In public transport you heard the conversation of parents about the difficulties of upbrining children. Write your ideas about this problem.
Topic 5. MY FRIEND.
I have a very good friend. His name is Ivan. Friends are very important in our life. I think one cannot live without friends. The most important thing for being good friends, to my mind, is to be ready to help one another in any situation, nevertheless how difficult it is, to support one another and to solve all the problems together. And never mind, that the friends may have different interests and hobbies, different likes and dislikes. They say that the friend in need is a friend indeed. I think it is really so. My friend and I always do our best to help one another. We discuss all our troubles and try to find the best decision in any situation. My friend is a very good, kind and clever boy. We often spend our free time together. It is not very easy now, because both of us are very busy we are going to enter institutes and have a lot of work to do.
My friend is going to become a lawyer. Our future professions are different and the subjects we have to study are different too, but we like to work together and to help one another in our study.
When we have some free time, we go for walks, read and discuss books, watch films, go to discos or play computer games. Playing computer games is our hobby. Both of us are fond of sport. We go in for swimming and often go to the swimming pool together. We are football fans and we like to watch and discuss football matches on TV or to go to the stadium. I love my friend very much. I think he is a true friend. Our friendship is very dear to me and I try to do my best to be a good friend too.
Vocabulary:
nevertheless
to support -
to solve -
the friend in need is friend indeed . ( ). .
troubles -,
the best decision -
Exercise 1. Role-play (in pairs). Timetable alterations ( )
| Student A | Student B |
| You have just learnt about the timetable alterations for tomorrow. Your close friend missed this day in technical school. Telephone him (her) ask why he (she) was absent today and tell about the timetable alterations for tomorrow. | You missed this day in technical school. Answer your friends call, listen to the news, tell him (her) why you were absent in technical school today and ask him questions to get the details about the timetable alterations for tomorrow.. |
Exercise 2. .
Write a birthday-card to your friend.
Topic 6. HOBBY
Hobby is a favourite occupation of a person in his free time. I have many friends. They are very different and they have different kinds of hobbies. One of my girlfriends, for example, likes to knit very much. In the evening she sits on the sofa and knits a beautiful pullover or a sweater. She also knits for her little sister, her mother and her girlfriends.
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Another girlfriend of mine spends all her time sewing things; skirts, blouses, dresses. She makes it nicely and she always looks good.
One of my friends likes to make everything with his own hands. He can repair an iron, a radio-set or a tape-recorder. I think it's a very good hobby.
Many children and grown-ups are very fond of collecting. Some collect old coins, others collect postcards. As for me, my hobby is collecting stamps. Now I have 5 albums full of stamps, it is more than one thousand of them. I like to sit at a table in the evening and arrange new stamps in the albums, or write in the names other countries, or just look through the stamps.
Each stamp has a story to tell about distant countries and strange people. I see pictures of men and women, birds and animals which I have never seen. Kings and presidents pass before my eyes and I can follow the history of whole nations. My hobby is not only wonderful but very useful, too.
Vocabulary:
a favourite occupation
different kinds of hobbies
to knit -
to spend time
own hands
to repair -
grown-ups -
to collect old coins
to collect postcards
stamp -
wonderful -
useful -
Exercise 1. Read and memorize the following words:
entertainment
e.g. My sister is fond of entertainments.
(to) collect ,
e.g. John used to collect stamps when he was a schoolboy.
collector
e.g. I know several collectors of postcards in our city.
coin
e.g. Mike has a nice collection of coins.
badge
e.g. Roger always buys badges wherever he goes.
label
stamp
crazy (about)
e.g. He is crazy about reading.
skating
e.g. Our students go in for skating in winter.
Swimming -
painting ;
e.g. Painting is my favourite occupation.
hiking
knitting
e.g. My aunt took part in knitting competition.
Embroidery
e.g. Embroidery is very expensive.
sewing
e.g. Sewing clothes occupation is very difficult but interesting.
sailing
e.g. John visited many countries thanks to sailing.
rowing (
e.g. Rowing is a good kind of sports for boys. R
ace ,
e.g. Horse race is always an exciting thing.
indoor
(to) be fond of - ,
(to) go in for -
(to) take photos -
(to) make a point of -
Exercise 2. Make up sentences:
| Peter | enjoys | swimming. |
| likes | skiing. | |
| Ann | dislikes | teaching. |
| hates | cooking. | |
| Nick | spends the evening | playing chess (tennis). |
| gives up | talking about hobby. | |
| Do you | enjoy | watching football matches? |
| like | learning foreign languages? | |
| Are you | fond of | taking photos? |
| keen on | doing crossword puzzles? | |
| interested in | collecting stamps (postcards)? | |
| listening to records (tapes)? |
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Exercise3. Fill in the blanks with the necessary words:
1. I would like to see a figure-skating.... (performance, competition, opera)
2. I... music very much. (would like, prefer, care for)
3. He... washing in cold water. (seems, made a point of, starts)
4. What... of music do you like? (kind, enjoy, show)
Exercise4. Make up questions and let your fellow-students answer them:
| What | is do can | the origin of the word "hobby"? you say about new films? you like to do most? |
Exercise 5. Complete the following sentences:
1. I am keen on....
2. I prefer to go to....
3. Your hobby seems to be....
4. I care for....
5. I made it a point of....
Exercise 6. Translate into English:
1. ?
2. ?
3. ³ .
4. .
5. ̳ .
Exercise 7. Read and dramatize the following dialogues:
A: What is your hobby? B: My hobby is collecting old coins. A: How interesting! Have you got many in your collection?
B: There are almost eight hundred of them. A: Quite a number, I should say!
A: Is painting your hobby?
B: Why do you think so?
A: Because there are a lot of pictures in this room.
B: It's my elder brother's hobby.
A: I see, but what about you?
B: I prefer stamps.
A: Hello! Where are you going?
B: To the stadium.
A: What for?
B: You know my hobby is football. Will you join me?
A: I'm sorry, but I can't. I'm busy now.
B: Good-bye, then.
A: So long.
A: What is your favourite pastime? B: Fishing, I enjoy fishing very much. A: Do you often go fishing?
B: Well, yes. I make a point of spending a few hours on the river every week-end.
Exercise 8. Give synonyms to the words in bold type:
1. I am fond of modern music.
2. Collecting badges is his hobby.
3. He makes a point of doing morning exercises outdoors.
4. Marry's favourite occupation is knitting.
5. Roger prefers to go in for sports in the open air.
Exercise 9. Read, translate and retell the text:
