My name is taras. мене звати тарас. i'm seventeen years old. мені сімнадцять років. i'm at 11-th grade. я вчуся в 11 класі. there are two more kids in the family besides me — my elder brother oleg and my younger sister mariya. крім мене, в родині ще дві дитини— мій старший брат олег і молодша сестричка марія. oleg is twenty-one, he attends a university, he will be a dentist. олегові двадцять один рік, він ходить до університету, буде дантистом. mariya is only twelve, she is a schoolgirl. марії тільки дванадцять, вона школярка. i forgot to mention one more member of our family. я забув згадати ще одного члена нашої родини. it's our favourite poodle tim. це — наш улюблений пудель тім. my parents are not old at all. мої батьки ще зовсім молоді. my mum is forty, she works for a newspaper. моїй мамі сорок, вона працює в газеті. my dad is forty-four, he is an engineer in computers. татові — сорок чотири, він працює інженером еом. my parents love their jobs very much. мої батьки дуже люблять свою професію. i'm doing quite well at school. у школі я вчуся добре. my parents are proud of my marks. мої батьки пишаються моїми оцінками. i go in for sports. я захоплююся спортом. i play basket-ball. я граю в баскетбол. i take part in different basket-ball competitions. беру участь у різних змаганнях з баскетболу. in summer time i like yachting and windsurfing. у літню пору мені подобається вітрильний спорт і віндсерфінг. in a year i shall finish my school and i have to decide what occupation to choose. через рік я закінчу школу, і мені потрібно вирішити, яку професію обрати. i have been studying english for seven years. я вивчаю ійську мову сім років. i want to be a military interpreter. хочу бути військовим перекладачем. my grandparents are already retired. мої бабуся та дідусь уже на пенсії. they like gardening and spend all their time growing tomatoes, potatoes, onions, strawberries, raspberries. їм подобається працювати на присадибній ділянці, і вони проводять там увесь свій час, вирощуючи помідори, картоплю, цибулю, полуницю, малину.
Frigates is the pride of every fleet. Fast, powerful and graceful ships with three masts. The term is used in different meanings, but they are usually denoted by a relatively large warship. Frigates could travel long distances faster than many ships. For this reason they were used in exploration. Also, these ships used for communication between several squadrons. However, a frigate, being well armed, could operate independently. Depending on the rank, the ships were armed with different numbers of guns. An average of 40 to 70 guns. Frigates are often used as a protection for merchant vessels from pirates. Frigates are not very difficult to manage, so it is often used for the training of the crew.
The Russian frigate appeared in 1805, as a result of activities Peter I. Russian frigates had about 44 guns. Russian frigates were built with a continuous deck, unlike frigates of the XVIII century, which were closed bow and stern parts, and the middle part of the upper deck was open. Among these frigates was made famous in 1854 in the defense of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the frigate Aurora.
