Unit 7, Lesson 5, Ex. 2b

Tim: My favourite subject in school is English. I love it because before I thought that since English was my native language I knew everything about it. At my new school I began to enjoy it, because we’ve got a great teacher.

I dislike most of the courses I have to take. The one I hate most is Maths, because it's stupid, too hard, and half the time you don't even use that stuff when you're older. I am taking extra classes about 5 years already, I still don't get it.

I also hate History because you have to remember dates and whatnot, for what?

Ann: My favourite class would have to be Art. I love Art. It’s so easy and enjoyable. Besides, no one can tell you that you are 'wrong' in what you do in art lessons. I don’t like Geography, because we have to do too many tests there.

Lea: My favourite subject in school is History. We need History because we look at history to see what sort of mistakes we have made in the past, learn from these mistakes, and try not to make the same mistakes in the future. I watch the history and National Geographic channel every day.

The least favourite subject is Sports. When we're playing, we have to chase somebody, and when I have to chase them... I am slow. And because I look stupid in my PE shorts that I have to wear.

Alice: I absolutely love Maths! I have always liked, since elementary school. It helps that it comes easy to me and I'm good at it. I like working with numbers. Also with maths there's only one right answer, unlike in other subjects when there can be more than one answer to a question.

I dislike Art because I’m bad at drawing, Handicraft (we have to draw there, and I am really bad at it, and we have to do other stuff to, which is hard for me).

Brian: My best subject in school is Maths. In maths 2+2 will always make four. Nothing changes in maths and everything has a formula. Everything else can change. In English a noun can be a verb. How difficult is that? Very....I hate English and I never get it... Moreover we have to do a lot of homework to get a good mark.

Unit 7, Lesson 8, Ex. 2b

Interviewer: Good morning, Mark. Welcome to the programme.

Mark: Hello.

Interviewer: Can you tell our listeners in Belarus something about your school?

Mark: Yes, I attend Eton, a boarding school for boys. It is in Windsor near London.

Interviewer: What exactly is a boarding school?

Mark: It’s a school where all the students live – we have dormitories to sleep in.

Interviewer: Is it very strict?

Mark: Yes, we have strict rules and traditions. We all have to wear uniforms. It’s a special black jacket with a white shirt. We are woken up at seven every day and we have an assembly at 8 o’clock.

Interviewer: What’s your timetable like?

Mark: It keeps us very busy! We do a lot of subjects. We have 33 lessons a week. Then we have clubs, sports and other activities.

Interviewer: 33 lessons! That’s a lot. How long is a lesson?

Mark: 40 minutes.

Interviewer: When do you have your lunch break?

Mark: At 12.30 in the canteen called “The Houses”.

Interviewer: Eton is a very famous school, isn’t it?

Mark: Yes, it has long traditions. Parents sometimes register their children as soon as they are born. Twenty British prime-ministers were students here and the school has produced lots of famous scientists and writers. Prince William was also here and Prince Harry too.

Interviewer: So how do you feel about following in the footsteps of so many famous people?

Mark: I feel really proud!

Interviewer: Well, that’s all we’ve got time for – thanks for talking to us, Mark.

Unit 7 lesson 9 ex.2a

Well, I’m quite popular, so my friends and I, we just go outside and have lunch and then just sit there and talk. We tell different funny stories that happen with our teachers or classmates at school, we share school jokes and laugh a lot.

Unit 7, Lesson 9, Ex. 5b

My Teacher Sees Right Through Me

I didn’t do my homework.

My teacher asked me, “Why?”

I answered him, “It’s much too hard.”

He said, “You didn’t try.

I told him, “My dog ate it.”

He said, “You have no dog.”

I said, “I went out running.”

He said, “You never jog.”

I told him, “I had chores to do.”

He said, “You watched TV.”

I said, “I saw the doctor.”

He said, “You were with me.”

My teacher sees right through me,

Which makes me very sad.

It’s hard to fool the teacher

When the teacher is your dad.

Unit 8

Unit 8, Lesson 1, Ex. 3b

(звуки из кинофильмов разных жанров)

a. western, b. comedy, c. musical, d. romantic film, e. action film, f. adventure film, g. horror film, h. cartoon.

Unit 8, Lesson 1, Ex. 5

Nick: Only yesterday we went to the cinema to see Star Wars. It’s not a new film but I like it very much. It is my favourite action film about spaceships and aliens. Rosie didn’t like it. She enjoys horror films full of monsters very much. Her favourite one is The Corporation of Monsters. I hate horror films. After watching them I can’t sleep at night. My parents like comedies, because they are funny, and musicals, because there is a lot of singing, especially The Sound of Music. My mum also likes romantic films about love. I think they are really boring. Sometimes my father watches westerns, but mum thinks they are silly. What do you watch? Everyone is crazy about The Lord of the Rings now, but I haven’t watched it yet.

Unit 8, Lesson 2, Ex. 4b

Nick: Hi Liz! Let’s go to the cinema on Saturday.

Liz: Good idea! What’s on? A western again? Westerns are boring. I‘d like to watch something more exciting.

Nick: No, it’s an action film. Ghostbusters!

Liz: Great! I love them! Where is it on?

Nick: At the Odeon.

Liz: What time does it start?

Nick: On Saturday it starts at half past three, six or eight.

Liz: I think six o’clock is alright.

Nick: See you outside the cinema at ten to six on Saturday.

Liz: OK. See you there. Bye.

Nick: Bye.

Unit 8, Lesson 3, Ex. 4

Librarian: Good afternoon!

Liz and Rosie: Good afternoon!

Librarian: What’s your name?

Liz: Liz.

Rosie: Rosie.

Librarian: How old are you?

Liz: Ten.

Rosie: Seven.

Librarian: Where do you live?

Liz: Princess Street.

Librarian: When did you last come to the library?

Liz: Last month.

Rosie: And I have never been to the library.

Librarian: Well, what types of books do you like?

Liz: I like fantasy. They’re full of magic. I like stories about animals too, because they are very amusing.

Rosie: Oh, no. They’re boring. I like adventure stories and detective stories.

Librarian: Do you like love stories, Rosie?

Rosie: No, no, no. They are so silly.

Liz: I sometimes read them.

Librarian: Who’s your favourite author?

Liz: Jack London. And I love J.K. Rowling.

Rosie: I like other authors.

Librarian: Who helps you to choose books?

Liz: Sometimes my mum does.

Rosie: My dad helps me because he likes detective stories, too.

Librarian: OK. Thank you very much. Now I’ll show you the library. Here we have fairy tales and here’s science-fiction…