Numerals (My town) The population of my town is about two hundred and twenty five thousand people (225 000). I think there are less than a quarter people in my town who speak good English. There are a quarter people who have more than two child, a half people who are smoke and a third have a dog. A cup of coffee costs three dollars in my town. A laptop costs from three hundred to one thousand five hundred dollars approximately. Small flat in the center of town costs about sixty six and a half thousand dollars.

A book about Leo Tolstoy I want to tell you about the last book I listened to. It’s «The Leo Tolstoy’s life» by Andrey Zorin. All Tolstoy’s novels and stories was based on his life. His characters were similar with him, his family members and friends. This book was written for wide readership. The author tells us about Tolstoy’s childhood, youth, maturity, about his believes and prototypes for his novels. My favorite book is «Anna Karenina». And it was interesting to know that Tolstoy had written about himself when was talking about two men — Levin and Vronsky. Levin was a positive person, like the first part of writer’s soul. Vronsky was a difficult person, like the second part of writer’s soul. Tolstoy used this method in «War and Peace» too, when he was writing about Bolkonsky and Bezukhov. This book is full of remarkable facts. I was listening to audiobook during my lunch brakes and after my job. It was amazing.

About slow reading It was a difficult article, I think it meant for C1 level. But I have read it with pleasure. A professor of English and cultural history writes about slow reading and information thread in the digital age. Many people worry about declining attention spans because scrolling down a web page makes our reading skimmable. Author of this article believes that books are tenacious and can to coexist with new technologies. And she writes: «Even in a fast-moving age, there is time for slow reading». I learned from the article many new words) I read it with Cambridge Dictionary's help and write a definition for some words in English. There are no controversial point of view, it is popular cultural and social theme.

Gifts I like buying gifts. I do it on New Year, on my friends and relatives birthdays and for my husband without an occasion. The nearest happy day will be in August. My friend is pregnant and her daughter is coming soon. My friend ask me to be a godmother for her girl, she said it might be a responsible person. I’m inspired by this future event. I think my first gift for little princess will be a cot mobiles. And when she will be bigger I’ll buy for her a lot of books.

Little women I read an interesting novel — ‘Little women’ by Louisa May Alcott. It’s my first English book. I left all my previous books, but I’m competing in the reading challenge now. The main characters of this novel are March sisters: Margaret, Jo, Beth and Amy. They are so different, but very close to each other. Margaret is the oldest. She wants to have silk dresses, to go to the theatre, to be in the high society. But her sadness is family’s poverty. Jo likes books. She is her aunt’s companion, and read books when the old lady had sleep. Beth loves her invalid dolls and helps their servant Hannah. Amy is a little cute girl: she creates new long words.

Weekend I like weekends. I was going to walk in my city in this summer, for finding new places and knowing the city better. But I have a lot of work. I’m editor. I read a lot of texts and edit ones at the computer. It’s my sad summer weekends) What about my ideal weekend? I get up at 9 and have tasty breakfast with coffee, sandwiches and cake. After that I could meet my friends, go to the cinema with my husband, learn languages or read a lovely book in the park. It could be weekend on the seaside. Then I could go to the beach. I'm waiting for my vacations - it will be in September!

About food Hello, my name is Galina. I'd like to speak about food. It's the first theme in my coursebook. It's seem easy, but there are some new words and phrases for me. I read about healthy and unhealthy, homemade and takeaway food. I have a three time meal in my typical day. I usually get a cup of coffee and biscuits for breakfast. I cook my lunch at home and heat it up at work. It may be rice, potatoes or pasta with vegetables or with meat. Sometimes I get takeaway food. But I have to admit my diet isn't healthy: I'm mad about sweet things and coffee, I eat too small very often. I'm cut down on chocolate now. After all, food is pleasure for me, not a fuel.

The healthier diet I think, Jacqueline has the healthier diet, because she often eats at home. She likes cooking, food is a pleasure for her and her diet is balanced.

Tell about your extraordinary walk I’m a homebody, so, I can’t remember an extraordinary walk) When I lived in Saint Petersburg I liked walks at Neva embankment, at bridges and unfamiliar streets. In Moscow my husband and I used to go to parks and nature reserves. Sometimes we take for those ‘travels’ our cat. He likes to eat a grass)