My favorite room is my study, at the end of the house. I call it a study but sometimes it's a kitchen and sometimes it's a bedroom, too. Well, it hasn't got a bed but I fall asleep
in the armchairs all the time.

Many-storied buildings have become an inseparable feature of our towns and cities. I live in a new 16-storeyed block of flats on the sixteenth story. Our house is situated in a marvelous district. The house is new and, as they put it, of
"an improved planning".

As well as in any other country people in Britain live in diverse range of accommodation ranging from country mansions to single rooms or hostels in inner cities. Most of them, of course, live in houses and flats, either as owneroccupiers or as tenants paying rent. Approximately 19 per cent of houses are detached (built in a long raw and joined to each other), 31 per cent are semi-detached and 29 per cent
are terraced.

The right to housing is guaranteed to all citizens by the constitution, but providing for adequate housing for all has become a problem in a time of major economic reforms. In the Soviet era, most housing (state-owned) was provided free or at very low costs for many citizens. According to a 1980 Soviet estimate, 20 % of urban families (and 53 percent in Leningrad) shared apartments; that percentage had dropped slightly by the end of the Soviet era. Young, unmarried Russians often found housing only in crowded hostels operated by their employer; young married couples frequently lived with one set of parents until they could
locate in an apartment.

Living in the city has both advantages and disadvantages. On the plus side it is often easier to find work, and there is usually a choice of public transport, so you don't need to own a car. Also there are a lot of interesting things to do and places to see. For example, you can eat in a good restaurant, visit museums and go to the theatre or to concerts. When you want to relax, you can go to a park and just sit on a bench and read a book. The city life is full of bustle and variety,
and you don't need to feel bored.

The answer can vary because each person implies his or her own meaning. A little boy of five can answer that it is Mummy and Daddy, plenty of toys and bedtime stories. An efficient housewife says, "Home means a lot of drudgery if you want to have it clean and comfortable". A man of fifty can call it a place he returns to after work to enjoy his "wellearned" rest. If we speak to an architect, he will say that a home is any dwelling available for human habitation. We must stress on the fact that a hostel, a hospital and a hotel are not homes in the English sense of the word. But whether a crude hut or an elaborate mansion, and whatever its degree of intrinsic architectural interest, a house provides shelter
and acts as a focal point for day-to-day living.

Some people say that being a housewife is very easy and less responsible than to work full-time. But it isn't actually true to life. Let's try and have a look at a housewife's ordinary
day to prove our statement.

I'll try to describe my usual week-day, which I spend more or less ordinary. Frankly speaking I'm a sound sleeper. My alarm clock wakes me up at seven sharp, but I hide my head under the pillow pretending that I'm sleeping yet.

Family denotes a domestic group of people, or a number of domestic groups linked through descent from an ancestor, marriage or adoption. It also can be defined as an organizing social unit from which a person usually develops its personal identification. The importance of family is hard to overestimate. My family has always been a source of personal
worth, affection, understanding and care for me.

Speaking about one's character first of all it is necessary to define what the notion is. These are some qualities that make a person different from others. We can call a person goodnatured, kind-hearted, sociable, sweet, gentle, discreet, or, on the contrary, hard-hearted, ill-natured, uncommunicative, rude, impolite and insincere. All of us have some strong and weak points, but the main thing is which features dominate in one's character and what traits in people's character we
appreciate the most.