1.

Personal identification

I’m Marius. I was born in 1981 on the 28th of January in Kaunas. I don’t remember
anything about the weather that day, but I know that it was about 2:30 p.m. I was the first child
in the family. Our family is not very big, I have a brother. When I was a child I can't say, that I
was a good boy. My parents always want me to be a good man, and now I'm very thankful for
that. At that time I didn’t understand that my parents wanted good for me, and I made my mother
worry about me very often. I think, that my character isn’t bad now and I’m a good, sincere and
tolerant teenager.
In 1987 I started school and now I'm graduating it. I was good at all subjects. I am fond
of school. I liked my class. I always felt like at home here. Everybody was so friendly and easy
to get a long with. I was on good terms with my classmates and we always spend our free time
together. I think, that school years maybe remain in my heart forever.
I want to say a few words about the future. I'm going to take entrance exams and enter
KTU. I would like to study Computer Science. My parents are engineers - programmers and I
like this profession too. That's all about myself.

2. Services

Services aren't important as food, drinks or home, but it's enough important to as. One of
them we use more frequently others we don't use. There are many services in my region. There is
post near my house. You can use all services that post can offer: to send a postcard, letter or
parcel, make postal - order, to buy stamp or postcard. There are petrols where you can buy gas.
Also there are hospital and police station in my region. Police station is one of the unpleasant
services. You get there when you commit something bad. If you want to do photos it's no
problem, because there are some places there you can make photograph. A Very important
service for people's beauty is hairdressing saloon. But there is only one saloon in my region.
Bank is very important for people, which have their own business. Usually they open
checking account. But a lot of firms haven't enough money so they take loans. Diplomatic
services are useful, when you are in foreign country or when you want to go there. And garage -
service use people who have a car. Here they can check and put right their cars.
The most important services are hairdressing, photography, post, and hospital. So all
services are very useful. They make our life easier.

3. House and home

I live in apartment house. This house is in _____ street. I have an apartment in a nine-story
building I live on the second floor. The livers keep house in order. There are many trees near my
house. My house was built in 1991. The number of my flat is 17. I live in the two rooms flat. The
area of my flat is about 60 square meters. There is a balcony in my flat. I have a fine view from
the balcony and windows. I have two bed-sitting rooms, a bathroom, a toilet, a corridor and
kitchen. There are bookcases, wardrobes, beds, tables in the bed-sitting rooms. My walls are
papered. On the floor there are carpets. I have all amenities hot and cold water, gas, electric light,
central heating, lift. In the kitchen there is gas cooker. There are gas meter, electric meter and
water meter. I would like to have a detached house in some solitary place, far away from the
town's noise, smoke and polluted air. Sure it'll be a two-stored house with a big yard and garden.

4. Flora
 Lithuania's flora is rich and varied, because of its geographical position and climatic
peculiarities, but we can't boast that it's peculiar to it alone. We have typical northern plants such
as conifers, deciduous trees. Forests cover one fourth of its territory. 3 centuries ago, they were
twice as extensive. Nowadays more woods are cut down than replanted. We have lots of spruce,
birch and alder woods as well. It's a pity such trees as oaks, ashes and limes are decreasing,
because they were used as timber. Now we can hardly find oak, ash or lime woods. The
preservation and restoration of forest hasn't been given great attention. Every year hectares of
forest are planted, but more hectares are felled. Timber is still the chief article of export. Some
trees are remarkable as natural rarities. In East Lithuania at Stelmuze grows an old oak, that
according to botanists, about 1,5 thousand years old.
Forests cover one half of the territory in east and South Lithuania. The Varena-Druskininkai
forests spread on area of thousands square km. These forests abound in mushrooms, berries and
beasts. The Rudininkai forest remind as of historical events. The rebels of 1831 and 1863 against
the Russian czar found refuge in it. The Cepkeliai swamp, covering 5000ha is the largest in
Lithuania. Broad and beautiful are the Labanoras, Kazlu Ruda and other forests. 40% of
Lithuanian's territory is occupied by arable land.

5. Fauna

The Lithuanian forests have inspired many poets, writers and composers. They devoted
their works to the charm of woods.
The fauna has no particular species peculiar to it alone. There are various species of
mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians. For various reasons many kinds or them became
extinct. This fate befell aurochs, bisons, bears, etc. All forests can boast of the giant of woods -
the antlered elk. Elk meat is exported abroad. Deer are less common. Roe and hares are abundant
everywhere. Wild hogs, foxes, squirrels, martens are rather numerous. The number of wolves has
shrunk. The beaver was entirely exterminated, but now it has been reacclimatized. Their houses
are frequent on the banks of many rivers. New species of animals such as punctate deer, minks
have been acclimatized. They feel quit at home and bear offspring.
We have 300 species of birds. In forests we can hear voices of woodpeckers, cuckoos, owls,
hawks and others. In rivers, lakes and swamps are various species of ducks, geese, and swans,
where they hatch their young. In Neringa there is a settlement of grey herons, rare birds.
There are about 50 species of fish in Lithuania. We can't boast that abound in our lakes and
rivers. Bream, roach, salmon, eels, carps are caught. Salmon comes to our rivers to spawn.

6. Television

TV is one of the ways to spend our free time. Sometimes it shows good or sometimes bad
things. It's good, that there are some documentary films, which show us the life of wild animals,
old civilizations, and the lost world. There is news, which inform us about the things, which are
happening all around the world. Also TV shows some talk shows, where we can hear the
interesting interwievs.
But there are a lot of violence and debauchery in TV films, even in cartoons. And violence
has a bad effect on viewers, especially on children and teenagers. They can't understand what is
right or what is wrong and they think, that everything is true and start to copy everything and to
do the same things as "good guys" or "bad guys". So, I think, that there are more violence and
debauchery in our TV programs, than good and nice things.

7. Museums of Kaunas
 There are many museums in Lithuania. Lets talk about some of them - museums of Kaunas.
Ciurlionis State Museum of Art is the national museum of Lithuania, founded in 1925. It
operates as head office for 5 different museums in Kaunas. Devil museum is a part of the
Ciurlionis State Museum of Art. It's the only devil museum in the world and it was founded by
professor Zmuidzinavicius. At that time, the Museum of Medicine Academy have a big
interesting collection of skeletons, from fetuses to adults, also skeletons of cats, dogs and
monkeys. It helps for students, who are studying Anatomy. It's the only Anatomy museum in
Lithuania.
Vytautas the Great Museum of War is the only war museum in Lithuania. There are gun
collection and exhibition about the first two men, who flew over the Atlantic. They have
connections with the Lithuania army, organize festivals for and about soldiers. The 9 th fort
Museum comprises of two different parts: the 9th fort and a separate museum. The 9th fort was
built at the end of the 19th century by a Russian czar to defend the Russian Empire. During World
War 2 the fort was used to hold the Jews before they were executed. After the war it was used as
a prison. In 1959 the fort was opened for the public as a museum. This fort is probably the
cruelest concentration camp-museum in the world.
And for the end about T.Ivanauskas Zoological Museum. It's one of the oldest museums in
Lithuania. It has collection of stuffed animals, collected by T.Ivanauskas. It's the only Zoological
museum in the Baltic States, having a big impressive collection of all kinds of animals, nature
sounds as background music.

8. Travelling

There are various means of travel. We can travel by train, boat, airplane, and finally we can
travel on foot. First of all I will say what I think about walking. So, when you use your foot, of
course then it is the cheapest way to get somewhere. But if that place is some 100 or more km.
away, then everyone prefers a faster way of traveling. I agree that traveling on foot is good for
your health, but just imagine that you have to go to another country and return using only your
foot - I do not think, that it will be very healthy for you.
Travelling by car is the finest type of travelling. It’s noisy, not good for nature, more
dangerous, but it's fast, comfortable and easy to use. Ship and plane are very useful too, when
you have to reach another continent, because usually it would be too wet to get there another
way.
Besides all these means of transport people usually get their trip by trains and hitch-hiking.
I think, everybody knows, how cheep it is when you spent money given by your parents
somewhere else. So it’s no need to speak about train. And the last way of getting somewhere
from somewhere is hitch-hiking. Of course, anyone can say that it's dangerous, but you really
don’t need to go alone. It’s even more fun when you go together with your only-friend, girl
friend or boy friend. So, I think, it is the funniest way to travel.

9. Traffic

In our town every other family has its own cars. Everybody is eager to have a car. It's
especially convenient for shopping. Sometimes cars help people when they hurry to the work or
when it's necessary to take an invalid to hospital. But cars cause a lot of problems. Cars poison
our air with exhaust, shatter our ears with noise and the drivers wreck our nerves with dangerous
driving.
In Kaunas center the traffic is heavy. Donelaitis and Kestutis streets are one-way streets and
in those and other streets are many traffic lights and pedestrian crossings, but sometimes there
are traffic jams and parking problems, because some drivers are careless and selfish. Many
traffic accidents happen in the main wide streets, for example Barsauskas, Vytautas streets,
because the drivers drive much too fast and they don't pay attention to the speed limits. Also
traffic accidents happen when pedestrians forget about road safety and crossing the road. But
people aren't afraid of traffic accidents and they keep buying cars, because it's the fastest and the
most comfortable way to get around.

10. NATO

The Baltic States' admission to NATO is currently the most pressing topic in the Baltic.
NATO is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's a military alliance of Western nations for
the purpose of collective defense. It was established in 1949. NATO's member States are:
Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany (since 1955), Greece (1952), Iceland, Italy,
Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain (1982), Turkey (1952), UK, USA.
Poland and Czech were admitted this year.
If the Baltic States support the program - "Partnership for Peace" to the fullest extent, they
will be admitted as well. Baltic military forces take part in NATO maneuvers and it's a concrete
benefit, as Baltic States want to be admitted as full members.
There are lots of different opinions on what is better for a small country: to be a member of
a military organization or to be a neutral country. There are various advantages and
disadvantages of both. It's said, that preparation of Lithuania to join NATO requires from 8 to 10
mln. Litas. That is why it would be more beneficial to modernize the economics of Lithuania,
than to spend huge sums of money on joining NATO. Moreover some people say, that the threat
of war is only our imagination. For example, during the period of 1944-1953 lots of men were
killed, but it was impossible to confirm the act of independence. Meanwhile, in 1990 the
independence was restored without any war or guns. So, it would be better to spend money on
solving social and economical problems than on joining NATO.
In conclusion the opponents of "Lithuania in NATO" consider, that Lithuania should seeks
to be a neutral country. The proponents of "Lithuania in NATO" suggest that joining NATO
would confirm the stability of Lithuania. Lithuania is tiny country and the enemies can be too
strong and powerful to fight with. So, NATO could help in case in the threat of war.

11. Social affairs

I want to tell you about the town, where I live, about Kaunas. Kaunas is an industrial town.
There are a lot of companies, factories and enterprises in Kaunas, but they pollute our rivers and
blacken our sky. As Kaunas is a big town, here are a lot of cars, buses, and they pollute our
environment too. People, working in these factories, sometimes suffer from ill and die of various
diseases, but they don’t complain, because they are afraid to lose their jobs. They have to support
their families and money is very important for them. Nowadays prices go up and are high and
wages are low in Lithuania. There are many unemployed, poor people. There are a lot of
children, who beg for money or food.
I think, that all this sounds very sad, but I hope, someday it will be better. That’s all about
my native town.

12. Education in GB and Lithuania

Education is compulsory in our country. Children start school at the age of seven. They
can stay at school for twelve years but some of them leave school at the end of the ninth form.
These pupils usually go to vocational junior colleges where they can get both secondary
education and the qualification. Education in Great Britain is compulsory too. British children
start school at 5. They go to the primary school, which has two divisions: the infant school (from
5 to 8) and junior school. From 11 to 16 British children go to a secondary school. At the age of
16 schoolchildren may either leave the school or remain two years longer to prepare for
university or college entrance. Education is free; everybody can go to a university or any higher
school after finishing secondary school. In Lithuania children go to school five days a week. The
school year begins September and ends in the middle of June.
Education in Lithuania has been centralized for a long time, but now almost all schools
have their own education system, but all systems don't differ from each other very much:
children study almost the same subjects in all schools. Schoolchildren can transfer freely from
one school to another. At that time in Great Britain the education system has been decentralized
for a long time and the school curriculum, the organization of lessons, and other things vary from
school to school. There are two types of secondary schools: grammar school - giving education
up to the age of 18, preparing pupils for university entrance and secondary modern school, which
gave general education and some practical training up to the age of 15. After a secondary school,
a vocational junior college or a manual training school, children can take entrance exams and
enter the university.

13. The School

School is a part of our environment from the time you are a little child until you are almost
grown up. We hear very little of what the pupils think of school, and what happens to them here.
At school pupils spend the most important years of their lives. Here they take courage and
confidence, make friends and learn to understand life. Whatever school years maybe remain in
our hearts forever. Our teachers not only give us knowledge of physics, mathematics, history and
ect. But they also taught us to love our Motherland, to be honest and hard working.
In the school I'd like the relationship between teachers and pupils would be changed. Instead
of the teacher telling the pupil, both teacher and pupil would learn together, creating warm
relationship. A school is a place where people learn together to live together and loved one
another.
I like my class. I always feel at home here. Everybody is so friendly and easy to get a long
with. I was on good terms with my classmates and we always spend our free time together. I
think, that there can be an ideal school. Everybody has their own wishes.

14. "Saule" gymnasium

I attend "Saule" gymnasium. The society "Saule" guided by prelate Olsauskas included
several Lithuania schools, supported by the government. Just from the first days of it's existence,
the palace was used for various educational purposes, for teacher's seminary and finally for girls
school. Nuns were invited by prelate Olsauskas to run the school. Our school was built in 1912.
Students are selected on their ability to this gymnasium. They have to take entrance exams in
math, Lithuanian and English. Only the best are supposed to be admitted. Our gymnasium has a
good reputation, especially for math and computer science. It's quite prestigious to study here.
We have advanced courses in math and computer science. Our school maintains a high academic
standard. The requirements are much higher than in any ordinary school. Our gymnasium is
famous for its old traditions. The teachers and all the system of our gymnasium do everything
under the sun to make study all the day round. There are a lot of good teachers, but most of them
are sure, that their subject is the most important for the pupils. I can say, that I'm happy here and
I need to prepare for university entrance, so I don't know the better school for that.

15. Food & drink

Food and drink are very important, because nobody can live without eating and drinking.
These two things may be a great pleasure. Of course, we have to eat neither too much nor too
little. Foods that are eaten on a regular basis make up a diet. Although geographic location and
family traditions play major part in forming dietary habits, food choices vary from person to
person.
 Eating too much salt, sugar and fat can effect your risk of developing heart disease and raise
the level of cholesterol in the blood. Cholesterol is a natural waxy substance made by the body. It
helps to form digestive juices. Eating too much sugar can mean that you're more likely to
become obese and that means a higher risk of getting heart disease. Sugar may taste good, but of
course, it contains nothing but calories. Sugar can lead to tooth decoy. Eating too much salt has
been linked with high blood pressure, which in turn can cause heart disease. Fast foods are major
part of many people's diets. Fast foods are often high in fat, salt and low in minerals and
vitamins.
It's important to eat more fresh fruit & vegetables, to cut down on salty snacks, chips, nuts,
to go easy on sweets, chocolates and to use less salt and sugar in cooking. But the most
important thing in changing your eating habits is to cut down gradually.

16. Smoking

It's said, that 70% of young people smoke or have tried smoking. Well I think that smoking
is a bag thing. It's dangerous to us and to others. Smoking causes cancer, various diseases of
lungs, throat. Doctors inform us about it, but smokers don't pay attention to it. Youngest usually
like to imitate the adults. For this purpose parents must no smoke themselves. Smoking is like
illnesses, once try and you can't stop. Smoking helps people to relax and they enjoy it. But to
give up is very difficult, and some people can't do this without others help.
I think, that many smokers are selfish people, because there are many places where is "no
smoking" sign, but a lot of people ignore them. They do harm not only for their health, but for
non-smoker's health too. To my mind smoking is really not the problem of the person itself, but
it's also the problem of mankind. The person not only poisons itself, but he pollutes the
environment also. So it's better not to begin smoking at all. The life of all people will be
healthier, especially of the young people.

17. Weather forecasts

I think, that weather forecast is good thing, but not always it's right. Sometimes forecast
said one thing, but happens another. So, we can't always trust them. I think, that people are
interested in forecasts, when they are going somewhere or when they are going to make a party
in open air. Sometimes people are interesting in forecasts when they have nothing to do and are
bored.
In spring the sky often is cloudy all day long and it's raining at intervals. The temperature is
about 10 degrees over zero. But sometimes the sky is clear and the sun is shining and then the
temperature rise up to 15-19 degrees over zero. In summer sometimes temperature is 25 degrees
over zero and it's very hot and sultry. Sun is blazing, but it's good only to get sunburn. The wind
is very wild in summer, because it's western or southern. Sometimes it's drizzling after that there
are many puddles everywhere.

18. Seasons of the year

There are four seasons in a year. They are spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Every
season is beautiful and pleasant in its own way.
Spring is a wonderful season. Spring comes and nature awakens from its winter sleep. The
days become longer and nights shorter. The ground is covered with fresh green grass and the first
spring flowers .The trees are covered with new leaves and blossoms. The air is fresh and sun
shines brightly. Spring months are March , April and May.
Summer months are June, July and August. The weather is usually fine in summer. It is
much warmer than in spring. The trees are green and the gardens are full of flowers. Everybody
enjoys summer. A lot of people have their holidays in summer. They can go swimming and
boating, they can lie in the sun and get sunburn, they can gather berries and mushrooms.
Autumn months are September, October and November. The days become shorter and the
nights become longer. The weather often changes, and it gets colder and colder. The sky is often
grey and cloudy, often rains. Autumn is harvesting time; it's the time when grain, fruit and
vegetables become ripe.
Winter months are December, January and February. Sometimes it is very cold (30 degrees
or more below zero). It often snows. Winter is a good time for sport. Little children are fond of
playing snowballs and making snowmen, older ones go in for skating and skiing.

19. Foreign languages

English is very popular in nowadays. About 85% of people speak English. English is used
as native language, as second language or the language, which we have to use in our job. People
like English, because it's easy to learn and to speak.
If we know a foreign language, we are able to speak to foreigners, to write letters or
documents to other country. I think it's very important to know at least 2 foreign languages. I
know English and Russian; my parents know polish, English and Russian. I know polish too. I
have used my knowledge, when we were in Poland. I spoke with salesmen, when I wanted to
buy some souvenirs.
We can talk to tourists if we know foreign language; we can talk, when we are in other
country. We can read books, papers, listen to the songs words, news, we can watch films without
translation.
And I think that most important must be speaking, because if we have to use foreign
language, we usually speak, but not write or read. I think, that we can learn foreign language
very well if we only want.

20. Charity

These days the life is really difficult in our country. People have a lot of problems, they
have lost hope to live better. It's the worst thing that could happen. Thousands of people can't
afford to buy even food. Today in Lithuania there are a lot of homeless families, sick and disable
people, thousands of lonely, helpless old people, who can't support themselves only living on
their pensions, they can't afford to pay heavy taxes for a flat, electricity, central heating and gas.
They suffer from malnutrition and diseases. We can see beggars on every corner. There are
people dying of starvation. Nobody cares that there are hundreds of children who stay away from
school.
There are people who beg for help, but nobody hears them. Nobody care about them, others
think that it's nothing to do with them. There are charity organizations. There are people who feel
maral duty to help others, they sacrifices themselves for charity, they collect money, but they
can't solve this terrible problem. Almost 50 years Lithuania was exploited by Soviet occupation.
Our natural resources were stolen, our industry was suppressed, and people were taken as slaves.
Most of people dream to be rich, to earn a lot of money by cheating others and so on.

21. Shopping

We go shopping practically every day when we need to buy some foodstuffs or some household
articles. Very often we don’t know what to buy and advertisements help us to decide. People are
influenced by publicity everywhere - in newspapers, on the train or on the bus, on television, in
the shops. While we are shopping we are attracted by colorful packets, by signs of reductions
and free gifts. I think advertisements are very useful for sellers and for buyers. They give the
public information. If we want to buy something important, we go to a large department store.
These stores are very useful places, people enjoy shopping there because all kinds of things are
on sale there and they can buy everything they need. All the things for sale are displayed and can
be easily seen. “Iki” is the biggest department store in our town. You can get almost everything
there. The store is divided into sections: the women clothes, the men clothes, the shoes, the toys,
the sports goods, radios and so on. Some of these departments can be called ‘self-service
departments’ because customers walk round and choose what they want there. If you need a gift
or a souvenir you can go to the souvenir section. There is a mini bar where you can have tea or a
cup of coffee and a cake or sandwich. On the next floor you can get everything in the way of
clothes wanted by men or women. You can get footwear there too. In the perfume section there
is a wide assortment of perfume. So in “Iki” you can find lots of tiny and large things that you
may want for you or for your house. On the each floor in “Iki” there are some checkouts where
you pay money for your goods. I go to “Iki” too. But usually I go shopping near my house. This
shop isn’t large but I can get almost everything there.

22. Littering

Littering is a disgusting habit; it shows a lack of responsibility on all sides. Unfortunately,

these days most parents don't bring their children up properly and don't set a good example
themselves. A local government ought to provide litter cans, place them at regular intervals and
empty them regularly. And citizens ought to feel a duty to use them, but untidy people don't
bother, as if it doesn't concern them. People who leave litter behind them are anti-social, because
they create all sorts of danger. Broken bottles, rusty cans, cigarette butts, empty packages spoil
the countryside, and they can cause serious injuries, especially to children. Only fools throw
away matches and cigarette butts, because they can start fire, especially in dry forest.
I think, that littering is a crime and carries a heavy penalty. But the police are too busy to
prevent serious crimes, to worry about littering. If someone dropped a ton of poisonous chemical
waste, the police would try to catch him, but they can't chase everyone who leaves around empty
bottles, cans and scrap of paper or cigarette butts after a picnic. Every citizen ought to feel
responsibility for their bad habits.

23. Crimes
Nowadays our life isn't safe. It seems that neither police, nor government can't guarantee
public safety. Statistics shows that violent crimes at present have been increase. So no one can
live in peace and feel save even in his own home. This situation in Lithuania is getting hopeless.
A lot of dangerous criminals are allowed to escape and roam free. There are more and more
burglars, kidnappers, murders and killers, who commit crimes and succeed in escaping penalties
by engaging good lawyers. Juvenile delinquency has become a serious problem and it's evident.
People can't trust even banks, which most of them become bankrupt, because they were ruined
by greedy, little-skilled people. Only few of these bank workers were convicted of being guilty
and sentenced to imprisonment. Others sentence was commuted or the sentence wasn't carried
out at all. And now they are free. Meanwhile lots of people lost their savings.
I don't believe, that criminals, who commit crimes of a particularly heinous nature can be
reformed in the prison. Some people robbing, committing crimes, because of hunger or poverty.
But the worst thing is that, then you are poor and can't afford to have a good solicitor, you can be
convicted of murder and imprisoned even being completely innocent. Sometimes it's not use in
locking for the truth and justice, because there is one law for the rich and another for the poor.

24. Lithuania
 Lithuania is a small country at the Baltic Sea. The nature is very beautiful in Lithuania. One
must show the foreign visitors it's wonderful nature and traditions. To my mind, they must see
everything what is nice. There are many national parks in Lithuania. You can take your guests to
them. The Trakai national Park was designated in 1992 to embrace the historical city of Trakai,
the forests, villages and lakes. The most significant historical monument is the Ancient Castle,
erected on one of the island of the lake Galve. Zemaitija National Park was founded in 1991. The
main aims of the park are the preserve the lake Plateliai system and the nature, to take care of
cultural values in Zemaiciu Kalvarija, Plateliai and other places. In the park the visitors can have
a good rest and spend the holidays or weekend in the fresh air, in picturesque places, play games,
go by water bikes and yachts and do other things.
For the foreigners it's very interesting to take part at festivals. The festival of Rasa is held
on the 22-23 of June. There is a Church festival in Zemaiciu Kalvarija at the beginning of July.
Thousands of people come there to pray, sign ancient Church songs and visit chapels, which
were built 350 years ago. The Zemaiciai National Park contains many agricultural territories
with a great amount of unique monuments, reflecting etnocultural heritage of the very early
population up to our days. And that's all about the places where you can take the foreigners.

25. Elections

Every four years people of Lithuania vote in general elections. Now 3 years have already
passed since the last general elections took place. We have almost forgotten all these long
political speeches and debates on the radio and TV, all the agitation for one or the other
candidate. But one year will fly past and this marathon will start again. The Conservatives, as
always, will be hoping to convince the nation, that if people unite under their government, they
will overcome such evils as inflation, food shortage, unemployment and crises. The LDDP will
be introducing radical new measures including widespread nationalization of private industry in
an effort to rescue Lithuania from threatening economic problems. The socialists, the Center
Coalition Party, the Liberal Democrats and the other will be trying to persuade the voters that
Lithuania can achieve economical stability and industrial prosperity only under their leadership.
In the next elections my classmates and I will be voting for the first time. My family always
goes to vote, we belong to Silainiai electoral district. From early morning till evening people go
to polling stations and put their voting-papers into ballot boxes. I think, that nowadays people are
disappointed with the Government, because they see how one party changing other, but situation
in Lithuania doesn't change. I think, that deputies must work and try to do their best - to make
life easier for their electors, but not themselves and then maybe the political situation will
achieve stability.

Writte
n by Marius, 1999
e-mail:
mar_sva@yahoo.com
Vocabulary

No.3 martens - kiaunės

bed-sitting rooms - bendras deer - elnias
kambarys minks - audinė (žvėrelis)
(ir kartu miegamasis) bear offspring - veda jauniklius
No.4 owls - pelėda
peculiarities - ypatybės swans - gulbė
conifers - spygliuočiai settlement - kolonija
deciduous - lapuočiai herons - garniai
extensive - platesni bream - karšis
spruce - eglė roach - kuoja
birch - beržas salmon - lašiša
alder - alksnis eels - unguriai
ashes - uosiai carps - karpiai
limes - liepos No.10
timber - statybinė medž. opponent - priešininkai
preservation - išsaugojimas No.13
rarities - retenybė compulsory - privalomas
spread - paplitę courage - drąsa
abound - gausūs confidence - pasitikėjimas
rebels - sukilėliai remain - pasiliks
refuge - prieglobstis No.14
arable - ariama. purposes - ketinimai
No.5 nuns - vienuolės
inspired - įkvėpė maintain - palaiko
devoted - pašventė No.15
mammals - žinduoliai dietary - dietinis
reptiles - ropliai No.16
amphibians - varliagyviai lungs - plaučiai
extinct - išnyko throat - gerklė
aurochs - stumbras No.17
antlered elk - raguotas briedis sunburn - įdegimas
common - sutinkamas drizzling -lynoja
roe - stirnos
abundant - paplitę

hogs - šernai
squirrels - voverės