It was late at night but the light was on in Ted’s room. When I COME in, he didn’t even turn to me. I looked at his monitor and realized that he SURF the Internet for job vacancies. “Why do you need a job?” I asked. “You EMPLOY by Mr. Green only a week ago as far as I remember.” “Yes, I was. I got a job of a waiter in his restaurant. But I LOSE that job already. They said I was rude to a client.” “Were you?” I was surprised since Ted was the PATIENT and tolerant person I’d ever met. “Yes, it was probably rude of I to tell those ladies that I wouldn’t bring them anything else. Just imagine – they had changed their order three times! Each time they tried a dish, they NOT LIKE it. When they said that for the FOUR time, I lost control. One of the WOMAN called for the manager and complained.” Ted nervously turned back to his computer. “I didn’t like that job anyway.”
The academic term was coming to its end and Kate decided to arrange a party to celebrate the coming holidays. To be frank, there BE one more reason for the party. Kate wanted her classmates to meet someone from her family. She was sure it would impress THEY and would help her popularity. Kate MAKE sandwiches in the kitchen when Hugo came in. “It looks like I’m the ONE guest, doesn’t it?” Hugo looked embarrassed. “Sorry for coming so early.” “Oh, it’s ok,” said Kate, “Come in! You HELP me in the kitchen, won’t you?” “Sure,” Hugo entered the room and STOP in surprise. “Are you saying you made all this yourself?” On the table there was a huge pie. It DECORATE with different fruit and looked fantastic. “No,” Kate looked pleased with his reaction. “My cousin helped me. SheLEAVE for the shop. She’ll be back any minute. The front door opened and a girl entered. Hugo understood that he SEE her many times in different TV programmes for teenagers. “A TV star?” Hugo sounded so silly that both girls burst out laughing.
I was happy to take part in the exchange programme and to go to college in Britain. An opportunity to spend two MONTH in London sounded fantastic. Our teacher told us that we LIVE in a student hostel. It was going to be CONVENIENT than staying with a host family as the hostel was very close to the college. When we arrived in London, the ONE thing we had was a bus excursion round the British capital. Unfortunately, when we PASS Westminster Abbey, it started to rain hard. We had to go down to the lower level of our double-decker and we NOT MANAGE to enjoy the wonderful sights. Anyway, London is very impressive. People from all over the world live there. Some of THEY come as tourists, others choose this place to study or to work in. It is a dynamic multicultural city, though there BE so many historical buildings in it. Amazingly, many of the houses BUILD centuries ago!
I was sitting in an arm-chair and watching my sister Alison. She was getting ready for a party. Alison was 15 years OLD than me and she always treated me like a child. Alison took her jewellery box from the table. The box MAKE of wood and had colourful stones on the top. “You know you must never touch it, right?” Alison said. “If the box was mine, I ALLOW you to touch it whenever you wanted,” I answered. Alison said nothing to that. When she put on her jewelry, she looked like a princess. She moved gracefully as if her FOOT didn’t touch the ground. Alison kissed me goodnight and left. I tried to resist my curiosity but I NOT CAN . I opened the box. There BE lots of rings, ear-rings, bracelets and necklaces inside. I got them all out. The ONE piece of jewelry I tried on was a silver necklace. After that I lost track of time. Suddenly I SEE Alison. She was standing at the doorway and looking at me angrily. I NOT KNOW what to say. Many years have passed since that night. Now I am a designer – I create clothes and accessories. My sister likes my work very much.
Annie was waiting for her guests. Her birthday was on 25th December and she felt this was both lucky and unlucky. It BE great to have her birthday on a special day like Christmas. But, on the other hand, very few of Annie’s friends came to her party. Most of them had family plans for that day. The doorbell RING and her classmate, Brian, appeared. He had a plastic bag in his hand. “Happy birthday, Annie!” Brain said and got an old oil lamp out of his bag. Annie NOT CAN hide her surprise: “What’s this? And where did you buy it?” “A magic lamp. And I didn’t buy it. It FIND in the attic of an old country house a year ago. My friend found it when they REPAIR the house. He says if you light the lamp and make a wish, the wish COME true. It works particularly well with reasonable wishes that are not too big for the lamp. Its magic is not very strong.” Annie laughed aloud. “I’ve never got a present ORIGINAL than this. Ok, let’s test your lamp.” Annie lit it and said: “I wish the whole class would come to I party today”. As soon as she SAY it, the doorbell rang impatiently.
Dad usually comes up with original ideas. Last Sunday Dad DECIDE that we should all go on a camping trip. The idea came to him while he READ an article about camping. The article said that camping brings families together. “Not true”, I smiled. “What about television? It usually HELP families to feel a lot more united.” “If the weather is fine, we GO on a trip next weekend,” Dad said and put his magazine on the coffee table. I quickly looked over at my YOUNG brother, Paul. He gave me a knowing smile, “Do you remember WE last trip?” I certainly did. Last summer Dad told us that fishing would be a great family activity. We bought four expensive fishing rods and drove for three long hours to a big lake in Virginia. When we got there, we discovered that we FORGET to take the fishing rods. Ten minutes later we made another unpleasant discovery: we NOT HAVE the tent which meant we couldn’t stay overnight and we had to drive all the way back home again. We BE tired and disappointed with the trip.
A few years ago I was on a camping holiday in Bristol. There BE lots of other girls from around the UK, but I was the only one from Scotland. The camp LOCATE in the woods, not far from the river. The camp life was even INTERESTING than I had expected. We enjoyed all kinds of camping activities - sports and games, different shows and contests. Everything was fine apart from one incident that took me aback. Once, at lunchtime, when I EAT ice cream, one of the girls asked: “So, do you have ice cream in Scotland?” I NOT KNOW how to react. My neighbour repeated her question. I nodded, “Yes.” My answer provoked a wave of absurd questions about my country: “Have you ever seen a ghost in your castle?” “Do all Scottish MAN wear checked skirts?” I FIND out that some people believe silly stereotypes about Scotland. They believe that Scots really carry bagpipes in THEY bags to play the instrument on the streets, and that Scots practise magic. At last, the girls said that they COME to Scotland one day to see it with their own eyes and to separate the truth from the myths.
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