Английский язык. Темы для экзаменов. Уровень С1

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Александр Владимирович Павленко. Английский язык. Темы для экзаменов. Уровень С1

SCHOOLING

FAMILY

ACCOMMODATION

AREA WHERE YOU LIVE

DAILY ROUTINE

HOUSEHOLD CHORES

PERSONALITY

HOLIDAYS

GOING OUT

TV, RADIO, MUSIC

READING BOOKS

LEARNING LANGUAGES

TRAVELLING

SEASONS AND WEATHER

FRIENDSHIP

SPORTS AND GAMES

TRAFFIC

HEALTH AND MEDICAL CARE

COMMUNICATION

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Nowadays, I don’t have very close contact with my family. I write occasionally to my father and mother, and I hear news from my brother. Sometimes I get a letter from my grandmother as well. Also, occasionally, we telephone each other.

I haven’t felt such a close part of the family unit since my mother and father got divorced. They’ve been divorced about for eleven years now. I’m 25, by the way, so when they were divorced, I was 14, and from this age I started to get my independence, started to live my own life a little bit.

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My grandfather was an interesting man for me. He had a very big garden, and he used to keep bees, which was fascinating. I think, fourteen beehives, as I remember. When we were at school, one time I organized for our class to go to visit him and watch him working with his bees in the garden, which was very interesting for the other children as well. Of course, we always had supplies of fresh honey because of this.

I remember the smell in their house was a little bit old and musty. I can’t put my finger on it exactly, but there was some atmosphere in their house which was like nothing had changed for thirty years. It was very strange for us, as children to go round the old rooms, looking at the pictures on the walls, pictures of old relatives. I remember my grandfather had a big picture of Queen Victoria on his wall. Maybe nothing changed since Queen Victoria’s time, I’m not sure!

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