My friend Nick is very busy and he doesn't have much time to spare. But he's got a lot of hobbies and interests.Five years ago Nick was fond of collecting stamps. His hobby helped him to learn a lot about other countries and other peoples' traditions, the world's flora and fauna. Maybe that's why he was good at geography and biology at school.He used to bring the albums to school and we examined his stamps with great interest and envy. Sometimes he exchanged stamps with his schoolmates.When Nick was in the tenth form his parents bought him a compact disc player and Nick decided to collect compact discs. Today, he has got more than one hundred CDs of his favourite groups and singers! I think that he is very proud of his collection.Every time Nick buys a new CD he carefully studies the information printed on disc booklets. He also tries to find out everything about the singers he likes. That's why he reads a lot of specialised magazines and books on the history of rock.Nick never misses MTV shows — he thinks he must keep up with the news in the world of music. He says he likes all types of music except "rave".He even writes letters to some fan-clubs in other countries, so he has to brush up his English. Nick never misses a concert of his favourite group. He brings his compact discs to the concert and asks the singers for their autographs.But in spite of his new hobby, Nick sometimes sits in his room and looks through his albums of stamps (with his earphones on, of course) <span>
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1. What book has she read?
2. What (kind of) a man is coming tomorrow ?
3. What place is a big city now?
4. Why couldn't I come?
1. had seen
2. went
3. had
4. had finished
5. had already left
6. had left
7. had read
8. was
9. took
10, had gone
Var1. 1) 1 goes 2 are watching 3 writes 4 drives 5 is sitting 6 snows 8 is snowing 9 cooks 10 is cooking 11 leaves 12 is leaving 13 watch
2) 1 was 2 was 3 were 4 were 5 was 6 were
3) 1 aren't watching 2 don't watch 3 isn't 4 don't 5 doesn't 6 isn't 7 don't 8 don't 9 doesn't
Var2 1) 1 is ringing 2 stadies 3 spend 4 go 5 is riding 6 are sitting, are watching 7 does 8 is doing 9 rains 10 is raining 11 has 12 is having
2) 1 was 2 were 3 was 4 was 5 was
3) 1 aren't 2 don't 3 isn't 4 don't 5 doesn't 6 isn't 7 doesn't 8 don't 9 don't 10 doesn't
In our country people usually celebrate their birthday at home with relatives. But sometimes they go to the cafe with friends and relatives or arrange a picnic in the country. The place is beautifully decorated. They often use balloons for decoration. When all the guests gather together, they give their birthday presents to the person who has his birthday. Everybody enjoys the party. They listen to music, tell interesting jokes and stories, play different games, arrange competitions. The meal is always delicious. Then a big and tasty cake appears on the table. The cake sometimes is decorated with candles and the host blows out candles on the cake, wishing something to himself for the next year. Then guests sing songs and dance to music.
They talk and have fun. I think everybody likes birthday parties.
В нашей стране, люди обычно празднуют свой день рождения дома с родственниками. Но иногда они ходят в кафе с друзьями и родственниками или устраивают пикник за городом. Место красиво оформлено. Они часто используют воздушные шары для украшения. Когда все гости собираются вместе, они дарят свои подарки на день рождения человеку, у которого есть день рождения. Всем нравится вечеринка. Они слушают музыку, рассказывают интересные анекдоты и истории, играют в разные игры, устраивают конкурсы. Еда всегда вкусная. Затем на столе появляется большой и вкусный торт. Торт иногда украшают свечами и хозяин задувает свечи на торт, желая что-то себе на следующий год. Затем гости поют песни и танцуют под музыку. Они разговаривают и веселятся. Я думаю, что все любят день своего рождения.
