Reading for pleasure

Yuriy Lobov Form:7”a” School#4 Ekaterinburg

Hello! My name is Yura Lobov. I am thirteen years old. I live in Yekaterinburg. I study at school #4. I am in the 7th form My favourite hobby is sport. I want to be famous football player. I learn English and I like to read interesting books.

I prefer to read books about people, sights, animals, war I have read several books. The name of the books are: “Looking at our world” “Gold” “London” “Castles” I’d like to tell you about “Gold”, “London”, “Castles”

The first book is “Gold”. It is about a soft metal. People first used gold thousands of years ago. The ancient Egyptians loved gold. The Greeks, the Romans used gold for money. But the Incas and the Aztecs used gold to make wonderful objects. Also I know how finding gold. It is difficult job.

Windsor Castle is the biggest castle in the world. William the Conquerror built this castle. It is full of ghosts of kings and queens and you can hear footsteps. I know about Balmoral Castle, Glamis Castle, the Tower of London and many other castles. I like adventure and travelling. The next book is “Castles”. Do you know about Windsor Castle? Where do ghosts live? There are many ancient castles in the British Isles. Castles are big, strong buildings. Many castles have legends. There are legends of ghosts, wizards, kings and queens.

The last book is about London and sights. London is the capital of England. More than seven million people live in London. There are many sight in London. Among them Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, the London Eye, Trafalgar Square and many others. I want to visit London. This is my dream. What about you?