Could you check my audio? Hello community! I would very appreciate if you listen my audio recording (about 1 minute) and tell me what do you think I have to improve? This is a small excerpt from the book "Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone" by J.K. Rowling. Thank you! Link to audio recording: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bxm6ZokxcWLKVXdPUlBIZmxhTVU

Russia. We don't walk on the lawn. Yes, may be this is the strange statement for European and American citizens but there is the true. We don't walk on the lawns because it is forbidden in the most public places in Russia. You hardly ever see here barefoot young people on the grass with an interesting book or lunch basket. Usually we do it on the benches. Therefore if you suddenly see in your country young people walking or laying on the lawn in the permitted place with embarrassment they could be Russians. =) We don't used to do it. This is certainly the new feeling for us.

Russia. Shoes in the house. I remember how I was surprised when I was watching American movies and saw people walking inside a house, laying in a sofa, sleeping in a bed in shoes. We don't wear shoes where we living in. Usually we have slippers for everyone of family and slippers for guests. If you don't like slippers you normally can walk in the house in socks or barefoot but no one can walk in shoes in the house.

Weddings in Russia. As I know by movies citizens of many Christian countries are carry wedding ceremonies in a church. We make it by the different way in Russia. If two people decided get married they have to go to a registry office and apply. The wedding ceremony often pass in registry office too. Only last decades become available and fashionable make wedding ceremony in different interesting places but still the most wedding ceremonies pass in a registry office. We have many wedding traditions. It depends on the region where the wedding held. Tomorrow I will write about the most common wedding traditions in Russia. Have a nice day and stay tuned!

Flowers as a gift in Russia. Everyone know women like flowers. If you decide to present flowers to Russian woman you should know one important thing. You have to give an odd number of flowers to your sweetheart because there are an even number of flowers people bring to a funeral in Russia.

“Unforgettable show” Once upon a time when I was a child and lived in the village with my parents. The main outsite entertainment was watching indian movies in our big cinema hall. The one spring day I had been riding a bike and accidentally saw the playbill on the cinema hall: “Musicians instead of cinema” - Oh! Musicians! - I thought it'd great! I have never seen musicians before. The playbill was red color and it had photo of four faces which looked at me mysteriously. My decision was - I have to visit the concert! Ten minutes later I broke my moneybox and like a maybug flying I was turning the pedals of the bike with hope take a ticket. After that I told my friends about the concert and they told their friends. Many people already knew about the musicians. All tickets were sold. When day "X" came the whole village was near cinema hall. We all waited for new sensations. Big yellow bus have arrived an hour before the appointed time. The bus was like a yellow submarine in our green village. The musicians and technical support were surprised and pleased with how many people came. The last hour of waiting was the longest for the whole day. My friends and I ran around to the cinema hall and tried to peek out of the window. We were really interested in their preparation and it has allowed to reduce waiting. The adults were sitting on benches and talked about that some years ago musicians came in our village more often than now. The door of the cinema hall was opened in time. We all sat and quietly waited for the beginning. The curtain opened and the show began! I should say it was amazing! The light, the music, the voices it was all the living! The group played Russian rock but it wasn't a trash. I remember very well the sounds of guitar, drums, bass and synthesizer. Live music is beautiful. People of our village were absolutely satisfied. The concert lasted about two hours but I haven't felt the time. Then about an hour we didn't let go the band and were asked to play again. Maybe that's why I like Russian rock more than any other music. It was the group "Vereteno". My parents say they have been the last musical group in our village.