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Our family lives in the Los Angeles area. We are five. My elder sister, a

twenty-year-old girl, isn't married yet. She is a student in Stanford University and

she is going to be a lawyer. My mother was a doctor at a local hospital but she has

recently retired. She is a housewife now and her main job is to bring up my

younger brother. He is still a high-school student and he is going to be a cadet like

me.

The West Point is one of the most privileged military academies in the USA.

It trains qualified officers for the US Army. The cadets study different subjects

both general and military. I'm especially good at Tactics. At our today's lesson we

have got some information about grades of American officers. They are 2nd

lieutenant, 1st lieutenant, captain, major, lieutenant-colonel, colonel and general

officers. In four years I'll be a 2nd lieutenant.

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