Hello, Kate!
Thanks for your letter! As soon as I have received it I start writing to you. Привет Катя тебе за письмо. Как только его получила, пишу тебе ответ.
Now I am at school. My holiday is over. Сейчас я в школе. Мои каникулы закончились. I spent my holiday very well. I went out with my friends, read, listened to music, watched TV, played computer games. Я провела каникулы очень хорошо. Я гуляла с друзьями, читала, слушала музыку, смотрела телевизор, играла комп. игры. I spent some weeks in a summer cottage with my grandparents. I helped my grandpa to dig the garden, to water plants, and to gather fruit and vegetables. Несколько недель я провела в деревне у бабушки. Я капать огород, поливать растения, собирать овощи и фрукты. Also I was fishing with my grandpa. I enjoyed floating by boat, swimming in the river and helping my grandparents. Также я ходила на рыбалку с дедушкой. Мне понравилось плавать на лодке, плавать в реке и моим родным. Some days I was in the Crimea. It was a great time. I swimmed, walked by seaside, and visited many sights. Несколько дней я была в Крыму. Было классно. Я плавала, гуляла по побережью и посела достопримечательности. During my summer holidays I made many new friends, read a lot of interesting books, got to know a lot of useful things. Now I feel ready to get back to school. I am happy to meet my friends and teachers. Во время каникул у меня появилось много новых друзей, я прочитала много интересных книг, узнала много интересных вещей. Сейчас я готова к учебе. Я очень рада видеть своих друзей и учителей. What about you? How did you spend your holiday? Did you like it?
There are very many large cities in the USA.
Washington, the capital of the United States of America, is situated on the Potomac River. In comparison with such ancient historical cities as, for example, Rome, London, Moscow or Paris, Washington is quite young. The capital owes much to the first Presidento f the USA — George Washington. It was G. Washington, who chose the place for the capital and laid in 1790 the corner-stone of the Capitol, where Congress sits. Washington has many historical places. The largest and highest among the buildings is the Capitol with its great House of Representatives and the Senate chamber. There are no sky-scrapers in Washington because no other building must be higher than the Capital.
New York is the largest city in the USA and the biggest sea-port. It is situated in the mouth of the Hudson River. New York was founded by the Dutch. It is interesting to know that Manhattan Island — the central part of New York — was bought from the local Indians by the Dutch for 24 dollars. That was the most profitable commercial deal in the US history. Today Manhattan is the heart of business and commercial life of the country. New York is the city of skyscrapers. The highest of them is the 102–storeyed building. There are many other places of interest in New York: Central Park, Times Square, Rockefeller Centre, the shopping districts and the United Nations Building. In Manhattan, at Broadway, there is Columbia University, one of the biggest universities of the USA