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|He studied at an exclusive school, lycee. | | |

|He visited all those balls, & parties, & receptions| | |

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|But he managed to feel & know the souls of ordinary| | |

|Russian people of all walks of life. | | |

|His power of observation was so great, that in his | | |

|works he drew a comprehensive picture of life in | | |

|Russia at that time. | | |

|It’s a strange phenomenon that poets do not live | | |

|long. | | |

|I think that is because the candle burns so | | |

|brightly & so fast. | | |

|Pushkin was killed at the age of 37 at a duel that | | |

|was a result of intrigue & scandal connected with | | |

|the name of his wife. | | |

|But poets do not die. | | |

|If you asked Russian people who their favourite | | |

|poets is, most would answer «Pushkin». | | |

|Small kids learn to read using his fairy tales, & | | |

|this admiration of his poetry just stays on. | | |

|His works are read & enjoyed by all those who love | | |

|the Russian language & Russia. | | |

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|Sport. | | |

|Sport is, or rather should be, an important part of| | |

|everyone’s life. | | |

|Here we should distinguish between big-time sport &| | |

|just keeping fit. | | |

|We can’t all be professional athletes, but we | | |

|should pay attention to out bodies. | | |

|Our body needs exercise just as it needs food. | | |

|Everyone chooses physical according to one’s | | |

|tastes. | | |

|Some people just jog. | | |

|Others prefer more active kind of exercise, such as| | |

|football, basketball, volleyball, martial arts. | | |

|Tennis has become very popular, & it really is a | | |

|good workout for all groups of muscles. | | |

|Fitness centres, body building & shaping gyms are | | |

|full of pumping iron. | | |

|There are some specific British & American sports | | |

|that are rather interesting - golf, cricket, | | |

|baseball, American football. | | |

|Tastes differ, but one thing is for sure - if you | | |

|want to be healthy & fit, you can’t do without | | |

|sport. | | |

|I start every day with a half hour of exercise - | | |

|push ups, sit ups, chin ups, warming up all my | | |

|muscles. | | |

|Then a quick shower, & I feel as fit as a fiddle. | | |

|Twice a week I have a two-hour workout in a gum on | | |

|various training devices & just lifting weights. | | |

|Once a week I visit a swimming pool . | | |

|It’s enough for me to feel fit. | | |

|Of course I would like to take up Alpine skiing or | | |

|para-gliding, but I have neither time nor equipment| | |

|for that. | | |

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|Holidays. | | |

|Every family has its own holidays, connected with | | |

|some great events in its history. | | |

|For ordinary people holidays are mostly the chance | | |

|to relax & have a good time. | | |

|There are some almost universal holidays, such as | | |

|Christmas & New Year. | | |

|We’ve got 2 favourite holidays New Year & Easter. | | |

|The New Year is noisy & festive. | | |

|Christmas trees are decorated with tinsel, toys, & | | |

|strings of colored light bulbs. | | |

|Children put stockings under the trees for Santa | | |

|Claus to fill them up with gifts. | | |

|It’s a family occasion - the whole family usually | | |

|gathers, gifts are exchanged. | | |

|There are parties, dancing, champagne drinking, | | |

|fireworks & firecrackers. | | |

|At midnight everyone at a party stops whatever they| | |

|are doing to greet the New Year. | | |

|It’s the most colorful & merry of all holidays. | | |

|I can’t help mentioning Easter, which is connected | | |

|with the idea of spring & revival of nature. | | |

|We exchange painted eggs, special cakes, & | | |

|generally make merry. | | |

|There are also our birthdays parties- we celebrate | | |

|him or her with birthday, singing Happy birthday to| | |

|you, present our gifts & have our family dinner. | | |

|All holidays are nice, because people forget their | | |

|worries for a while, & enjoy themselves. | | |

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|London. | | |

|I haven’t been to London yet, & I’d like to visit | | |

|this city very much, because I like the English | | |

|language, & I’m curious to learn about everyday | | |

|life of the people who speak this beautiful | | |

|language, & just see sights. | | |

|Here’s what I know about this city so far. | | |

|L is one of the greatest, most colourful & | | |

|interesting cities of the world, & it tops the list| | |

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