раб 1 вар 4 Australia

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Australia
1. Australia is full of strange and wonderful places, unusual animals and amazing culture. Australia is an island, a continent and a country. It is the world’s largest island and its smallest (but oldest!) continent. But a lot of it is empty. The population of Australia is only 20 million people. Australia is a federation of six states and two territories.
2. Until 1901 Australia was a British colony. It is still a monarchy and Queen Elisabeth II of Great Britain is also Queen of Australia. But now Australia is an independent state. Australian society is essentially British and there is a small but important (and growing) Aboriginal population.
3. Australia lies in the Southern Hemisphere (полушарие) of our world, so everything there is the other way round. Hot winds blow from the north; summer starts in December, winter starts in June. Australia is the flattest and second driest continent (after Antarctica). Two-thirds of the land is desert. In some places it sometimes doesn’t rain for years!
4. Canberra, the capital of Australia, is the newest city in the country. Canberra is an Aboriginal word, meaning “meeting place”. It was designed by Walter Griffin, an American architect, in 1912, and became the capital in 1927. Unlike other capitals, it is very quiet. There are a lot of trees and a big lake in the centre.
5. The largest cities in Australia are Sydney and Melbourne. Sydney is also the oldest city. Sydney is home to one of the country’s most famous landmarks (ориентир) – the Sydney Opera House. The roof of this beautiful building looks like sails. Melbourne was once the capital of Australia. Today it is the “sporting capital” of the country.
My family
1.    I am Sergei Petrov.
2.    Sergei is my first name and Petrov is my surname.
3.    I’m twenty four years old.
4.    I was born in Kurgan in 1980. Kurgan is my native town.
5.    Our family is not very large: I have a mother, a father and a sister.
6.    My mother’s name is Nina Ivanovna.
7.    She is 47 years old. My mother is a teacher of Mathematics. She works in a college. She likes her profession.
8.    My father’s name is Oleg Borisovich.
9.    He is 50 years old. My father is a computer programmer. He is very experienced.
10.     My sister’s name is Olga. She is twenty years old. She is a student at Kurgan State University. She studies Psychology.
11.     I have a grandmother and a grandfather. They are pensioners. They live in the village Ketovo.
12.     I love my family very much.