I spent this summer really good. First of all, I was waiting for it during the whole school year. One day of my summer was really exciting. I called my friends and we went to th cinema. The film was very funny and we all were laughing. After that, we went for a walk. We had a cup of coffee in a caffee and then we went to the Gorkov's park. It was really good there. We were playing table tennis and having fun. But then it started raining and we ran away. My friend's house was not too far away from there and he invited all of us. We decided to order a pizza. Our choice was Margherita. When it came we found out we didn't have any money. My friend called his parents and they said that we could take some money from their room. Finally we paid for the pizza and ate it with great pleasure. It was one of the most funny moments of my life. I will never forget that day.
The spectacular St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow was built by Ivan the Terrible in the 16th century to commemorate a military victory. It is the most famous sight on Red Square
St. Basil's was built to commemorate the capture of the Tatar stronghold of Kazan in 1552, which occurred on the Feast of the Intercession of the Virgin. The cathedral was thus officially named Cathedral of the Intercession of the Virgin by the Moat. But the cathedral was popularly known as St. Basil's Cathedral, after St. Basil the Blessed, almost from the beginning. Basil impressed Ivan in 1547 when he foretold a fire that swept through Moscow that year. Upon his death, Basil was buried in the Trinity Cathedral that stood on this site at the time. St. Basil's Cathedral was constructed from 1555 to 1560. Legend says that after it was completed, Ivan had the architect blinded in order to prevent him from building a more magnificent building for anyone else. (In fact, he went on to build another cathedral in Vladimir.)In 1588, Tsar Fyodor Ivanovich added a ninth chapel added on the eastern side to house the grave of St. Basil. In modern times, St. Basil's came very close to falling victim to Stalin, who resented that it prevented his soldiers from leaving Red Square en masse. But the architect Baranovsky stood on the cathedral's steps and threatened to cut his own throat if the masterpiece was destroyed and Stalin relented (but punished Baranovsky with five years in prison). More recently, St. Basil's Cathedral has suffered significant damage from weather and neglect. It was not until the Millennium that funds were allocated to restore its foundations and flaking surfaces.
In a garden at the front of the cathedral stands a bronze statue commemorating Dmitry Pozharsky and Kuzma Minin, who rallied Russia's volunteer army against the Polish invaders during the Time of Troubles in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The statue was originally constructed in the centre of Red Square, but the Soviet government felt it obstructed parades and moved the statue in front of the cathedral in 1936.
1. The teacher points (а) at the blackboard when he wants (а) to explain something.
2. Computers (б) and lasers are being widely introduced at plants (б) and factories (б) .
3. Great changes (б) in people’s (в) lives (б) and work were brought about by the scientific and technological progress.
4. The electronic industry produces (а) several types (б) of minicomputers (б) .
1. Учитель указывает на доску, когда хочет что-то объяснить.
2. Компьютеры и лазеры широко внедряются на заводах и фабриках.
3. В результате научно-технического прогресса произошли большие изменения в жизни и работе людей.
4. Электронная промышленность выпускает несколько типов мини-компьютеров.