1.6 Проверь хороший ли ты друг:

1. You bought a nice pair of jeans last week. Your friend has bought the same jeans. What do you say?

A. 'Oh, great. Now we both look fantastic!'

B. 'How could you buy the same ones?'

C. 'I don't care if we've got the same jeans or not.'

2. Your results in the test were much better than your friend's. What do you say?

A. 'Oh, I'm sorry!'

B. 'Don't be sad. Next time we'll prepare for the test together.'

C. 'Why didn't you work harder?'

3. Someone is laughing about your friend. He/She isn't there. What do you do?

A. Tell him/her to stop at once.

B. You don't say anything. It's not your problem.

С. You tell your friend so that he/she can do something about it.

4. Your friend's cat has died. What do you say?

A. 'That cat was very old.'

B. 'Oh, I'm so sorry. That little cat was so funny.'

C. 'Don't be sad. You'll get another one soon.'

5. You've heard from a group mate that your friend has got a problem.

A. My friend should tell me all his/her problems.

B. I don't care if my friend talks about her problems or not.

C. My friend can tell me what he/she wants.

6. Your friend has broken your MP3. What do you say?

A. 'It's OK. I've listened to it a lot.'

B. 'You're stupid! Couldn't you be more careful?'

С. 'I really liked it. Could you buy me another MP3?'

7. Your friend has changed his/her hair color. It's red now. You think it looks terrible. What do you say?

A. Nothing.

B. 'I'm sorry but I don't like it very much.'

C. 'Oh, how nice.'

8. Your friend needs some money and he/she asks you. He/she still owes you money from last week.

A. You give it to him/her and don't say a word.

B. You don't give him/her any more money.

C. First you tell him/her that he/she still owes you money.

Проверь свои ответы:

Mostly A You're such a great friend.

Mostly B You should be a bit nicer towards your friends sometimes.

Mostly C Why don't you try to be a better friend? Life is much easier then.

1.7 Прочитай, письменно переведи текст me and my university и заполни пропуски:

Now I will tell you a little about my university, about the place where I spend a lot of time.

Well, I _ the first-year student of SUSU now. I like it very much. It _ big and nice. It _ a two-storied building. On the ground floor there _ a canteen, a lot of administrative offices and economics department. We can also look through the time-table there. On the second floor there _ arts and science, technological and law departments. There _ gym and technical laboratory on the basement.

Frankly speaking, the only thing I don't like about my university _ that we - students - _ a lot of strain, as it _ regarded to be a good university. And especially it _ difficult for me as I always find excuses to put my homework off. Of course, I like the idea of going to bed early, but quite often I have to sit up late brushing up on my tasks, though I feel very sleepy.

When I _ a child I wanted to become a doctor, but now I understand how difficult and responsible this work _, and I think I _ not _ able to be a really good doctor, I think a person must be cut out to be a doctor. And now I want to work in providing information technology systems production company. And I want to study English as a second high education, because I’ll have to communicate with foreigners at my future job, to understand their pronunciation and to improve mine. But I realize that it _ very difficult and I must work hard, especially at my English which _ going to become a clue to my forthcoming career...

1.8 Заполни пропуски: profession; job; career; occupation

1. Her _ as a dancer came to an end when she broke her leg.

2. My father has been unable to find a _ for the past two years.

3. You must write your name, age and _ on the application form.

4. Peter is a doctor by _ , and has his own practice in Brighton.

5. Julia got a _ soon after she left school.

6. Although she is a lawyer by _ , she knows little about criminal law.

7. She started her _ as an actress at the age of 18.

8. He has applied for several _ but hasn't got one yet.