Переведите текст. Оставляли ли вас ваши родители дома одних. Если бы вы были родителями, оставили бы вы своих детей дома одних.

Good afternoon and welcome to our programme, ‘Family Tips’. Today we’re talking about the problems parents have in deciding when their children are old enough to stay at home by themselves for the three or four hours between school and the time mothers get back from work. We have with us in the studio, psychologist Alex Clarke.

Alex, at what age is it safe to give children the front door key and what sort of things should parents discuss with their children first to ensure their safety?

Alex Clarke

It is generally accepted that kids between ten and thirteen are capable of taking care of themselves and their siblings, but what you really need to assess is their maturity. If you’re confident they can follow instructions and handle emergencies, the next step is to establish some rules. First, have a plan of action for them to check in with you when they get home  it’s important they ring you as soon as they get in. Then you should give them a call when you leave work to go home. You should agree what to do when the phone rings or if someone comes to the house. It is best to teach them never to open the door to anyone, regardless of whether they know them or not. Then little by little get your children used to a new situation where they are left alone — initially for a very short time, say, about 20 minutes. Make sure that you have a trial period in which your kids can familiarise themselves with using the house key. Instruct them to always keep it in their school bag and attach a long key chain that will help them to find the key easily. Make emergency numbers available by leaving them near the phone. Leave snacks that they can eat straight away without having to cook  using the cooker is the leading cause of accidents. Show your children where the medical kit and fire extinguishers are and teach your children how to use them. Lock away medicines and alcoholic drinks. And don’t forget to talk frequently to your children about all sorts of situations that might happen. You could even use role-play as a technique for showing them how to deal with such situations.

VOCABULARY

Family Tips – Семейныесоветы

thefrontdoorkey – ключ от входной двери

theirsiblings – своих братьев и сестер

regardless of whether – независимооттого

the medical kit and fire extinguishers – аптечкаиогнетушитель

UNIT 6

Досуг.

Запомните следующие слова и выражения:

· to envy — завидовать

· to guess — догадываться

· I didn’t have to hurry — мне не нужно было торопиться

· anearlyriser — человек, поднимающийся рано

· to was honeself — умываться

· to lay the table — накрывать на стол

· tasty — вкусный

· favourite — любимый

· pie — пирог

· to go skating and skiing — кататься на коньках и лыжах

· to happen — случаться

· gloomy — мрачный

· to speak over the phone — разговаривать по телефону

· boring — утомительный, скучный

· to feel sorry for smb. — жалеть кого-нибудь

· to feel — чувствовать

· TV-addicts — «телеманы»; люди, проводящие много времени перед телевизором

· to play a game of chess — сыгратьпартиювшахматы

· to argue — спорить

· we listened to my younger sister playing the piano (Complex Object) — мыслушали, какмоямладшаясестраиграетнапианино

4. Переведите текст, используя новые слова, ответьте на вопросы после текста.

When a school-girl I always envied those students who went to school five but not six days a week, as we did. So you may guess, I had the only day off — Sunday. On Sunday, I didn’t have to hurry anywhere, that’s why, I got up at nine or ten o’clock. I wasn’t an early riser.

I did my bed, washed myself and went to the kitchen. In the kitchen the table had already been laid and I always had something tasty on Sunday: fried potatoes, meat salad or my favouriteapple pies. After breakfast, if the weather was sunny, I usually didn’t stay indoors, I went to see my friends.

We often played volleyball or basket-ball in the yard and in winter if there was much snow out-of-doors we went skating and skiing in the woods. But sometimes the day happened to be rainy and gloomy.

I preferred to be in watching TV, listening to music, reading books, speaking over the phone or just lying on the sofa idling away the time. Some of my classmates could watch all TV-programmes from morning till night, but I think it’s rather boring, and I always felt sorry for those TV-addicts.

It’s much more interesting to play a game of chess with your grandfather, or help your mother about the house, or argue with your father about the latest events at home and abroad. In the evening, when all the family were together, we had some tea with a cake or biscuits, we listened to my younger sister playing the piano, sometimes we sang folk songs.

Every Sunday, when I went to bed, I was thinking that the day had flashed past and the next week would bring new problems and their solution.

Questions:

1. What day was your day off?

2. When did you get up on Sunday?

3. Were you an early riser?

4. What did you have for breakfast on Sunday?

5. What did you do if the weather was sunny?

6. Did you like to stay indoors when the day was rainy and gloomy?

7. Do you think to watch TV from morning till night is rather boring?

8. What did you do in the evening?

 

Заключение:

Проблемы изучения английского языка являются актуальными в наше время. Наиболее необходимые навыки – это владение устной речью и владение достаточным количеством словарного запаса для высказывания своего собственного мнения. Методическая разработка предназначена для заучивания и произношения иностранных слов, для навыков устной речи и умения вести беседу, а так же для чтения, понимания и пересказа текстов.

Список литературы:

1. Бонк Н.А. Английский язык для международного сотрудничества.- М., 2007.

2. Богацкий И.С., Дюканова Н.М. Бизнес-курс английского языка.- К., 2007.

3. Войтенок В.В. Разговорный английский: пособие по развитию устной речи.- М.: Айрис-пресс, 2009.

4. Кононенко А.П. Английский язык для средних профессиональных заведений. – М., 2009.

5. Цветкова И.В. Пособие для поступающих в ВУЗы. – М., 2008.

 

Интернет ресурсы:

1.www.engtopic.ru

2. www.bbc.com

3. www.onestopenglish.com

4. www.macmilan.ru

 

ОГЛАВЛЕНИЕ:

1. Введение 2

2. Основная часть 3-19

UNIT 1.Описание людей. 3