THE SUBJECTS WE STUDIED AT SCHOOL. MY FAVOURITE SUBJECT (2)

              We did quite a lot of subjects at school. They were: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, History, Geography, Rus­sian, English, Literature and others.

              Every teacher asked for equal and adequate attention to his subject and it was not an easy work to do. I knew that all the subjects were important, but still I was always indifferent to exact sciences.

              Since my childhood I have been fond of reading. My favou­rite subjects were Literature and languages. When I started studying English, the first thing I got interested in, was the different way to express one and the same idea in English and Russian. I wondered why if an Englishman is upset or gloomy he does not say: «I have a bad mood» like Russians do but says: «I feel blue».

               There is an infinite number of such things in any language.

               I read English books, tried to translate some articles from «Moscow News». Very often I borrowed English books from our school library. I spend a lot of time studying Grammar and doing exercises.

               At our English lessons we read quite a lot, but didn’t talk much. So me and my friends decided to speak English among us. Very often I spoke English with my friends on the way home after classes.

QUESTIONS:

1. What subjects did you do?

2. Did you like them all?

3. What was your favourite subject?

4. Have you read any English books?

5. Was studying Grammar difficult for you?

VOCABULARY:

equal — равный

adequate — достаточный

attention — внимание

indifferent — равнодушный

exact sciences — точные науки

express — выражать

to upset — огорчать

gloomy — мрачный

infinite — бесконечный

to translate — переводить

to borrow — брать, занимать

among – среди, между