We study foreign languages

My name is Petrov. I live in the centre of Moscow. I work at the Ministry of Foreign Trade. I am an engineer and 1 am also a student. Many engineers of our Ministry study foreign languages. I study English. In the morning I take my English text-book and my exercise-books and go to the Ministry. The teacher and the students come into the class-room and sit down at the tables. The students open their text-books and their exercise-books. I also open my text-book and my exercise-book. During the lesson we read our texts, write sentences on the blackboard and do exercises. We do not write many exercises at the lesson. We sometimes write dictations. We usually write exercises at home. We usually speak English to our teacher. We sometimes speak Russian at the lesson. After the lesson we go to the office.

My wife is an economist. She works together with me. She goes to the office every day. My wife does not study English. She already knows English very well. She reads many English books, magazines and newspapers. She also knows French. At her office she sometimes writes letters to foreign firms. She often translates telegrams from Russian into English and from English into Russian.

My wife is also a student. She studies German. She is a very good student. She usually gets good marks. She always comes to her lessons in time.My wife and I usually go home together.In the evening we prepare our home task. We learn new words, read texts and write exercises. We also repeat grammar rules. We sometimes speak English at home. We speak about our work and our lessons.

Active Words and Word Combinations:

a student - студент

an engineer - інженер

an economist - економіст

a text-book - підручник

an exercise-book - зошит

a magazine - журнал

to write sentences – писати речення

first – перший(-а,-е)

to study foreign languages – вивчати іноземні мови

to translate - перекладати

to prepare home task – виконувати домашнє завдання