2. My Working Day.

Текст А.

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 by bus. When she got off the bus 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 do everything in time, 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 ran back to her room. She ran downstairs to the kitchen, but looked at her watch and understood that she didn’t have time for breakfast. “Bye, mother,” she said and ran out. Mrs. Bond did the 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.

Упражнение. Ответьте на вопросы.

1. What time do you get up? 2. Do you get up early on Sundays? 3. Do you do your morning exercises every day? 4. Where do you have your breakfast? 5. What time do you leave home? 6. What time do you come to your office? 7. How long does it take you to get there? 8. How many hours do you stay at the office? 9. What time does your work begin? 10. Are you sometimes late for work? 11. Do you always come in time? 12. What time is your lunch hour? How long does it last? 13. What time is your working day over? 14. Where do you usually go after work? 15. Where did you go after work yesterday? 16. What is your day off? 17. How many days a week do you work? 18. Where do you usually spend the weekend? 19. How did you spend your last weekend?

Текст Б.

Another Day in the Life of the Queen

Queen Elizabeth II wakes up at 7 o’clock, has a cup of tea and reads The Times. Then she has a bath and gets dressed. At 8 o’clock she listens to BBC news and has breakfast with Prince Philip. After breakfast she rings up the Queen Mother. Then she reads personal letters and has an important business consultation with Private Secretary and then works at government documents. At 1 o’clock she has a quick lunch in her private apartment in Buckingham Palace and at 2 o’clock leaves the Palace to open a new hospital. There she makes speeches, shakes hands and has a cup of tea. At 4.45 she is back at the Palace and works in her office. At 5.30. she receives foreign visitors and then has the final meeting with her Private Secretary. In the evening she goes to St.James’ Palace where she has a reception party and talks with 70 people. Then goes back to the Palace and at 8.30 has dinner with Philip and a group of some businessmen. At 10 she watches television news and then reads some official papers and telephones some members of the Royal Family - just to see if all is well. At about 11 she goes to bed.

Задание 7. Опишите свой обычный рабочий день.