Traveling

1. People began to travel ages ago.

2. The very fist travelers were explorers who went on trips to find wealth, fame

and new lands.

3. These journeys were very dangerous.

4. Nowadays it is not as dangerous and much more convenient.

5. Do you want to go somewhere?

6. Hundreds of companies are there to help you.

7. They will take care of you.

8. They will buy tickets and make all the reservations needed.

9. With modern services you go around the world.

10. Millions of people spend their holidays traveling

11. They travel to see other countries and continents, modern cities and the ruins of ancient towns.

12. It is always interesting to discover new things, to see different ways of life, to try different food..

13. A lot of people like to spend their holidays by the sea.

14. You can choose the means of transport you like.: plane, train, ship or you can travel hiking.

] Cinema

1. Can you imagine life without films or television?

2. The French Lumiere brothers were the first to show a film in public in1895.

3. There was no sound, no colour and the films were very short.

4. They lasted only from 60 to 90 seconds.

5. Besides, they didn’t tell the story.

6. They were glimpses of real life: a military parade, a running horse, a boxing match, the ocean..

7. One of the first film showed a train coming towards the camera.

8. The audience panicked and ran away.

9. The early films were shown in music halls, theatres and even shops.

10. There was the perfect popular entertainment.

11. It was not expensive, the audience consisted mainly of workers.

12. Gradually films became longer and started to tell storied.

13. Silent films had orchestras, organists or pianists.

14. Later, printed titles were invented.

Yuri gagarin

(1934—1968)

Yuri Gagarin was the first cosmonaut in the world. Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin was born on the 9th of March, 1934. He was born in the village of Klushino in the Smo­lensk region.

Yura was an active, brave and curious boy. His father helped his son when Yura made toy planes by hand. But the war began. The family left their house and had to live in a dug-out.(землянка)

After the war Gagarin's family moved

to Gzhatsk. Now it is Gagarin. It was named after the first cosmonaut.

In 1951 Gagarin graduated from a vo­cational school in Lyubertsy near Moscow.

Yuri Gagarin attended an aeroclub and began to fly when he was a student of a technical secondary school in Saratov.

In 1955 he entered a school for pilots. Then he became a pilot and joined the first group of cosmonauts.

In 1960 Gagarin began to prepare for the flight into space.

On April 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin flew into space and spent 108 minutes there. It was the first time in history that the Russian spaceship "Vostok" with the man on board was in space. After his flight he visited many countries and saw millions of people. Gagar­in became a Hero of our country.

He died in 1968, but people always re­member the first Russian cosmonaut.

Olympic Games

1. Olympic Games are the greatest international sports games in the world.

2. The Olympic games have an interesting and long history.

3. The competitions of athletes took place in Greece.

4. The games were for men only

5. It was in Greece in 776 B.C.

6. The Olympic Games were a holiday.

7. They were held every four years.

8. There were competitions in racing, boxing, jumping, horse racing

9. The Olympic Games became the symbol of peace and friendship.

10. In 394 AD the Games were officially ended

11. Pierre de Coubertin brought the Olympic Games back to life.

12. The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896

13. Since then the Olympics are held in different countries.

14. The ancient Greeks had no winter sports.

15. In 1924 first Winter Olympic Games were held in France.

16. There were competitions in skiing, skating, ice hochey.

17. Last Winter Olympics Games took place in Canada, Vancouver.

18. The next W.O.G will take place in Sochi.

19. Our country is preparing to meet sportsman from all over the world.

20. We hope that Russian sportsmen will win many medals.

21. The Olympic emblem is five rings: blue, yellow, black, green and red.

22. Any national flag contains at least one of these colours.