My summer holidays

Exercise 4. Speak on the topic using the following words and word combinations:
I am from…; we are … in the family; this job requires great responsibility, attention and labour; does her best to keep our house tidy and clean; to feed everybody; provide friendly atmosphere at home; go to school (college, lyceum, etc.); great mother’s helper; pensioner; graduated from; study deeply natural sciences; decided to enter; a third- year student of…; my favourite subjects at the Institute; hard work; dissecting room; to gain deep knowledge of these subjects; the basis of medicine; it helps me to improve; conversational English; to read medical literature in the original; have free time; to spend an hour or two.


Exercise 5. According to the text make up your own topic.
NEW YEAR HOLIDAY
In Uzbekistan among all the national holidays the New Year Holiday is the favourite one. It is celebrated on the 1^st of January. Usually on the New Year’s Eve people send each other greetings and souvenirs, decorate their homes and New Year’s Trees with coloured bright lights. Families gather together at their parents’ and celebrate the holiday. There are always a lot of delicious meals, fruits, cakes, salads, chocolates and drinks on the table.
As a culmination Father Frost in traditional clothes with long white beard comes to congratulate small children. They recite poems, sing songs, play games and have a lot of fun. As a prize they receive New Year presents from a big red sac of Father Frost.
Young people prefer to celebrate the New Year Holiday in their own manner. They arrange evening parties where they dance, listen to music and have a joyful time. At midnight when bells ring friends exchange hugs and kisses saying “Happy New Year!”
In big cities the New Year Holiday is celebrated with carnavals, concerts and fireworks. Streets, squares and houses are decorated with paintings, flags, toys and lights.
New Year’s Day is traditionally the time to start new projects and programmes, and give up bad habits.