Questions and answers - 2 COMPUTERS Do you think computers help society? In my opinion, computers solve one problem and create other problems. Do you think computers are bad for health? I think this is time-dependent. Certainly, if you spend a lot of time with a computer, it is bad for your health. How do you think computers have changed the world? I think yes, computers have already changed the world. Computers made possible previously impossible things. INTERNET Do you use the Internet much during the day? Yes, I use it much. What do you usually do on the Internet? I find information about some things and communicate with some people. EMAIL Do you send and receive email regularly? Yes, I do it regularly. How often do you check your email? I check my email at least two time in a day. Do you think writing email has strengthened or weakened people’s writing skills? Do you mean handswriting skills? Then it has weakened writing skills. What are some disadvantages of email? I don't see disadvatages of email. SMOKING What do you feel about smoking in public places? I don't smoke and I dislike smokin in public places. Do you think smoking should be banned in people’s homes? In my opinion, in own homes people can smoke as much as they like. HOBBIES Do you have any hobbies? Yes, I have. What are some of your hobbies? I like reading books, studying English and playing computer games. When did you first develop this hobby? In six years, when I learned to read. How much time do you spend on your hobby? May be, about three hours per day FILMS Do you enjoy watching movies? Yes, I do. What’s your favourite film? In these days my favourite foreign film is "Ghost" with Demi Moore, my favourite Russian film is "A Ordinary miracle". Who are your favourite actors? My favourite actors are Alexander Abduloff, Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Nikolai Karachentsov, Audrey Hepburn. How often do you watch films? Not too often. I think I watch about two films in a month on TV, and two or three films in a year at cinema. SHOPPING Do you enjoy shopping? Well, I don't enjoy everyday shopping, but I enjoy to shop the new gadgets. Do you like shopping on the Internet? Yes, It saves my time and money. Do you have any favourite stores? Yes, I have, this is the closest store to home. What don’t you like about shopping? I don't like about shopping is it need a lot of time. Which is the most popular place to shop in your hometown? I don't know, it is not interesting to me.

Questions and Answers - 1 ABOUT ME AND MY FAMILY Could you tell me about yourself and your family? I'm Alexej. I'm thirty eight years old. My mother is a teacher of Russian languige. My father was a farmer, now he is a pensioner. I'm oldest child in my family. I have a brother and two sisters. I live in Ulyanovsk, it is a city in Russia. (for foreigner) I live in a one-room flat near the building market on Filatov Avenue. (for local) I work at a door factory as a computer support specialist. I'm married and have two daughters. My wife's name is Nataly. She has a remote work, work with the computer usage. My older daugter's name is Anastasia, she is fourteen years old and she learn in the ninth grade. My younger daughter's name is Mary, she is nine and she is in the third grade. How much time do you spend with your family? I spend with my family about two hours in a weekday, and whole day in the weekend. What do you like to do together as a family? We like to go to the cinema together. Last time we went to a film "Zootopia". Do you get along well with your family? Yes, usually I get along well. EDUCATION Describe your education. I have the higher education. I graduated from the Ulyanovsc State Agricultural Academy. What was your favourite subject as a child? In childhood my favourite subject was a mathematics. Who was your favourite teacher? My favourite teacher was my first teacher, Mrs. Smirnova. WEATHER Does the weather affect your mood? No, it doesn't affect my mood. How do rainy days make you feel? The rainy days make me feel sleeping. What’s your favourite season of the year? My favourite season is a spring. What do you like to do when it’s hot? When it's hot I hide in a room with a conditioner. What do you usually do in the winter? In winter I go skating. HOME Describe your home. What kind of building do you live in? It is a one-room flat on eighth floor of the nine-floor house. The house is located next to the building market. How long have you lived there? I live about ten years there. TRAVEL Do you like to travel? No, I don't. What kind of places have you visited in your life? Out of my home region I visited Moscow, Crimea, Volgograd, Novosibirsk, Krasnodar. Which place would you really like to visit? Why? I really would like to visit any country with warm sea and the beaches.

Waterpark Yesterday I with my family went to the waterpark "Улёт" (Name means approximately "Cool!", "I'm flying!"). This is a indoor waterpark. It has got a pool especialy for small children and three pools above all for adults. Also it has got a hot tub (also known by the name "Jacuzzi"), russian, turkish and finnish saunas, two water slides only for children, and six water slides for teens and for adults. We hung out in the waterpark about seven hours of swimming and having fun. My daughters didn't want to go to home although they were very tired. It was one more a nice day!

"White Gold" is Soul of Russia Today I liked listen an any good music and open Youtube. In Youtube I find an ensemble "White Gold" ("Белое злато"). This ensemble sings the russian country songs. This is a beautiful music! Simple, ordinary girls sings in the street. Their singing touch my soul. In comments is it: "Beautiful russian girls. This video makes me want to learn their language to understand what they sing so joyfully." P.S. Link: https://youtu.be/OtzcK4mj6Do?list=PLntPmkW5R9R0edIUGQxX_iusb92-Le2dK

White Fang Today I have finished reading the book "White Fang" of Jack London. In childhood I read this book in Russian. In these days I read it in English. In childhood I read this story as a story about a wolfdog's life. Today I read it as a story about mankind, about humanity. Jack London's opinion is the humanity grow from nature to civilization. I don't know, what opinion he would have had today.

Again Harry Potter I've finished reading the seventh Harry Potter book on Friday. The story ends well, as it should be in children's story. I did not understand everything in the book, but I always understand the plot. The main idea of the book is that love and nonviolence is stronger of an evil power. Harry Potter was written a simple, clear language. It is easy to read this book. I liked the story about Harry Potter.

Our holyday Yesterday I has got weekend. I was walking in the park "40 years of AULYCL" with my daughters. There is a adventure park "Adrenaline" in the park. Adventure park has got roupe courses as for small children as for adalts. (Roup course - it is when aerial tracks of steel roupes stretched between trees, and it have to go from start to finish. Of course, with safety cables.) Roup courses "Yellow" and "Orang" - for kids, "Green", "Blue" and "Red" - for all who taller 150 cm. My youngest daughter has got "Orang" course, biggest daughter - "Green" and "Blue", and I has got "Blue" and "Red" roup courses, and my wife was taking photographs. We climbs at aerial trails about two hours. It was very funny, but we was hard tired. After we had rested, we were shooting of a pneumatic rifle, riding a horse, walking between pine-trees. Tired but happy, we returned home. It was nice day!

I read Harry Potter. I’ve finished reading the fourth Harry Potter book. I read seventy pages today, twenty three pages in a hour. I still have three books of this series left to read.