Our Town We live in Almaty. Our town is not very large, but it is nice. There are buses and cars in the streets. We live at 78, Central Street. Our street is long and there are many trees in is. In spring and in summer the trees are green.
There is a garden in front of our house. I like the garden. In the evening I go to the garden, sit on a bench and read book.
In the afternoon after classes I play with friends in our yard. Our yard is very large. My friends live in Central Street too, but they do not live in our house. Our house is Number 11, my friends live at Number 82. (111 words)
The UK The UK is the shortened word of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The UK includes England, Scotland, and Wales and Northern Ireland. Although Britain is a unitary state, the countries of Britain have separate national identities, variations in culture and tradition.
England is predominantly a lowland country. Wales is a country of hills and mountains. Britain’s highest Mountain is Ben Nevis (1,343m, 4,406ft) is in the central highlands of Scotland.
Britain has frequent weather changes through the seasonal cycle of winter, spring, summer and autumn. Rainfall is fairly well distributed throughout the year. (82 words)
The British Council The British Council is an independent organization, which was founded in 1940 to promote educational, cultural and technical cooperation between Britain and other countries. The aim of the organization is to have long-term and worldwide partnerships and to improve international understanding. At present the British Council is working in 120 countries in the fields of English language teaching, education and training, academic and scientific exchanges, and social and economic development. In addition the British Council operates libraries and information centre around the world and also promotes British literature and the arts. The British Councils UK headquarters are in London and Manchester from where it is supervised by a Board and managed by a Director General. It receives about one third of its funding from the British government.(112 words)