Look through the text again (your textbook, lesson 13, exercise 21) and complete the following statements 5) nowadays these countries are 6) the commonwealth includes many countries such as 7) the real power in great britain belongs to 8) the british parliament has two houses: 9) the house of lords
is very important as about the policy of 10) the house of commons the country i1) the members of the house of lords are not elected, they are : , заранее

the tiger.

tiger is the biggest among all big cats. length of the body-150-300 sm. weight for a 400 kg. it's has very beautiful colouring of a wool. there's dark cross-section strips which are take one's share on a red background. it's cunning and crafty predator. it's lives among reeds and bushes, where colour of the animal merges with the environment. tiger lives in the hottest(tropical) countries of asia

as fresh as a cucumber, свежий, как огурец,

as strong as horse, сильный, как лошадь,

as cool as daisy,   прекрасная, как маргаритка,

as deaf as a post, глухой, как пень,

as blind as a bat, слепой, как летучая мышь,

as clear as crystall, прозрачный, как кристалл,

as sly as fox, хитрый, как лиса,

as slow as tortoise, медленный, как черепаха,

as sweet as honey, сладкий, как мёд.

as mad as hare? безумный, как заяц ( вообще, фраза звучит as mad as march hare - безумный, как мартовский заяц)

sharon: i got up at 7 o'clock and  had a big breakfast. i walked to work, which took me about half an hour. i started work at 8.45. i never had lunch. i finished work at 17 o'clock. i was tired when i got  home. i cooked a meal in the evening. i didn't go out.    i went to bed at about 23 o'clock. i slept well. yesterday was a tipical working day for sharon.