 |
I. Answer the following questions.
|
|
|
|
1. When does your working day begin? 2. Do you get up early? Is it difficult for you to get up early? 3. Do you wake up yourself or does an alarm-clock wake you up? 4. What do you do when you get up? 5. Do you do your morning exercises every day? 6. Who makes breakfast for you? What do you usually have for breakfast? 7. What time do you leave for University? How much time does it take to get there? 8. Do you like to study at your University? 9. How many lectures do you have every day? 10. How many are you in your group? 11. Where do you usually have lunch (dinner)? What do you usually have for dinner? 12. Do you have a short rest after dinner? Do you have a nap in the afternoon? 13. What do you usually do in the evening? 14. Do you have a lot of free time? What do you do in your spare time? 15. What time do you usually go to bed?
II. Translate into English.
A. 1. В обычный день меня будит будильник. 2. Мой рабочий день начинается в 9 часов, и длиться 7 часов. 3. Если это весна или лето я быстро вскакиваю с постели и подбегаю к окну. 4. Я широко открываю окно, чтобы впустить свежий воздух. 5. Я не так быстро вылезаю из постели зимой. 5. Я притворяюсь, что не слышу будильника. 6. Я начинаю готовиться к работе. 7. Я заправляю постель и иду в ванную комнату. 8. Я чищу зубы и принимаю душ, потом я завтракаю. 9. Пока я завтракаю, я слушаю музыку. 10. Я включаю телевизор, чтобы послушать новости. 11. На завтрак у меня обычно чашка чая и несколько бутербродов. 12. Он встаёт в 7, а уходит из дома в 8 часов. 13. В будние дни у них нет свободного времени. 14. Я должен торопиться, чтобы не опоздать на автобус. 15. Он встал, умылся, оделся, позавтракал, вышёл из дома и пошёл на остановку. 16. Чтобы добраться до университета мне нужно 30 минут. 17. Вчера мой брат был болен и не пошёл на работу (остался дома). 18. Кроме работы в офисе, ей приходится делать всю работу по дому.
B. 1. В будние дни я очень занята. 2. Мои будние дни не слишком отличаются друг от друга. 3. В будни мой рабочий день начинается рано утром. 4. Занятия в университете начинаются в 8.30, так что мне надо встать в 7, чтобы быть готовой вовремя, так как я не люблю опаздывать. 5. Я никогда не просыпаюсь сама, меня всегда будит моя мама. 6. Иногда я делаю утреннюю зарядку, а после нее мчусь в ванную. 7. Я чищу зубы, умываю лицо, так как от холодной воды я чувствую себя не такой сонной 8. Затем я возвращаюсь в свою комнату и застилаю постель. 9. Я одеваюсь, расчесываюсь, слегка подкрашиваюсь. 10. К этому времени мой завтрак готов.
|
|
|
III. Read the following texts and translate them.
My way to the University
I leave my home and go straight to the trolleybus stop. As I live quite near the trolleybus stop, I am there in 5 minutes. I take a trolleybus which is always overcrowded. I’m all cramped. I hate travelling during the rush hours. It affects my spirits badly, but when I come to my University and see my friends, I feel happy. Sometimes I change to the tram because it is more comfortable. People get on and get off at the stop. On entering it I have to pay the fare. I have a ticket that allows me to go by public transport for a month. I buy a ticket for students. Now there are many shuttle-taxis. This kind of transport is also comfortable. If I have no time I try to catch a fixed-route taxi. I don’t want to be late for the first lecture so I come to the University a few minutes before the bell.
On my way to the University I pass by the magnificent monument-Mamayev Hill which attracts crowds of people from our country and abroad. It makes a great impression on the visitors and when the tourists make a tour round the city they never miss it. So, after a long way I get off at my stop. The traffic in our city is heavy, that’s why I am always careful while I crossing the street. I always cross the street at special places, called crossing and under the green light. I don’t have to cross the street to get to the University.
Vocabulary
to affect one’s spirits ‑ действовать (влиять) на настроение
to change to – пересесть
to pay the fare ‑ платить за проезд
shuttle-taxi ‑ маршрутка
to be late for ‑ опоздать
to pass by ‑ проходить мимо
to make a good (bad) impression on smb. ‑ произвести хорошее (плохое) впечатление на кого-либо
heavy (restricted) traffic ‑ интенсивное (ограниченное) движение
to cross the street under the green light ‑ переходить улицу на зелёный свет
crossing ‑ переход
At the English lesson
Usually I sit at the first desk in front of the blackboard. On my right is my friend Andrew. Two student-girls are behind us. The other students sit on our left. We like English, that’s why everybody is always present at the lesson.
English is one of the general subjects at our University. At the lessons we talk and discuss things, read and write, we also listen to tape recordings and see different films. We read and translate texts, write and translate words, sentences, ask and answer questions, agree or disagree with the teacher. Sometimes we listen to short texts then we retell them. We also do a lot of exercises at home. Before doing an exercise I read a new rule in the text-book and learn it. The text-book gives us a lot of examples and this helps us to do the exercise correctly.
|
|
|
Our teacher explains to us difficult things. She listens to the students and corrects the students’ mistakes in reading, retelling and translation. I am happy that I can also speak English a little. I have a lot of work to do every day. I have some difficulty with the pronunciation but I haven’t much difficulty with spelling. The tape-recorder and the videotape-recorder are of great help to us. Our students are never absent from the English classes, we prepare carefully for them and the teacher is pleased with our knowledge. From lesson to lesson we improve our knowledge, learn more and more new words, grammatical structures and put them into practice of speaking.
I must say that learning a foreign language is not an easy thing. It is a long and slow process that takes a lot of time and efforts. One should say that English is not an easy language to learn. There is a big problem of spelling, of the large number of exceptions to any rule. But I want to know foreign languages because I have always been interested in foreign countries, their cultures and peoples. I want to learn English in particular not only because it is the language of such great countries as the USA and Great Britain, but also because it has become the international language, the language of progressive science and engineering. To know English today is absolutely necessary for every educated man, for every good specialist.
UNIT 3
My weekend
I have always been wondering what it means, "the day off." If we can do what we really want to do only once a week and fail to find any time for our hobbies during the other six days of the week, it means there is something wrong with time planning. We often repeat proverbs like "the busiest men find the most time" but it is still difficult to find a minute to spare on week days. It seems to me that if we really value our time, we can always find at least half an hour a day for our favourite occupations. Unfortunately, I am unable to do this myself, and Saturdays and Sundays are my favourite days of the week because these are the days of relaxation when I can do all pleasant things I have dreamt about during the week.
During the weekend I can enjoy myself and do whatever I like, but from Monday till Saturday I have almost no spare time. Most people in our country work five days a week but some people work six days. They have only one day off. It is Sunday. As I am a student, my days off are Saturday and Sunday. I always look forward to my weekend. You needn't hurry anywhere and you may go wherever you like after your week's work. I can’t say that I am a heavy sleeper but as I get very tired during the week I let myself sleep a little longer on my weekend. So, on this day I wake up later than usual. I usually get up at about ten o'clock. As soon as I get up I air the room, make my bed and do my morning exercises. Then I go to the bathroom where I have a shower, clean my teeth and brush my hair. Then I go to the kitchen and help my mother lay the table. On Sundays my parents sleep a bit longer too, that is why we have neither breakfast nor lunch but brunch. All of us like porridge and fried eggs for breakfast, but I prefer apple juice and my parents - coffee with milk.
After brunch my father clears away the dishes, washes up and my mother and I do the flat. As a rule it takes us about an hour and a half as we have only two rooms. We do not need to go shopping on Sunday as my mother does it on Saturday. So after twelve o'clock I am free to do whatever I like.
|
|
|
People spend their days off in different ways. Some of them prefer to stay at home and read a book or visit an art exhibition, a museum or a sport event. In the evening, as a rule, they go to the theatre or to see their friends. Other people prefer to spend their days off out of town.
As for me I also like to spend my days off in the country. I go in for sports, that is why on Sunday I go to the tennis court and play tennis for about two hours. I have been playing tennis since my 10th form and I can say that it helps me relax and feel well during the whole week. On my way home I usually drop in at the confectionery and buy a cherry cake because we are used to having something tasty for dinner.
Sometimes I meet my friends and we discuss our plans together. We may go to the cinema or theatre, to museums and parks. Last Sunday we went to the Botanical Garden. There were many beds of spring flowers there: red, yellow and blue. People in light clothes were walking along the paths. The air was fresh and clean. It was very pleasant to spend time there.
In fine weather we also like to be out of town. We find a nice place somewhere in the forest or on the bank of the river. We lie in the sun, play different games and swim. In winter my friends and I often go to the skating-rink. Skating is my favourite kind of sport, but I like to ski too. When the weather is bad my friends come to my place. We listen to music or go to the cinema. We like films about the life of the youth abroad. On the way home we usually discuss the films we've seen.
Sunday is the only day when we have dinner together: That is one of the reasons why I like Sundays. Sometimes we receive guests at our place or go for a walk. All of us like nature and are fond of walking.
After dinner we are used to going to the park which is near our house. It is very pleasant to walk there. We enjoy the fresh air and the beautiful scenery around us. While walking we usually discuss the books we have read, the films we have watched recently and ask each other a lot of questions about our life, work and studies. After coming home we either watch TV or play different games, chess for example. In the evening all the members of our family get together.
At eight o'clock we have light supper, usually some vegetables. My mother is very good at making different salads. After supper we make plans for tomorrow, read books. We have a good library at home. My father is fond of reading historical novels because he is interested in history. My mother is indifferent to such kind of books. She prefers detective stories. As for me I like science fiction very much.
At ten o'clock on Sunday I start preparing for University as I am always short of time on Monday morning. At eleven o'clock I go to bed because I have to get up early next morning.
|
|
|
