Ответить на вопросы по тексту: dear barbara, thank you for your letter. it was so good to hear from you. i hope your return journey was ok. i also travelled a lot this summer. in august elena and i went adroad. we spent two weeks in scotland at summer school. we lived and studied at a good state school. would you like to know what wedid there? well, in the morning we spent 3 hours learning english. in the lesson we read and discussed texts, learned english poems by heart, played gemes, asked and aswered questions, learned new words, used the computer and wrote our own fairy tales. but we didn; t translete into russian at our lessons because our didn; t speak russian. we also learned about english history and traditions. now we speak read english much detter then we did last year . i made a lot of friends in scotland. we also spent 3 days in london. i tried to call you but you were not in. we are impressed by great britain and hope to visit it again. best wishes from us all. your "lazy kids". elena and olga. вопросы: 1.when did elena and olga go abroad? 2.where did they study? 3.what did they do during their summer holidays? 4.do they speak and read english better than before summer school? 5.did the girls see barbara? why not? 6.wouid they like to visit britain again? 7.wouid you like to study english at summer school in britain? 8.do you think it will help you to improve your english? why?

1. elena and olga went abroad in august. 2. they studied in scotland at summer school. 3. they   learned english in summer school, played games, used the computer, wrote their own fairy tales and  also learned about english history and traditions. 4. yes, they speak and read english better than before summer school. 5. no, they didn't see barbara because she was in the journey. 6. yes, they would like  to visit britain again. 7. i'd like to study english at summer school in britain because i want to imorove my knowledge too. 8. i think so because there is a lot of practice that helps to improve english.

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American writer . born in san francisco. in his youth, has replaced many jobs : he worked at the cannery , power plants, jute mill , was close to the " oyster pirates ," the san francisco bay. in 1896 he entered the university of california , but left because of the inability to pay for out obuchenie.v 1902 novel " daughter of the snows " and the book " people of the abyss " about the life of the poorest quarters of london east london enda.k comes fame , his financial situation stabilizes, he married elizabeth maddern , his two daughters are born . in the 1907-1909 . london makes a voyage on they built on their own drawings yacht " snark " 22 november 1916 london, died in glen ellen ( california ) from a lethal dose of morphine , which he took , or to moderate pain caused by uremia , or consciously , wanting to commit suicide .