1) Everyone in our world has his favorite hobby.
2) It can be, for example: painting, dancing, computer games and so on.
3) Now I would like to tell you about my hobby – I prefer to collect coins.
4) One can say that it is not an interesting or fascinating hobby but I do not think so.
5) It is such a pleasure to be busy with my collection for hours!
6) I sort coins out, clean them, lay them into albums and admire the result of my actions.
7) There are different coins in my collection.
8) One can find foreign currency, anniversary editions of coins, and even some coins with mistakes (they are the most valuable) in my albums.
9) Looking at coins one can see historical changes in life of a nation: meaningful dates, people and events that left their mark in the history.
10) I think it is more than astonishing to hold a part of the history in your arms.
The train stopped at a small station. A passenger looked of the window and saw two women who were selling cakes. The man wanted to buy a cake. The women was standing rather far from the carriage. The man called a boy, who was walking on the platform near the carriage and asked him: “How much does the cake cost?” “Three pence, sir,” – answered the boy. The man gave him six pence and said to him: “Bring me a cake, and with the other three pence buy one for yourself.” Some minutes later the boy returned. He was eating the cake. He gave the man three pence change and said: “There was only one cake, sir.”
ПЕРЕВОД
Поезд остановился на маленькой станции. Пассажир посмотрел в окно и увидел двух женщин, которые продавали пирожные. Человек хотел купить пирожное. Женщины стояли довольно далеко от кареты. Мужчина позвал мальчика, идущего по перрону возле каталки и спросил его: «Сколько стоит пирожное?» «Три пенса, сэр», - ответил мальчик. Человек дал ему шесть пенсов и сказал ему: «Принеси мне пирожное, а за три остальных пенни купи одно для себя». Через несколько минут мальчик вернулся. Он ел пирожное. Он дал человеку три пенса и сказал: «Там было только одно пирожное, сэр».