T e x t Speaking About Friends Vlad: Good morning, mum. How are you?
Mother: Fine, thanks. Did you sleep well?
Vlad: Yes, thank you. And where is Dad?
Mother: He went out half an hour ago together with Alexei. They went
shopping. Well, Vlad, it is your birthday soon. Are you going to
have a birthday party this year?
Vlad:_Well,_I’d_love_to._You_know,_mum,_now_when_I_am_at_college_I_have_got_many_new_friends._It_would_be_nice_if_I_could_invite_them_to_my_place._Mother'>Vlad: Well, I’d love to. You know, mum, now when I am at college I
have got many new friends. It would be nice if I could invite them
to my place.
Mother: Excellent idea! Let’s count how many friends you are going to
call so that I can think about the menu and all the things.
Vlad: I want to ask my best friends. They are Ilya, Stepan and Igor.
Mother: Do I know any of them?
Vlad: I suppose you have seen Ilya. Maybe you remember that broad-
shouldered fellow with fair hair and dark eyes. We came across
him in the street the other day.
Mother: Ah, now I know whom you are talking about. He is fond of
music and plays the guitar very well, as you told me. Okay, what
about the rest?
Vlad: Stepan is a funny slim little guy with brown hair and a snub nose.
He is fond of reading fantasy and I took several books from him to
read. He is an easy-going fellow. I like to talk to him. He came to
our place in October. But you were not in at that time. Dad saw
him, I believe. And Igor is my new friend. He is very clever. He is
a computer genius, the teachers say. But he is not a bookworm. He
plays volleyball and swims well.
Mother: Do you want to call any of your former schoolmates?
