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My sister Helen is nine. She is a schoolgirl. She is organized and diligent.

But I think she is rather funny. She has golden curly hair and blue eyes and

looks like my mother. We are good friends with my sister. We have a lot in

common. We share our thoughts and have our own secrets.

I enjoy spending time with my family very much. We often go for walks.

My mother spends much time in the kitchen – she is keen on cooking. We

always fin out new recipes and try them. We are also keen on music and

have numerous collections of CD and DVD disks. It is impossible to name

all the things we can do together, so I think I can stop here.

Now, I think it is time to speak about myself. I’m 18. I’m a frst-year

student at medical academy. I’m tall and well-built. I have an oval face and

large green eyes. Speaking about my character, I can say that I’m friendly,

kind, generous and honest. I have my own likes and dislikes. I am mod‑

est and shy and I can keep secrets; I never let my friends down. I usual‑

ly say what I think, that is why people around me often take offence. For

me it is very diffcult to cope with people who have such features of charac‑

ter as selfihness and dishonesty.

I forgot to mention one more member of our family. It’s our favourite cat

Mousya!

10. Answer the questions about Anna’s family:

1. What does her father do?

2. What does he look like?

3. What is he like?

4. What does her mother do?

5. What does she look like?

6. What is she like?

7. What does her sister do?

8. What does she look like?

9. What is she like?

11. Give Russian equivalents for the following words and expres-

sions from the text and use them in sentences of your own:

If you want something to be done, to consist of, to adore the sense

of humour, well-educated and well-read, to admire, to assure, to cope,

according to smb’s words, best features, moral values, to break promises,

frankly speaking, to share thoughts, to be keen on, to let smb down.