Listening. English traditions and hobbies.

The English like animals very much.

Every family has a dog or a cat at home.

Many Englishmen have birds or aquarium fishin their houses.

A lot of money is spent on the pets.

The English take their pets to the theatre and buy them nice clothes.

The pets go to the special schools for animals.

There are special shops and hairdressers' for cats and dogs.

English people like gardening.

They grow flowers in the gardens and give them to their pets.

English people never speak about their gardens.

If the Englishman has no garden, he buys vegetables in the shop.

The birds and exotic animals live in the gardens of Englishmen.