My friend Nick is very busy and he doesn’t have much time to spare. But he’s got a lot of hobbies and interests.
Five years ago Nick was fond of collecting stamps. His hobby helped him to learn a lot about other countries and other peoples’ traditions, the world’s flora and fauna. Maybe that’s why he was good at geography and biology at school. He used to bring the albums to school and we examined his stamps with great interest and envy. Sometimes he exchanged stamps with his schoolmates.
When Nick was in the tenth form his parents bought him a compact disc player and Nick decided to collect compact discs. Today, he has got more than one hundred CDs of his favorite groups and singers! I think that he is very proud of his collection.
Every time Nick buys a new CD he carefully studies the information printed on disc booklets. He also tries to find out everything about the singers he likes. That’s why he reads a lot of specialized magazines and books on the history of rock.
Nick never misses MTV shows — he thinks he must keep up with the news in the world of music. He says he likes all types of music except «rave».
He even writes letters to some fan-clubs in other countries, so he has to brush up his English. Nick never misses a concert of his favorite group. He brings his compact discs to the concert and asks the singers for their autographs.
But in spite of his new hobby, Nick sometimes sits in his room and looks through his albums of stamps (with his earphones on, of course).
1. Look! The girl is playing the piano.
2. Children go to school at 8 o'clock every day.
3. He can't help you now. He is doing his homework.
4. I am standing, I am not sitting now.
5. Does Kate usually go to the swimming pool with her brother?
6. Is your father having breakfast at the moment?
7. What do you want? – I want some tea.
8. Who is playing the drums? - It's my little brother. He plays the drums very well.
9. When do you leave the house? – At 8.30 in the morning.
10. What are you doing? – I am doing my homework.
11. What are the boys singing at the moment? – They are singing an old English song.
12. Listen! My friend is singing the song.
13. I have some problems at school.
14. They like to visit galleries and museums.
15. Where is Mum? She is cooking.
16. I can see a lot of girls in the street.
17. His brother plays the piano very well.
18. Will you go to the shop? We need some bread and butter.
19. Look! They are going to the library now.
20. Her daughter speaks English and French.