9. Answer the questions using information from the text and compare them with the given answers. Work in pairs.

1. What does Vladimir like?

He likes Sundays very much.

2. Who wakes him up in the morning?

On Sunday his mother wakes up him with a nice cup of coffee later than usual.

3. What does his sister do, while he reads morning newspapers?

While he reads morning newspapers his sister tidies the flat up complaining that she has to cope on her own.

4. What does he do when he gets up?

As soon as he gets up, he airs the room, makes his bed and does morning exercises.

5. What does he do after breakfast?

After breakfast he clears away the dishes and washes up. Two more hours for getting ready with his homework and he is free.

6. Why does he phone his friends after supper?

He makes a couple of phone calls to arrange a meeting with his friends.

7. What does he prefer to do if the weather is fine?

If the weather is fine he prefers to be out of town just to enjoy the beautiful view of the countryside: in autumn to pick up mushrooms and buries, in winter to ski.

8. Why do they usually treat themselves to tea or coffee?

As they are short of money they treat themselves to some tea and coffee.

9. Why doesn't Vladimir dance at a disco?

Vladimir doesn't dance well, when everybody dances, he sits and looks miserable.

10. What does he do if he is tired of bars, noisy companies and sleepless nights?

If it happens, he prefers to be in watching TV, listening to music, reading books, just speaking over the phone or playing computer games.

11. What do all members of his family do when they meet together?

In the evening when all the members of his family get together, they have supper, make plans for tomorrow, and argue about the latest events at home and abroad. Sometimes they receive guests at their place.

1. Владимиру не нужно никуда спешить и он может идти, куда он хочет.

Vladimir needn't hurry anywhere and he may go wherever he likes after his week's work.

2. В воскресенье мама будит его позже обычного.

On Sunday his mother wakes up him later than usual.

3. Как только он встает, он проветривает комнату, заправляет кровать и делает зарядку.

As soon as he gets up, he airs the room, makes his bed and does morning exercises.

4. Еще 2 часа, чтобы сделать уроки, и он свободен.

Two more hours for getting ready with his homework and he is free.

5. Если погода хорошая, он предпочитает уезжать загород, чтобы насладиться прекрасными видами окрестностей.

If the weather is fine he prefers to be out of town just to enjoy the beautiful view of the countryside.

6. Так как у них мало денег, они заказывают только чай или кофе.

As they are short of money they treat themselves to some tea and coffee.

7. Я советую ему взять несколько уроков танцев.

I advise him to take some dancing lessons.

8. Иногда он устает от баров, шумных компаний и бессонных ночей.

Sometimes he is tired of bars, noisy companies and sleepless nights.

9. Ему очень нравятся выходные.

He enjoys his days off very much.