Задали сочинение по языку про спорт . решила выбрать скейтбординг . ничего в голову не приходит . да и плохо знаю .

Snowboarding is the fastest growing winter sport and is set to become even more popular than skiing. It is hard to say who actually "invented" the first snowboard because it was influenced by many different people including Sherman Poppen, Demetrije Milovich, Tom Sims and Jake Burton Carpenter. Snowboarding's roots, however, may be traced back to the early 1920's. Then children in Vermont built what would now be considered makeshift snowboards out of barrel staves and rode them sideways down a snowy hill.

Later, there were some people, who built snowboard like sleds. One of them was M.J. "Jack" Burchett. He cut out a plank of plywood in 1929 and tried to secure his feet with some clothesline and horse reins. Burchett came up with on of the first "snowboards". Another snowboard inventor is Sherman Poppen. In 1965 Poppen, a chemical gases engineer in Muskegon, Michigan, invented "The Snurfer" (a mix between the two words „snow" and „surfer") as a toy for his daughter. He made the Snurfer by strapping two skis together and attaching a rope to the front tip of the snurfer, so the rider could hold it and keep it more stable. Many of his daughters friends wanted one of those new Snurfers, and soon Poppen lincensed his new idea to a manufacturer.

Short after that Jake Burton Carpenter (a today's most popular snowboard factory "Burton Snowboards) used ski technology in snowboards. In 1977, at the age of 23, Jake Burton founded his own company in Londonderry, Vermont, and experimented continually with new materials and designs. Eventually, he was building a snowboard made of steam-bent wood and fiberglass, with high-back bindings and metal edges.

Another snowboard manufacturing pioneer is the former skateboard champion Tom Sims. Back in 1963, as an eighth-grader, Sims made a snowboard out of plywood in his shop class. He called it a "skiboard". After years of improvements, he opened Sims Snowboards in 1977 and with the help of his friend and employee Chuck Barfoot started making snowboards. Barfoot, who actually made the snowboards, came up with the "Flying Yellow Banana".

Two weeks ago we went on our exchange trip to England. (ту уикс эˈгоу уи уэнт он ˈaуэр иксˈчейндж трип ту ˈинглэнд.)

We stayed at Springfield School. (уи стейд эт ˈспринˌфилд скул.)

Every morning we had English lessons, and in the evenings we took part in sporting on entertaining activities. (ˈеври ˈмонин уи хэд ˈинглиш ˈлеснз, энд ин зи ˈивнинз уи тук пат ин ˈспотин он ˌентэˈтейнин экˈтивитиз.)

Every day we visited different famous sights of the capital or went on excursions to other cities. (ˈеври дей уи ˈвизитид ˈдифрэнт ˈфеймэс сайтс ов зэ ˈкэпитл о уэнт он иксˈкёшэнз ту ˈазэ ˈситиз.)

We spent a week a London. (уи спент э уик э ˈландэн.)

Everybody enjoyed the trip. (ˈеврибоди инˈджойд зэ трип.)

Вот тебе одно

Dear Edward,

Thank you for your letter. Sorry I couldn’t write you back earlier.

I totally understand your position about pocket money and the way you want to spend them, because I’ve got a similar situation or even worse: my parents never give me any money for doing some housework. They only give me some everyday money to take lunch at school and some extra-money before holydays. And I should say, that it’s not much at all. Usually I try to save up enough money to buy some closes of jewelry. And my parents think that it’s a regular way to spend money for a teenager.

Anyway, you've mentioned a picnic. How was it by the way? Did you have fun? Were there a lot of people?

I've got to go as my father is asking me to help him with his car.

Write back soon,

Best wishes,

Johny