The day’s work begins

Anna’s alarm clock rang at a quarter past seven as usual. And, as usual, she lay in bed for another ten minutes. Then she got up, washed, cleaned her teeth and combed her hair. Then she had breakfast.

Anna likes to go to work by bus. It takes her twenty-five minutes to get to work. When she got off the buss she walked to her office. She got there at a quarter to nine. Fifteen minutes later one of the office girls opened the main door. The first customer arrived. The day’s work began.

Anna likes to take things easy, but Susan is always in a hurry, sometimes late and often absent-minded. Classes at the business college usually start at nine fifteen, except on Fridays, when the first class begins at ten.

Michael, her brother, usually bangs on her bedroom door at eight o’clock. He did so this morning. “All right,” said Susan, but she just turned over and went to sleep again. At half past eight Michael went upstairs and banged on his sister’s door again. Susan jumped out of bed, washed quickly and run back to her room. She run downstairs to the kitchen, but looked at her watch and understood that she didn’t have time for breakfast. “Bye, mother,” she said and run out. Mrs. Bond didn’t washing up. She had ten minutes before she had to leave for work. She sat down and smoked a cigarette. Suddenly the house seemed very lonely. She was glad that she had a job. Not because she needed money but she did not want to be alone all day in her house.

Questions

1. When do you generally get up?

2. Do you like to get up early?

3. At what time do you have breakfast?

4. When do you go to work?

5. Do you go to work by bus?

6. How long does it take you to get to your office?

7. What time does your working day begin?

8. What do you do at work?

9. Where do you have lunch?

10. How long do you stay at work?

11. When do you come home from work?

12. Do you sometimes have your English classes in the evening?

13. You are never late for your English classes, are you?

14. As a rule you get ready for your English classes in the evening, don't you?

15. How long does it take you to prepare for your English classes?

16. What else do you usually do in the evening?

Unit 4. Education words and expressions

time-table attendance to attend classes period break humanities science(s) curriculum level of achievement five-point scale system top boy (student) bright well-disciplined student ill-behaved student term-paper excellent mark full mark

full-time student full-time department part-time department correspondence department Gymnasium free tuition education grant lab practical classes graduates post-graduates post-graduate course job a first-year student a high school diploma

to be quick (good) at smth.

to enter the university

to be at the head of the class

to receive credit

to be at the bottom of the class

to miss lessons

to be well equipped

to be in one's first year

to cut a lesson

to lag behind

to work by fits and starts

to pass an examination with distinction

to fail in an examination

What have you got in the first period?

She has been doing badly this term.