6.How long does it take you to get dressed?

7.What do you usually have for breakfast?

8.Some people look through newspapers or listen to the latest news on the radio while having breakfast. What about you?

9.When do you usually leave the house?

10.How long does it take you to get to your University?

11.Do you go there by bus / tram /mini-bus / trolleybus or walk?

12.Where do you usually have lunch / dinner?

13.What time do you come home?

14.How long does it take you to do your homework?

15.How do you usually spend your evenings?

16.Do you have a lot of free time?

17.Do you play any musical instruments?

18.Do you like listening to music?

19.What kind of music do you prefer?

20.Do you collect anything (stamps, postcards, coins, matchboxes, etc.)?

21.What time do you usually go to bed?

Ex. 4 Tell about your working day.

Ex. 5 Tell about the working day of your friend.

3.2 The Duchess of Wessex

(from the programme “The English at Home”)

Ex.1 Pronounce the words correctly:

1. Robin Knight [‘rObin nait]

2. Duchess [ dACiz] - герцогиня

3.Wessex [wesiks] - Уессекс (графство)

4.programme [‘prOgrqm] - npoгpaммa

Ex.2 Read the dialogue in parts:

Robin: Now, Duchess... tell us about an ordinary day in your life. Duchess: Well, I wake up at seven o'clock...

R.: Really? Do you get up then?

D.: No. of course I don't get up at that time. I have breakfast in bed and I read "The Times".

R.: What do you do then?

D.: I read my letters and dictate the replies to my secretary.

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R.: ... and then?

D.: At eleven I walk in the garden with Philip. R.: Oh? Who's Philip?

D.: Philip's my dog.

R.: What time do you have lunch? D.: I have lunch at twelve thirty. R.: And after lunch?

D.: Oh. I rest until six o'clock.

R.: ... and at six? What do you do at six?

D.: I dress for dinner. We have dinner at eight o'clock. R.: What time do you go to bed?

D.: Well, I have a bath at nine thirty, and I go to bed at ten.

R.: Thank you. Duchess ... you certainly have a busy and interesting life!

Ex.3 Answer the questions:

1.Who is interviewing the Duchess of Wessex?

2.Does she wake up at eight o'clock? (Ask "What time…?") 3.Does she have breakfast in the kitchen? (Ask “Where…?”)

4.Does she read "The Sun" magazine? (Ask "What…?")

5.Does she read her letters?

6.Does she dictate the replies to her husband?

7.Does she walk in the garden with her secretary? (Ask "Who … with?")

8.Does she have lunch at twelve? (Ask "What time…?")

9.What does she do until six?

10.What does she do at six?

3.3Nick’s usual working day

Hi, nice to meet you all!

My name is Nick Price. I am a freshman at MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I am not from Boston myself. I was born in Vermilion, Ohio, not far from Cleveland.

My family is not very rich, that is why I can't afford to live on a campus. But it is a rule that every student must reside on campus during his or her freshman year. To cover some of the expenses I've got to work part-time on the campus. I work in cafeteria.

Now let me tell you about my usual working day. I wake up at seven in the morning. My alarm-clock radio is tuned to my favourite radio station. My roommate Todd Hall is a football player. He jogs every morning at 6:30. He is still out jogging when I get up. First I take a cold shower and brush my teeth. Then I get dressed and rush to work — to the University cafeteria. I wash dishes and clean the tables. It is not a very interesting job, I know that, but soon I'll be a cook and will earn more. My boss Suzie is very strict but very nice when you do

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your job properly.

My first class starts at 11:15. The professor is never late for his classes. The lecture hall we sit in has about 100 seats. MIT is a very big school. I think that it is the best school of science and technology in the US.

At 2:00 p.m. I eat lunch at cafeteria. The food is free for me because I work there. I am a vegetarian and I don't like drinks with caffeine. I prefer cool filtered water or juice.

Then I have two more classes. I need to go to the library right after the classes to do my homework. There I meet my friends and we talk a lot. Twice a week I play basket-ball with my friends. I swim once a week. Usually after studying in the library we go out to the cafe or just sit outside and talk.

I have dinner at 6: 00 p.m. at the little Chinese restaurant not too far from the dormitory or I cook myself in the kitchen in my dorm. My favourite food is salami pizza and potato salad.

After dinner I watch TV or play ping-pong with my friends. On Fridays, we go to the football game.

I usually read before I go to bed. It calms me down after the long day. I guess, that's pretty much it for now. See you later!

Ex.1 Answer the questions:

1.Where does Nick Price study?

2.What year of study is he in?

3.Is Nick from Boston?

4.Where was he born?

5.Is Nick's family a rich one?

6.Where does he go to do his homework? Why?

7.What sports does he play?

5.What is Nick's job? Do you think he enjoys it?

6.Is Massachusetts Institute of Technology a good school?

7.What do you know about Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

8.What does Nick say about his boss?

9.Where and when does he have dinner?

10.Does he ever cook himself?

11.What drinks does he dislike?

12.Where does Nick spend his evenings?

13.What does Nick usually do on Friday nights?

14. What does he do before going to bed?

3.4 A Hard Life

Jerry Floyd is talking to his grandfather about his new job: "It's terrible, granddad. I have to get up at seven o'clock because I have to catch the bus to work. Because I'm new, I have to make tea. I have to work hard... I'm only

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happy at weekends: I don't have to work then." His grandfather isn't very sympathetic (не очень-то сочувствует):

"I had to start work when I was 14. I lived in South Wales, and there wasn't much work. I had to be a coal miner. We had to work 12 hours a day. We didn't have to work on Sundays...but we had to work the other 6 days of the week.

When I was eighteen, the First World War started. I joined the army I had to wear a uniform, and I had to go to France. A lot of my friends died. We had to obey (повиноваться, подчиняться) the officers, and we had to kill people. When I was sixty, I had to go into hospital because of the dust from the mines. It was the quietest time in my life. I didn't have to work, I didn't have to earn money (зарабатывать деньги).

I retired (увольняться, уходить с работы) when I was sixty-five. Nowadays I don't work and I don't have to get up early. But I have to live on my pension, and life is still difficult. I don't feel sorry for you".

Ex. 2 Answer the questions:

1.Does he have to get up at 6 o'clock?

2.Does he have to get up at 7 o'clock?

3.Does he have to catch the train?

4.Does he have to catch the bus?

5.Does he have to make the coffee?

6.Does he have to make the tea?

7.Does he have to work hard?

8.Does he have to work on Saturday?

9.Did his grandfather have to start work at 15, or did he have to start work at 14?

10.Did he have to live in North Wales, or did he live in South Wales?

11.Did he have to be a teacher, or did he have to be coal miner?

12.Did he have to work 8 hours a day, or did he have to work 12 hours a day?

13.Did he have to work 5 days a week or did he have to work 6 days a week?

14.Did he have to work on Sundays?

15.When did the First world war start?

16.How old was he then?

17.What did he have to join?

18.What did he have to wear?

20.How many of his friends died?

21.Who did he have to obey?

22.What did he have to do?

23.Did he have to go into hospital?

24.When did he have to go into hospital?

25.Why did he have to go into hospital?

26.Did he have to work in hospital?

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