Read the profiles of the four people. Complete the sentences comparing them. Agnes has the largest family .

this man was really tall.

he would have been a good composer now if he kept playing.

i was really astonished. 

i thought he was weak to do it.

he was too strong compared to his classmates.

she was really beuatiful.

that boy was ugly.

that was the first time i saw a handsome guy.

our trip was too long so everynbody was tired.

there was a large swimming pool.

she was too thin.

Dwight howard: a very lonely superstar stuck in orlando

remember the old days, when  lebron james  had championship aspirations with the  cleveland cavaliers? before  the decision  and before dan gilbert's angry letter written in comic sans?

lebron's dominance was at a level where he actually had people believing that antawn jamison could be the missing piece to a championship team. the akron hammer got mo williams into an all-star game. oh yeah, and by playing with james, anderson varejao is now considered "untouchable." no wonder lebron took his talents to south beach.

anyone who watches the  nba, or even listens to what some of the announcers have to say, can tell you the impact that an elite player can have on his team.

prime example—lebron turned a team full of average role players into a no. 1 seed and title contenders. as soon as he leaves town, they're a team struggling to even compete on a nightly basis, landing the top pick in the nba draft. and as soon as people saw this, we all understood why lebron left.

these special players are at a premium, even in today's superstar league. and with the recent alignment of star players, very few are left on their own the way lebron was in cleveland. one of these players is due for free agency in one year. you may have heard of him:   dwight howard.

howard is an absolute monster on both ends of the floor who is as capable of taking over a game as anyone in the league. opposing teams guard him with at least two players at all times, usually with very little success. teams have resorted to recycling defenders who simply foul d12 in hopes that he won't make his free throws. given the shortage of quality big men in the league, howard's ability is even more valuable considering he gets to exhibit it against many low-quality big men.

do you like shopping?

did you go for a walk yesterday?

what are you doing now?

how age are you?

do you go to the cinema one times a week?

At last the winter holidays came! i was very happy!     i didn't have   to get up early in the morning and run to school. i could stay in the bed till midday. but i didn't want to sleep. there were a lot of things to do. the weather was fine so my friends and i went to the skating- rink almost every day. it was fun! then i spent a week in the country where my grandfather and grandmother lived. it was great. i drank milk and eat a lot of tasty food which my granny prepared for me. i have many friends in this village because i go there every holidays. we went to the forest to ski, we made snowmen and played snowballs. we even played hockey! but the winter holidays were over and i returned to the city again.  i liked my holidays very much.   наконец наступили зимние каникулы! я был счастлив!   я не должен был вставать рано утром и бежать в школу. я мог   оставаться в постели до полудня. но я не хотел спать. было так много дел. погода была хорошая, так что мои друзья и я ходили на каток почти каждый день. это было весело! затем я провел неделю в деревне, где   живут  мои дедушка и бабушка  . это было здорово. я пил молоко и ел много вкусной пищи, которую моя бабушка готовила для меня. у меня много друзей в этой деревне, потому что я езжу туда каждые каникулы. мы ходили в лес кататься на лыжах, мы делали снеговиков и играли в снежки. мы даже играли в хоккей! но зимние каникулы закончились, и я вернулся в город снова. мне понравились мои каникулы.