Regarding my friday homework:

• Common Errors (level difficult) - score 85%
• Common Errors 4 (medium) - score 85%
• Common Errors 2 (difficult) - score 100% :-)
• Sentence Transformation #1 (difficult) - 6/10
• Sentence Transformation #4 (difficult) - 8/10
• My friend Luisa: Complete the sentence (difficult) - 100%
• Present and Past tenses with Non-Continuous Verbs (difficult) - 75%
• Interesting Facts (difficult) - 88%

Some remarks:

arrive at the party x come to the party

None of the contestants knows...

He escaped by means of a disguise.

I'm not in favor of prohibiting smoking in bars.

I'm afraid that car is just too expensive. That car is beyond my means.

Men should do 50% of the housework

Despite living in the new millennium, studies show that women continue to do the biggest part of the housework. Times are changing and the situation seems to be better but marriage still means more housework for women and less for men. But why? Men often argue that it is supposed to be like that since the prehistoric times. Man always was a hunter who fed and protected the family, woman cooked and looked after children. But nowadays even women are hunters, so why continue this prejudice?

In my opinion the most important thing in a relationship between a man and a woman is an agreement. A fair division of the tasks in household depends mainly on the kind of the job that each partner has.

Besides the character of the man (and of course his family background) his attitude to housework plays a significant role, I think. It is not a good idea to force men to do what they hate. The best way is to let them do what they like and prefer according to their skills e.g. a lot of men are excellent cooks.

In conclusion, I am convinced that men should participate in housekeeping but they don't always have to do 50% of the housework.

Regarding my book
I've been reading my book for a while but this changing weather makes me headache and I can't concentrate any more.
I've reached the page 50 and the story still seems to be a bit wearisome. Moreover I don't understand more and more vocabularies and you know, it's annoying.
The Delaneys retrospect. They talk about memories from their childhood and try to remember everything about their parents. But what is the most interesting - you don't know who is telling the story. So, I hope to find out it soon.

A story - A beautiful surprise

I sat in the hotel lounge and nervously looked at my watch. It was half past three and my friend should have arrived at two o'clock.

She was allways a bit late but never so much. I was getting nervous more and more. "What the hell has happened?" I asked myself. Her mobile phone was still switched off. I decided to call the airport to find out information about her flight. They confirmed that the plane had landed on time but they refused to tell me if my friend had been on board. I felt desperate. She was my best friend and in spite of her pregnancy she had been determined to visit me in England. "If only I hadn't invited her," I blamed myself. I hesitated for a while - call her husband or not? I didn't want to scare him but the fear for her was stronger. I dialled his number but the line was busy. I sat down on a cosy hotel sofa. I was exhousted and stressed and felt sleepy. Suddenly the phone started to ring. I jumped up and answered it. It was Paul, my friend's husband. "What happened to Jane?" I asked nervously. He told me the whole story and I felt a big relief.

My friend Jane was in hospital but fortunately, nothing horrible had happened. She gave birth to a beautiful girl.

A biography of Vaclav Havel

Vaclav Havel was born in Prague, on October 5, 1936. He grew up in a well-known family that was connected to the cultural and political scene. His study was a bit complicated because he couldn't study what he really wanted. In 1946 he married Olga Splichalova who was later a big support in his time of trouble.

Finally he managed to finish his study of drama and his first play "The Garden Party" was performed followed by many others. In 1968 he had to leave the theater and became more politically active. As a co-author of Charta 77 (a civic iniciative against the policy of communist regime) he was arrested many times. In 1989 he became president and one year later he retained the presidency and was awarded the Prize For Freedom. After the splitting of Czechoslovakia in 1993 he became the first president of the Czech Republic. In 1996 his wife Olga died of cancer and also Vaclav Havel started to fight with this serious illness. One year later he remarried an actress Dagmar Veskrnova. In 1998 he was reelected and his term of office ended in 2003.

Unfortunatelly, this well-known Czech expresident who has written over 20 plays and has received a lot of prizes isn't presently in a good health condition.

Introduction of the book

Daphne du Maurier

The Parasites

'The Parasites' is a psychological study of the people who make up the Delaney family, namely Pappy, Mama and their three children Maria, Niall and Celia and the effect they have on one another and on Charles Wyndham, who is married to Maria. Pappy is a singer, a larger than life, warm, flamboyant character who loves to entertain and who needs to be surrounded by people. Maria is his daughter from a brief relationship with a Viennese actress. Maria is fair haired, tall, slim and attractive, a born actress with lots of confidence. Mama is small, remote and single minded about her dancing. Niall is her son from an even briefer affair with a French pianist, he is dark haired and pale. When he is young he is lacking in confidence and later has little self motivation or sense of direction, despite a real talent for composing music. Celia is the child of both Pappy and Mama, she is plump and plain, a peacemaker, who puts others before herself and busies herself looking after people. She is a good artist and writes stories. Charles is a mild mannered gentleman who comes from a titled family far removed from the bohemian lifestyle of the Delaney family.