I. Discuss the following questions.

 

1. What is your favourite day of the week? Why?

2. What time of the day do you like best? Why?

3. Do you have to get up early in the morning? What time?

4. Are your weekends busy? What do you usually do?

 

II. Read the following phrases. Make sure you understand all the words. When do you usually do these things? Put them in the correct order.

 

· you go to school/work

· you get up/get out of bed

· you turn off the light

· clean your teeth

· you come home

· you fall asleep

· you have breakfast

· you watch TV

· your alarm goes off

· you do your homework

· you get dressed

· you surf the Internet

· you go to bed

· you wake up

· you switch off the alarm

· you have dinner

· you have a bath/shower

· you have classes

 

 

III. Look through the list of household chores. Which jobs do you have to do? Which ones do you hate / don’t you mind doing? Memorize the expressions.

1. do the cleaning
2. dust the furniture
3. sweep the floor
4. mop the floor
5. do the vacuuming (=vacuum the floor)
6. tidy up
7. throw out the garbage (=empty the rubbish)
8. do the ironing
9. do the washing (= wash the clothes)
10. do the washing-up (=wash the dishes)
11. empty the dishwasher
12. make the bed
13. feed pets
14. take the dog for a walk
15. do the shopping (=go shopping)
16. cook
17. water the flowers
18. cut the grass

TEXT 1

IV. Read the text. Memorize the words in bold.

A Day in the Life

7 a.m. -- Your alarm is going off, time to get up! (But if you're like me, you hit snooze at least three times.)

7.15 a.m. -- You finally get out of bed, stick your feet into your cozy slippers, wash up, get dressed and head for the kitchen to have a quick breakfast: a glass of milk and three little muffins. Then grab your book bag and leave the house to catch the bus.

7.45 a.m. – You take the bus to go to university for morning classes. It takes about 30 minutes, and the bus stops right in front of the university.

9 a.m. –You have classes.

1 p.m. -- You have an hour or so to get downtown to grab some lunch. Some of my friends have lunch in the canteen or take a packed lunch.

2 p.m. – You have afternoon classes. Then you hit the computer lab to check e-mails from home, or meet your language exchange friend, a native French speaker who is learning English and you chat for an hour or two, half the time in French and half in English.

7 p.m. -- You catch your bus home; some students head for the campus where all the university dorms are located.

8 p.m. -- You come home, just in time to help prepare for a delicious dinner.

9 p.m. -- After dinner, you can do your homework, then gather around the TV and watch the evening news or movies with your host family. Sometimes you surf the Internet or read. And then you go to bed at about 10: there are no all-nighters here except when you want a night out.  

On the weekends, you can go on excursions. But this weekend, you go on a day-trip to hike along the beautiful French countryside with your host family.

VOCABULARY

V. Read and memorize the definitions.

alarm = alarm clock - a clock that wakes a sleeper

campus - a field on which the buildings of a university are situated

canteen - a place where students have meals

catch the bus/train = take the bus 

chat = talk (in a friendly way)

Do one’s homework

dorm = dormitory - a college or university building where students live

downtown – the central area or commercial center of a town or city

get dressed – put on your clothes

Go/come home

go off - make a noise; sound

go to bed = go to sleep

Go to university

grab – take

have breakfast/lunch/dinner – eat

head (for) = go (to) - go in a certain direction

hit – 1) press or push (a button); 2) go to, arrive at

hit snooze = hit the “snooze” button – when you hit the “snooze” button on the alarm clock it puts the alarm off for another 7-10 minutes

It takes …to do smth – doing smthrequires … (time)

night out - being out usually with friends at nighttime for discos, parties etc

surf the Internet = go on the Internet

wash up – 1) to wash one's face and hands; 2) to wash (dishes, cutlery, etc.) after a meal

Watch TV/the evening news/movies

On/at the weekend(s)

READING COMPREHENSION

VI. Answer the questions.

1. When does the student have to get up?

2. When does he finally get up? Why?

3. Do you ever hit the snooze button?

4. What does he do when he gets out of bed?

5. Does he walk to university?

6. How long does it take him to get there?

7. How do you get to university? Does it take you long?

8. What time do the classes start?

9. When are the classes over?

10. Does he have a lunch break? A coffee break?

11. How long is the break?

12. Where do students have lunch?

13. What does he do after the afternoon classes?

14. What time does he come home?

15. What does he do after dinner?

16. Does he do his homework?

17. Who does he watch TV with?

18. He goes to bed at 11.30, doesn’t he?

19. Where does he go on the weekends?

20. What about this weekend?

21. Does he go hiking with his friends?

 

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