
- •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.
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.
Her/his addiction led to crime.
She/he became out of touch with the rest of her/his life.
She/he was addicted to getting things she/he never used.
She/he feels her addiction is a substitute for love.
She/he needs it to help her/him work effectively under pressure.
She/he is receiving professional treatment.
Her/his addiction may have had serious physical consequences.
She/he isn't convinced she/he should give it up.
2) Find words or phrases in the text with the following meanings.
the exception, the unusual person (para. 1)
a desire (para. 2)
to compensate (para. 2)
to change from solid to liquid (para. 2)
to destroy (para. 3)
to realise what is happening (para. 3)
to stop being under control (para. 3)
to make people worried (para. 4)
to fall down (para. 4)
too much (para. 4)
very difficult and painful (para. 4)
fashionable (para. 5)
to come to an end (para. 5)
Translate the sentences from Russian into English.
Мне нравится быть директором этой фирмы, но это занимает очень много времени.
Боб – настоящий фанат искусства, он не пропускает ни одной выставки.
Каждый день я встаю ни свет ни заря. Даже на выходных я не могу позволить себе поваляться в постели.
Дэйв совсем не активен физически – он весь день может лежать на диване и смотреть телевизор.
Чтобы поменять привычный ход событий, попробуйте добираться до работы разными маршрутами или совершайте пробежки по утрам.
У нее очень прибыльная работа, так как она продает свои фотографии в разные журналы.
Мария помешана на покупках: она может ходить по магазинам весь день!
Он никогда не доводит дело до конца. Недавно он сильно увлекся садоводством, купил много цветов, но потом ему разонравилось это занятие.
Во время интервью не следует суетиться, постоянно дотрагиваться до одежды, а также говорить без остановки.
Если вы чувствуете себя абсолютно истощенным, примите расслабляющую горячую ванну и немного вздремните.
Чтобы расслабиться в течение рабочего дня, откиньтесь на спинку стула, закройте глаза, отключитесь от работы и помечтайте о чем-нибудь хорошем.
Николь - очень деятельная девушка, у нее насыщенная общественная жизнь и она умеет плодотворно работать в команде.
Conversation
1) Read the dialogue and reproduce it.
Tony: Hi, Jeff, I haven’t seen you for ages. Where have you been?
Jeff: Oh, don’t you know? I moved away.
Tony: Really?
Jeff: Yes. To a small village near Preston.
Tony: But what about your career at the stock exchange?
Jeff: Well, that’s why I moved, actually. The stress was too much for me. What with the pressure and the long hours and everything, I became ill. My doctor told me to get as far away from the rat race as possible, so I did!
Tony: So, what are you doing now?
Jeff: Well, I’m a systems analyst now, and I work from home. I’ve never been happier, or so relaxed. You should try it!
Tony: No way. This rat likes the big city too much.