Ro’zibaeva D. English step by step. 1 Dilbar Ruzibaeva

Ro’zibaeva D. 
English step by step
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meal in the evening. I think too, that I prefer travelling. I want to smell different 
smells; I want to see different kinds of trees, flowers and plants; and I also want to 
see people wearing different kinds of clothes. Above all, I want to listen to 
different musical rhythms from those I am used to. 
But I still need my companions — not, of course, to play on the sands and eat ices 
with, but to talk to on warm moonlit nights. 
Sometimes I wonder what my ideal holiday will be when I am old. All I shall want 
to do then, I expect, will be to lie in bed, reading books about children who made 
sandcastles with huge yellow walls, who watch the incoming tide, who make 
themselves sick on too many ices... 
 
Exercise 1. Answer the questions on the text.
 
1. When does every holiday seem ideal, when you’re a child or when you’re an 
adult? 2. What did the author of this story like to do with his boy-friends on the 
sands? 3. What did they make? 4. How long did their sandcastles live? 5. What 
simple joys made the boys shriek with excitement? 6. What did they like to watch 
lying on the sli ppery rocks? 7. What did they sometimes explore in the country? 8. 
Has the author’s idea of a good holiday changed? 9. What does he still like? 10. 
Why does he like travelling? 11. Why does he still need his companions? 12. Years 
change our ideals. What does the author think his ideal holiday will be like when 
he grows old? 
 
Exercise 2. Multi ple-choice questions. Choose the right answer.
 
1. When I was a boy every holiday I had seemed (too short, too dull, ideal). 2. I 
played on the sands with my friends making (sandcastles, much noise, various 
toys). 3. We like to stare down from the rocks at the (toy shi ps, boats, seaweed) in 
the rock-pools. 4. In those far-off days, the sun seemed to shine (too seldom, 
dimply, constantly). 5. I still like the sound of (waves breaking on the beach, 
children shrieking with excitement, buses rushing along the streets). 6. I’m now an 
adult, and I still need my friends to (play with, talk to, quarrel with). 7. I’m hungry, 

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