2 132 Read and listen. Check your
answers to exercise 1.
WELCOME TO Hollywood
Two very different places with the same name
HOLLYWOOD, USA (population 167,000)
Hollywood in the USA is part of the city of
Los Angeles. Hollywood is a fast and noisy
place. The cinema studios here are famous,
and sometimes there are film stars in the
cafés and restaurants. Their houses are very
big. There are also some very expensive
shops in Hollywood - a bag from Gucci is
$1,000!
HOLLYWOOD, IRELAND (population 100)
Hollywood is a small, quiet village in Ireland.
The houses in the village are small and there
aren't any famous people here but it's a nice
place.
There aren't any big shops or restaurants, but
there are some interesting places near the
village, and the city of Dublin is 42 kilometres
from here. дополните мини словами диалог из рамочки​

1. David goes to the concerts every weekends.

David is going to the concert this weekend.

2. She often plays chess at home.

She is playing chess at home now.

3.  I cook fish every day.

I'm cooking fish now.

4.  -

The Pattisons are watching TV now.

5. Victoria studies English at university.

Victoria is studying English at university now.

6. We often read books about animals.

We are reading a book about animals.

7. Nick like to listen rock music.

Nick is listening rock music now.

8. Carry usually gets up at 8 o'clock.

Carry is getting up now.

Olympic games and Kazakhstan

July 17 at 11:35 am

 Taufik KARIMOV, a political analyst

On the eve of the main sporting event of the quadrennial year-the London Olympics-let's remember the achievements of Kazakhstani athletes at the Olympic games of our time.

Participation of Kazakhstani athletes in the Olympic games of our time should be divided into two parts – first as part of the USSR national team, and then, after independence, as part of the national team under its national flag.

However, first I want to warn readers – here you will see some discrepancies with the generally accepted data. For example, it is believed that for the first time Kazakhstan took part in the Olympics in 1956, in my opinion – in 1952 (then, by the way, the first medal was won, and not in 1960, as it is believed).

The first Olympic champion-Kazakh in official sources is called the wrestler Zhaksylyk USHKEMPIROV (1980), although in fact this is Alzhan ZHARMUKHAMEDOV (1972). Without detracting from the merits of our outstanding athlete, we just note that Ushkempirov is indeed the first Kazakh Olympic champion who represented Kazakhstan directly. And Kazakh Zharmukhamedov, who became the champion of the Munich Olympics in the Soviet basketball team, then lived in Moscow and played for CSKA. Then we all lived in a single state called the USSR, and it often happened that the best athletes, and not only from Kazakhstan, played for other Union republics. However, in order