{1-3. and 9 as home task}

My study at university.

Vocabulary and comprehension practice

1. Read the text and write about your working day. My working day

It is my little sister Masha who usually starts a day at our flat. She is up and about long before my alarm-clock goes off.

I am a very sound sleeper, what my sister calls a sleepy-head. On week-days my working day starts at 6.30. If it is spring or early autumn I jump out of bed, run to the window and open it wide to let the fresh air in. The bright sun and the singing of birds set me into a cheerful working mood. In winter I am not so quick to leave my bed, and I bury my head under the pillow pretending not to hear the alarm-clock. But all the same it is time to get up and start getting ready for a day’s work.

It doesn’t take me long to do my bed and to get washed. At 7 o’clock I’m through with my shower and ready to have breakfast. Breakfast, as doctors say, must be the most substantial meal of the day. But I have neither time nor desire to cook it, so I just gulp down a cup of coffee and eat some sandwiches.

I leave the house at twenty minutes to eight. I live quite near my university. It takes me about ten minutes to walk there. On my way to the university I often meet my friends and we go on together.

Classes start at eight sharp and last till two. I usually have 4 classes a day. The breaks are not long. That’s hardly enough to have a short snack in the canteen but I manage some times.

I am back home at about 14.30 p.m. As a rule, I have dinner at once for I’m awfully hungry after classes. I usually have a three-course dinner consisting of a plate of soup, some meat course with vegetables and a cup of tea.

Then I clear away the dishes and wash up. After dinner I have a short rest reading or watching TV or listening to music. Sometimes if the day was especially tiresome I may even have a short nap on the sofa.

When I feel rested I tidy up the flat and do some shopping if there’s any need to. Then I sit down at my writing-table to do my homework. It usually takes me about 3 hours and a half to get everything ready for the next day.

In the evening I like to take a stroll round the neighbourhood with my friends if the weather’s fine. Then after a light supper I read for an hour or so before going to bed.

2. Fill in the gaps with the words: all of us, till, make notes, watch, important, library, prepares, different, go for a walk, rest.

1. We learn a lot of … subjects at school. 2. Mother … breakfast and dinner for all of us. 3. Sometimes we stay at university … 5 o’clock. 4. I don’t like to … when I listen to a text. 5. Pete’s family has a good … at home. 6. He has books in … subjects in his library. 7. … help farmers in summer. 8. We often … in the evening. 9. They don’t … TV every day. 10. On Sundays we ….

3. Answer the questions.

1. When do you get up?

2. When do you have your breakfast?

3. When do you go to university?

4. How long do you stay at university?

5. What do you do when you come from university?

6. What do you do in the evening?

7. When do you go to bed?