V. a) Look at the following words used to describe peoples character. Group them into the three columns according to 1) bad characteristics; 2) good characteristics; 3) both bad and good characteristics.
b) Choose the adjective from the box below to describe a person. Some words are extra ones. The first sentence has been done for you:
E.g. Ladies first! He must be / may be / is likely to be a well-bred person.
VI. a) Which position do you usually go to sleep in?
1) on your back; 2) on your stomach; 3) curled up; 4) on your side.
b) Match the personality traits to the position of your own:
| a) youre very nervous; b) youre very open; c) youre careful; d) youre secretive; e) you trust people; f) youre defensive; g) youre shy; h) you dont express your real feelings; i) you worry a lot; | j) you feel anxious; k) you arent very confident; l) you dont like meeting people; m) youre easily upset; n) you dont get depressed; o) youre very stubborn; p) you live for today; q) you say what you think; r) youre easily hurt. |
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Listen to the information about your secret personality and match the personality traits (b) to the correct position (a):
Everyone has got two personalities the one that they show to the world and their secret, real personality. You dont show your secret personality when youre awake because you can control your behavior, but when youre asleep, your sleeping position shows the real you. In a normal night, of course, people frequently change their position. The important position is the one that you go to sleep in
VII. a) Read the peoples advice how to wake up or go to bed without problems:
EARLY TO BED, EARLY TO RISE
Get an alarm clock, and put it as far away from the bed as you can. If you dont have to get out of bed to turn it off, then its no good having one but set the second clock ten minutes later than the first one, and put it in the same place as the first one!
Dont spend longer than thirty minutes trying to fall asleep. If you cant get to sleep after half an hour, get up and do something quiet, like reading. Only go back to bed when you feel tired.
Drink a glass of warm milk fifteen minutes before you go to bed it helps you to relax or have a light snack. But avoid coffee, tea or alcohol; they contain chemicals which will make it difficult for you to sleep.
Make sure all the clocks in the house are ten minutes fast before you go to bed (and try to forget you did this when you wake up the next morning).
Get a friend to phone you early in the morning. And hope that your friend is better at waking up than you are and is able to have an interesting conversation at 7 a.m. to help you wake up.
Go to bed earlier. It may be difficult at first, but they say that an hour of sleep before midnight is as good as two hours after midnight.
Have a warm bath its a great way to relax. But you shouldnt stay in there too long. More than twenty minutes and you will lose all your energy. And the bath isnt the best place to fall asleep!
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Listen to some music or even specially recorded CDs of relaxing sounds like waves. However, if you have to get up and turn the cassette player off when the music finishes, its not going to work!
Pretend your alarm has gone off. Imagine you have you get up, have a (cold!) shower, make breakfast, etc. the more you imagine it, the more you want to go to sleep!
Nice, calming music will make you want to stay in bed even longer but the horrible sound of static (the electronic noise you get between stations) is enough to get anyone out of bed to turn it off!
b) Look at the phrases below from the text. Match the words/ phrases in bold in A with the words/ phrases which mean the same in B:
| A | B |
| a) get an alarm clock | 1) buy/ set/ switch on |
| b) have a light snack | 2) cheap/ late-night/small |
| c) ten minutes fast | 3) after the correct time/ at the correct time/ before the correct time |
| d) get a friend to phone you | 4) ask/ find/ look for |
| e) they say that an hour of sleep | 5) people in general/ your friends/ your parents |
| f) its a great way to relax | 6) big/ expensive /wonderful |
| g) but avoid coffee, tea or alcohol | 7) drink/ do not have/ try |
c) Discuss these questions:
1. Which advice do you think is the most useful?
2. Can you think of any other ways to get to sleep/wake up?
3. Have you ever got into trouble because you didnt get up in time for school / university / work?
d) *Translate these texts into English:
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UNIT 2. FAMILY MATTERS
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I. Tongue twisters to be remembered:
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Listen:
c) Give appropriate translation to the proverbs and sayings; comment upon them. Work in groups:
d) * Make up a small proverbs-based dialogue.
II. a) Write down the dates you hear.
