City cadastre

Методические указания по английскому языку

Оренбург

ГОУ ОГУ

2012

Lesson 1 ABOUT MYSELF

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Let me tell you some words about myself. ___________is my name and ___________ is my surname//last name. I am _ years old. I am a first year student. I study at Orenburg State University at the full-time department of the ________________________ faculty. My future specialty is_____________________. I want to tell you a few words about my family. My family is not large//large. I have got __________________________________________.There are ___ of us in the family.

First of all some words about my parents. My mother is ______________. Her name is ___________/She works in ___________. She likes her profession. She is a good-looking woman with brown//blond//red//fair hair. She is __ but she looks much younger.

My father’s name is_____. He is a//an___________ by profession. He is ____.

My parents have been married for ___ years. They have much in common, but they have different views on music, books, and films. For example my father likes horror films and my mother likes soap operas. My father is fond of tennis. My mother doesn’t go in for sports. My parents are hard working people. My mother keeps house and takes care of my father and me. She is very good at cooking. As you can see I am rather good-looking//attractive// handsome// beautiful; tall//small//of medium height boy/girl with blonde//red//brown//fair hair and my eyes are of ________ color. Speaking about the sphere of my interests this is //these are_________________________________________________________________________.

Do one or more of the following activities:

ACTIVITY A Interview another student in your group. Make notes during the interview, and then introduce this student to the rest of the group.

ACTIVITY B Write a brief autobiographical paragraph telling who you are, what you have done in the past two years, and what your plans are for the next two years. Then exchange paper with a classmate. Ask each other questions to clarify your understanding and elicit further information. Tell the others in the group about the classmate whose paragraph you read.

ACTIVITY C Interview your friend outside of class and write a biography of his/her life.

ACTIVITY D Write three sentences comparing yourself to other people in the class. You can use some of these adjectives.

old; loud; tall; bright; talkative; punctual; hard-working

Write three superlative sentences about other people in the class.

Lesson 2 DAILY ROUTINE

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On weekdays the alarm clock wakes me up at___ and my working day begins. I’m in the first year at the university, so I have to organize my time wisely. I find it hard to get up on time, I have to wind two alarms-clocks to make sure I do not oversleep. So, I get up at ___ o’clock, have a quick shower, make my bed, put on make up// do my hair//shave eat a full breakfast and se off to the university. It takes me ________________to get ready. I catch a bus// drive my own car// take a walk to get to the university. My studies keep me busy all day long. I have lectures// seminars// laboratory works// practical classes. At lunchtime I have a snack at the university café. After classes I go to// make myself to go to the library, where I spend about ____ hours a week reading for my seminars. I come home at about ____o’clock, very tired. I have a short break for lunch which lasts no longer than ___ minutes. Than I manage to do my housework and get down to my homework. I like the idea of going to bed early, but quite often I have to sit up late , doing my home assignments till ___o’clock when finished. My mother says that keeping late hours ruin one’s health. Of course I agree.

I do not have enough time off during the week, so I try to relax on weekends. One of my greatest pleasures is to lie in bed//read new book//go for a run//work out in the gym. I hate staying in , and sometimes on Saturday I go to a concert//play//party//disco.

At ___ it’s high-time for me to go to bed and so my week day is over to start again in the morning.

Translate from English into Russian using a dictionary:

John Naylor, 24, is a successful businessman. Let’s follow him through a typical day.

John jolts out of bed at 7 a.m. he automatic coffee maker kicks on in the kitchen. He jumps in the shower, shaves, dresses and pours a cup of coffee. It takes him about 15 minutes to wake up and get ready. His briefcase in one hand and gym bag in the other, he hops the car, ready to start the day. He clocks in at exactly 7:45 a.m. He takes a seat in front of the computer and prepares for hours of phone calls and meetings that occupy his mornings. At noon John rushes to the health club where he plays tennis. In an hour he is sitting in the club dinning room where he has lunch with the potential client. They discuss business over pasta and a cup of coffee. At 2:30 p.m. he is back at his office. John gets home at 10: 00 p.m.

Pair work : Talk about your busiest day. Ask the following and more:

What is your busiest day?___________________________________________________

What do you usually do?_____________________________________________________________________

What time do you get up?___________________________________________________

Where do you usually have breakfast, lunch?___________________________________

What do you usually do after classes?_________________________________________________________________

What time do you usually go home?__________________________________________

What do you do at the end of the day?____________________________________________________________________

What do you do in you spare time?___________________________________________

What time do you usually go to bed?__________________________________________

What activity do you enjoy? Which you dislike?__________________________________________________________________

Lesson 3

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