Daily routine. My working day

LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES

The problem of learning foreign languages is very important today. Students should learn foreign languages. They became important especially at the present time.

Foreign languages are needed as the main and most efficient means of information exchange between the people of our planet.

    Today English is the language of the world. Over 350 (three hundred and fifty) million people speak it as a mother tongue. The native speakers of English live in Great Britain, in the United States of America, Australia and New Zealand. English is one of the official languages in the Irish Republic, Canada and South African Republic. As a second language it is used in the former British and US colonies.

It is the major international language for communication in such areas as science, technology, business and mass media. English ought to be used as one of the official languages of the United Nations Organization and other political organizations. It is the language of computer software, literature, education, modern music, international tourism.

Learning a foreign language is not an easy thing. It is a long and slow process that takes a lot of time and patience. But every educated person, every good specialist has to know English, because it is absolutely necessary nowadays.

It is well known that reading books in the original, talking with the English speaking people will help a lot. When learning a foreign language you are to learn the culture and history of the native speakers. You may learn any foreign language. They are all important.

 

ABOUT MYSELF

So, let me introduce myself. My name is Ekaterina, my surname is Pavlova. I’m 17 years old. As you might have already understood, I’m a student.

I have been studying at the College of Kazan Innovative University named after V.G. Timiryasov since 2016, and I’m going to be a qualified specialist in law. People say that I’m very respectful, sociable, flexible and caring. I hope that all these characteristics can help me to become a good lawyer. I’m absolutely sure, that when I complete my degree, I might get the opportunity to start a stable and fantastic career in companies in our city.

I grew up in a happy family. I had a sister and this brightened my childhood, as we were always together. It helped me to learn how to communicate and collaborate with people even if I don’t want to do it. My parents had perfect stable careers and this provided us with more opportunities to get everything we wanted: expensive toys, new gadgets, brand clothes, and traveling. When I was younger I used to go dancing lessons and my parents wanted me to become an artistic gymnast. But I decided to be a lawyer to help people.

As for my interests, I am fond of pop-music and history. Also, I devote much time to learning foreign languages because it’s important in nowadays.

I’m very sociable, that’s why I have a lot of friends. People who know me well, say that I am a reliable person. I appreciate sincerity and trust.

 

MY FAMILY

Our family is neither big not small. It consists of my father, my mother, my brother and me. My father, a tall man with dark short hair, is 40 years old. He works as a manager at a firm. He likes his work and spends a lot of time there. My mother, a tall and thin woman with big blue eyes and fair hair, is younger than my father, she is 38. My mother is a teacher at the secondary school. She teaches her pupils foreign languages: German and English. She also spends a lot of time at school, but she finds time to cook, sew, knit, and even to help my brother and me with our homework. My brother is only 10, and he is a schoolboy.

I am 14. I am a student of a college. My college is far from our house, and it takes me half an hour to get there by bus. We are studying different subjects there, but my favourite ones are History and English. As to my appearance, I am slim and slender. My hair is fair, my eyes are blue.

I look like my mother. I like to dress in a modern style. Music is my hobby. I am fond of dancing at the disco. I like to buy and read English books too. Twice a week I go to the swimming pool.

We live in Rostov-on-Don, the biggest city not only in the North Caucasus, but in the entire South of Russia. It is located оn the right high bank of the Don River. We have a three-room fiat in a new block of flats. There is a nice green park near our house, where we spend a lot of our free time. There are many different shops not far from our house. My brother and I often go shopping.

Our family is nice, and everybody is easy to get along with. We take care of each other. We spend a lot of time together. Recently we have bought a car and now we often go down to the country to have a rest at weekends. In the evening all members of our family watch TV, discuss everyday problems. Sometimes we go to the theatre or to the concert.

 

Our House and Flat

 

We live in a comfortable flat in a new block of flats. It is on the fifth floor. It is neither large nor small. There are three rooms in it: a living room and two bedrooms. We have also a kitchen, a bathroom and a hall. It is a great pity that we have no balcony.

Our living room is large and bright because there are two wide windows in it. The walls of the room are blue, the curtains on the windows and the carpet on the floor are the same colour. There is no much furniture there: a sofa, a table with four chairs, two armchairs and a TV set in the corner. All the members of our family spend a lot of time there.

Our parents occupy one bedroom which is not large but very cozy. There are two beds, a wardrobe, two armchairs and a TV set in it. There is a large thick carpet on the floor and a nice picture on the wall above the beds.

My brother and I share another bedroom. There you can see two beds, a small desk near the window, two chairs at the desk: for me and my brother. The bookcase is near the door. There are many books in it. Besides, we have many shelves on the walls. There is a musical center on one of them. We have a lot of friends. And when they come to see us, we invite them into our room. We usually listen to music or play different games.

Our kitchen is big enough. As a rule, we have breakfast and dinner in the kitchen together. Our mother cooks for us. but sometimes we prepare some tasty things with my brother for our parents.

The hall of our flat is not narrow. There is a big wardrobe there. And besides, there is a telephone on a small round table.

We like our flat very much. We are happy when our relatives and friends visit us.

 

Daily routine. MY WORKING DAY

My every day activities are quite routine. They do not differ much from those of any other pupil of our country. My working day begins at 7 o'clock in the morning, when I get up. I do my physical jerks, wash, brush my teeth and comb my hair. Then I have breakfast. For breakfast usually have toasted bread, fried eggs, corn flakes, tea or coffee and some jam.

    At ten to eight I leave for school. I go to school five days а week. It takes me twenty minutes to get to school by bus. At school usually have six or seven lessons. The lessons are over at two o’clock. I return home at three o’clock. I have lunch and take а short rest. I go for а walk with my friends. In spring we play football, in winter we plaу hockey or ski. I am back at home at а quarter past four. At four thirty I begin to do my home-work. It takes me three hours to do it. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday I attend preparatory courses at the University. I leave home at four thirty and come back at eight thirty.

­    My parents usually return. home at seven o'clock. When I am at home, we have dinner at seven thirty. After dinner we go to the sitting-room. There we read books, watch ТV, chat with the friends on the phone.

    At ten o’clock I take a shower, brush my teeth and go to bed. I fall asleep fast and have no dreams.