1) at last granny's garden looked almost as neat as : a) mr john's b)mr lazy's c)mr smart 2) there weren't as many little to her garden a)visitors b)strangers c)passers-by

1) at last granny's garden looked almost as neat as  mr john's - наконец, бабушкин сад выглядел точно также как сад мистера джона.2) there weren't as many little visitors to her garden. - в ее саду было немало маленьких посетителей (гостей). 

   

how i spent my summer holidays.

summer is my favourite season. summer holidays give the longest rest from studying at sсhool that’s why i like them so much. in june i stayed at home and my parents were at work. but i was glad because at last i had time for myself. i read books, listened to music, watched films and visited my friend. i spent most days outdoors and got a nice sun tan. then i spent two weeks in the summer camp on the seaside. it was a real fun. i met a lot of new friends. every day we enjoyed something special - games, carnivals, competitions, performances. we went to the seaside twice a day. there we swam, lay in the sun, played volleyball on the beach, made sandy sculptures. we had discos every night, but not too long. i guess, those were the most exciting weeks of the summer. they gave me bright impressions, lots of funny photos and some new friends. then my parents were on vacation and so they took me to my grandparents to the village. it’s a very picturesque place with a forest and a river nearby. i was happy to see my grandmother and grandfather. i spent hot days on the riverbank. once we went hiking with my parents, made a fire and cooked our meal in it, we also gathered some berries. the summer forest was very beautiful. in the evening i usually helped in the garden. during the last month of the summer i was at home again, relaxing after  "such an intensive rest"! i did usual things and prepared for school. i really liked my last summer holidays!

  i've recently read a book, which has made a very deep impression on me. it is named "gone with the wind" the author of the book is margaret mitchell. she was born in atlanta, georgia, in a family of the president of the atlanta historical society.all the family was interested in american history and she grew up in an atmosphere of stones about the civil war.after graduating from the college margaret mitchell worked for a time for the atlanta journal. in 1925 she got married. in the following ten years she put on paper all the stories she had heard about the civil war.the result was gone with the wind. it was first published in 1936 and became the talking point of all america.in 1939 the book was made into a highly successful film. vivien leigh and clark gable played the leading roles. vivien leigh won the oscar. everyone loved her high-spirited and beautiful heroine, scarlett o'hara.the story is set around the time of the american civil war (1861-1865), when the southern states went to war with the north to defend their way of life.it was a way of life in which rich gentry lived in large houses and owned huge areas of land, cultivated by black slaves. scarlett o'hara was born in one of those rich houses.but "gone with the wind" is also about a love triangle. while scarlett loves the quiet, gentlemanly ashley wilkes, the wild and decidedly ungentlemanly rhett butler is in love with her. not so long ago, in 1991, a publishing company asked alexandra ripley, a historical novelist, to write the continuation of the story. her novel "scarlett" was not in the same class as the original. critics have been writing very bad reviews of "scarlett" but the book is popular with the public.