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|My hobby | | |

|People get a kick out of doing most extraordinary | | |

|things. | | |

|The most widespread hobby is collecting. | | |

|I can’t say that I’m really mad about this or that | | |

|kind of leisure activity. | | |

|I tried collecting stamps, they are so nice & | | |

|informative. | | |

|But gradually my interest just faded away, & I gave| | |

|my collection to my friend for his birthday. | | |

|Then I moved on to collecting recordings of the pop| | |

|groups I liked, but after a while it seemed | | |

|pointless because music radio stations play old & | | |

|new hits all the time. | | |

|I go on doing it, but I wouldn’t call it a hobby. | | |

|I like dancing at some club or disco, but it’s just| | |

|a way of spending time, not a hobby really. | | |

|Best of all I like reading. | | |

|It’s a very quiet occupation, & it does not require| | |

|any particular skill or ability. | | |

|But that’s what gives me the greatest pleasure. | | |

|I enjoy reading all kinds of books - historical | | |

|novels, travelogues, biographies, novels, science | | |

|fiction, detective stories, poetry, etc. | | |

|Someone said that reading to the mind is what | | |

|exercise is to the body. | | |

|Books can’t be replaced by all the mass media in | | |

|the world. | | |

|Reading is a perfect combination of business & | | |

|pleasure, of intellectual work & entertainment. | | |

|So, frankly speaking reading is my hobby. | | |

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|Ekaterinburg | | |

|E is one of most wonderful & interesting cities in | | |

|Russia. | | |

|It’s the capital of Urals, & it is dear to the | | |

|hearts of our citizens. | | |

|It had a rich history, & when you walk along the | | |

|quiet streets of old E | | |

|You can feel the past everywhere. | | |

|The sights of E are countless, so I will mention | | |

|only my favourites ones. | | |

|I like to walk window-shopping down Main Avenue, | | |

|glittering & full of hurrying passers-by. | | |

|I like to sit on a bench near the monument to Popov| | |

|- I like the monument itself, but even more I like | | |

|to watch the people passing by, & people that are | | |

|waiting for their dates. | | |

|E is a cultural centre. | | |

|There are many theatres, picture galleries, film & | | |

|sound recording studios. | | |

|Most interesting cultural events, shows, | | |

|exhibitions take place in E. | | |

|E, of course, is an educational, scientific & | | |

|industrial centre. | | |

|There are a lot of enterprises producing a wide | | |

|range of goods, such as machines mechanizms & so | | |

|on. | | |

|What I like most about E is the pulse of life, of | | |

|change, of movement. | | |

|E is the place where things are happening in all | | |

|spheres of human activity - it’s the heart of | | |

|Urals, full of energy. | | |

|I just love this city. | | |

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|My school. | | |

|There are many different types of school in our | | |

|country now- specialised school, gumnasiums, | | |

|lucees, colleges, private school. | | |

|They offer different curricula, & you can choose | | |

|the subjects you need. | | |

|Our school is secondary school, & it is quite good.| | |

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|All in all, it is quite comfortable for studying. | | |

|The classrooms are well-equipped, there are | | |

|chemistry & physics labs, a language lab with tape | | |

|recorders, headphones & mikes. | | |

|The teachers are very knowledgeable, & the lessons | | |

|were always interesting. | | |

|So we have everything at our disposal, we only have| | |

|to study. | | |

|And we study hard, especially in the senior forms. | | |

|I’m interesting both in natural sciences & the | | |

|humanities, as I believe a person should have a | | |

|broad general education. | | |

|Beside the school building there is a stadium. | | |

|We have football matches & all kinds of | | |

|competitions there. | | |

|Naturally, it isn’t just all work & no fun. | | |

|We have a rock band, & often organise dancing | | |

|parties with flashing lights & everything. | | |

|We have different contests, including the one | | |

|between teams of witty persons. | | |

|Some of the jokes are quite funny. | | |

|There is an amateur drama company, & they often | | |

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