1 About me Questions 1. What s your name? What s your Christian name? What s your surname? 2. Where do you come from? 3. What nationality are you? 4. Where do you live? 5. Which part of the country do you live in? 6. What county do you live in? 7. What s the county town of your county? 8. When and where were you born? 9. What are you like? How tall are you? How much do you weigh? What colour hair have you got? What colour eyes have you got? 10. Do you take after your father or your mother? 11. Whose personality do you have? 12. Did you go to créche or kindergarten? 13. What schools have you attended so far? 14. What do you do? 15. Do/Did you do well at school? 16. What is / was your favourite subject? 17. Which subject don t / didn t you like? 18. What are the school-leaving examination subjects? 19. What are your plans for the future? 20. Have you made up your mind where to take up a career?
1 About me (personal particulars, qualifications, studies, future ambitions, appearance, personality) A My name s Géza Kovács. I come from Hungary. I m Hungarian. I live in a small town, Mátészalka with a population of about 20 000. It is situated in the North-Eastern part of Hungary, in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. The county town of my county is Nyíregyháza. I was born on 21st April 1985 in Mátészalka. I m tall. I m about 185 centimetres tall. I m a little bit overweight, I weigh 90 kilogrammes. I m said to be handsome and intelligent. I have got short, straight, dark brown hair and blue eyes. I think I take after my mother, but I have got my father s personality, because I m as reticent as him. Although I m fond of moving in society, I find it difficult to make friends. I m very glad that people find me reliable and helpful. To tell the truth, I lose my temper quite easily, but I m not unforgiving. In my early childhood I went to day nursery first, and from the age of 3 to the age of 6 to nursery school. From 7 to 10 I attended the junior section, then from 11 to 14 the senior section at a local primary school. After finishing my studies at the elementary school I applied for admission to the Mathematics section of the grammar school named after Esze Tamás in Mátészalka, where luckily I was admitted. I m a fourth-form student now, so I m a school - leaver. I can tell you that I do very well at school and can cope with the difficulties. I m hard-working and ambitious, I try to do my best in my studies. I m extremely proud of the fact that my annual school-report is excellent from year to year. My favourite subjects are science subjects, I especially show great interest in studying Maths. I must admit that arts subjects are not to my taste and my weak point is History. Two foreign languages are taught to every student at my school. As for me, I learn English and German. I take pleasure in studying English, but, to be quite frank, I m not too keen on learning German. I would like to go on to higher education, but first I have to take my school-leaving exam. Before you get your general certificate of secondary education, you have to pass a written exam in Hungarian grammar and literature and Maths and an oral one in Hungarian grammar and literature, History and an optional subject. You also have to take a written and an oral exam in a chosen foreign language. After leaving the secondary grammar school I want to apply for admission to the University of Economics in Budapest. I hope my efforts will be crowned with success and I will be admitted. It
won t be easy, because a difficult entrance exam needs to be passed, which consists of a written and an oral part. I have made up my mind to do my best to fulfil the requirements if I am accepted. I ve set myself the task to qualify as an economist, but before getting my degree I have to prepare my dissertation and take the state examination. After graduating from the university I would like to take up a career at a prosperous company which provides a secure job for a long time. B My full name is Nóra Nagy. I m from Hungary. By nationality I m Hungarian. I live in a medium-sized village, Kocsord with a population of 3800. It is situated in the North-East of Hungary in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. The county seat of it is Nyíregyháza. I was born on 2nd May, 1983 in Mátészalka. I m of medium height, about 165 centimetres tall. I m said to be pretty and attractive. I have got shoulder-length, wavy, blonde hair and greenish-blue eyes. Though I take after my father, I have got my mother s personality because I m as talkative and friendly as she is. I m sociable, I love making friends with people. I have a cheerful temperament, but I must admit that sometimes I m moody and obstinate. My friends say that I have a good sense of humour. I didn t go to day nursery because my mother stayed at home on maternity leave for three years to look after me. From 3 to 6 I went to kindergarten. My parents had me registered at elementary school when I was seven years old. First I went to the junior section for four years and then to the senior section from 11 to 14. After leaving the primary school, I applied for admission to the local secondary technical school, where I was accepted, fortunately. I was diligent and did my utmost. As a result of my persistence, I made good progress at school and my annual school report was excellent year by year. I preferred arts subjects to science subjects. I adored studying languages, but my favourite subject was History. Therefore, having received the general certificate of secondary education I decided to apply for admission to the University of Law in Szeged. a.) To my great pleasure, I gained admission to the university at one go, so I m a second-year student now. I read criminal law. b.) I was really sorry to be informed that I was rejected, but I didn t give it up. The following year I tried to be admitted again, to my great satisfaction, with success. Now I m a first-year student, I study civil law. I do my level best at the university since I ve resolved to qualify as a lawyer.it will be rather difficult to achieve my purpose because I m supposed to prepare my thesis and to take a state examination before I get my degree. After graduating from university, I would like to take up a job as a lawyer at the local court.
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