I came from England but now I live permanently in Québec, Canada. When my parents 1. BRING me to Canada, I was fifteen. It was the winter and I 2. IMPRESS by the amount of snow there. I asked my new friends what they usually 3. DO for entertainment in such a cold climate. Their answer was simple, “In winter 4. CHILD. and adults go skiing and skating.” Before arriving in Canada I had never tried skating and my Canadian ice experience was really painful. To start with, it took 5. I half an hour to put on the skates. I 6. NOT/KNOW how to move so my new friends showed me some basic techniques. However, when I was left alone on the ice, I 7. FALL over immediately. When I opened my eyes, my new friends were standing around. They weren’t laughing, they looked worried. “Are you OK?” they asked. “Fine,” I said, “I wish I 8. CAN skate as easily as you do.” “You definitely will,” they smiled. And they were right. By the end of my 9. ONE winter in Canada, I felt confident on the ice. More than that, I found out that skating was a really exciting activity!