Life of a student I wish I had more time for practising English. Yet if you are a student, then usually you have no time. No time at all! If you are still at school, the most desirable thing for you would probably be entering the university, adult life, having independence,making new friends, and a lot of fun, including parties and travelling. The thing is, that's not what the student life looks like;reality has almost nothing in common with these naive dreams. Unless you want to be fired after the very first exam session, of course. Firstly, student life requires as much of your strenght and time as possible and even more. Once you've become a student, you should understand: schoold life is already over. In most cases, there is no mum or dad you can rely on, there is no support unless your friends are with you at the moment. Secondly, one usually has to start making money, which is, in my opinion, another essential step of every student(in case he hasn't worked yet). On the other hand, lack of time, loneliness are made for opportunities provided by the higher education and experience of student life. When one stays on his own and tries to overcome difficulties and this way improves his skills and abilities, then one becomes more experienced and organised. It improves cooking skills(for instance, it works in my case), communicating skills, helps you to manage your time properly and use it better. To sum up, try to relax and keep studying all the time. Do your best to overcome all the difficulties you've come across and enjoy the long exhausting life full of the happiest moments ever. Have fun and try to live your life to its fullest.

Inspiration It's often written that writing in a foreign language is extremely vital and no one can become fluent enough in some without propriate writing skills. Surely, I'd agree with this tip, however, it's too difficult sometimes to find both time and inspiration when it comes to the process. Have you ever written at least a small essay or text without having inspration? I have, and it was one of the most problematic tasks I've ever dealt with. I did it though. Did you know that inspiration can come when you are already writing or creating something? Yes, if you think that it usually strucks when we sleep or in the very late evening, I would definitely agree with you, because I get inspired in the evening and on some random occasions when I read or watch something motivating. Texts with no inspiration are mostly brief, colourless, and boring, songs are stupid,absurd, and senseless, portrets are dead. However, while the creator is working, it can also happen to him/her that inspiration comes at this very moment of working and real masterpiece can be created then. It happens to me very often. The more I try to write, the easier motivation and inspiration come, and sure enough, the better my works become. It was just a small example of how one can do something without having any idea of what to write about or inspiration at all. It seems to me that the inspiration already come though.

Exercises Task I. 1.لاَ, لاَ عُمْرِي عِشْرُون سَنَة 2. لاَ، هَذَا الشَّابّ لاَ طَالِبًا مِن رُوسِيَا 3.الاَن السَّاعَة الْحَادِيَة عَشْرَة وَالثُّلْث صَبَاحًا(it's 11:20 am) 4.نَعَمْ، أُرِيد أَنْ أَعْرِف اللُّغَة الْعَرَبِيَّة 5.نَعَمْ، أَنَا طَالِب مُجْتَهِد T. II(Change into Past Tense) 1.تَذْهَب إِلَى السِّينَمَا - جِئْتَ إِلَى السِّينَمَا 2.أَعْمَل فِي السَّابِعَة وَأَشْرَب قَهْوَة-عَمِلْتُ فِي السَّابِعَة وَشَرِبْتُ قَهْوَة 3.أَخِي يَسْكُن مَع أَبِينَا - أَخِي سَكَن مَع أَبِينَا. 4.أُخْتُك تَدْرُس فِي الْمَدْرَسَة الثَّانَوِيَّة - أُخْتُك دَرَسَتْ فِي الْمَدْرَسَة الثَّانَوِيَّة 5.أُفْطِرُ فِي السِّابِعَة - فُطُرْتُ فِي السِّابِعَة T. III(my day schedule) كُلّ يَوْم أَسْتَيْقِظ فِي السَّاعَة السَّابِعَة وَالنِّسْف صَبَاحًا. بَعْد ذَلِك أُفْطِرُ وَأَذْهَب إِلَى الْمَدْرَسَة. خِلاَل ثَلاَث إِسْتِرَاحَة أَذْهَب إِلَى مَطْعَم.عِنْدَمَا تَنْتَهِي دُرُوسِي أَعُود إِلَى بَيْتِي وَأَقِيل إِلَى السَّاعَة الْخَامِسَة إِلاَّ ثُلْثًا. ثُمَّ أَقُوم بِالْوَاجِبَات أَلْبَيْتِيَّي وَأُشَاهِدأَلطَّلْفَزَة.

Koníčky Voľný čas je perióda, kedy odpočívame alebo sme voľní od práci. Niekto len leží a pozerá televíziu, kedy niekto sa poddáva svojím koníčkom. Koníček je niečo, čo radi robíme vo voľnom čase. Nejakí ľudia najeradšej vytvárajú, pestujú rastliny alebo zbierajú rôzne veci. Veľa ľudí radi športujú sa vo voľnom čase: cvičia v posilňovni, behajú, plávajú, hrajú tímové hry. Iní majú radi cestovanie alebo záhradníctvo. Rôzne ľudia majú celkom rôzne záujemy. Koníčky odlišujú sa ako vkusy. Môj kamarát má najradšej zbieranie kníh. Milujem tento koníček aj ja, lebo myslím si, že ani jeden človek nemôže bez kníh. Mám doma veľa ich a som na to hrdý. Zbiranie kníh je veľmi zaujímavé hobby, ale je aj dosť drahé. Deti sa teraz zaujímajú najmä o počítače, počítačové hry a kiná. Keď sú ešte malí, rady sa hrajú so svojmi hračkámi, hlavné s autičkámi, bábikámi, stavebnicámi, hrajú sa s inými deťmi. Majú rady "človeče, neboj sa", puštanie šarkana, naháňačku, skákanie cez švihadlo, "škôlku", a v zime väčšinou travia svoj voľný čas vonku: sánkujú sa, guľujú sa, stavia snehuliaka atď. Je to dosť ťažké nájsť v informáčnej spoločnosti vôbec nejaký čas pre svoje záľuby, ale vždy sa namáham vypnúť sa. Vtedy venujem sa najmä čítaniu, plávaniu, prezreniu filmov, bicykľovaniu a cudzím jazykom. Učím sa angličtinu, nemčinu, arabčinu a slovenčinu.Poslednú musím učíť, pretože chcem sa študovať na Slovensku. Ale cudzie jazyky vždy som mal veľmi rád. Ešte viem dobre po rusky. Nejakí ľudia spievajú, kreslia, tancujú, chodia na diskotéky a travia svoj voľný čas na prírode. Niekedy ideme spolu so svojmu rodičmi na oddych na čerstvom vzduchu ja my. To mám najradšej. Vtedy venujeme sa plávaniu, zbieraniu húb. Tímové hry veľmi rád nemám, ale vždy sa teším na sledovanie Olimpijských hier alebo biatlonu. Ešte sa teším na výlety. Máme ich malokedy, a preto ony sú vždy pre mňa nádherné a užasné.

Immortality(a fairy tale)...not for too young, though Once upon a time there was a young pretty boy. His name was August, because he was born in this hot summer month. He was brought up in a well-off family. August’s father was a businessman and owned a large trade company. August’s mother always took care of him. She loved him so much that August thought he was the best child ever. He wasn’t some ugly, bad, and nasty child, though. However, when he grew up, he thought that he was almost almighty.The boy was definitely a hedonist. Not only he wanted to live his life to its fullest, but also he had a crazy dream – to live forever, and so August decided to devote his life to to pharmacy. August was rather sensible and bright. Moreover, he always made use of his courage, fortune, and stubbornness as well. “I’d rather you to take over my business when I pass away”, his dad said him once. “No! You’ll never die, trust me”, August replied. He wasn’t sure, though.He thought of creating some drug for immortality, but he had no clue how to do that. When he came back home after 10 years of searching, he suddenly found out that his father was already dead and his uncle took over his dad’s business. However, August didn’t want to argue. He felt guilty due to the fact he let his father down. August had nobody but his old mother. He kept up working on his stupid project of drug for immortality. But it was his dream. Once, when he was working at the laboratory, Mary, his mom, approached him dumbly. Then she hugged her son. “I love you very much and I don’t like your idea of creating it. It’s a stupidity; don’t you understand that, August? Do you?”, Mary asked angrily. “I’ve got only few days before I pass away. I’d rather you to be with me these days!”. “I do understand you, mummy”, he replied quietly. “But don’t you want to live forever? Let me work a few days and I’ll definitely finish my work. Trust me”. “Your dad trusted you. I don’t want you to live your live in vain. You are too exhausted! Give it up and live your life to its fullest, will you. Please, do that for me!” “No, mom! I won’t let you down. Give me one or two days till I’m over”. He let her down, though… You can imagine what happened next. There is no wrong or correct version. But I want you to know: we can get whatever we want and become whoever we want. But we are not almighty. We cannot underestimate both nature and fortune. There are some things that have to happen. That’s what is called life…

Computers We are becoming increasingly dependent on computers. They are used in businesses, hospitals, crime detection and even to fly planes. What will they be used for in the future? Is this dependence on computers good or should we be more suspicious of their benefits? Use specific details and examples in your answer (at least 100 words). It is very difficult to imagine our lives without both computer and internet connection today, and one can hardly overestimate the role of it in nowadays society. There are a lot of advantages and disadvantages of using computers. One the one hand, computers are our friends, because they are helpful at work, at our day-to-day activities, and we can even make use of them at our time off. Isn’t it great? Computers give us the opportunity to reduce time spent on making long and dull calculations at work. Moreover, they help scientists and workers to improve their research and work performance what is really great for humankind, isn’t it? Furthermore, we can easily find any answer for every “why”, ”where”, and “who” we have. It’s really fantastic, and I have no clue what I would do if I had no computer. Fortunately, both computer engineering and IT are developing rapidly. Computers can control different processes already and they start controlling us, don’t they? I hope it will have a great impact on our future and help us to make our lives much easier than they were even few years ago. On the other hand, people tend to be addicted to using computers, especially some social networks like Facebook, Twitter. Children do not want studying because they know that there are all answers for all their questions. There is a lot of forbidden or unacceptable information on the internet we’d better never come across. But we can do nothing about pop-ups or advertisement on our favorite sites, and so we just try not to notice this fact. To sum up, every coin has two sides. We can’t get rid of computers now, because they are an essential part of our daily lives. But at least let’s try to reduce its using, shall we?

Informal letter. The Room of Mine Task You've received a letter from your pen-friend in which he complains that he rents a tiny apartment which he shares with two fellow-students. They have only one desk and have to do their homework in turns. Write a letter to your pen-friend in which you say - whether your room is spacious enough for you; - what makes your room comfortable/uncomfortable; - what you would like to change in it and why Write a letter of at least 100 words. Do not write your own name, any dates, addresses or other personal information. Start your letter in an appropriate way. Hi Fred, How are you? I'm sorry for not writing back sooner but I've been really busy. That's a pity that you are to live with your roommates in such a small room. Frankly, I can't stand tiny rooms. On the one hand, my room is very big and cozy. I've got enough space for everything I need. I like that my room is rather light and the sun always wakes me up. I've got a comfortable armchair, so I can lay back and relax after a hard school day. What I really don't like about my room is that my computer table is situated in the place where everyone who enters the room can immediately see what comes up on the screen, especially when I'm chatting or speaking with someone. On the other hand, it's too hot there in summer, that's why I've got used to spending my summerdays in other rooms. Also, I'd like to move my computer table. To sum up, I like my room very much, but some changes are to be introduced. How are you going to spend your summer holidays? Best wishes, Tom

Formal letter. Job hunting Task You've seen an advertisment and want to apply for the job of assistant group leader at an English language camp. Requirements: must be responsible and have good communication skills; must be at least 16 and speak English fluently ; previous working with children preferred. Write an email of 80-100 words in which you: say you are interested in the position; describe the qualifications that make you an ideal candidate; ask about dates, hours and duties. The email From:Tom To: English Language Camp Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing in order to ask you for more information about the job position of assistant group leader at an English language camp. I read about the requirement which was published in a newspaper. Firstly, the position is interesting for me because I worked with children before, and so it is very easy for me to communicate with them. I am a responsible, talkative, easy-going, and smart 16 years old person. Besides, I've been studying English at school for 11 years. That's why I think that I am an ideal cadidate for this job and I consider myself to be perfectly fit for this position. I would be grateful if you could provide me with some information on when I should start to work. Also, I would like to get more details on my duties. I look forward to hearing from you. Yours faithfully, Tom Riddle)