Урок английского

How did the girl feel during her first train trip?

How did the eight-year-old girl feel about taking her first train trip to visit her aunt in Pittsburgh?

How did the girl feel about being welcomed by her aunt Alice in Pittsburgh?

How did the girl's excitement enhance her experience of riding the train?

What other items might the girl's aunt have packed for the train ride?

 Julia wanted to sit down as she ... (stand) at work all day long.

• stand

• 1. had been standing

• standing

• had stand

Is it raining? Well, hurry up and open it (a)  

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Imagine that you are preparing a project with your friend. You have found some interesting material for the presentation and you want to read this text to your friend. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it out aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it.

 

There are hobbies of different kinds. Some are indoor activities and the others are outdoor activities. Some help in relaxing the mind and some the body and some others both mind and body. Collecting stamps, coins, pictures and the like, listening to music, and reading a book can be called indoor hobbies. Drawing, painting, photography, writing poetry and the like may be called both indoor and outdoor hobbies. Gardening, hunting, fishing, swimming, bird watching, and star gazing are all outdoor hobbies.

People choose their hobbies according to their interests and tastes. Relaxation and pleasure are the principles that guide the choice. Hobbies not only delight, but also educate. Hobbies develop curiosity. Collecting stamps and coins of various countries, no doubt, gives pleasure. At the same time, it helps one to know the geography, the history and the culture of the countries concerned.

Do you agree that learning a foreign language is an important skill?

• May be

• Yes

• No

• I don't know