the Vl century. In the city there are a lot of sights such as monuments, museums, theatres, cinemas, parks, old temples and cathedrals. There's a circus, a dolphinarium, a zoo, a large aqua-park in the capital. A lot of tourists visit Kiev, the capital of Ukraine every year. There are a lot of modern hotels and cafes for tourists. We stayed in the hotel 'Kiev' on the 20th floor. I liked the city very much and recommend to visit it. To my mind it is really worth visiting. Now I'm closing. Keep in touch. Write about your last summer holiday. Best wishes, Diana
Дорогой Бен, Большое спасибо за твоё письмо. Я рад, что ты в порядке. У меня тоже всё в порядке.В своём письме ты просишь меня написать несколько строк о моей поездке в Киев. Ну, как ты знаешь, я был в Киеве с родителями в августе, во время летних каникул.Нам повезло с погодой. Все время было солнечно и тепло. Киев - город-герой и столица Украины, это крупный промышленный, политический, культурный и транспортный центр страны. Он стоит на реке Днепр. В нем проживает около 3 миллионов человек. Город очень зеленый, и часто говорят, что есть много городов, в которых много парков, но " Киев сам расположен в одном из больших парков." Потому что в столице и вокруг нее действительно много деревьев и цветов. (Кстати, лист каштана - символ Киева.) Город очень старый. Он был основан в Vl веке. В городе много достопримечательностей, таких как памятники, музеи, театры, кинотеатры, парки, старинные храмы и соборы. В столице есть цирк, дельфинарий, зоопарк, большой аквапарк. Ежегодно Киев, столицу Украины, посещает множество туристов. Здесь много современных гостиниц и кафе для туристов. Мы останавливались в отеле "Киев" на 20 этаже. Мне очень понравился город и рекомендую его посетить. На мой взгляд, это действительно город, в котором стоит побывать.Теперь я заканчиваю. Оставайся на связи. Напиши о своем последнем летнем отдыхе. С наилучшими пожеланиями, Диана
We can’t but say, that nowadays there are a lot of problems connected with drugs. More and more people are becoming drug-addicted. As the result, they can’t study, work and have a family. Such people almost always anguish from serious diseases.
Thus, the most people believe that drugs should be forbidden by all means. On the contrary, others consider that drugs, especially light, have only positive influence on people, helping to overcome vital difficulties. As for me, I’m for the former group.
Now let me explain my point of view. I think that drugs must be forbidden, whether light or hard drugs. Firstly, drugs ruin people’s lives. Drug-addicts can’t live a happy life; the only mission for them is to get through. Secondly, drug-addicted outrage the law for getting money on the next dose. Thirdly, drugs are the problem, having a negative influence not only on the concrete person but on society at all. Illicit drugs, having a great destructive force, affect primarily the young and active population, so to say, the gene pool of the nation, adversely reacting on the next generation.
But other people believe that some drugs are even useful for human. Indeed, some drugs are used in medicine and help seriously ill people. But I don’t agree with these people. Medicine has stepped forward and now many serious diseases may be treated without using drugs. As for light drugs, they will inevitably lead to taking hard drugs. People become not able to stop and finally, come to lethal termination.
To sum it all up, I would like to say that this problem is very topical nowadays. More and more people addict from drugs, and to save the population from this terrible disease we should pluck up its cause – drugs.
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My Favourite Fairy Tale
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Books have always interested
and attracted me. From the very childhood I like listening to my mum’s
stories. She normally told me some popular fairy tales, including
Cinderella, Pinocchio, Beauty and the Beast. However, my favourite book
was about Alice in Wonderland, which was written by a well-known English
author Lewis Carroll. It’s a story about a curious little girl, named
Alice, who falls down a rabbit hole and meets lots of strange creatures
there. When it comes to this fairy tale, I’m ready to hear, read or
watch it many times. I liked every moment of it, for example, when Alice
drinks the magic syrup and becomes small enough to sneak into an
attractive garden. Later, she eats a piece of cookie and becomes of a
tremendous size. She cries so much that her tears flood the hallway.
When she becomes small again, she has to swim through her own tears. The
tale is full of such abstract incidents, but they are setting wonderful
atmosphere. During her journey she meets many friends in this imaginary
world. One of them is the White Rabbit, who is always in a hurry.
Another noteworthy character is the Cheshire Cat, who has a distinctive
mischievous grin. Perhaps, the worst character of the fairy tale is the
Queen of Hearts. Her favourite phrase is: “Off with their heads!” She
nearly killed Alice for being disobedient. One of my favourite parts
from the book “Alice in Wonderland” is “A Mad Tea-Party” with the Hatter
and the March Hare. They seemed to be having such a good time. Each
time I heard this tale, I imagined being in this fantasy world and
walking the same routes Alice did.</span></span>