Most of my classmates like to play sports because the sport is fun and it can make us more bearable and stronger. They love sports because it brings people together and makes us kinder, helps us not to be weak and inactive. Some boys enjoy playing hockey for its severity, team play and team spirit, for those moments when it seems that it is the only and not a repeatable match in your life. But other classmates prefer playing computer games and eating a lot of fast food instead of doing sports, though it's not useful. I believe that they should not do so because doing sports and eating healthy food, spending more time in the fresh air is more pleasant and much more useful.
Большинство моих одноклассников любят заниматься спортом, потому что это весело, и это может сделать нас более выносливыми и сильными. Они любят спорт, потому что он объединяет людей и делает добрее нам не быть слабыми и вялыми. Некоторым ребятам нравится играть в хоккей за его строгость, командную игру и командный дух, за те моменты, когда кажется, что это единственный и не повторимый матч в жизни. Но некоторые одноклассники предпочитают играть в компьютерные игры и есть фаст-фуд, а не заниматься спортом, хотя это и не полезно. Я считаю, что они не должны этого делать, потому что заниматься спортом и есть здоровую пищу, проводить больше времени на свежем воздухе приятнее и гораздо полезнее.
If you arrive in Great Britain you'll hear the word “tradition” everywhere. Englishmen have sentimental love for things and traditions. They never throw away old things.
In many houses in Great Britain they have fire-places and though their bedrooms are awfully cold, the English people do not want to have central heating because they do not want to have changes.
Therefore the Yeomen-Warders are dressed in traditional medieval clothes and the traditional dress of the Horse Guards regiment has existed since the twelfth century.
In the House of Lords of the British Parliament there are two rows of benches for lords and a sack of wool for the Lord Chancellor to sit on it. This is so because in the old times wool made England rich and powerful. In the House of Commons you will see two rows of benches for the two parties: the government on one side and the opposition — on the other. In front of the benches there is the strip on a carpet and when a member speaking in the House puts his foot beyond that strip, there is a shout “Order!”. This dates from the time when the members had swords on them and during the discussion might want to start fighting. The word “order” reminded them that no fighting was allowed in the House.
Another old custom remains from the time when there was a lot of robbers in London. In those days the shouting “Who goes home?” was often heard in the Houses of Parliament and the members went in groups along the dark narrow streets of the old city. In modem London with its well-lit streets the shouting “Who goes home?” is still heard.
