The closest to us are our parents. I love them very much. I see them every day. They are people of old school. They think that business is always before pleasure. I am not a couch potato, but sometimes it is so difficult to work. When it is spring, I want to walk and play, I do not want to study. We have come to an agreement. When I come from school, I have dinner and go for a walk. After that I come home and do my homework, wash dishes and help my mommy about the house.
Then there is the question of fashion. I want to have fashionable clothes. My parent say that the clothes and the singers I like are awful! The youth fashion is Greek to them. That is why we quarrel sometimes. But we can deal very well. When they want to give me an exiting present, we go shopping together, and they offer me to choose what I want. When I receive guests I wear the clothes my mother gives to me. My mother sews and knits very well, I like to wear her presents, becauce she buys fashion magazines.
The same with music. In my room I can listen to the music I like. When guests come to my parents, we listen to the music they like.
But in spite of this, I love my parent very much. And I try to do all my best not to make them upset.
Independence Day On July 4 the Americans celebrate their national holiday — Independence Day. The United States gained independence as a result of gradual and painful process. By the mid 1700's, it became difficult for thirteen British colonies in the New World to be ruled by a king 3000 miles across the ocean. The British empire imposed high taxes upon the colonies. In 1774, the First Continental Congress drew up a list of grievances against the British crown. This document was the first draft of the document that would formally separate colonies from England. In 1775, the Revolutionary War began. On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress presented a second draft of the list of grievances. On July 4, the Continental Congress approved the Declaration of independence. But the War of independence lasted until 1783. After the war Independence Day became an official holiday. On July 4, Americans have holiday from work. People have day-long picnics with favourite foods like hot dogs, ham-burgers, potato salad, baked beans. Lively music is heard everywhere. People play baseball or compete at three-legged races or pie-eating or water-melon-eating contests. Some cities have parades with people dressed as the original founding fathers who march to the music of high school bands. In the evening people gather to watch firework displays. Wherever Americans are around the globe they will get together to celebrate Independence Day.День независимости 4 июля американцы празднуют свой национальный праздник — День независимости. Соединенные Штаты получили независимость в результате долгого и болезненного процесса. К середине XVII века для тринадцати британских колоний в Новом Свете стала неудобной система, при которой ими управлял король, находящийся в 3000 милях за океаном. Британская империя обложила колонии высокими налогами. В 1774 году Первый континентальный конгресс составил список претензий к британской короне. Этот документ стал первым проектом документа, который официально отделил колонии от Британии. В 1775 году началась война за независимость. 2 июля 1776 года Второй континентальный конгресс утвердил Декларацию независимости. Однако война за независимость продолжалась до 1783 года. После войны День независимости стал официальным праздником. 4 июля у американцев выходной. Люди устраивают пикники на весь день с любимыми блюдами: хот-догами, гамбургерами, картофельным салатом, печеными бобами. Везде слышна веселая музыка. Люди играют в бейсбол или соревнуются в гонках на трех ногах или в состязаниях, кто съест больше пирогов или арбузов. В некоторых городах устраивают парады людей, одетых как первые отцы-основатели, которые идут под музыку школьных оркестров. Вечером люди собираются посмотреть фейерверк. Где бы на земном шаре ни находились американцы, они собираются вместе, чтобы отпраздновать День независимости.
The closest to us are our parents. I love them very much. I see them every day. They are people of old school. They think that business is always before pleasure. I am not a couch potato, but sometimes it is so difficult to work. When it is spring, I want to walk and play, I do not want to study. We have come to an agreement. When I come from school, I have dinner and go for a walk. After that I come home and do my homework, wash dishes and help my mommy about the house.
Then there is the question of fashion. I want to have fashionable clothes. My parent say that the clothes and the singers I like are awful! The youth fashion is Greek to them. That is why we quarrel sometimes. But we can deal very well. When they want to give me an exiting present, we go shopping together, and they offer me to choose what I want. When I receive guests I wear the clothes my mother gives to me. My mother sews and knits very well, I like to wear her presents, becauce she buys fashion magazines.
The same with music. In my room I can listen to the music I like. When guests come to my parents, we listen to the music they like.
But in spite of this, I love my parent very much. And I try to do all my best not to make them upset.