Solomon Grundy

Solomon Grundy Worse on Friday,

Born on Monday, Died on Saturday,

Christened on Tuesday, Burried on Sunday.

Married on Wednesday, That was the end

Fell ill on Thursday, Of Solomon Grundy.

My working day

Vocabulary

to get up вставать

to wake up просыпаться

to do morning exercises делать зарядку

to wash умываться, мыть

to clean teeth чистить зубы

to comb hair причесываться

to be late for опаздывать

to leave the house выходить из дома

at the week-end по выходным

day off выходной

to go to bed ложиться спать

to spend проводить

Exercise 1. Read and translate the text.

MY WORKING DAY

I get up at 7 o'clock in the morning. I do my morning exercises, wash and dress. It takes me 30 minutes to do all that. Then I have breakfast. It doesn't take me long to prepare breakfast, because I have tea or coffee, some toast with butter and eggs. Sometimes I eat porridge.

At 8 o'clock I leave home and go to the Institute. As a rule I come to the Institute at a quarter to 9. The lessons begin at 9 sharp. Today we have two lectures, a seminar and an English lesson. At 12 o'clock we have a short break for lunch.

At our English lessons we read texts, ask questions and answer them and do exercises. We speak English at the lessons. We speak English a little now, but we want to speak English well.

Classes are over at two o'clock. After classes I usually stay at the Institute because I need a book or an article which I can only get in the reading-room. I also like to work at my report or do my lessons in the reading-room.

I come home at about 6 o'clock. When I have enough spare time I do some work about the house and go shopping to help my mother. Sometimes I go to see my friends or they come to see me. We watch films, chat, listen to music, discuss politics, literature and arts. I like to stay home to relax. At 11 o'clock I go to bed.

On Sundays I get up later than usual. Sunday is my day off. I spend it in different ways. I visit an art exhibition, a museum or a sports event. Sometimes I go to the country where I walk in the forest or go skiing.

On Sunday evening I visit a theatre or go to see my friends.

Exercise 2. Read the dialogues.

1. —Hello, Pete!

• Hello, John!

• I hope I didn't wake you up.

• Yes, you did, but it's all right.

2. —How are you, Paul? I'm very glad to see you again.

• I'm well, thank you.

• I hope you had a good time yesterday.

• Oh, yes, I had a very nice day, thank you. And what about you?

• I didn't. I stayed at home and worked hard;

• It's a pity.

3. —Hello, Pat. You didn't phone rune yesterday.

• No, I didn't. I was very tired last night.

• Why?

• I had such a busy day.

• Did you? What did you do?

• I woke up at 6 and went to the station to meet my mother-in-law.

• Why didn't your husband do that?

• He went to Paris on business.

• I see.

• Then we had breakfast. I left her at home and went to my office. I was 15 minutes late because I was in a hurry and a policeman stopped me. So it took me an hour to get to my work.

• Oh, my! I hope you didn't have much work at the office.

• Yes, I did. We had a long meeting in the morning, then I had a lot of visitors, and at the end of the working day I wrote some business letters.

• Did your daughter cook dinner for you?

• No, she didn't. She was busy at the University and came home very late.

• Poor thing! I hope you are not so busy tomorrow.

Exercise 3. Finish the following:

A. 1. There are seven days in a ... . 2. The first day of the week is ... . 3. The second day is ... . 4. After Tuesday comes ....5. ... is the fourth day of the week. 6. The last day on which we work is ... . 7. We don't go to work on ... and on ... . 8. They are ... or the week-end. 9. We work five days a week: on ..., ..., ..., ..., and ... . 10. Our days-off are ... .11. Some people have a day off on … or some other day.

B. 1. Today is ..., the ... of ... . 2. Tomorrow is ..., the ... of ... . 3. Yesterday was ..., the ... of ... . 4. The day before yesterday was ..., the ... of ... .5. Three days ago was, the ... of ... . 6. Our next class in English is on ... .

C. 1. The first month of the year is .... 2. The second month of the year is ... . 3. The last month of the year is ... . 4. The month of June comes before the month of ... . 5. The month of May comes after the month of ....

Exercise 4. Use the right words:

morning exercises; got up; washed; walked; a quarter to 10; breakfast; left; it took me; got on; had dinner; arrived; was busy; came; went; watched TV; went to bed; a short rest; sat down; to read; turned off; at the week-end.

It was Monday yesterday. I ... at about seven o'clock. Then I did my ..., ... and had ... . At 8.30 I ... the house and ... to the station. ... fifteen minutes to get there. I ... the 9 o'clock train and ... in the city at ..., and ... to my office. At the office I ..-. till 6 p.m. When I ... home I ... and then I had ... . In the evening I like ... a little, but yesterday I ... into my favourite armchair and ... . Then I rang up my friend Harry and told him that I wanted to see him ... . Harry agreed. Then I ... the light and ... .

Exercise 5. Use the right prepositions or adverbs.

Every morning regularly, ... ten o'clock, when her lecture was ..., Jean came ... the room, where I was already ... work. Her careful, accurate work was of great help ... me. She prepared hundreds ... slides which it was necessary to examine. She was very careful and never made a mistake. Her presence stimulated me greatly.

... one o'clock we had lunch ... the laboratory.

... the seventh day, as we worked silently, I heard a step and turned ... . Professor Challis stood ... the doorway.

"I thought I'd look in, Robert, to see how you were getting on."

I rose at once and introduced him ... Jean. He bowed ... her in his old-fashioned manner. I understood that he liked her.

... that he came regularly to visit us, often ... the lunch hour. He sat ... a chair watching us with his bright eyes. He often told us ... his life as a young student ... Paris, ... the Sorbonne, where he worked under the great Duclaux.'

(From "Shannon's Way" by A.Cronin)

Exercise 6. Answer the questions on the text.

At what time do you get up? Do you have time to have your breakfast at home? At what time do you leave home? At what time do the lessons at the Institute begin? How many lessons do you have every day? What do you usually do on your English? When do you usually have your lunch? At what time do you come back home? What do you do in the evening? How do you spend your day off?