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every year schoolchildren have their winter holidays. they usually last for 2 weeks: from the new year’s day till the 12th of january. i am sure that all of us look forward to this time because it’s a great chance not to get up early and to do what we want. as for me i always sleep till 9 a.m. during my winter holidays. then i turn on my tv and lie in my bed for another hour.
winter holidays are even more exciting because we celebrate new year and christmas. our mood is joyful. the whole atmosphere is full of magic. people exchange presents, decorate their homes, cook delicious food, visit each other and have parties.
if the weather is cold i prefer to stay at home or visit my friends. they can also come to my place. we play computer games, surf the internet or watch tv. the programmes on tv are really interesting during our holidays, so we watch plenty of cool films. in warm weather we go to the cinema or a café, play ice-hockey or go skiing to the park. hockey and skiing are my hobbies. we can even play snowballs and make funny snowmen.
in the evening my mother often asks me to help her about the house. my duty is washing up, watering plants and taking the rubbish out. as i don’t have to get up early during my holidays my parents allow me to watch tv and read books till midnight.
i enjoy my winter holidays. it’s a nice time to relax and take a short rest from my studies. it’s a pity that winter holidays always pass so quickly
Olympic games and Kazakhstan
July 17 at 11:35 am
Taufik KARIMOV, a political analyst
On the eve of the main sporting event of the quadrennial year-the London Olympics-let's remember the achievements of Kazakhstani athletes at the Olympic games of our time.
Participation of Kazakhstani athletes in the Olympic games of our time should be divided into two parts – first as part of the USSR national team, and then, after independence, as part of the national team under its national flag.
However, first I want to warn readers – here you will see some discrepancies with the generally accepted data. For example, it is believed that for the first time Kazakhstan took part in the Olympics in 1956, in my opinion – in 1952 (then, by the way, the first medal was won, and not in 1960, as it is believed).
The first Olympic champion-Kazakh in official sources is called the wrestler Zhaksylyk USHKEMPIROV (1980), although in fact this is Alzhan ZHARMUKHAMEDOV (1972). Without detracting from the merits of our outstanding athlete, we just note that Ushkempirov is indeed the first Kazakh Olympic champion who represented Kazakhstan directly. And Kazakh Zharmukhamedov, who became the champion of the Munich Olympics in the Soviet basketball team, then lived in Moscow and played for CSKA. Then we all lived in a single state called the USSR, and it often happened that the best athletes, and not only from Kazakhstan, played for other Union republics. However, in order
