New Comers

            - Hello, Sam!

            - Hi, Dan, nice to meet you.

            - Do you know that we have two new comers in our form?

            - Yes, at the interval I even have got acquainted with one of them.

            - Really, what interesting?! And what is his name?

            - His name is Robert Allen and he is very humorous. He was telling me a joke every minute.

            - What does he look like? And how old is he?

            - Robert is 13 years old - a slender, of medium height boy with green eyes and with a mole on the cheek. From my point of view, he will be the tidiest, cleanest and neatest person in the whole form. Furthermore he is very inventive.

            - Do you think that if he is well dressed, his character is good and that we will have a faithful pupil and friend?

            - However, …

            - Don’t worry. You’re luckier than me. Because Gary, who was talking with me at the interval was untidiest person I had ever seen. He is plump, even overweight 14 years old boy that is making such loud noises, imitating animals as a fool. But he seems to me very cheerful boy.

            - I saw him. If he is casually dressed, and with a turned up nose and freckles on the face.

            - Yes you are absolutely right Dan!

            - Sorry Sam, but do you know that the bell rings earlier this day than others?

            - Are you sure?

            - Yes, better if we finish our talk later. And know let’s go to our classroom and see the other pupils.

            - OK.

A World Of books

 

- Hello, Dan, glad to meet you!

- Hi Sam, haven’t seen you for ages. Where have you been? Let me see what book you’ve borrowed in the library.

- Oh, this is a great book, which contains a lot of fairy tales of Charles Dickens. And how about you, do you read books?

- You know I’m a very busy person and read books when I have freetime. From my point of view, why to read books whereas you can watch TV. You can widen your knowledge or get useful information in a few minutes.

- You are wrong. I know that TV programmes provide us with pictures and sound, but books are still a cheap way to get information and entertainment. And then for example a paperback novel is cheaper than an evening at the cinema of theatre. You can also keep a book forever and read it many times and every time.

- I agree with you, however it’s a problem for people that do not have time for reading the latest news from the newspaper. Practically when I have holidays and go to the library, instead of watching TV-set, I see a lot of books in it, and find it difficult to make a good choice.

- I can give you advise to read books that impressed your friends and which, in their opinion, are beautifully written or consult a librarian who maybe analyzed some chapters from the books. And also make a choice from book not for their pictures, its cover, however the table of contents. Always follow the rule, that basically you read to get information and for fun, not to while the time away.

- Hmm… Thanks for your help. I’ll follow your advice. I think that having a home library is a good and interesting idea, too. From my point of view, as I’m not a good reader, books in the home are a wonderful source of knowledge and pleasure, and some types of books should be in every home, such as: good dictionaries, that you can consult it any time you need to find some information; large encyclopedia again as the source of info, though it might be expensive; and of course an Geographical Atlas.

- In a word, what kind of books do you read or like to read at all? I think that most of all I like science fiction because it is about events that take a place in the future or in other universes.

- I’m sorry Dan, I’m in a hurry and promised to be at home at four o’clock, we might finish our talk later.

- Sure Sam. It was nice to talk with you, thank you for so interesting conversation.

- I’ll phone you as soon as possible, bye!

- Good Bye!

Australia

 

            - Ooo, Sam – what brings you here? Hello, haven’t seen you for ages.

- Hi, Dan. Glad to meet you too! I think the last time I saw you was at school, when we had an evening with our class.

- Yes, you are right… Many years have passed since then. I’ve heard that your family left Estonia for Australia.

- We went there at once after I finished a school. But how do you know that?

- It doesn’t matter! Tell me, how are you doing.

- I’m fine. You know… 

- And how is it there in Australia?

- Every person that I’ve met ask me the same question.

- It is because not every one has been to Australia.

- You know Australia is an unique country. First, because its nature strikes with its view. Wild animals are everywhere. Big extraordinary species of birds and animals. A kangaroo, a duckbill, an emu, anteater and koala, eucalyptus and wild dog – dingo, and a huge buffalo: these animals are the only ones it once on the Earth (planet). Huge deserts… the Great Sand and the Victoria, the Gibson desert… and the temperature is higher than 30 degrees above zero.

- Really?! It is very hot. As I know the hottest summer temperature in Estonia is nearly 29 above zero.

- Don’t compare?! Australia is sometimes called “the upside down world”. Can you guess why?

- Hmm… Let me think!

- Don’t try, - because the continent lies in the Southern Hemisphere, where winter comes in July and summer begins in December.

- And what people do during the Christmas holidays?

- To your surprise they often sunbathe on the beach or swim and surf in the ocean.

- From my point of view, if I’ve been a geograph I’d called Australia the hottest place in the hole World.

- If it is you’d became a bad geograph. ............