Seven Topics 6 form

Scotland Scotland is a small and beautiful country. It lies to the North of England. Scotland is a country of mountains, lakes and forests. The population of Scotland is over 5 mln people and the area is about 80 thousand sq/km. The capital is Edinburgh, but Glasgow is the biggest city. People speak English, but with a Scottish accent. Scotland is famous for golden eagles, tartans and bagpipe music, and it’s the home of golf.

Belarus Belarus lies in eastern Europe, between Poland and Russia. The area of Belarus is 207 thousand sq/km. The population of the country is about 10 mln people. The capital of the republic is Minsk, which is also its largest city. The population of Minsk is about 2 mln people. People speak Russian and Belarusian. Belarus is famous for its beautiful nature. Our people are proud of their country.

Mother Nature gave Belarus beautiful blue lakes, thick forests and many species of animals and plants. There are 111 species of trees and about 1200 species of plants and mushrooms in Belarus. There are fir and pine trees, oak and ash- trees in Belarusian forests. Some oaks in Belovezhskaya Pushcha are from 300 to 700 years old. More than 30 000 species of animals live in our country: elks, wild boars, deer, wolves, hares, beavers. The symbol of Belarus is European bison. Unfortunately people have always killed wild animals, so many of them are in danger. There are also about 60 species of fish and 305 species of birds in our republic. Belarusian lakes are rich in fish, for example eel, trout and pike. In Pripyatsky National Park you can see 200 moss species. welcome to our blue-eyed country! You will fall in love with our nature.

Reading is always cool! Many children think reading is uncool and spend their free time playing online games or watching TV. In my opinion, they just don’t know what they are missing. Spending time on the Internet is cool but if you spend too much time on it you can get serious health problems. Reading is a very calming activity, it improves your imagination, spelling and grammar. Books can help you study better at school. A story can take you to amazing places where you meet interesting characters. They can be kind and naughty, angry and hospitable, shy and talkative, adventurous and mysterious. But they always teach you something good. I’m sure reading is an enjoyable way to spend your free time.

My school

I go to school No.2. It’s an old but beautiful building not far from the town centre. There are special classrooms for Biology, Chemistry, Geography, History, Belarusian, Russian, English, Maths and others. In PE lessons we do sports and play a lot in our gym or outside in the playground. There are computers and TVs in every classroom and 4 multiboards which help us learn better. We have breakfasts and lunches in our school canteen. We go to school 5 days a week. Every lesson lasts 45 minutes.

The teachers are great and helpful and the lessons are interesting. I usually get good marks, but sometimes I get bad marks, too. I’m very good at__________________________. My favourite subject is___________because_____________________. I make a lot of mistakes in ____________ and don’t get very good marks.

School is great but the breaks are too short. There’s no school uniform in our school. But we mustn’t wear jeans or bright clothes, sports clothes and trainers in the lessons (only in PE!). Welcome to our school!

Castles. In old times people called Belarus the country of castles. Every rich man in old times had a castle. For example, Nesvizh lies in Minsk region. Radziwill- Sirotka built a castle there in 1583. It was the residence of a rich family - the Radziwills. The castle in Mir is older than the castle in Nesvizh. Mir castle is in Grodno region. It is an unusual castle, because the builders used red bricks for it. Now it’s a museum with a beautiful park. Every castle has its history, legends and ghosts. The Nesvizh ghosts are the Black Dame and the Black Nun. The Black Nun likes to play tricks on people, and the Black Dame still walks in the castle.

Junk foods are very unhealthy. They bring nothing good to your body but cause bad teeth, and heavy weight. When we say “junk food” we mean most sweets, crisps, biscuits, cola, lollipops, milk chocolate bars, etc. These foods seem very tasty but contain very few vitamins and lots of bad stuff like fat, salt and sugar. “Fast food” literally just means food that takes little time to prepare. Today by fast food we mean food that is served in fast food restaurants like McDonalds or KFC: hamburgers, pizzas, hot dogs, potato chips. Eating them is also very unhealthy. A few pieces of lettuce or a tomato in a hamburger doesn’t make it healthier. Eating lots of fast food can lead to depression, heavy weight and bad mood.