Iwant to spend them in mountains. skiing is a very popular sport in my country. it is very interesting. even our prime minister likes skiing, it is his hobby. i began to ski with my father and sister in my childhood. we often go the forest and spend our time there. i think that the fresh air, clear nature and sport are very healthy for me. that’s why my hobby is skiing. the mountain-skiing camp site is situated in karpaty. it is about 200 kilometers from my сity. this camp site is very popular and many people visit it every year. there are 4 skiing tracks. three of them are for skiing and one is for snowboards. in addition, there is the elevator, a cafe and the house, where you can have a rest. the length of the track is about 3 kilometers. the speed that you can gather there is very fast. later, after this camp site i want to visit my grandfather who lives in another city. i miss him. so, that is all about my holidays. write to me more often. good luck. truly yours, maksim перевод письма на язык. дорогой антон, я пишу тебе, чтобы рассказать тебе о моих следующих зимних каникулах. я хочу провести их в горах. катание на лыжах - популярный вид спорта в моей стране. это интересно. даже наш премьер министр любит кататься на лыжах - это его хобби. я начал кататься на лыжах, когда был маленький, с моими папой и сестрой. мы часто бываем в лесу и проводим там свое время. я думаю, что свежий воздух, чистая природа и спорт полезны для меня. вот почему мое любимое хобби - катание на лыжах. горнолыжная база находится в карпатах. это в двухстах километрах от моего города. эта база популярна и каждый год ее посещают много людей. там есть 4 лыжные трассы. три из них - для лыж, одна - для сноуборда. также там есть подъемник, кафе и дом, где ты можешь отдохнуть. длина трассы примерно 3 километра. скорость, которую можно там развить, высока. затем, после этой базы, я хочу поехать к моему дедушке, который живет в другом городе. я по нему скучаю. итак, вот и все мои каникул. пиши мне чаще. удачи. искренне твой, максим
Yesterday protesters managed to hold up work on the Oldbury bypass. Protest leader Alison Compton defended the action by members of the Green World group. 'If we don't protest, soon (►) there'll be (there / be) no countryside left,' she told reporters. The bypass is now well behind schedule, and if the protesters had not held up the work so often, it would have opened two months ago. 'If these fields disappear, we'll never see them again,' said Ms Compton. 'Why can't we use public transport? If more people travelled on buses and trains, we wouldn't need new roads. If the motor car had never existed, the world would have been a more pleasant place today.' But many people in Oldbury want their new bypass. 'If they do not build it soon, the traffic jams in the town will get worse,' said Asif Mohammed, whose house is beside the busy A34. 'We just can't leave things as they are. If things remained the same, people's health will suffer even more from all the pollution here. It's terrible. If we don't get the traffic out of the town, I will go mad. If I had known earlier how bad this problem would get, I would have moved out years ago. But now it has become impossible to sell this house because of the traffic. The government waited too long. If they had done something sooner, there would be less traffic today' And the protest is making the new road even more expensive. 'If this goes on, there won't be enough money left to finish the road,' says the Transport
