- •Структура пособия:
- •Методические указания по работе с пособием.
- •D) One person’s meat is another person’s poison:
- •Exercises on the additional vocabulary
- •List the words below which describe people’s appearance under the following headings:
- •2) Fill in the correct adjectives in the sentences.
- •3) Look at the adjectives for describing people and match each one to the definitions 1-12 opposite.
- •4) Try to think of one person you know who is like each adjective. Tell a partner who it is and give examples of their behaviour.
- •5) In this text seven lines are correct and seven lines contain a word that should not be there. Decide which lines contain an extra word and correct them.
- •Living with a stranger
- •1) Read the dialogue and reproduce it.
- •2) Recite the poem. To a false friend
- •B) Some informal words describing the way people spend their leisure
- •Exercises on the additional vocabulary
- •1) Fill the gaps with a suitable adjective from a.
- •2) Solve these riddles, based on words in b.
- •3) Give more informal alternatives for the underlined words
- •4) Answer these questions:
- •1) Read the following sentences and decide which person (Becci, Janine, Tony Benn or Anne) each one refers to. One of the sentences does not refer to any of them.
- •2) Find words or phrases in the text with the following meanings.
- •1) Read the dialogue and reproduce it.
- •2) Reproduce the Jazz Chant.
- •How to ask a girl out on a date. From Dating Advice Articles by Carlos Xuma.
4) Try to think of one person you know who is like each adjective. Tell a partner who it is and give examples of their behaviour.
example: My brother's very hard-working. He sometimes doesn't get home from the office until midnight.
Work in a group with other students and think of an opposite for each adjective. Use a dictionary where necessary.
5) In this text seven lines are correct and seven lines contain a word that should not be there. Decide which lines contain an extra word and correct them.
My brother Pete is quite a bit younger than I am.
We are look pretty similar, but he's a little
shorter and slimmer. He isn't as careful with
money as I am, and generally spends it on without
thinking. We play squash together from time to
time, but I'm much worse than he is. He can to run
a lot more quickly than I can. I get on very well
with my sister Sarah, but she is much not as
sociable as I am. She really prefers having her
head in a book to being with the people. She is
probably the most intelligent of all of us. I
think Kate is the nicest and most easy-going
person in the all family. I would say she is
generally a much more happier person than Sarah.
Supplementary reading
How do you get on with new people?
What if you have to live or work together?
Do you become friends - or drive each other mad?
Living with a stranger
The roommate situation is the first challenge students face. Learning to tolerate a stranger's idiosyncrasies may teach flexibility and the art of compromise. But the learning process is often painful. At Ithaca College in Upstate New York, Julie Noel and her roommate were uncommunicative and uncomfortable throughout the year. "I kept my stereo up once for a whole day just to test her because she was so timid," says Noel. "It took her until dinnertime to finally turn it off." Near year's end, the two ended up in a screaming fight. "Looking back, I wish I had talked to her more about how I was feeling," says Noel.
Most roommate conflicts spring from such small, irritating differences. Suzie Orr, director of housing at Indiana's St Mary's College, says that the matching process is complicated: "Do you put together people who are similar - or different, so they can learn about each other?''
Alan Sussman at the University of Maryland says: "I think they must have known each of our personalities and picked the opposite." While Sussman was neat and a compulsive studier, his roommate was messy and liked to party into the early hours. Sussman considered moving out at the end of the semester, but decided to stay and "fight it out". Against all odds, the two ended up being friends. Says Sussman: "We taught each other a lot."
There are many stories of college roommates becoming lifelong friends. Singers Jean Norris and Renee Neufville of the soul duo Zhane started writing songs while rooming together at Temple University in Philadelphia. After breaking up with their boyfriends within 24 hours of each I other, they managed to compose their way out of the blues.
idiosyncrasies somebody's individual qualities/habits (eg. sleeping with the window open)
flexibility being happy to change; easy with other people
compromise half way between two points of view
conflict disagreement, fight
spring from come from/originate from
matching putting two suitable compatible people together
compulsive doing something all the time; unable to stop
semester (AmE) term (part of the college year)
against all odds although it was very improbable
compose their way out of the blues avoid sadness by writing songs
Exercises on the text
1)Match the people with the facts.
a) Suzie Orr didn’t like her shy roommate
b) Jean Norris tries to put the right students together
c) Julie Noel is very tidy, unlike his roommate
d) Alan Sussman ended up working with her roommate
2) This article contains three mini-stories. Decide which of them have happy endings, and which has a sad ending.
Julie Noel and her roommate
Alan Sussman and his roommate
Jean Norris and Renee Neufville
3) Now retell one of those mini-stories to the rest of the students – without looking back at the article.
Discussion
1) What “idiosyncrasies” do you find irritating in other people? Which of these people would really annoy you? Why?
“He plays nothing but rap music.”
“She loves to complain and criticize – she’s always negative.’
“She doesn’t really listen when you speak to her.”
“He stops in front of every mirror and looks at himself.”
“He can’t accept any sort of criticism. He is always right.”
“She leaves her clothes everywhere around the house.”
“She never wants to eat the same thing as everyone else.”
Make your own list of the most irritating things about people in your life – friends, family, or just people you know. Then say what you like about the same people.
3) Mahatma Gandhi said "The only really lasting and valuable friendship is between people of a similar nature." In the article, Susie Orr is not so sure of this. What do you think?
Translate the sentences from Russian into English.
Джейн очень здравомыслящая: она старается ни с кем не ссориться, поэтому с ней легко общаться.
К концу рабочего дня я всегда очень напряжен, но горячая ванна и спокойная музыка помогают мне расслабиться.
Моя сестра очень привлекательная: у нее длинные каштановые волосы, выразительные зеленые глаза и очаровательные веснушки.
У нас с Дэном много общего, поэтому мы быстро сблизились и вскоре стали лучшими друзьями.
Я не могу поладить со своей соседкой по комнате: она такая грубая и высокомерная!
Как часто вы организовываете встречи всей семьей?
После школы наши пути с одноклассниками разошлись, но я все еще по ним скучаю.
Друг Анны очень ревнивый, и к тому же жадный, поэтому она решила с ним расстаться.
Упорные люди обычно надежны и трудолюбивы, не так ли?
Когда мы собираемся с одногруппниками, мы любим смотреть комедии, чтобы хорошо посмеяться.
Меня всегда привлекали высокие парни с широкими плечами, волнистыми светлыми волосами и карими глазами.
Майк всегда очень тактичный и дружелюбный, но сегодня он ведет себя так невежливо!
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