Text a. My working day

1. Read, translate the text.

On weekdays the alarm-clock wakes me up at 7.30 and my working day begins. I go to the bathroom, take a warm shower, clean my teeth and brush my hair. After that I dress and go to the kitchen to have breakfast. Usually my mother makes breakfast for me. But sometimes I make breakfast myself. I leave the house at 9.00 and go to college.

The college where I study is not far from my house. It takes me 20 minutes to get there. I usually have 3-4 lectures a day. A lecture lasts an hour and a half. The classes begin at 9.30. At 1 o'clock in the afternoon I have lunch in the college canteen.

I come home at about 4.30 o'clock in the afternoon. Usually my mother is at home waiting for me. We have dinner together. Then I have a rest watching TV or reading a book. If the weather is good I go for a walk with my friends. I usually go to bed at 11 o’clock. By the end of the week I get very tired.

2. Tell about your working day using the new words.

3. Discuss the proverbs:

1. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. 2. An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 3. Lost time is never found again. 4. Value time over money – only time cannot be replenished. 5. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

4. Read, translate the dialogue:

Bob – It’s time to get up.

Patrick – I’m so sleepy… What time is it?

B – It’s eight.

P – All right. I’ll get up at ten past eight ( fifteen minutes later).

B – It’s a quarter past eight, Patrick, and you are still in bed.

P – All right… All right… I’ll get up in ten minutes. At half past eight I’ll be ready.

B – And when are you going to shave? Twenty nine minutes past eight? Or perhaps twenty nine minutes to nine?

P – Now you are trying to be funny. I’ll be ready at a quarter to nine and at ten to nine we’ll begin breakfast.

B – We have very little time anyway. Ann’s coming at nine o’clock.

P – Oh, I’m sure she isn’t. She’s too lazy to get up before nine. It’s silly to expect her so early. She’ll be at least one hour late.

B – She won’t be a minute late. She never is.

P – She will… She will… You’ll see she will…

Ann – (coming in): Good morning! I’m sorry I’m a little too early. Oh Patrick, aren’t you ready yet? I’m so sorry… I’ll wait in the garden.

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5. Answer the questions:

1. What time is it?

2. Which of the boys is still in bed?

3. When does Patrick promise to get up?

4. Does he keep his promise?

5. Why does Bob warn Patrick that he will have no time to shave?

6. When does Patrick promise to be ready for breakfast?

7. When is Ann coming?

8. Is she always punctual?

9. Does Patrick hope she will be late?

10. When does Ann come?

11. Is she late or early?

6. Dramatize dialogue

7. Make up sentences according to the model. Use the cue-words.

Model: It’s high time to get up.

It’s about time to go to work.

To have breakfast, to leave the house, to begin lunch, to go to work, to get ready for the lesson, to come home, to cook dinner, to take the dog for a walk, to go to bed.

8. Act out the dialogue. Characters: you and your Mum (Dad). It’s nine o’clock and you are still in bed.

9. Did you know...

… you share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world? 

… that androphobia is a fear of men.

… that caligynephobia is a fear of beautiful women.

… that pentheraphobia is a fear of a mother-in-law.

Topic 3. FRIENDSHIP (ДРУЖБА)

Topical vocabulary

to support one another	поддерживать друг друга
to solve (problems)	решить (проблему)
pretty	хорошенький
expressive	выразительный
sense of humour	чувство юмора
pleasant	приятный
to deal with	иметь дело с…
to quarrel	ссориться
reason	причина
to have common ideas (opinions)	мыслить одинаково
to trust	доверять
troubles	неприятности
to give a piece of good advice	дать хороший совет
intelligent	умный
sociable	общительный
open-minded	с широким кругозором
to be in good mood	быть в хорошем настроении
genuine	подлинный
to be fond of smth	любить что-либо
to do one’s best	сделать все возможное
true	верный, преданный