Topic 2 my working day Warm up

Are your every day activities quite routine? Can you remember any special day in your life? Tell about it.

• 1.Vocabulary focus

1.1.Study the new words and expressions:

to get up to wake up to make one’s bed to do morning exercises to take a shower to brush one’s hair to dress to put on to have breakfast to take a bus It takes me 40 minutes to… to have 3-4 lessons to be over to have dinner substantial canteen to have a snack to have a short rest to do homework to have some troubles with English to go for a walk to have supper to go to bed

вставать будить застилать кровать делать зарядку принимать душ расчёсывать волосы одеваться надевать завтракать ехать на автобусе у меня занимает 40 минут чтобы… иметь 3-4 пары заканчиваться обедать существенно столовая перекусить передохнуть делать уроки у меня нелады с английским идти гулять ужинать идти спать

1.2. Pay attention to the difference of the meanings of the words

1.3. Study the time:

7.00 – It’s seven o’clock.

8.15 – It’s a quarter past eight.

9.20. – It’s twenty past nine.

45. – It’s a quarter to ten.

11.50. – It’s ten totwelve.

12.30. – It’s half past twelve.

14.05. - It’s five past 2 p.m.

1.4. Match the words in the left-hand column with the definitions in the right-hand column:

oversleep get to sleep have a nap have a late night have a lie-in live on my own have a lunch break get to work stay in go out have a rest come round a cleaner to do washing the washing-up

stay at home wash the dishes relax and do nothing sleep too long a person who cleans succeed in sleeping a short sleep wash the clothes go to bed very late visit me at the house leave the house for social reasons arrive to work stop work for lunch without other people stay in bed until late

• 2. Read and translate the text:

My every day activities are quite routine. They do not differ much from those of any other student. On weekdays I usually get up at 6 .30. My mother or an alarm-clock wakes me up. I make my bed, open the window and do my morning exercises. Then I go to the bathroom where I clean my teeth, wash my face and hands and take a shower. I dress, brush my hair and go to the kitchen.

Now I am ready for breakfast. For breakfast I usually have toasted bread, fried eggs and a cup of tea or coffee. After it I put on my coat, take my bag and leave for the University.

As I live far from the University it takes me 40 minutes to get there by bus. I don’t want to be late for the first lesson so I come to the University a few minutes before the bell. I leave my coat in the cloakroom and go upstairs to the classroom.

The lesson begin at a quarter past eight. We usually have 3-4 lessons every day. We have lectures, seminars, practical classes. At 20 past one p.m. we have a break. Sometimes I go to the canteen to have a snack. When our lessons are over I go home. Sometimes I go to the library after classes to write a report.

As a rule I have something substantial for dinner. Then I have a short rest: read books or magazines, make some telephone calls or have a nap of an hour or two.

In the evening I first do my homework. We study many subjects at the University so it takes me two-three hours to get ready for the lessons. I have some troubles with English that is why I work with the dictionary and learn grammar rules. Then when I have some free time I go for a walk, meet friends, we chat about our student life and current events. Sometimes I prefer to stay at home. I watch TV, play computer games or to tell the truth do nothing. At 7 or 8 o’clock I have supper alone or with my family.

At 11 o’clock I go to the bathroom, clean teeth and go to bed. As I am usually very tired I fall asleep fast.