My family likes travelling. Father travels a lot for his work. He collects 1) …………..\(glass\); he brings them from different 2)…………….. \(country\) and 3) …………… \(city\). Best of all he likes the glass from Wales with a dragon on it. All the 1) …………… \(glass\) have 4) …………… \(symbol\) of the 2) …………….. \(country\). Father knows many interesting 5) ………………. \(thing\) about these 2) ……………….\(country\). His 6) …………….. \(story\) are always fascinating. Such souvenirs help us to learn history and geography.
My mother has a wonderful collection of 7) ………..\(doll\) in national clothes. They are from different 2) ………………. \(country\) too. The 8) ……………… \(woman\) are wearing beautiful folk 9) ………………. \(dress\), the 10) ………….. \(man\) are dressed in their national 11) ………….. \(costume\) as well. Best of all I like Matryoshka 7) ……………. \(Matryoshka doll\) - Russian wooden nesting 7) ………………….. \(doll\). That is a doll inside a doll inside another doll and so on. They depict the whole 12) …………… \(family\) dressed in Russian native 11) …………… \(costume\) with 13) ……………. \(scarf\) on their 14) ……………. \(head\).
My sister Helen also likes souvenirs. She brings 15) …………… \(bar\) of soap from different 3) ……………. \(city\). You can read 16) ……………. \(name\) of the 17) ………….. \(hotel\) and 3) …………….. \(city\) on them. Some of them have 18) ………….. \(picture\) of famous 19) …………… \(place\). The bar from France smells fantastic. Smells bring back 20) …………….. \(memory\). My sister likes speaking about the 3) ……………..\(city\) she visited, home and abroad.
My brother Mark is fond of sports, so he has got 21) …………….. \(ticket\) from different football 22) ……………\(match\). The most valuable ticket is from Brazil. He didn’t go there himself but his friend’s 23) …………… \(parent\) did. Mark watched the match on TV. He plays the game every Saturday with his 24) …………. \(friend\).
As for me, I am crazy about toy stuffed animals – 25) …………..\(rabbit\), 26) ………….. \(monkey\), 27) ……………. \(giraffe\), 28) …………. \(sheep\), 29) ……………. \(mouse\), 30) …………… \(fox\). Even 31) …………. \(wolf\) and 32) …………….\(ox\) look so nice and comforting! I love them all. These cute-looking soft 33) ………… \(toy\) make great companions for all 34) …………… \(child\). The first stuffed animal in my collection was a teddy bear. My 23) …………….. \(parent\) bought it for me when I was five years old. We were visiting Great Britain and came into the Harrods Gift Shop in London. I was immediately fascinated by a collection of cuddly and cute 35) …………… \(teddy bear\) especially by the beefeater teddy bear and didn’t want to leave the shop without it. So my father had to buy it for me. Since then it’s been my favourite toy.
As you see, all 36) ……………\(member\) of my family are keen on collecting souvenirs. These souvenirs help us to remember the 19) ………….. \(place\) we visited.