II. Fill in the blanks with the prepositions: about, of, by, for, on, out, in 1. 1 How much time do you usually spend homerwork? 2. Are you tired wearing a school uniform? 3. Do you judge people their behaviour or clothes? 4. Do you usually notice differences designer labels? 5. Are pupils of your school bullied the clothes they wear? 6. Do you worry your weight? 7. Do you like going at the weekend?

There are many national holidays in russia, when people all over the country do not work and have special celebrations. the major holidays are: new year's day, women's day, may day, victory day, and independence day. the first holiday of the year is new year's day. people see the new year in at midnight on the 31st of december. they greet the new year with champagne and listen to the kremlin chimes beating 12 o'clock. non-official "men's day" is the 23d of february, it is a public holiday called "the homeland defenders day". all men in russia are liable for call-up (including reservists), so they all are celebrities. on this day women usually give men small gifts. on the 8th of march we celebrate women's day when men are supposed to do everything about the house and cook all the meals. this is pretty nice — at least once a year women can take a break and forget about all those dishes, cooking, kids, take a magazine and relax on a coach. we also celebrate easter and lots of professional holidays which are not public holidays and banks, offices and schools do not close. перевод. в россии есть много национальных праздников. люди во всей стране не работают и проводятся специальные торжества. главные государственные праздники: новый год, 8 марта, 1 мая, день победы и день независимости. первый праздник года — новый год. люди встречают новый год в полночь 31-го декабря. они встречают новый год с шампанским и слушают бой кремлевских курантов, отсчитывающих 12 ударов. неофициальным «мужским днем» является 23-е февраля, это — праздник, который называется «день защитника отечества». в этот день женщины обычно дарят мужчинам небольшие подарки. 8-го марта мы празднуем женский день, когда мужчины, как предполагается, делают все по дому и готовят всю еду. это довольно таки хорошо — по крайней мере один раз в год женщины могут отдохнуть и забыть обо всех этих тарелках, приготовлении, детях, взять журнал и расслабиться на кушетке. мы также празднуем пасху и много профессиональных праздников, которые не являются выходными днями и банки, офисы и школы не закрываются.

Dear Cathy,

Thank you for your letter. I'm happy to hear from you. I agree with your mum, I think every person should be involved in some interesting and useful activity  for self-development and broadening his mind.

As for me, I rarely spend my days lazily. Even on weekends I find something useful to do. For example, one of my latest hobbies is swimming. I came up with it, because all members of my family are pretty good swimmers, so I decided to learn how to swim too. It is not only entertaining but also very useful! As for the after-class activities, I usually prefer to spend evening with a book, I like to read some classics. It is very interesting for me to analyze the issues that each author raises. It really helps to develop my mind. Apart from that, I would like to learn some foreign languages. I would like to learn Chinese because now it is the second international language after English.

Now, it's time for me to go to the swimming-pool.

Write me back soon.

Best wishes,

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