Lithuania
Lithuania is a small plot of land at the Baltic Sea. It is in thegeographical centre of Europe (18 km from Vilnius). Lithuania borders withLatvia, Byelorussia, Poland and Russia. It’s not a big country. Theterritory of Lithuanian Republic is about 65000 square km. The populationis 3,7 millions.The capital of Lithuania is Vilnius.The official language of the state is Lithuanian. Lithuanian flag consistsof gold, green and red ribbons. State emblem — white Vytis in the redfield.The biggest town in Lithuania is Vilnius, then goes Kaunas, very beautifultown on the place where the river Neris flows into the Nemunas. Klaipeda,Panevezhys, Shiauliai and other big cities too.For the first time Lithuania was mentioned in 1009 in Quedlinburg annals.As a state it was emerged in the early 13th century and Mindaugas becamethe Grand Duke of Lithuania about 1240. At the end of 14th and thebeginning of 15th century Lithuania became one of the most powerful statesin the Europe. Lithuania was christened in 14th century, until that time itwas pagan. Lithuanian people had to fight a lot for their freedom. Thelatest occupation ended only in 1990, when on March 11 Lithuania proclaimedits restoration of statehood.There are two big Universities in Lithuania in Vilnius and in Kaunas.University in Vilnius is very old: it was established in 1579, and anotherUniversity, which received the name of the Vytautas the Great, was foundedin 1930.
Holidays in Lithuania
Every nation and every country have its traditions, customs and holidays.Lithuanians are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up. Ithas been the law for about centuries not to work on Sunday. On that daypeople went to the church, spend their time in the family circle, or wentvisiting their relatives. Holidays in our country are specially, rich andare different in Zhemaitija, Aukshtaitija and Dzookija.Christmas is a Lithuanian national holiday. On the eve of Christmas peoplehas a family supper, they don’t meat, only fish, fruits and berries.Everybody is waiting for Christ to be born.Some people enjoy themselves on the new year’s day. On the eve of New Yearthey have a party at home, or go the restaurants, visit their friends. TheNew Year tree is decorated for the Christmas or New Year. The day ofLithuanian’s independence is on the 16 of February. Since 1928 Lithuanian’speople marks this day every year by paying tribute to those who gave theirlives for the people’s happiness. For many years after World War the secondthis holiday was forbidden. Since 1989 it again becomes the national wideholiday in your country. It’s a non-working day. The 11 of March is also avery important day for your country.Mother’s Day is celebrated on the 1st Sunday of May. The member of familyhonour mother giving flowers, presents to her on that day.The 1st of November is day of commemorating the dead usually on All SaintsDay. People lay flowers on dear people and honour their memory by observinga minute’s silence.In spring we celebrate the Easter Day. The tradition of Easter Day is tocolour eggs for Easter table.There are some other holidays in Lithuania, but I tried to discuss the mostpopular.
London
London is one of the biggest and oldest cities in the world. This town isabout 2000 years old. It’s population with suburbs about 10,000,000. Thetown is on the river Thames. There are many places of interest in London,so it attracts many tourists.The main part of London is city. It’s the places where London started. Nowit’s business centre. Few people can afford living in this part of the town— it’s very expensive, so most people come there to do their job and leavethis region in the evening.Westminster — it’s the central part of the town. Houses of Parliament,Westminster Abbey, National Galleries are situated there. There are many
government offices. In one tower of House of Parliament is Big Ben — themain clock of Great Britain. Just across the street is Westminster Abbey —main church of England. New monarch is crowned there, wedding ceremonies ofthe Royal family take place there. It is also famous for its poets’ corner— many famous people are buried there.Not far you can see Trafalgar square with Admiral Nelson’s statue. Underhis leadership English fleet defeated united Spanish and French forces.Another interesting place is Buckingham Palace. If the Queen is in, you canwatch changing guards.West end is the residential part. It’s the richest part of London. Not farfrom there Hyde Park is situated with famous speakers corner.East part is the poorest part of London. It is industrial region, so air ispolluted, a lot of slums are there.The tower of London is famous for tower and tower bridge. Tower is museumnow, but it used to be a fortress, state prison, the mint, treasury. Thetower of the bridge in middle ages was used like place of execution.There is one more place of interest — British Museum.Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuanian Republic. It’s the largest city in ourcountry and it is political, scientific, cultural and industrial centretoo. The central bodies of the republic power — parliament, called theSeimas, Government, various ministries, TV and Radio stations, editorialoffices of republic newspapers, theatres, museums are located in Vilnius.The first documentary reference to Vilnius dates back to 1323, when theGreat Duke Gediminas proclaimed Vilnius the capital of Lithuanian state andinvited foreign artists, scientists, builders to come live and work here.Vilnius has got a very beautiful Old Town, which reminds us the history ofour native country.In the centre of the Old Town, on the Castle hill, stands the GediminasTower, a part of an old castle built 6 centuries ago. There is a square inslope of the Castle Hill. It’s called the Cathedral square, because thereis a cathedral in the centre of it. This cathedral, reconstructed in theend of the 18th century by the famous Lithuanian architect Stuoka-Gucevichius, is the most important catholic church in Lithuania.Vilnius is a mixture of the main architectural styles: Baroque, Classicism,Renaissance and Gothic. The church of St. Anna is considered to be a Gothicmasterpiece, the Gediminas castle is a representative of Gothic style too.Well-known representative of Baroque is the church of St. Peter and Paul.The Italian sculptors worked on the masterpieces of art of this church.There are thousands of sculptures in it. Classicism dominates in someCathedral, University buildings. Vilnius University is very old, it wasestablished in 1579.There are many new districts built in the latest 30 years: Lazdynai,Baltupiai (shame of Vilnius), Karolinishkes, Fabijonishkes, Justinishkes. Idon’t admire such “modern” houses of blocks, factories, standing in thecentre of the city.Despite this, I don’t want to criticise Vilnius more. It’s my native townand I couldn’t live in any other town.
The cities of Great Britain
Great Britain is abundantly populated, but most part of Great Britainpeople lives in cities. It’s about 80 percents. There are many old andbeautiful cities. The biggest city is London. In north of London there is amiddle size city Cambridge. Cambridge is famous for its colleges. The firstcollege Peterhouse was built in 1284. There are 22 colleges in Cambridgenow. Its staff consists of teachers and students. Many great men havestudied at Cambridge, among them Cromwell, Newton, Byron, Tennyson, Darwin.If we go to north – west from Cambridge we’ll drive up Birmingham. It isthe second city after London. Birmingham is one of the biggest economiccity in Great Britain. There are many architecture monuments in Birmingham.In the North of Birmingham we can find Manchester. It is the second biggestcity in Lancashire after Liverpool. It is the industrial capital of theNorth of England. Manchester is the fifth largest port in Great Britain
although it is 56 km away from the sea. It is connected with the sea by theManchester Ship Canal. Its population is about 700.000 people. Manchesteris the twin city of Sank – Petersburg. Liverpool is the West of Manchester.Liverpool is the fourth city in Great Britain. It is the second port afterLondon by the size and importance. A famous group “The Beatles” was bornhere in the 1960. Liverpool is famous for its cheese too. The next city isin the north of Liverpool. It is the old capital of Scotland – Edinburgh.It is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. It is situated on theseven hills and goes down those hill to the bay firth of forth. The city iswell planed with beautiful old houses. The last city is Glasgow. It is inthe centre of Scotland. Near the river Clyde. Glasgow is a big industrialcity of Great Britain. It produces one third all Great Britain production.I think that all cities of Great Britain are beautiful and great.My Famous writer (Charles Dickens)
Ch. Dickens is famous English novelist of the 19th century. Ch. Dickens wasborn in the 1812 in Portsmouth, a town in the South of England.In 1821 his family went to London. Dickens’s father was a very clever man,but he was very poor, so the life of the family was very hard. Charles hadto go to work when he was ten. For two years he worked at a small factoryin London. Later he worked as a clerk in a lawyer’s office. He spent a lotof time reading and educating himself. In a few years he become a newspaperreporter. Dickens published his first book in 1836. It was a collection ofsketches of London life. This was followed by his “Pickwick Papers” whichmade him famous. It is one of funniest books in the English language.After “Pickwick Paper” he wrote “Oliver Twist”. In “Nicholas Nickleby” hisnext book, he showed an English school where the boys were starved, beatenand terrified by their schoolmaster.Then his novels “Dombey and son”, “David Copperfield”, “Hard Times”,“Little Dorrit” and many others appeared one after another. London with itscontrasts: the world of rich people and powerly. He truthfully describedwhat he had learned in his hard childhood and youth.Dickens’s style of writing was journalistic and most appropriate for thewide range of readers.The works of Charles Dickens show the abounded faith of the writer in thefinal victory of truth and goodness over the dark forces of evil.Dickens is one of my famous English writers, I highly value his novels fortheir realism, their humour, their love and sympathy for ordinary people.Ch. Dickens died in 1870 and was buried in the Poets Corner of WestminsterAbbey.
The Seasons of the year
There are four seasons in a year. They are spring, summer, autumn, andwinter. Every season is beautiful and pleasant in its own way.Spring is a wonderful season. Spring comes and nature awakens from itswinter sleep. The days become longer and nights shorter. The ground iscovered with fresh green grass and the first spring flowers .The trees arecovered with new leaves and blossoms. The air is fresh and sun shinesbrightly. Spring’s months are March, April and May.Summer months are June, July and August. The weather is usually fine insummer. It is much warmer than in spring. The trees are green and thegardens are full of flowers. Everybody enjoys summer. A lot of people havetheir holidays in summer. They can go swimming and boating , they can liein the sun and get sunburnt , they can gather berries and mushrooms.Autumn months are September, October and November. The days become shorterand the nights become longer. The weather often changes, and it gets colderand colder. The sky is often grey and cloudy, often rains. Autumn isharvesting time, the time when grain, fruit and vegetables become ripe.
Winter months are December, January and February. Sometimes it is very cold(30 degrees or more below zero). It often snows. Winter is a good time forsport. Little children are fond of playing snowballs and making snowmen ,older ones go in for skating and skiing.Theatre
History: The first theatres were in ancient Greek. People sat in the openair on a hillside, while below actors and dancers performed on a spacecalled orchestra. Plays were tragedies and comedies. In the middle agespeople performed miracle and mystery plays- stories from the Bible ormorality plays.Some of the first indoor theatres were built in England in the 16thcentury. Groups of actors performed the plays of Shakespeare and others.Actors wore clothes of their days. Boys took women parts, as women were notallowed to act. Since the 18th century plays became closer to real life.The plots are usually about lives of ordinary people.My first visit: I can’t say I like the theatre very much and I often visitit. But sometimes I go to visit the Opera House. It’s my favourite theatre.
It was open in 1974. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to see the 1st Operaperformed there, because I was born only in 1976. To the best of my memory,the 1st ballet I saw was “Spragtukas” by Chaykovskij. I was about 7 yearsold that time. That evening was very impressing. For the first time I sawsuch a wonderful interior and so many people, dressed festively. We boughttickets to the boxes and I had a very good seat (the best you can get inthe boxes, of course). I could see almost everything around me. For thefirst time I saw such a big audience and such a big nice area. Everythingwas strange for me. I was too little to understand anything. I even didn’tknow who played the main roles, what was the cast of the ballet. But Ireally remember, that the cast had to appear on the stage again and theygot many flowers. The evening I spent in the Opera House made a greatimpression on me.Some years later I finally understood it was a fairy-tale, not the reallife.My last visit: I like theatre very much. My favourite theatre — the OperaHouse. I often look through the theatre advertisements in order not to missmy favourite plays. Last month I visited the Opera House. I went to see theopera “Carmen” by Gorges Biset. I was unlucky. All tickets to the stallwere sold, so I only got tickets to the boxes. By the entrance door I metmy friends. We went to the cloakroom dressed off, bought the programs andclimbed up to the boxes. The lights went off. The overture was being playedwhile the curtains were rising. The scenery wasn’t very particular. But thesingers were great. There were a lot of applause after the play. The cathad to appear on the stage 3 or 4 times.
Great Britain
Great Britain is on the British Islands. It’s surrounded by the AtlanticOcean, the North Sea and the English Channel. The climate is influenced bythe surrounding waters, particularly by the Gulf stream. That’s why theclimate is rather mild. Summers are not very hat and winters are not verycold. There is no snow in the greatest part of GB.The landscape is nice. There are no high mountains in GB, but they havesome high hills in Scotland, which they call Highlands. There are a lot ofsmall lakes in Scotland, which are called lochs. The biggest river is theThames.GB is constitution monarchy. It has a monarch, but he doesn’t rule, he justreigns, controlled by the parliament. The King or the Queen is the symbolof the continuity of the state. Elizabeth II (the 2nd) is in the thrownnow. The parliament consists of 2 Houses — the House of Lords and the
House of Commons.There are 2 main parties in Great Britain: labour and conservative. Theconservators are in power now. The premier-minister is John Major.Naturally, his is conservative.Great Britain consists of England, Scotland and Wales. Great Britain andNorthern Ireland make up the UK.England is the greatest part of GB. The capital of England is London. It’sone of the biggest and the oldest cities in the world. Its history goesback to the beginning of our Era. The population of London, including thesuburbs, is about 10 million.The other major cities of England are: Manchester — an industrial city,Liverpool — a port.Stradford on Avon is very popular with the tourists. This is the birthplace of Shakespeare. Every year theatre festival is held in the RoyalTheatre there.Windsor is a small town, famous for the Royal summer residence.People make their living working in ship-building industry, light industry.“Rolls-Royce,” produced in England, is know all over the world. Scotland isthe second biggest part of GB with the capital Edinburgh, and another bigcity is Glasgow. There are a lot of lochs in Scotland. The most famous isLichens. People believe that some monster lives there. Scots have a veryfine national costume. The most characteristic part of it is a kilt. A kiltis a pleated skirt, the pattern is tartan. The bagpipe is a nationalmusical instrument. It’s a leather bag with pipes. They still wear theirnational costumes and play the bagpipes on the certain occasions. TheScottish language is an English dialect. At school and in the offices theyspeak the standard English. The capital of Wales is Cardiff. The speech isWalish. Northern Ireland is a part of Ireland. The capital of NorthernIreland is Belfast. Southern Ireland is an independent state with thecapital Dublin. They have religious problems there. The Northern part ofIreland is Protestant, while the Southern Ireland is a catholic land.Cinema
There are different kinds of films. Western, love stories, cartoon,tragedies, horror films, detective stories, feature films, musicals. Yourchoice depends on your mentality and intellect.I’m impressed by feature films, especially with distinguished actors oractresses. There are names in the cinema history, which are regarded uniqueand timeless. Such is Greta Garbo, who herself is the history of thecinema.Greta Garbo the distinguished film actress , was a unique personality amongHollywood stars , in the 1920-30’s , who never revealed to the world herbiography.All we know about her is that she was born in Stockholm in 1906, wastrained in the city school , and at 16 become a pupil of the Royal DramaticAcademy. She never played on the stage.What did she have that made her a great star? Her work began when she wasgiven a script. She studied it very thoroughly. She studied out everysituation, every time detail of it, everything. She memorised all thescript which had been translated specially for her into Swedish. She knewexactly what she would do in front of the camera in every episode. Sheworked at top speed and at full emotion. She never rehearsed. She gave tothe camera all she had, leave nothing for extremely difficult to play withGarbo.She was a miracle. Like every great actor she could throw all of herselfinto a part, and having done that, she came out of it quite lifeless, hervitality burnt out.On the set between scenes she would sleep in chair during all theintervals. She was and she looked different from all other stars, she asunrecognisable being tall, boyish, rather badly dressed, with no make up onhe face. But the studio bosses often seeing Garbo on the screen for thefirst time become speechless as they saw a true miracle, a great artist.Cameras were found of shorting her. Garbo on the screen was extremelypopular.Garbo life was never social success. Fame couldn’t give her anything but
difficulties. She lived modestly, without fine clothes or jewels, withouthouse or an expensive car.She worked with many film directors, which liked her, because theirpictures with Greta Garbo were a great success. This film about the famousactress and a simple woman, in life, made a deep impression on me and it isstill fresh in my memory.At the doctors
When a person is ill he mustn’t goo to his job, he must to consult adoctor. He may get a sick leave certificate and stay at home. If he isseriously ill the doctor must treat him at home or sent him to hospital.Medical service is free of charge in our country.We call the doctor when we have a cold and high temperature or a pain insome part of your body. When the doctor comes he takes the temperature andfeels your pulse. Then he examines your heart, lungs of the part of body,which hurts. Then he tells you what the matter is. If you have a stomachacme the diagnoses are indigestion or upset stomach. If you have a sorethroat or a bed caught that means that you have the flu. The doctorprescribes medicine and gives the instructions how to use them. Forexample: “Take the medicine 3 times a day after miles”.If you need an operation you have to go to hospital where were surgeonperforms it. If you are too ill to work you go to hospital in an ambulance.After your illness you can go to rest-home until you are completelyrecovered.When you have a toothache you go to the dentist. The dentist examines yourteeth and if your tooth has a cavity he puts in a filling. If your tooth istoo bad he pulls it out. But the best way is to be healthy and keep off thedoctor’s.
Famous people of Great Britain and America
There are many countries in the world and many great men here. And I wantto talk about few of them. First I would like to talk about famous Americanman.I think, that word Washington knows everybody. Almost all people knows,that Washington is a city – capital of United States of America. In factWashington is a name of one great man, who founded this city 200 years ago.George Washington was born in 1732. Her parents was a farmers. WhenWashington was young he worked as landmark, after he was a soldier.Washington had part in The independence war of America. And he was a man,who developed first constitution in the world – constitution of USA. In1787 George Washington was elected as a first president of USA. SoWashington was one of USA creators, who build the base of United States ofAmerica..And now I want to talk about two famous men of Great Britain.First about Isaac Newton, great scientist, who was discovered a lot ofthings, which we are still using now. Isaac Newton was born in 1643 nearLincolnshire. He was learning in Cambridge university. This university nowis one of greatest in the world. Isaac Newton was a great scientist inmathematics, physics, geometry, optics, mechanics. He invented such thingsas telescope and law of gravity and a lot of inventions in mathematics andgeometry.The second great man from Great Britain I think was William Shakespeare. Heis famous play writer in the world. But yet we know very little about hislife. So, he was born at Stradford-upon-Avon, a small town in the middle ofEngland in 1564 and he died at the very same date 52 years later. Helearned in local grammar school Latin, Greek. He got married 18 years oldand after some years he had 3 children. Later he left his village and wentto London. By the end of 1580’s he was known as an actor and playwright.Many his plays were performed in a London theatre called “The Globe.” “TheGlobe” was a round wooden building and Londoners liked the theatre very
much, so it was always full of people. In a short time Shakespeare’s playsbecame extremely popular. After few years he returned to Stradford andbought the finest house in the town. He died at he age of 52. In thebeautiful church at Stradford, beside the winding Avon river he was buried.Travelling
There are many kinds of transport: car bus, train, ship, plane, coach andbicycle. You can travel with one of them and different transport gives youdifferent pleasure. The fastest way to travel is travelling by plane Thistransport is useful then you want to travel long distances. Anywaytravelling by air is most expensive. Another way to travel betweencontinent is travelling by water on ship. Ship goes much slowly, but is lowcost in comparison with ticket prices on plane. So if you want to travelinside continent you can choose between train coach and car. Train isfastest way to travel inside continent and is low cost. I think, thattravelling by car is finest type of travelling, because you have fullcontrol of your travelling way. You can satisfy driving your car and seeall around you all land views.So, but the best way to travel is travel on your foot! To go to a trip withtents is very fine. In evening we usually a tired and we sit by fire andtell different stories from our lives. It gives satisfaction for me. Thissort of travelling is a good training for your body and is good for ushealth, and of course is free of charge.
Letter Writing
It’s wrong to think that letter writing is sometimes that everybody knowshow to do it.The rules of letter writing vary in every country. Letters are of severaldifferent kinds and each one has its own rules for content and style. Itcan be personal and business letters. Personal letters are those thanconcern the writer an individual. They are intimate and formal. Bread-and-butter letters we write to a friend when we have stayed at his house atweekend. They are written to express thanks for the hospitality. Youshould be very careful to address your letter to the host.Business letter deal with matters of official or public nature.While writing the letters it’s very necessary to keep up to the rules ofletter writing especially when you write business letters. First we shouldknow that all the letter should be dated. The date should be written in thetop right corner of the first page. Then you should write your address.Every letter you begin with the word “dear,” followed by the name ofrecipient. Then you know how to end it. It depends on the type of theletter. Business letter always ends with: ”with best wishes” or “yourstruly.” The end of the letter can be yours name and should be finished bysignature.
My plans to the future
It’s a responsible task to choose profession. You must know what you reallywant. Sometimes I think about it, because it’s a high time to decide. I’mplaning to enter Vilnius University or Vilnius Technical University. If Idon’t enter it I’ll go to a vacation junior college. I suppose I would liketo study computer programming and mathematics. These subjects aredifficult, but I think a good specialist must know this. My futureprofession will be connected with computer and information technologies.There are not many people who want choose profession as mine.I decided what I want to do three or four years ago. I want to be aspecialist in information technologies. I think this profession is with alight future. My parents know about my choice. They think, that I mustchoose profession such I like myself. But in immediate future I must finishschools and exams and get certificate of maturity.
Famous people of Lithuania
Now I want to talk about famous Lithuanian people.
First about famous Lithuanian painter and musician Mikalojus KonstantinasChiurlionis. He was born in 1875, in Dzookija. He studied in Warsaw, inLeipzig. He learned playing piano, painting. He often visited foreigncountries, meets a lot of famous people.Chiurlionis left many musical creations. He wrote chorale songs, sonatas,symphonies, creations for the piano and the organ. Chiurlionis was the man,who started writing Lithuanian symphonic music. His symphonic poems “Sea”and “Forest” are well known and liked all over the world, Chiurlioniscreated more than 300 pictures. The most of them are widely known. Hecreated cycles of paintings “Funeral symphony” “Zodiac” ” Fairy-tale”. Themost beautiful painting by Chiurlionis is “Kings.”He organises the first exhibition art in 1906 in Vilnius.He died, when he was 35. Although he lived not long, he made a lot in hislife and left many famous creations for us.Another two man famous not only in Lithuania, I think are Steponas Dariusand Stasys Girenas. Both they were born in Lithuania, but migrated to TheUSA. They are famous, that they flied non-stop from America to Europe inJune of 1933. Darius and Girenas bought aeroplane in USA. It was the mostpopular type of aeroplanes. Some changes were made in plane and the rebuildaeroplane was called Lituanica.On July 15, 1993 the Lituanica took-off. Their goal was Kaunas. But… theydidn’t reached finish. Their plane falls in Germans forests. There are manyversions of their fall. One historic says, that disaster occurred due thedifficult weather and some defects in engine. Others say, that plane hasbeet shouted by Germans.Now the parts of Lithuanica are at War museum in Kaunas.My school
Now I’m 18 years old. I attend secondary school No.43 in Vilnius. I havebeen going to this school for 12 years now.Our school is 19 years old, it was founded in 1975. The school is not verylarge. There are about 800 schoolchildren and about 50 teachers here. Thereare many good teachers, and my friends. So my school is very good school incomparison with other schools. The school building is not very large andnice. We have a large playing field near our school. Inside the schoolbuilding we have many special classrooms, where different subjects aretaught. Our school has a chemistry laboratory. Besides special rooms foreach subject, we have also good woodworkshop and metalworkshop, a wonderfulgymnasium, nice school hall and a library.My favourite subjects are foreign languages, both — English and Russianand mathematics. We have got football and basketball teams at your schools.I like basketball team, because I like this kind of sports. Sometimes wehave guests at school. So I can say, that school life is interesting.
My flat
I live in Puss street near he Vingis park in the 27th house. My flat is onthe ground floor. There are two rooms, kitchen, bath and toilet rooms in myflat. The rooms are not the same size. I usually live and sleep in thesmaller room. In my room are two windows, so it’s a light room. Through theone window I see Pusu street and through the second I can see yard withtrees in it. There are many things in my room, but the mains are my sofa,table, a book shelf on the wall, and my PC on the table. In main room thereare four or five chairs, two arm-chairs, little table, sofa, piano andsection. All room’s walls are coloured by yellow colour. In kitchen arefour stools, table, refrigerator of course there are some other furniturein kitchen. So, I like my flat. My neighbours are not noisy, but sometimesone my neighbour makes noise in the middle of the night. He sometimes likesto listen loud music.
My day-off
Usually it begins from Friday after school, but if it’s Friday it have topassed as a working day. So on that day I do my home works. Clean thefloor, put in order rooms, clean dust out of the rugs and other. Till the 6
o’clock everything have already done. So the evening is quite free and Ican do what I want. Usually I go to my friends. That’s how I spend Friday’sevening.Saturday is non-working day for me. So I have a rest all that day. On thatday I go to my friends, or to the Vingis park with my parents. If it’s asummer we go to the lake. In the evening I listen to music. Saturday is allfor pleasure.On Sunday there is a less time for pleasure. It’s working day for me. Onthat day I have to do my lessons. It takes for me a few hours. In otherpart of the day is free. So I can read a book, or surf the Internet, read e-mail or playing games. Sometimes my parents and I go to the guests. OnSunday I go to bed a bit earlier, because tomorrow I have to go to school.My working day
I am ending the 12th form now. But now I want to talk about my working daythen I wented to school some time ago. Usually my working day begins at7:30 a.m. At this time I get up. Then I go to bathroom to wash. Afterwashing I make my bed and dress up. Toll the 8 o’clock everything hasalready done. Then I have my breakfast and after 15 minutes I am on the wayto school. Usually I have 6 lessons but sometimes there are 7. I am atschool from 8:30 a.m. till 2:10 or 3:05 p.m. We study various subjects butmy favourite subjects are art, chemistry, fizical training, rusianliterature. After school I go home and have dinner. After it, if theweather is fine I go to the yard or to my friends. But if the weather isbad I stay at home and do my lessons, read e-mail, calling to my friends.At six o’clock I have supper. After supper I read a book or do my homework.I’m busy till 9 p.m. Then comes time to have a rest. I listen to radio,watch TV. If I very tired I go to the bed early. Usually I go to bed after10 or 11 p.m. And this is the ending of my working day. On the next dayeverything begins from the beginning.
Sports
Sport is liked in every country. Young and old people go in for sports.Football has especially many fans. It’s very difficult to get the ticket tothe stadium when football match takes place there. Thousands people watchmatches on TV. When the favourite team wins, fans are very happy (likestudents who have taken exams), but if favourite team loses, fans areusually upset. Young fans then usually get drunk and go to the streetsbreaking everything. For example in GB The Liverpool Football Club was notallowed to play in international championships because of behaviour oftheir fans. I think it wasn’t great for people of the country becausefootball is liked very much in UK.There are also amateur clubs throughout GB. The members of these clubs meetat weekends and play for their pleasure.Other major sports in GB are cricket and rugby-football. The most popularin GB is football. They call this game “soccer.” But most people of GB likepractising walking, jogging, swimming, playing tennis, etc. In Lithuania people like sports too. The major sport in Lithuania isbasketball, the most known team is “Zhalgiris”. The base of “Zhalgiris”formed the team which participated in Olympic Games and won bronze medals.Now there are LKL association. It was created two years ago. The mostfamous basketballers are Sabonis and Marchiulionis. Both of them are nowplaying for foreign teams. Another popular sport in Lithuania is football. But skills of ourprofessional teams are low, so our country hasn’t won any prize ininternational championships.Lithuanians like playing tennis, swimming, etc.
I like sports too. My favourite sports are basketball, football, volleyballand tennis. I’m not a good player, because I play for my pleasure.Sometimes I play table-tennis with my friend. It’s very interesting game.It’s groove my reaction.