Discuss the questions in groups. 1 What does your country produce? Does it go to many other countries? 2 Would you like to learn Mandarin? Why/AWhy not? Why would it be useful? 3 Is your language a difficult language to learn for foreign learners? Why?/Why not?

The new year is my favorite holiday. on the eve of my covers are always a strange feeling's got to be something joyous and magical. everywhere holiday atmosphere, all preparing for the holiday - choose beautiful trees, buy different fruits, sweets, prepare gifts for loved ones. since childhood, the new year is like a fairy tale to me. we begin to prepare for the celebration in advance. clean the house, decorate the christmas tree, decorate the room with balloons, garlands, beautiful toys, holiday lights, candles. i really like the christmas wreath with pine branches, ribbons and colorful figures of angels. previously, i've only seen this in foreign films, but now the fashion has come to us. mom always prepares for the festive table something unusual, an extraordinary. i try not to oversleep the moment of the arrival of the new year under the chiming clock. after the last blow on the street starts fireworks, which can last an hour! every year we come to visit relatives and friends. we have fun, hold various competitions, dancing, singing. it is always very interesting, but i'm usually asleep. and in the morning, immediately ran to the tree to see what i got. this is especially good when new year's eve worth frosty snowy weather. in the windows of all the houses flashing colored lights. celebrating and having fun. apparently, due to the fact that the new year is a holiday, celebrate it so exciting

Vitebsk is a city in North-Eastern Belarus, the administrative center of Vitebsk region and Vitebsk district.

A population of 374 174 persons (1 October 2015)[4]. Area — 124,538 km2.

The city is located in the Eastern part of Vitebsk region on the banks of the Western Dvina river. The second most ancient city in Belarus after Polotsk. Fourth by population (after Minsk, Gomel and Mogilev) city in the country.

The town was founded on the high banks of the Western Dvina and Vitba, which gave him the name that is on the way "from the Varangians to the Greeks". As the urban legend of the 18th century it was founded by the Saint equal to the apostles Princess Olga. The city was formed as one of the centres of the Association of Slavic Krivichi, and a convenient geographical position at the crossroads of major trade routes contributed to the growth and prosperity over the next centuries