Раздел 2. Развивающий курс

Тема 2.1. Повседневная жизнь, условия жизни, учебный день, выходной день

Задание 1. Прочитайте и повторите изученные слова и словосочетания.

Everyday routine and college activities: routine-установленный порядок жизни; timetable – расписание; weekday – будний день; working hours –рабочие часы, время; attend classes – посещать занятия; get to school –добираться до школы; get up early/late – вставать рано/поздно; go to bed – ложиться спать; go to school/college/work; go to the bathroom; go to the gym; have breakfast/lunch break; have/take a shower/bath; brush teeth; catch the bus; comb hair; do homework; do the shopping; do the washing up/ the ironing; fall asleep; feed the dog; leave home/work; listen to the radio; make breakfast/ dinner; put on clothes/get dressed; wash hands/hair; communicate/socialize – общаться; discuss - обсуждать; extra – class activity – внеклассная работа; have a break – иметь перерыв; go to the library – посещать библиотеку; learn – учить; to study – учиться; rest/have a rest – отдыхать; study – учиться, заниматься; take part in – принимать участие; to take exams/ to pass exams – сдавать экзамены; certificate – свидетельство об окончании; have classes in smth – проводить занятия по предмету; miss classes - пропускать уроки; scholarship – стипендия; examination session; student record-book – зачетная книжка; curriculum – учебная программа; be good at smth – хорошо уметь делать ч-л; cope with the work load of college – справляться с нагрузкой; catch up with smth – навертывать упущенное; read up for examination; fail an examination – провалить экзамен; teaching staff – преподавательский состав.

Задание 2. Напишите эссе от первого лица объемом не менее 200 слов на тему «Мой день». Перед началом работы изучите Раздел 1, пункт 4 в Приложении данных методических рекомендаций на стр. 51. При возникновении любого рода вопросов и затруднений проконсультируйтесь со своим преподавателем. Сдайте преподавателю учебно-контрольный файл или добавьте страницу в портфолио. Используйте в своем эссе некоторые из представленных слов и выражений по теме. Придерживайтесь приведенного ниже плана.

PLAN

Topic: ‘My Day’ (First-person narration)

Introduction (I’m going to tell you about my typical day…)

Main Body

Paragraph 1

(Introduce yourself, write where you are studying at the moment)

Main Body

Paragraphs 2 – 3

(Develop the essay. Detailed description of events happen daily)

Conclusion

Final Paragraph

(End your essay: final comments and conclusion, etc)

Follow the example task and use linkers and sequencers from the box

Useful expressions At first… Then/Next… After/Before… During/Meanwhile… As soon as… Suddenly…. By the time… Sadly… Unfortunately… Luckily...

В качестве опоры перед написанием эссе, можете воспользоваться приведенным ниже текстом. Помните, что вашей задачей является написать свое, авторское эссе, поэтому постарайтесь не копировать текст.

Daily Routine

I'm in the first year at the university, where I'm studying Eng­lish. My elder sister, Betty, is studying history at the same univer­sity. Betty can organize her time wisely, whereas I do not know what order I should do things in. I find it hard to get up on time, and usu­ally I do not get enough sleep. I have to wind two alarm-clocks to make sure I do not oversleep.

My sister, an early riser, is awake by 7 o'clock, refreshed and full of energy. While I'm wandering round the kitchen, fighting the urge to go back to bed, sister man­ages to have a quick shower, make her bed, put on make up, do her hair, eat a full breakfast and set off to the university. It takes me an hour and a half to get ready. I have a hasty bite and rush out of the house. Even if I catch a bus at once I still arrive at the university 15 minutes late, which always makes me feel guilty.

My studies keep me busy all day long. I have 14 hours of English a week. I also have lectures and seminars. At lunchtime I meet up with my sister and we have a snack at the university cafe. After classes I make myself go to the library where I spend about six hours a week reading for my seminars.

My sister and I come home tired. I always find excuses to put my homework off. Unlike me, my sister manages to do the housework and get down to homework. I like the idea of going to bed early, but quite often I have to sit up late, brushing up on my grammar and vo­cabulary, though I feel sleepy. My sister says that keeping late hours ruins one's health. Of course, I agree.

As my sister and I do not get any time off during the week, we try to relax on the weekends. One of my greatest pleasures is to lie in bed and read my favourite books. My sister is a sporty person. To keep herself fit, Betty goes for a run in the park; from time to time she works out in the gym.

I hate staying in, and sometimes on Saturday night my sister takes me out to a concert or a play. Sometimes we go to a party or to a disco. But more often than not I end up catching up on my stu­dies and my sister goes out. I wonder how I manage to spoil my lei­sure time.

Every Monday when I awaken I think I should start a new life. I honestly think that I must become well-organized and correct my daily routine. I make plans to go to keep-fit classes, to do shopping with my sister, to do the cleaning and to do a hundred other good things. But then I remember that I have to call on my school friend in the evening, and I put off my plans till next Monday. It is always better to start a new life in a week.