Model: Ill try to describe you my typical working day, although every day has its variations.
Ill try to depict my typical working day, although every day has its variations.
Ill try to portray my typical working day, although every day has its variations.
Ill try to report my typical working day, although every day has its variations.
Exercise7. Make up your own sentences with the synonyms.
Exercise8. Put 15 questions to the text.
Exercise9. Make up a dialogue about your working day and dramatize it.
Exercise10. Make up synonymic rows:
calendar, tussle, struggle, attain, timetable, depict, describe, objective, agenda, task, portray, purpose, achieve, gain, fight, scuffle, schedule, assignment, report, battle, stint, acquire, goal, program, get, aim, obtain
Retell the text.
Home assignment: _________
Listening Comprehension
He was only wrong by two!
John was a football trainer at an English college. He always tried to find good football players for his team. John trained his players very well. They were good at running, jumping, swimming, rowing & playing different games. They often took part in races & always won. All Johns players were tall strong sportsmen & just nice people. The college team was the best. Regular training, keeping to a diet & a lot of exercises were very important for the sportsmen. They always took the trainers advice & showed good results in all competitions & matches. They almost never lost a game or ended matches in a draw. They practically won.
The only trouble with some of his football players was their bad knowledge of many school subjects. The sportsmen were often poor at Mathematics & English. It was not always easy for them to study.
One day the trainer brought a young football player to the Professor of the college. The Professor asked the young player a few questions. He chose very easy questions but the boy couldnt answer them. At last the Professor asked, Well, what is five times five?
The student thought for a long time & then answered, Twenty six. The Professor looked at the trainer. Its impossible! he said. I dont want to punish your team. I understand he can play football very well but he doesnt know mathematics at all. He cant be a student. But the trainer said seriously, Oh, please, sir! Let him become a student. He was only wrong by two.
A Day of a Student
Learn the new words:
| 1.describe | 9.drag out | 17.console | |||
| 2.alarm-clock | 10.obtain | 18.revenge | |||
| 3.dawn | 11.goal | 19.schedule | |||
| 4.scuffle | 12.comb | 20.assignment | |||
| 5.temptation | 13.do ones hair | 21.in a good mood | |||
| 6.alas | 14.high spirit | 22.at disposal | |||
| 7.truancy | 15.reconcile | 23.extracurricular | |||
| 8.punish | 16.sharp | ; | 24.take a nap |
Ill try to describe you my typical working day, although every day has its variations. In the morning my alarm clock wakes me up at half-past five. As I am not an early riser I hate getting up at the dawn. But I have to if I dont want to be late to college. Every morning I scuffle with the temptation to go on sleeping & to stay from college for at least one day. But alas truancy is punished rather severely. And as I try to avoid various complications I have to drag myself out of my bed. I put on my dressing gown & go to the bathroom to take a shower. Every evening I promise myself to take a cool shower in the morning to obtain two goals to be healthy & to quickly wake up. But in the morn I always forget about such nonsense. I clean my teeth, comb my hair (do my hair) & make my way to the kitchen. I switch on some music, make coffee or tea, some sandwiches with sausage, cheese or ham. Pleasant music & hot coffee let me in the high spirit & reconcile me with the necessity of early getting up.
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My classes start at 8 sharp but we have to be at place at a quarter to 8. So I rush to take a bus. It takes me half an hour to get to college. Sometimes Im late at college. In this case I console myself with the thought of revenging over those who noticed my being slightly late.
According to the schedule I have not less than 4 double lessons a day. Some days even more. As far as I am always ready with all my home assignments, I am almost constantly in a good mood. If I need some book for my studies, our library is at our disposal. It is rather well stocked with all necessary books. After the second double lessons we have a rather long break for lunch. It lasts 40 minutes.
After classes I have some extracurricular activities either at college or out. I return home & have my supper. Sometimes I take a short nap & then start doing my home assignments.
Exercise1. Translate the sentences:
1. I would like to describe you my college. 2. I go to college in a high spirit & return home after college in much higher spirit. 3. Our classes start at 8 sharp. 4. Dont take the knife, its very sharp. 5. Truancy & being late are punished at our college. 6. What is your opinion as for truancy & being late? 6. Learning English let me in the high spirit. 7. I try to scuffle with my laziness. 8. Indolence is the synonym to the word laziness. 9. I set my alarm-clock at 6.30; otherwise I run risks to be late for college. 10. My goal is to get a good education & a stipend, of course. 11. I regularly scuffle the temptation to eat something sugary at night. 12. The thought of meeting my classmates reconciles me with the necessity of getting up at the dawn. 13. In fact I drag myself out of bed every morning.
14. Dont make me drag each word out of you! 15. Do you do your hair? No, I just comb it.
Exercise2. Match the words:
| 1. goal | a) | 9. dawn | i) |
| 2. comb | b) | 10. punish | j) |
| 3. temptation | c) | 11. describe | k) |
| 4. obtain | d) | 12. alas | l) |
| 5. reconcile | e) | 13. drag out | m) |
| 6. high spirit | f) | 14. alarm-clock | n) |
| 7. scuffle | g) | 15. do ones hair | o) |
| 8. sharp | h) | 16. truancy | p) ; |
Exercise3. Find English equivalents in the text:
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1. . 2. . 3. . 4. .
5. ̳ 5.30. 6. . 7. ϳ . 8. , . 9. , .
Exercise4. Fill in the gaps with the words:
| extracurricular, alarm-clock, high spirit, punish, in a good mood, goal, truancy, temptation, disposal, scuffle, assignment, schedule, console |
1. We have a hectic this year. 2. He put the use of his house at my . 3. At least we can ourselves that the session cannot last forever. 4. You cant me for what I didnt do. 5. What time shall I set my for? 6. He appeared to be in . 7. Try to keep up your . 8. My activities include sports, music & gardening. 9. Fines should be introduced to tackle . 10. Im resisting the to stay from college today. 11. He achieved his of becoming King of England. 12. The teacher noticed two pupils in the corridor.
Exercise5.Learn the synonyms to the words:
| 1.describe | depict, report, portray | 4.goal | aim, objective, purpose |
| 2.scuffle | battle, fight, struggle, tussle | 5.schedule | agenda, calendar, program, timetable |
| 3.obtain | achieve, acquire, attain, gain, get | 6.assignment | task, stint |
