Almost everyone I know looks forward for summer holidays. It’s the longest period of time during the year when people can do whatever they like. Some of them prefer to spend time away from the city in their country houses. Others choose to spend most of their summer at the seaside or travelling. Any of these holiday plans are suitable for me.
Nearly every summer I spend a week or two at the seaside and about a month at my grandparents’ place. This summer was no different. After the term exams I went to the Black Sea shore with my parents and one family we are friends with. We had a great time there.
I love swimming more than any other activity. Even in winter I visit our local swimming-pool and it gives me so much pleasure to spend an hour swimming. This summer at last I’ve learned some basics of wind-surfing. Other than that we rode on a yacht that my father rented. It was a fantastic adventure.
When we returned my parents drove me to the grandparents’ country house, where I stayed for the rest of the month. My dad had some work to do in the city, so they couldn’t stay. Time passed quickly there. Nearly every day I went to the local lake with my country friends to swim and sunbathe. At the end of my stay my skin was so brown that my parents hardly recognized me.
After all it was a great and memorable holiday. I wish summer was all year round and perhaps I’m not the only one.
This is a conversation between a teacher and a student. The teacher asked questionS to the student. IF he agreeD that the increase in travel WOULD lead to a loss of different cultures around the world. THE TEACHER ASKED IF THEY Should try to stop the disappearance of native cultures. And how he THOUGHT if improvements in education and health in poor countries inevitably BROUGHT about a loss of culture. Student answered that he THOUGHT the way of life of many people around the world haD been changed by contact with tourists and the change might have happened anyway. Also student suggestED that they should try to stop the disappearance of native cultures because different cultures enrichED our world. Student supposed that they continued to be provided with better and better education and their had more and more contact with the world outside our own countries, they were becoming more and more the same. As an example he said that in his country they had American restaurants then and they watched American movies on TV.