Part IV. Daily routine

Speaking

1. Pair work. An interview.

Student A. You are a journalist who is going to interview different people about their way of life. Think of a set of questions to ask your interviewee.

Student B. You are the interviewee.

2. Study the vocabulary and make a time-table of your day, beginning with when you get up.

an alarm clock – будильник

to ring – звонить

to wake smb. up – будить кого-либо

to have a good sleep – выспаться

an early riser – рано вставать

to do one’s hair – причесываться

be busy – быть занятым

clean one’s teeth – чистить зубы

get dressed – одеваться

get up on time – вставать во время

have a hasty bite – наскоро перекусить

sleepy – сонный

to make the bed – заправлять кровать

to take (have) a shower – принимать душ

to leave home at – уходить из дома в…

to arrive home – приходить домой

to go for a run – делать пробежку

to work out - заниматься физическими упражнениями

keep late hours – сидеть допоздна

3. Pair work: Talk about your busiest day. Ask the following and more:

1. What’s your busiest day?

2. What do you usually do?

3. What time do you get up?

4. Where do you usually have breakfast, lunch?

5. What do you usually do after classes?

6. What time do you usually go home?

7. What do you do at the end of the day?

8. What do you do in your spare time?

9. What time do you usually go to bed?

10. What activities do you enjoy? Which do you dislike?

4. Imagine you can do what you want. plan your daily routine. When you are ready tell the class.

Reading

1. Read the following text and answer the questions.

Text III.

John Naylor, 24, is a successful businessmen. Let’s follow him through a typical day.

The alarm clock goes off at 7:00 a.m. John jolts out of bed at the same time. The automatic coffee maker kicks on in the kitchen. He jumps in the shower, shaves, opens one of the half-dozen boxes of freshly laundered white shirts waiting on the shelf, finishes dressing, and pours a cup of coffee. He sits down to a piece of whole wheat toast while he flips through the Fleet Street Journal. It takes him about 15 minutes to wake up and get ready. His briefcase is in one hand and gym bag is in the other, he hops in the car, ready to start the day.

He clocks in at exactly 7:45 a.m. He takes a seat in front of the computer and prepares for hours of phone calls and meetings that occupy his mornings.

At noon John rushes to the health club where he strips off the grey suit and changes into T-shirt, shorts and the latest in design running shoes for tennis. In an hour he is sitting in the club dining room where he has scheduled lunch with a potential client. They discuss business over sparkling water, pasta and a cup of coffee.

At 2:30 p.m. he is back at his office, eager for several more hours of frantic meetings and phone calls. At 6:00 p.m. John phones out for delivery of dinner to keep him going through the next two to three hours he’ll spend at his office.

John gets home at 10:00 p.m. just in time to sit down to a bowl of frozen yoghurt and a rerun of this season’s most popular drama series before turning in.

1. What takes up most of his time?

2. What things do you dislike about his daily routine?

3. Is his daily routine always the same?

4. Is his daily routine very different from yours? How?

5. What do you think about the social life? What daily routine may his girlfriend have?

6. Is he happy?

7. What problems may arise if John gets married and starts a family? Will children fit into this hectic schedule?

2.Work in groups of two.

STUDENT A: You are going to interview John. Ask him questions about his daily routine, and ask anything else you like. (E.g. How he feels about his life, what he likes about his work, his future plans).

STUDENT B: You are John. Answer the interviewer’s questions about your daily routine. When you are asked about other things, invent suitable answers.

Writing

1. Translate into English.

1. - Я хочу пригласить тебя завтра в театр. – К сожалению, я занята завтра.

2. Как трудно просыпаться утром, когда идет дождь.

3. Я знаю, что Джон очень занятой человек.

4. Мама всегда говорит мне, что очень важно иметь четкий распорядок дня.

5. Самое главное – это режим. Спать буду ложиться пораньше, часов в десять. Вставать тоже буду пораньше и проверять перед школой уроки. После школы буду играть часа полтора в футбол, а потом на свежую голову буду делать уроки. Поле уроков буду заниматься чем захочется: или с ребятами играть, или книжки читать, до тех пор пока не придет времы ложиться спать.

2.Write a composition on one of the following topics:

1. The Day Everything Went Wrong.

2. How I Organize My Time.

3. The Day Before You Came (ABBA)/

4. The Day of a Person Is a Picture of This Person.

Discussion

1. Now think back about what you have done in Part IV and give:

1. description _________________________(use 2 words)

2. feeling ________________________________________(use 3 words)

3. colour ______________________(use 1 word)

4. emotion positive  negative 

2. Discuss in a round.