WRITING

April 19th

Dear Vanessa,
How are you? It's Sunday and it's my birthday. Now I'm at home with my dad, mum and sister. Dad is cooking "paella" in the kitchen. Mum isn't cooking. She's painting a picture of my grandad's house. It's very big. My sister is watchingDisney programmes.

I'm writing this letter in my bedroom. What are you doing Vanessa? Are you doing homework for Tusday?

Write soon.
Love,
Beatriz xxx

Romania

Romania is a country in Eastern Europe. There are 23 milion people in Romania. The official language of the country is Romanian, but some people also speak Hungarian and German.

The most popular sport is football. Free time activities include going skiing in the mountains and going to the beach.

The OC is a popular programme in Romania. Some popular international singers are Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé and Justin Timberlake.

SWIMMING

HISTORY: Swimming has been known since prehistoric times. In 1538, Nikolaus Wynman, a German professor of languages , wrote the first swimming book, The swimmer. Swimming was part of the first modern Olympic games in 1896, in Athens.

In summer my neighbour invites my sister and I to use her swimming pool. Sometimes her grandchildren come and play with us.

A few years ago I went to swimming classes.

You need swimming-costumes: bikinis for the girls and trunks for the boys. In public swimming pools you must wear swimming hats.

RULES : You can't run, jump or shout. You must kick your feet or swim like a frog. You must wear arm-bands if you can't swim.