MY SUMMER HOLIDAYS

        After my hard and busy school year my summer holidays began. I felt happy when hard and busy school year finished and summer holidays began. I started to plan a lot of wonder­ful things to do during my summer vocation.

       I was dreaming about visiting far south countries I always wanted to visit. For example, I dreamed to visit, Greece is­lands or Spanish beaches. But I had to go to the Azov Sea sea­side with my parents. The water was very warm there, because the Sea of Azov isn’t deep. There were different kinds of en­tertainments there. Best of all I liked water scooters and dis­cos.

       There was nothing to do all day except taking sunbathes and swimming: I was playing with my little sister on the sand and taught her to swim. Later, I returned home and spent some time there going out with my friends, reading, listening to the music, watching TV and playing computer games. After that I went to the sport camp where I spent twenty days with my friends.

         It was very useful experience for us, because we had to get up very early, to train a lot. But it made us stronger and heal­thier.

         I was very happy to return home and to spend several days in my summer cottage, where I had a rest helping my grandfa­ther to dig the garden, to irrigate plants and to gather fruit and vegetables. I was fishing with my grandfather sometimes and we cooked our fish together. Only insects were spoiling my good humour. I was enjoying floating in the boat, swim­ming and helping my grandparents.

         During my summer holidays I made new friends, read a lot of interesting books, knew many useful things. Now, I feel ready to get back to school.

          I am happy to meet my school friends and teachers.

QUESTIONS:

1.  What was I dreaming about?

2.  What did I like to do best of all at the Sea of Azov?

3.  What did I do during my summer holidays?

VOCABULARY:

hard — тяжелый, трудный

busy — занятой, суетливый

to feel (past felt, p.p. felt) — чувствовать

to dream (past dreamt, p.p. dreamt) about — мечтать о

beach — пляж

deep — глубокий, глубоко

bush — куст

entertainment — развлечение

scooter— зд. скутер, водный велосипед

to sunbathe — загорать

to teach (past taught, p.p. taught)  — учить, обучать

sport camp — спортивный лагерь

useful — полезный

experience  — опыт

to get (past got, p.p. got) up — вставать

to return — возвращаться

several — несколько, некоторое количество

cottage — летний домик, дача, коттедж

to have (past had, p.p. had) a rest — отдыхать

to dig (past dug, p.p. dug) — копать, вскапывать

to irrigate — поливать

to cook — готовить пищу

insect — насекомое

to spoil — испортить

humour — юмор, настроение

to float — плавать, кататься на лодке

to make (past made, p.p. made) friends — подружиться с кем-л.