The Golden Boys
by Chris Rose
Mr and Mrs Hamilton had two sons. Richard was the same age as me, and his brother Philip was two years older than me. Richard and Philip were both taller than me. Richard and Philip were very friendly, and both very handsome. They were much friendlier and more handsome than me. They made friends with everyone, and organised the games of volleyball on the beach or swimming races in the sea with the other children. They always won the games of volleyball and the swimming races. My parents liked Richard and Philip a lot. Why can't you be more like Richard and Philip?" they said to me. "Look at them! They make friends with everyone! They are polite, good boys! You just sit here reading books and doing nothing! l, of course, hated them.
Richard and Philip, Richard and Philip, Richard and Philip – it was all I ever heard from my parents every August for twelve years. Richard and Philip were perfect. Everything about them was better than anything about me. Even their green beach umbrella was better than our red and white one.
I was sixteen years old the last summer we went there. Perfect Richard and perfect Philip came to the beach one day and said that they were going to have a barbecue at lunchtime. They were going to cook for everyone! “Forget your cheese sandwiches”, they laughed, “Come and have some hamburgers or barbecue chicken with us! We’re going to cook!”
My parents, of course, thought this was wonderful. “Look at how good Richard and Philip are! They’re going to do a barbecue and they’ve invited everybody! You couldn’t organise a barbecue!”
We"re GOING an excursion to London next weekend.
<span>BBC и многое другое.</span><span />
<span>В телевизоре есть и хорошее и плохое. Например, по телевизору
детям показывают мультики, с телезрителями делают зарядку и учат разные языки
мира. А для взрослых есть боевики, сериалы или всякие кулинарные каналы. Для
меня есть каналы, которые развивают мозг. Вот чем полезен телевизор. А также
там есть многое другое, что нельзя смотреть детям. Eще один минус: не засиживайтесь перед телевизором.</span>
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<span>BBC and many other things.</span><span />
<span>Your TV has
both good and bad. For example, on TV children are shown the cartoons,
with viewers they do exercises and learn various languages. And for the adults
there are the militants, serials or different cooking channels. For me there
are channels which develop my brains. Here is that by what TV is useful. And there
are many things which must not be watched by the children. And one another
drawback: do not linger in front of the TV.</span>
My hobbies are very usual. In my free time i go to the dancing club. Also i draw pictures. When the weather is fine i can go and play football or basketball with my friends. Sometimes i just hang out with my friends in town.