Vocabulary

to be an early riser

to do morning exercises

to get dressed

unfortunately

to fail

entrance examinations

a position of a secretary

a company

typewriting

computing

business organization

excellent

to waste time

to retell

to come across

to memorize

a flashcard

a fax message

a partner

abroad

to answer a phone call

break

occasionally

experience

Questions

I. Do you get up early? Is it easy for you to get up early?

2; Do you wake up yourself or does an alarm-clock wake you up?

3. Do you do morning exercises? Do you do your morning exercises to music?

4. Which do you prefer: a hot or a cold shower in the morning?

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

6. What do you usually have for breakfast?

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

8. When do you usually leave the house?

9. Do you work? Where do you work?

10. What do you usually do on your way to work (school, etc.)?

11. Where do you usually have lunch (dinner)?

12. What time do you come home?

13. When do you usually go to bed?

Communicative tasks

A

Read what Sharon says about a typical working day:

SHARON

I usually get up at 7 o'clock and have a big breakfast. I walk to work, which takes me about half an hour. I start work at 8.45. I never have lunch. I finish work at 5 o'clock. I'm always tired when I get home. I usually cook a meal in the evening. I don't usually go out. I go to bed at about 11 o'clock. I always sleep well.

Yesterday was a typical working day for Sharon. Write what she did or didn't do yesterday.

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B

Fill in the gaps with the verbs in the necessary tense form

Last night I............................................. (just/go )to bed and……………………(read )a book when suddenly I............................................. (hear) a noise. I....................……

(get) up to see what it was but I............................................. (not/see) anything, so................................................... (go) back to bed.

Hobbies

Hobbies differ like tastes. If you have chosen a hobby according to your character and taste you are lucky because your life .becomes more interesting.

Hobbies are divided into four large classes: doing things, making things, collecting things, and learning things.

: The most popular of all hobby groups is doing things. It includes a wide variety of ac- tivities, everything from gardening to travelling and from chess to volleyball.

Gardening is one of the oldest of man's hobbies.It is a well-known fact that the English are very fond of gardening and growing flowers, especially roses.

Both grown-ups and children are fond of playing different computer games. This is a relatively new hobby but it is becoming more and more popular.

Making things includes drawing, painting, making sculpture, designing costumes, handicrafts. Two of the most famous hobby painters were President Eisenhower and Sir Winston Churchill. Some hobbyists write music or play musical instruments. President Bill Clinton, for example, played the saxophone.

Almost everyone collects something at some period in his life: stamps, coins, matchboxes, books, records, postcards, toys, watches. Some collections have no real value. Others become so large and so valuable that they are housed in museums and galleries. Many world-famous collections started in a small way with one or two items. People with a good deal of money often collect paintings, rare books and other art objects. Often such private collections are given to museums, libraries and public galleries so that others might take pleasure in seeing them.

No matter what kind of hobby a person has, he always has the opportunity of learning from it. By reading about the things he is interested in, he is adding to what he knows. Learning things can be the most exciting aspect of a hobby.