La macchina Non ho l macchina, ma mio padre ha la macchina. La macchina è francese e abbastanza nuova. E' blu e grande. Mio padre usa la macchina tutti i giorni: va a lavorare, va fare la spesa, fa fuori città. Quando va a lavorare, lui lascia la macchina nel parcheggio custodito. La sera, quando torna a casa, lascia la macchina nel suo garage. Nella nostra città c'è molto traffico, per questo ci sono gli ingorghi. Quando mio padre è fermo in un ingorgo, per passare il tempo ascolta la radio oppure telefona per lavoro. Mio padre ama la sua macchina perché è molto comoda.

Il mio appartamento Abito a Mosca. Il mio appartamento è lontano della città, in periferia. Abito con miei genitori e mio fratello. Il mio appartamento è piccolo benché ci sono tre camere. Ci sono il salotto, la cucina, il bagno e due camere: una per me e una per miei genitori; mio fratello abita in salotto. In salotto c'è il divano, c'è la poltrona e c'è la televisione. In cucina c'è il frigorifero, c'è il tavolo e ci sono quattro sedie. Nella mia camera c'è il letto, c'è l'armadio e c'è il comodino. Il mio appartamento è bello a piano: le finestre danno sul viale verde.

Il mio giorno La mattina faccio colazione, faccio sport e vado a lavorare. Il mio lavoro è nel centro della città. Vado in autobus, poi in metropolitana. Il pomeriggio penzo nel caffè e continuo a lavorare. La sera termino di lavorare. Di solito torno a casa, cenare e guardare la televisione oppure leggo. Spesso passo il tempo libero con miei amici.

La mia amica Ho un'amica. Si chiama Asia. Fa l'architetto. E' bassa e magra ma è molto bella. Abita a Mosca con sua madre. Vedo spesso la mia amica. Ci piacciamo passeggiare insieme per la città, andare a musei e concerti e mangiare al ristoranti.

Chiao a tutti! Chiao! Mi chiamo Cristina. Ho venticinque anni. Abito a Mosca con la mia famiglia: la madre, il padre e il fratello maggiore. Sono architetto e faccio in una piccola ditta. Il mio lavoro è molto interessante: progetto i palazzi e faccio design gli interni. Lavoro molto, ma quando ho un po' di tempo libero, passegio per la città, viaggio, ando in bicicletta, leggo e ando ai concerti di musica contemporanea con i miei amici. Ho un piccolo cane. Si chiama Artur e ha tre anni. é molto intelligente e buffo. Questo è tutto. Grazie per l'attenzione. Chiao!

How I learned English at school. I studied English at school and it wasn't always successful. One day I had as a homework to learn a list of new words. There was a phrase in that list — "to catch a cold". It seemed easy for me to learn this phrase because these words were simple, so I decided not to pay much attention on this one and to concentrate on other more difficult words. Next day we had a little dictation with that list. And when the time to write this "simple" phrase came, I found out that I absolutely couldn't remember it! I had wrote all phrases and words correctly except that one. I tried hardly to remember it and I thought about words that sounded like that phrase. And the best thing I could write was — "to take a coach"! It was such a shame when I got my results and all my classmates had written the phrase "to catch a cold" right except me.

Krymskaya Embankment Hi everyone! Here's my text about Krymskaya Embankment. I'll be grateful for corrections! Krymskaya Embankment is situated in the center of the city near the Tretyakov Gallery (the Central House of Artists) and the Muzeon Park. It was an ordinary unfriendly street for car traffic with narrow pavement, where artists displayed their drawings for sale on self-made hawker’s trays. But in 2013 the embankment was reconstructed by Moscow architectural bureau Wowhaus and turned into attractive public space for pedestrians and bicyclists. Four principles of “Placemaking”: 1. Accessibility & connectivity: The embankment is linked to 10 km pedestrian and cycling route which goes along Moskva River. As well people can get to the embankment by public transport or by car. 2. Image & comfort: Krymskaya Embankment is a landscape park with the artificial hills, a lime alley, and fountain square. The benches have shapes of waves and the chaise lounges are fitted in the hills. 3. Variety of activity and uses: The architects left the function of the art market and they designed the pavilions for these purposes. Also, there is a scene for performances of street musicians or for poetry evenings. A fountain is a lovely place for children to play. One of the pavilions can be used for sports activities – it can be a skateboarding ramp in summer and an ice-hill in winter. 4. Sociability of the place. Krymskaya Embankment became one of the most popular public spaces in Moscow. People come here for spending time all year around in spite of severe climate.

Heatwave in Moscow. It happened in summer 2010 in Moscow. There were a few weeks of an incredible heatwave. The roads were melting in some areas in case of the scorching rays of the sun. I was a probationer in a breadboarding studio which was situated in an old formal factory building. There were no air-conditional systems and it was very hard to work. Also, it was extremely hot at home though the most windows gave on the northern side and they all were opened. It was hot at nights too. Two the most popular goods in shops were fans and split-systems. But the other terrible thing was that all peat bogs surrounding Moscow were burning and the whole city was covered with suffocating smoke. Moscow looks like Beijing. It was hard to breathe outside. A lot of people died that summer, especially people suffering from asthma and strokes. The only rescue I had was that I spent weekends at my parents' countryside. It was in an area surrounding forests and there were not so many peat bogs, so our place wasn't covered with smoke like in the city. We had a swimming pool at our site where I can spend all the daytime saving from impossible heat. The temperature of the air was about 40 degrees and the water in my pool warmed up to 30 degrees! It was the only time when the water in my pool was so warm and felt like fresh-drown milk!

My pronunciation Hello everyone! Could you please help me with my English pronunciation? Here's my audiofile by the link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9UeJIpCG8dkcUxpejB6TlZ6MzJ6N3B3c1BKeWVYeHFEdVo4 What mistakes did I do? What should I pay attention to? And what accent is closer to my pronunciation (American or British)?