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Points to discuss.
1 A students group. How do you see it?
2 To study part-time or full-time? Advantages and disadvantages.
3 Can good luck play an important part in exams?
LESSON 3
DAILY LIFE
Read and translate.
Text A. An Englishman's Diary
(after Stephanie Andrews )
An Englishman's day - and who can describe it better than an Englishman's wife? It begins when he sits down to breakfast with his morning newspaper.
As he looks through the headlines there is nothing he likes better than his favourite breakfast of cornflakes with milk and sugar (porridge if he lives in the North), fried bacon and eggs, marmalade on toast and tea (with milk, of course) or coffee.
He in fact gets such a meal if there is enough money in the family to buy it. After breakfast, except on Saturdays and Sundays which are holidays, he goes to work by train, tube, bus, car, motor scooter, motor bike or walks there. He leaves home at 7:30.
At offices or factories there is a tea or coffee break at eleven. Then at mid-day everything stops for lunch. Most offices and shops close for an hour from one to two. Englishmen are fond of good plain food, and they usually want to know what they eat. They like beefsteaks, chops, roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, fried fish and chipped potatoes.
There are usually two courses in the mid-day meal - a meat course with a lot of vegetables, a sweet dish, perhaps fruit pudding and custard with tea or coffee to finish.
Then back to work again with another break in the middle of the afternoon, once again for tea or coffee, sometimes with a cake or biscuit.
The working day finishes at any time between four and six. When an Englishman gets home he likes to inspect his garden before the evening meal: tea, high tea, dinner or supper. When his evening meal is over, the Englishman may do a little gardening and then have a walk to the "local" (the nearest beerhouse) for a "quick one" (a drink, alcoholic, of course!). There are a lot of people at the "local" and he can play darts, dominoes, billiards or discuss the weather, the local events or the current situation. But if the Englishman stays at home, he may listen to the radio, watch television, talk or read.
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Then at any time between 10 and 12 he has his "nightcap" -- a drink with a snack - and then off to bed ready for tomorrow.
Text B. A Student's Day
Paul: What time do you get up on week days?
Bob: I generally get up at seven o'clock.
Paul: Why so early?
Bob: Because I have a lot of things to do before I leave for the University.
Paul: Do you do your morning exercises regularly?
Bob: Yes, that's what I begin with as a rule. Then comes the usual procedure of making my bed, washing and so on.
Paul: Do you take a bath every morning?
Bob: No, I don't. As a matter of fact, I hardly ever take a bath in the morning. I prefer taking a shower. Then I clean my teeth, comb my hair and get dressed.
Paul: Who makes your breakfast for you?
Bob: If my mother is not up yet I make my breakfast myself. If my mother is up, she does. After breakfast I usually help Mother to clean.
Paul: Good for you! That's what I call a model young man. And when do you leave home?
Bob: Generally at half past eight, as it takes me about twenty minutes to get to the University. Paul: Do you walk to the University or do you take a trolley-bus?
Bob: I always take a trolley-bus in the morning. But after classes I sometimes walk home.
Paul: You go home right after classes, don't you?
Bob: Sometimes I do, and sometimes I don't. If I can prepare for the next day's classes at home, I go straight home. If I haven't got the necessary books and journals at home, I go to the library.
Answer the questions.
1. Do you get up early? Is it easy for you to get up early?
2. Do you wake up yourself or does an alarm-clock wake you up?
3. Do you do morning exercises? Do you do your morning exercises to music?
4. Which do you prefer: a hot or a cold shower in the morning?
5. How long does it take you to get dressed?
6. What do you usually have for breakfast?
7. Some people look through newspapers or listen to the latest news on the radio while having breakfast. What about you?
8. When do you usually leave the house?
9. Do you work? Where do you work?
10. What do you usually do on your way to work (school, etc.)?
11. Where do you usually have lunch (dinner)?
12. What time do you come home?
13. How do you spend your evenings?
14. What time do you usually go to bed?
3. Pick out words and phrases from Text A, and group them under the following headings:
1. Meals. 2. Dishes. 3. Games. 4. Pastimes.
4. find the English for:
Text : ; ; " ; ; ; ; -, ; ; ; .
Text : ; ; ; ; ; (); ; ; ; .
5. Read the text below.
For each question, decide if it is "True" or "False".
My working day starts very early. From Monday to Friday I get up at half past three and I have a shower and a cup of coffee. I usually leave the house at ten past four because the car always arrives a few minutes early. I get to the studio at about five o'clock and start work. My programme Good Morning Britain starts at seven o'clock and finishes at nine o'clock. Then I leave the studio at a quarter past ten. After that, I go shopping and visit some friends. I get home at three o'clock. A woman helps me with the housework and the ironing. I read a newspaper and do some work. Then my husband gets home at half past five in the evening and I cook dinner. We stay at home in the evening. We don't go out because I go to bed very early. We usually watch television and then I go to bed at half past eight, I'm usually asleep by nine o'clock. I think my job is very interesting but I don't like getting up very early.
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1. The person is a woman.
True
False
2. She is a television journalist.
True
False
3. She drives her car to work.
True
False
4. She goes home after the programme finishes.
True
False
5. She is in the house alone till her husband arrives home.
True
False
6. She goes to bed early during the week.
True
False
7. She works with her husband.
True
False
8. She likes everything about her job.
True
False
6. Some Good Rules. Match the following proverbs and their meanings:
Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile.
Lost time is never found again.
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
The early bird catches the worm.
The person who gets up early to work will be successful.
To take a stroll is the best thing to do after having a meal.
Carry out a task or duty as soon as you can, preferably today. If you leave it till tomorrow, it may never be done.
Early rising makes a man sound in a body and mind, and rich.
The person who gets up early to work will be more successful than the one who gets up late and works late in the evening.
Do everything in time.
7. Complete the following description with for, during, by, until, at, in or on.
Eleanor is a nurse who works the night shift. How does she manage?
Well I finish work (1)... 6.30 a.m. Then I go home, have a bath and try to be in bed (2)... half past eight. (3)... the same time as I'm getting ready for bed, Jeffrey, my husband, and our five-year-old daughter, Elaine, are getting up. Jeffrey takes her to nursery school. I usually sleep (4)... about 3 o'clock (5)... the afternoon. I have to be at the school (6)... 3.30, to collect Elaine. We come home and I play with her, and try to get some housework done (7).... the same time. When my husband comes home, we eat. If I'm lucky, I can relax (8)... an hour before putting Elaine to bed.
Then I do some housework that didn't get done (9)... the day. I allow plenty of time to get to the hospital' because if fm not there (10)... time, another nurse will have to go on working (11)... I arrive. I'm often very tired (12)... the time I finish, but I don4 really mind. There's a special atmosphere in the hospital (13)... night. And the hours suit us, (14)... the moment, anyway.
I may want to work days when Elaine goes to a different school. Perhaps I'll be ready for a change (15)... then.
8. Talk about your likes and dislikes, you can use these expressions.
Expressing likes: Expressing dislikes:
I like I dont like
I love... I dislike...
I adore I hate
I m crazy about I abhor
Im mad about I cant bear...
I enjoy I cant stand
Im keen on I detest...
Do you like?
- getting up early
- wearing bright colors
- going away for the weekends
- cooking
- doing homework
- cleaning
- making plans
- shopping
- ironing
- listening to music
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9. Give the four forms of the following verbs:
sit, be, get, buy, go, leave, stop, know, eat, come, do, have, play, read, drink, begin, make, take, write.
10. Make these statements negative. Use the model:
Model: I worked on Saturday. -- I didn't work on Saturday.
1. I got up very early. 2. I made breakfast. 3. I left the house at seven. 4. I came on time. 5. I saw her in the office. 6. Jane married Sam. 7. I passed my exam in English. 8. She showed me her new flat. 9. I did morning exercises today. 10. I liked my new boss.
11. Make up questions and give short answers. Use the model:
Model: He came home at 6. -- Did he come home at 6?
-- Yes, he did.
-- No, he didn't.
1. I visited my friends in Scotland. 2. I leaned French at school. 3. He got a new job. 4. We moved to a new flat last month. 5. She needed money. 6. We liked his new car. 7. Their working day began at 9. 8. They sang their favourite songs. 9. The conference finished at 5. 10. He went to his club at night.
12. Use the verbs in the Past Indefinite Tense:
I (to get up) very late yesterday. I (to look) out of the window and (to see) that the weather (to be) bad. So I (to think) for some time and (to decide) that I (to have) time to myself. Suddenly the telephone (to ring). I (to come) up to the telephone and (to take) the receiver. My Friend Nick (to call). He (to say) that it (to be) his day off and (to invite) me to his place. I (to spend) the whole day, there. First we (to talk) about our problems; then we (to watch) TV, there (to be) an interesting American film which we (to like), then we (to have) tea in the kitchen and (to talk) again. We (to listen) to some music and when I (to look) at the watch I (to see) that it (to be) 8 in the evening. I (to think) I must be off and (to say) goodbye to Nick. When I (to come) home my parents (to ask) me "You (to have) a good time?" "Yes," I (to answer), "I certainly (to do)." But I (to be) sorry, I (not to write) a single page on that day.
