Vocabulary Bank

alarm-clock	будильник
early riser	рано вставать
as a rule	как правило
all the same	все равно
shower	душ
to talk shop	болтать
group-mate	сокурсник
five times a week	пять раз в неделю
self-service canteen	столовая самообслуживания
tired	уставший

Exercises

1. Answer the following questions:

1. When does your alarm-clock wake you up?

2. Are you an early riser?

3. Do you get up at once?

4. What do you do before breakfast?

5. What do you have for breakfast?

6. What are you?

7. How do you get to your Institute?

8. How long does it take you to get to Institute?

9. You have classes five times a week, don't you?

10. When do your classes begin?

11. Do you have your midday meal at home or at a self-service canteen?

12. What do you usually do in the evening?

2. Match the adjectives in column A with their opposites in column B. Give the comparative and superlative degrees of all these adjectives:

A	B
1. difficult	a. cold
2. warm	b. short
3. near	c. last
4. first	d. boring
5. long	e. energetic
6. tired	f. easy
7. interesting	g. far
8. old	h. bad
9. good	i. young

3. Continue the following sentences:

1. My working day usually …

2. For breakfast I …

3. I leave …

4. It takes me …

5. On the way to the Institute I …

6. We have classes …

7. I usually have lunch …

8. After classes I …

9. On weekends I …

4. Match the words from the text with their corresponding definitions:

1. A term referring to two traditionally non-working days in a seven-days week is ...

2. A clock that is designed to make a loud sound at a specific time is ...

3. The last of three to five daily meals is ...

4. An Institute cafeteria for snacks and more substantial hot meals is ...

5. A student of your group is …

MY DAY OFF

On weekdays people must go to work or earn money or to study to have knowledge. When our working week comes to an end we are very happy to meet days off, because it is a good time to have a rest, to communicate with friends and relatives or dedicate this time to yourself.

I usually go to Institute six days a week so Sunday is my only day off. On this day I don’t get up early. I can sleep more than usual because there is no need to hurry anywhere. I get up, have a shower and at ten or eleven o’clock we have a family breakfast. Then I rest for a while, watch TV, read a book or just listen to the radio. When the weather is fine I try to spend my time out-doors. My friends come to me and we can go to the cinema, park, museum. But best of all I like to go to the café. We even have our favorite one. We can sit there for hours, drink coke, eat ice-cream and chat about everything.

I also prefer to go to the sports club or swimming pool. And there I have a rest. Sometimes on Sundays we invite our close friends and relatives for dinner. Then in the morning my father and I go to the supermarket to buy the necessary food and my mother cooks tasty dishes. As a rule on these days my parents with their friends go to the theatre and I have to stay at home with my little sister. But I don’t mind actually. And I should say it is not boring at all. We watch cartoons or play games.