Describing Myself and My Interests

: № 31
Teacher : A. U. Alecksandrova
Novocherckassk
2008
Describing Myself and My

Interests

Motherland

My native town Novocherckassk

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and I am a pupil of the eighth form of

school №31. I live in Novocherckassk, Rostov region in the South of Russia.

father, my mother, my little brother and me. Our family

is friendly and industrious.

computer games and play with my little brother. I have

many friends because I am rather sociable.

He is sociable, intelligent, polite and friendly. He likes to

play football and basketball, to go for a walk and to play computer games. Very often we go for a walk, discuss problems, do homework and play computer games together.

physics, Russian and English languages, history, Arts, geography, science and

others. I am good at history, English, mathematics and geography. I am fond of my school because I can get useful knowledge and communicate with my friends there.

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it is the main reason for learning English at school.

I know that English is the global language because about 20% of the worlds population speak it. It is the language of communication. I do my best studying English because I'll need it for my future education, profession and especially for round-the-world traveling. I want to visit English-speaking countries. I have read something about London, the capital of the UK but I want to go there to know more.

the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. London

is a political centre. Here you can see the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace. The country's leaders speak in the Houses of Parliament.

is small, but very important. Two thousand years ago a

town was built here. For hundreds of years people lived and worked there, but now very many of the old houses are gone. Thousand of people come here every morning to work in large offices.

in Westminster Abbey. It is a symbol of England. Some

famous English people are also buried here.

is one of the most famous and interesting cities in

the world. There are lots of places to visit in London: museums (the British museum, the MOMI, Natural History Museum, Madam Tussaud's museum), art galleries, theatres, cinemas and stadiums. Tourists in London always want to visit Westminster, Big Ben, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square and the Tower of London.

and gardens: Hyde Park with speaker‘s Corner, Green Park, St.

James‘s park, the oldest London park, Regent‘s Park with London zoo and Kensington Gardens with the statue of Peter Pan. It is worth to visit London.

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different countries and to get information about the life of

different peoples, their traditions and customs. But I am from Russia, it is a great country. I think I must know about Russia, its towns and cities, as much as I can because it is my Motherland.

largest and the most beautiful city and the capital of

the Russian Federation. The history of Moscow began in the year 1147.

educational centre of our country. The city has thousands of

factories. They produce machines, cars, clocks, toys, sweets and many other things. There are a lot of libraries, museums, art galleries, theatres and monuments in Moscow.

the Russian presidents, Red Square, Arbat Street, Novodevichy Monastery and

Tverskaya Street.

State Library, for example, is one of the biggest in

the world. It has millions of books, magazines and newspapers.

the Tretyakov Gallery and the famous Kremlin museums and

churches. Many people want to visit the wonderful Bolshoy theatre. We are proud of Moscow, the capital of our country.

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small town in the south of Russia. Novocherckassk is founded

more than 200 yeas ago. It is the capital of Don Cossacks. Novocherckassk is an industrial, cultural and educational centre of our region.

Of all cities and towns of the world I prefer my native town.

For example: the Novocherckassk Electric Locomotive Building Plant, the electrode

plant, the Chemical Enterprise and others.

the Ataman Palace, the Don Cossacks museum and many beautiful

buildings.

of our town, and Ermack.

in the centre of the town: Platov square, Moscowskaya street

and Ermack avenue.

Novocherckassk is called the town of students because there are four universities and many colleges there. I love my town very much.

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