I live in Russia. It's a very big country with a lot of climatic zones, so there are different kinds of flora and fauna in it. The most common plant that is associated with my country is a birch tree. These trees are very beautiful as they have white bark and long branches. They can grow tall. These trees grow nearly everywhere in central and southern parts of Russia. Other common plants are fir, pine, oak, poplar, aspen, and willow.
As for common animals, they are foxes, wolves, hares, squirrels and bears. They live in forests and sometimes in fields. For example, the taiga forest is home for the European elk, brown bears, reindeer, the lynx, the sable, and a variety of forest birds, such as owls and the nightingale. In the water there are different kinds of fish and in the north of the country we can find some mammals like seal, walrus and whale.
Our songbirds include blackbirds, nightingales, larks, orioles, starlings. Common waterbirds are ducks, swans, geese, gulls, shorebirds, coots, loons and others.
Some animals have become symbols of Russia and Russian cities and towns — the brightest example is the bear.
Я живу в России. Это очень большая страна с множеством климатических зон, поэтому в ней есть разные виды флоры и фауны. Самым распространенным растением, связанным с моей страной, является береза. Эти деревья очень красивы, поскольку у них белая кора и длинные ветки. Они вырастают высокими. Эти деревья растут почти повсюду в центральной и южной частях России. Другими распространенными растениями являются ель, сосна, дуб, тополь, осина и ива.
Что касается распространенных животных, то это лисы, волки, зайцы, белки и медведи. Они живут в лесах, а иногда и в полях. Например, таежный лес является домом для европейского лося, бурых медведей, оленей, рыси, соболя и множества лесных птиц, таких как совы и соловьи. В воде водятся разные виды рыб, и на севере страны мы можем найти таких млекопитающих, как тюлень, морж и кит.
Наши певчие птицы включают черных дроздов, соловьев, жаворонков, иволг, скворцов. Типичные водоплавающие - это утки, лебеди, гуси, чайки, кулики, лысухи, гагары и другие.
Некоторые животные стали символами России и ее городов - ярчайшим примером является медведь.
Travelling has become a popular hobby today and millions of people try to leave their homeland at least once a year or two to see and explore new places they have always dreamed of. Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, the Colosseum, The Taj Mahal and many other famous monuments we see in magazines and books are now accessible to everyone. The only thing you need to do is to have an external passport, a visa and a pair of flight tickets. However, travelling can be different from what the majority expects it to be. It doesn’t involve only planes, trains, ships, hotels, monuments, restaurants, etc. Nowadays, travelling can be more extreme and cheap at the same time. Hitchhiking is becoming popular mainly among young people. Hitchhiking means travelling with the help of other people you have never met. You just have to stand at the edge of a road, facing traffic, with the thumb upwards. In this way, you travel meeting more and more people that help to reach your destination. However, hitchhiking is much more challenging than any other way of travelling. You should be tough and well-prepared. You should be ready to walk a lot, to use a map, to organise your trip well bringing enough food and arranging sleeping places. And finally, if you hitchhike, you must be very careful, because people who agree to pick you up are not all friendly and faithful. If you bear in mind all these things, you will definitely have an unbelievable trip.
2. Does she get along well with her classmates?
3. Hello! How are you getting on?
4. The old lady got off of the car with difficulty.
5. Get on the bus near London Bridge and go as far as Trafalgar Square.