About myself My name is Alexander Belov. My name is Marina Novikova. I am Marina Novikova. I'm 25 years old.

I'm twenty-five years old. I'm twenty-five. I was born on May 3, 1984. (on May third / on the third of May, nineteen eighty-four) Note: Pronunciation of the numbers is indicated in parentheses. I was born in 1987 in a small town near Moscow. (in nineteen eighty-seven) I was born in Kiev and grew up there. I grew up in Novosibirsk. I went to school in Minsk. I went to college in Moscow. I graduated from school in 2002. I finished school in 2002. (in two thousand two) My family moved to Saint Petersburg five years ago. My father is an economist. (a scientist, a surgeon, a bus driver, a pilot) My mother is a nurse. (a doctor, a teacher, a designer, an engineer) I have a brother. His name is Anton. He is younger than I am. He is three years younger than I am. (Informal: He is younger than me. He is three years younger than me.) I have a brother. His name is Denis. He is older than I am. He is two years older than I am. (Informal: He is older than me. He is two years older than me.) My younger sister Natasha is a schoolgirl. I'm single. I'm not married. I'm married. I have a family. I have two children, a boy and a girl. I have two sons, fifteen and nine. My daughter is two years old. We live in a nice apartment in a modern building. We live on a quiet street near a large park. My address is 35 Ivanova St., Apt. 61. (thirty-

five Ivanova Street, Apartment sixty-one) I live at 26 Lesnaya St., Apt. 18. (at twenty-six Lesnaya Street, Apartment eighteen) I like to read and walk with my dog. I like basketball and old movies. My hobby is photography. My hobby is taking pictures of birds. My wife loves traveling. She collects coins from different countries. My husband likes to cook. We like classical music. What do you do? What business are you in? I'm an engineer. I'm a sales manager. I'm a secretary. I am a librarian. I work at a bank. And you? I work at a department store. I work in a restaurant. I work as a teacher. I work as a software consultant. I work for a newspaper. I'm in computers. I'm in advertising. I'm in real estate. Do you study or work? I'm a student at Moscow State University. I am a student of economics at Saint Petersburg State University. I am studying mathematics at Perm State University. I studied law at Moscow Institute of Law.