2. Work in pairs. Answer the questions. a) What can you see in the pictures?
b) What tradition do these pictures describe?
c) What do you know about this tradition?​

Eugene was born on November 3, 1982 in the town of Solnechny, Khabarovsk Territory.  At the age of four, a move to Volgograd took place in the biography of Evgeny Plushenko.  It was there that Eugene began to figure skating.
The first big sports victory Plushenko took place in the 1996-1997 season.  Then he became the first at the World Junior Championships.  Already in the next season he took third place at the World Championships, as well as the Russian Championship, the second - at the European Championships.  For the first time in his biography, Evgeni Plushenko became the world champion in 2001.Then I repeated the result twice (in 2003, 2004).  Five times the figure skater won the European Championship.  He has many awards, titles, awards.  During his career he won 52 gold medals.

Dear Bob (Name),
I love reading the letters you send me. Thank you for being so caring and sincere. I am sure your cat will be alright.
Regarding your questions, it is clear that pets need time and attention that some people might not be able to provide. And it is such a big responsibility! It is basically a baby that is never growing older. I approve of keeping exotic pets you mentioned, as spiders and snakes are far from exotic, however, if it is a huge animal that cannot adapt to another environment, then clearly it is animal abuse. Russia is not that different from other European countries. I would say cats and dogs are in the majority. Parrots, however, are rarely kept as pets. Well obviously, because of the weather.
Sincerely,