Write a short paragraph about one of the famous people in your country

Writing

Speaking

Use the sentences to talk about the president of your country.

Read the text and talk about Barack Obama. Start like this: Barack Obama is the 44^th president of the USA. He was born …..

Barack H. Obama is the 44^th President of the United States.

His story is the American story — values from the heartland, a middle-class upbringing in a strong family, hard work and education as the means of getting ahead, and the conviction that a life so blessed should be lived in service to others.

With a father from Kenya and a mother from Kansas, President Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961. He was raised with help from his grandfather, who served in Patton's army, and his grandmother, who worked her way up from the secretarial pool to middle management at a bank.

After working his way through college with the help of scholarships and student loans, President Obama moved to Chicago, where he worked with a group of churches to help rebuild communities devastated by the closure of local steel plants.

He went on to attend law school, where he became the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review. Upon graduation, he returned to Chicago to help lead a voter registration drive, teach constitutional law at the University of Chicago, and remain active in his community.

President Obama's years of public service are based around his unwavering belief in the ability to unite people around a politics of purpose. In the Illinois State Senate, he passed the first major ethics reform in 25 years, cut taxes for working families, and expanded health care for children and their parents. As a United States Senator, he reached across the aisle to pass groundbreaking lobbying reform, lock up the world's most dangerous weapons, and bring transparency to government by putting federal spending online.

He was elected the 44th President of the United States on November 4, 2008, and sworn in on January 20, 2009. He and his wife, Michelle, are the proud parents of two daughters, Malia and Sasha.

CPC. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.

1) Он окончил работу к пяти часам и пошел домой. 2) Oн написал письмо до того, как я пришел. 3) Когда мы приехали в научный центр, она уже закончила свою научную работу. 4) Когда я пришел в центр мои коллеги смотрели телевизор, а мой директор ушел в головной офис. 5) Он прожил в университетском общежитие почти полгода, когда его директор приехал навестить его. Он рассказал ему, что он был болен две недели летом, но что он полностью поправился до того, как приехать в Лондон

CPCП. Translate the text from Russian into English.

Дата добавления: 2015-04-25