The British,The Spaniards,The Russians,Brazilians,The poles,The Germans,The Irish,The Italians,The French,<span>Americans.
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). They say, "Health is above wealth". 2). Thousands of people consider sports to be very helpful in gaining good health. 3). That's why every country pays much attention to developing sports. 4). It is sport that helps to bring up physically strong, strong-willed, courageous and energetic people.
5). Unfortunately, it is very difficult to find time forgoing in for sports regularly. 6). People have become too busy nowadays. 7). There are quite a number of people who prefer watching sporting events rather than taking part in them. 8). They are so-called sportfans. 9). They pack stadiums during sport matches and competitions, they sit glued to the TV, and they are ready to give every moral support to their favourite sportsmen or teams.
10). In the meantime thousands of people devote their spare time to going in for sports. 11). They play indoor and outdoor games: volleyball, basketball, table-tennis, hockey, law-tennis. 12). The number of participants and spectators show that the most popular games are basketball, hockey and, of course, football. 13). A lot of people go in for track-and-field athletics, cycling, boxing, wrestling, gymnastics and so on.
14). Hockey, figure skating, skiing and skating are among the most popular winter sports. 15). In summer swimming is enjoyed by millions of people. 16). There are also many indoor swimming pools, which make swimming possible all the year round. 17). Cycling is useful exercise, too, because it takes you out into the fresh air and gives much work to all the muscles. 18). So if you arrange your day correctly you can find an opportunity for sports.
Thomas Edison Thomas Edison (1) WAS born in 1847 in Ohio in the United<span>States. He (2) startED school at the age of eight but he (3) hateD it because on his first day the teacher (4) callED him stupid. After that, he (5) stayED at home a Lot of the time and (6) haD lessons from his mother. He also (7) READ a Lot of science books at home. He (8) WENT back to school sometimes but he never (9) likeD it very much. He (10) leFT school forever at the age of twelve and (11) gOT a job with a newsagent. He (12) begAn inventing things at the age of nineteen. In 1877 he (13) inventED the phonograph, a sort of very early CD player! Two years later, he (14) maDE the world's first electric Light bulb and York (15) becAme the first city to have electric lights. New</span>
1. He was sleeping at 10 o'clock in the morning.
<em>В десять часов утром он спал. </em>
2. We all went out last night.
<em>Мы все вышли прошлой ночью. </em>
3. I was eating breakfast when the phone rang.
<em>Я ел завтрак, в то время как зазвонил телефон. </em>
4. I took some really great photos when I was in California.
<em>Когда я был в Калифорнии, я сделал несколько действительно замечательных фотографий. </em>
5. He met Mary yesterday.
<em>Вчера он встретил Мэри.</em>
