In the Country Boris Stogov’s friend Victor lives in the country. His parents are farmers.
One day Victor goes to town and asks Boris and his friends Oleg and Vera to come and see his village. The friends want to spend a day in the country. In the morning they come to Victor’s village by bus.
The houses in the village are not large. The streets and gardens are green with trees. There is electricity and radio in the village. The farmers have radio and TV sets. There is a secondary school in the village. The school has a good English room.
Another boy from the village tells the friends that the farmers have a large library with many books, magazines and newspapers. The library is in the club. Young and old farmers come to the library to read a magazine or a newspaper or to take out a book. The farmers have libraries at home too. «And this is our house», says Victor. Come in, please. (129 words)
Two Sportsmen One Saturday it rained all evening. A young man went into a post-office. He wanted to speak by telephone to his friend. The man had an umbrella but he did not want to take his umbrella into the booth. He put it on a chair near the booth. Then he took his card and whore on in, «Here was a very good boxer. He will be back very soon. This is his umbrella».
The young man put the card on the chair and went into the booth.
When he came back there was no umbrella on the chair, but there was another card on it. The young man took the card and read, «Here was a very good runner. He has taken the umbrella and he will not come back». (112 words)
Jobs in future Have you ever dreamt about what your future will be like?
There are many different occupations in this world and they are all important. You can choose to be a doctor, dentist, scientist, astronaut, accountant, businessman, psychologist, psychiatrist, lawyer, policeman, pilot and the list goes on.
Every one of us plays an important role to create successful and prosperous society.
Take Jeanette, for example. She loves listening to her friends and caring for people and has done so since a young age. Her job includes talking to her patients, listening to their problems and prescribing medicine to help them. But unlike other doctors who treat the bodily sick, she takes care of a person’s mental health.
She usually spends about 30 min. with each patient, depending on the individual. Although it is a very challenging and tiring job, Jeanette does not mind and in fact, loves it. Her dream to be a psychiatrist has come true! (138 words)