Past simple - regular and irregular verbs Andrew me to the pool to swim there

В 207 г. до н.э., армия под предводительством Лю Бана победила войска династии Цинь (221 — 207 до н.э.) в провинции Чжили и в 206 г. до н.э., захватив Сяньян столица династии Цинь положила конец правлению династии Цинь. При династии Мин на этих землях была образована провинция Бэйчжили. При династии Цин она была переименована в Чжили. В 1928 году провинция Чжили была переименована в ХэбэйОднако, Империя Хань возникла не сразу после падения династии Цинь в 207 г. до н.э. Китай в продолжении нескольких лет был ареной военных действий и политической борьбы между претендентами на опустевший императорский трон. Возглавлявшие враждующие регионы военачальники в жестоких схватках сводили счеты друг с другом, создавая на завоеванных землях все новые княжества и царства. Сильнейшими среди них, как упоминалось, оказались вновь созданные политические образования домов Сян и Хань. Борьба между ними завершилась в 202 г. до н.э. В течение 4х лет Лю Бан и Сян Юй продолжали войну, но в итоге, Лю Бан Гао-цзу победил своего соперника и фактически овладел властью во всей Поднебесной, основав династию Хань 206 до н.э — 220 н.э. и столицу в Чанъань нынешний Сиань

Shopping 

When we want to buy something we go to a shop. There are many kinds of shops in every town or city, buy most of them have a food supermarket, a department store, men's and women's clothing stores, grocery, a bakery and a butchery. I like to do my shopping at big department stores and supermarkets. They sell various goods under one roof and this is very convenient. A department store, for example, true to its name, is composed of many departments: ready-made clothes, fabrics, shoes, sports goods, toys, china and glass, electric appliances, cosmetics, linen, curtains, cameras, records, etc. You can buy everything you like there. There are also escalators in big stores which take customers to different floors. The things for sale are on the counters so, that they can be easily seen. In the women'' clothing department you can find dresses, costumes, blouses, skirts, coats, beautiful underwear and many other things. In the men's clothing department you can choose suits, trousers, overcoats, ties, etc. In the knitwear department one can buy sweaters, cardigans, short-sleeved and long-sleeved pullovers, woolen jackets. In the perfumery they sell face cream and powder, lipstick, lotions and shampoos. In a food supermarket we can also buy many different things at once: sausages, fish, sugar, macaroni, flour, cereals, tea. At the butcher's there is a wide choice of meat and poultry.. At the bakery you buy brown and white bread, rolls, biscuits. Another shop we frequently go to is the greengrocery which is stocked by cabbage, potatoes, onions, cucumbers, carrots, beetroots, green peas and what not. Everything is sold here ready-weighed and packed. If you call round at a dairy you can buy milk, cream, cheese, butter and many other products. The methods of shopping may vary. It may be a self-service shop where the customer goes from counter to counter selecting and putting into a basket what he wishes to buy. Then he takes the basket to the check-out counter, where the prices of the purchases are added up. If its not a self-service shop, and most small shops are not, the shop-assistant helps the customer in finding what he wants. You pay money to the cashier and he gives you back the change. But there is a very good service called Postal Market. It really helps you to save you time and get goods of high quality. You have just to look through a catalogue, choose the things you like, order them and wait a little to get them.