After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today

All is well that ends well

Live and learn

Everything is good in its season

 

3.6.5 Read, translate, learn and recite the dialogues

 

3.6.5.1

 

Pavel: What are you doing after finishing school?

Mike: I am working as a turner at one of the factories.

Pavel: When does your working day begin?

Mike: Very early. I usually get up at half past six and leave for work at half past seven.

Pavel: How long does it take you to get from home to the factory?

Mike: About half an hour.

Pavel: You surely made friends with some workmates, didn’t you?

Mike: Certainly, I did. Excellent chaps they are!

Pavel: Do you get your dinner in the factory’s cafeteria or at home?

Mike: In the cafeteria. At noon we have an hour interval.

Pavel: What are you doing after the working day is over?

Mike: Sometimes I call on a friend of mine and sometimes I do a bit of reading. Very often I listen to music or watch TV.

Pavel: I suppose you go to bed late, don’t you?

Mike: Oh, yes, at 12.

 

3.6.5.2

 

Lavrov: I know your company is very big Mr Bell

Bell: Yes we’ve got offices in different cities. I meet our customers every day.

Lavrov: Oh really? And when do you usually come to the office?

Bell: At 9 in the morning.

Lavrov: Do you stay in the office all day?

Bell: I often do. I read cables and telexes and write letters.

Lavrov: I do that in my office in Moscow too.

Bell: Are you always very busy?

Lavrov: Yes, very busy till 6 o’clock.

Bell: I finish my work at 6 too and come home at 7.

Lavrov: Do you always stay at home in the evenings?

Bell: Not always. Sometimes we go out, but sometimes we stay at home and read books or watch television.

Lavrov: That sounds nice.

 

3.6.5.3

 

Lavrov: What do you usually do at weekends, Mr Bell?

Bell: Oh, at weekends we often go to Brighton [brait∂n].

Lavrov: Brighton? Is it a nice place?

Bell: Yes, it is a very nice place near London. We got to Brighton in the morning and stay there all day

Lavrov: That sounds nice.

Bell: But we don’t always go out at weekends. Sometimes we stay at home and meet our friends or watch television.

Lavrov: We often do that at weekends too.

 

3.6.5.4

 

Ann: What do you usually do after work Susan?

Susan: Oh, a lot of things. There are always a lot of things to do about the house: washing up, doing the rooms, ironing.

Ann: No, I don’t mean that. What’s your favorite pastime?

Susan: Again, nothing very special. Sometimes I read a little or watch TV. When Jane calls we go to the cinema, very seldom, though, to the theatre.

Ann: I see. What’s about dancing? Do you like it?

Susan: Oh, very. Actually I’m crazy about dancing. Do you mean to say we’ll go to a dance?

Ann: Yes, I’d like to.

 

3.6.6 Make up a dialogue with a partner telling how you spend your working day / day-off

Refreshing your grammar

 

Present Simple

 

3.7.1.1 Do you agree that …

A good student …

… always comes to class in time.

… pays attention to the manner of his/her behaviour.

… does homework everyday.

… never interrupts the teacher.

… asks intelligent questions.

… doesn’t forget things.

 

3.7.1.2 Work in pairs. Choose one of the following and discuss what the person does and doesn’t do. Write a list

 

a good mother a good father

a good wife a good husband

a good friend a good son or daughter

a good boss a good employee

Discuss your list with other students

 

3.7.2 Past Simple

 

3.7.2.1 Listen to the poem and try to write down the verbs

My old dad

We never ……… him in the mornings

And he always ………. home late

Then he ……… and ……… the paper

And …………the crossword while he ……..

He never ………. us with our homework

But he ……… me how to swim

And he ……… to be patient

I guess I …… a lot from him.

My old dad

He was one of the good guys

He was nobody’s hero

But he was special to me.

Every summer we ………. to Blackpool

Except when he ……… unemployed

He …….. to ……… and ……….. the sunset

That ………. one thing we both ………..

He …….. very gentle

Nothing ever ……. him mad

He ……… never rich or famous

But I …… proud of my old dad

My old dad

He was one of the good guys

He was nobody’s hero

But he was special to me.

 

3.7.2.2 Match the present and past forms of these irregular verbs

 

go tell can do come hear wake have say know woke could went heard said told came had did got knew

 

3.7.2.3 Make fifteen sentences about people who lived in Russia 500 years ago. Use didn’t, wasn’t and weren’t

 

Examples:

They didn’t eat bananas.

They didn’t drink tea.

They didn’t have passports.

Most people weren’t very tall.

There wasn’t any paper money.

 

3.7.3 Future Simple

 

3.7.3.1 Write your own “promise” what you will do (not do) when you are old. Use some or all of the following structures

 

When I am old, I will …

I will …

I will not …

I will (not) be able to …

I will (not) have to …

I (don’t) suppose I will …

I doubt if I will …

I am sure I will (not)

I might …

 

3.7.3.2 Choose five of the following predictions and say whether or not you agree with them. Add three more predictions of your own

 

In the year 3000

Everybody will speak the same language.

Books will no longer exist.

There will be no religion.

Most animals and birds will be extinct.

People will be taller and stronger.

People will live much longer than now.

Large parts of the earth will be uninhabitable.

The world will be seriously overcrowded.

Families will be limited to one child.

There will be a world government.

There will be no such thing as money.

There will be no shops.

Private houses will not exist.

Private cars will not exist.

Nobody will work.

 

Useful expressions and structures:

I don’t think … will …

I don’t suppose … will …

I’m sure \ certain that … will (not) …

It’s likely \ not very likely \ unlikely \ very probable \ possible that … will..

3.7.3.3 Work in groups. Each group should choose one of the following subjects, and spend a quarter of an hour discussing it. Then a member of each group should tell the class what the group has decided

 

What will the housing situation be like in 50 years’ time?

What kind of games and sports will people play in 200 years?

How will shopping work in 50 years’ time? Will people still use money? If not, what will they use instead?

What do you think education be like 100 years from now?

What will … be like in 100 years? (Your choice of subject.)

 

Some fun

3.8.1 Try to pronounce the tongue-twisters quickly and correctly

 

- Elizabeth’s birthday is on the third Thursday of this month.

- How many cookies could cook a good cook to cook if a good cook could cook cookies?

- Mr. Tounge Twister tried to train his tounge to twist and turn, and twit and twat, to learn the letter “T”.

- She saw Sherif’s shoes on the sofa. But was she sure she saw Sherif’s shoes on the sofa?

- Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew.

- While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew.

- Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze.

- Freezy trees made these three cheese freeze.

- That’s what made these three free fleas sneeze.

- He threw three free throws.

- I thought, I thought of thinking of thanking you.

- Eddie edited it.

- Four furious friends fought for the phone.

- The queen in green screamed.

- Six slimy snails sailed silently.

- On a lazy laser raiser lies a laser ray eraser.

- Wow, race winners really want red wine right away.

- The ruddy widow really wants ripe watermelon and red roses when winter arrives.

- Chestar Cheetah chews a chunk of cheep cheddar cheese.

- Two tiny tigers take two taxis to town.

- Excited executioner is exercising his excising powers excessively.

- Casual clothes are provisional for leisurely trips across Asia.

- I wish you were a fish in my dish.

- The big black bug bit the big black bear but the big black bear bit the big black bug back.

 

3.8.2 Read and memorize the poem

 

Leisure

W. Davies (1871-1940)

 

What is this life if full of care

We have no time to stand and stare.

No time to stand beneath the boughs,

And stare as long as sheep and cows.

 

No time to see when woods we pass,

Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.

No time to see in broad daylight

Streams full of starts, like skies at night.

 

No time to turn to Beauty’s glance,

And watch her feet, how they can dance.

No time to wait till her mouth can

Enrich that smile her eyes began.

 

A poor life this is if full of care

We have no time to stand and stare.

 

Notes:

 

care – забота

to stare – пристально смотреть

beneath the boughs – под сучьями, под ветвями

in broad daylight – в разгар дня

stream – ручей

to turn to Beauty’s glance – зд. восторгаться сверканием красоты

to enrich – обогащать; украшать

 

3.8.3 Read and try to retell the jokes

 

“How is it that you are late this morning?” the boy was asked by his teacher.

“I overslept,” was the answer.

“What? Do you sleep at home as well?” asked the teacher.

 

Mother: It is nine o’clock and you are not yet in bed. What will your father say when he comes home?

Henry: He’ll say: “Supper! Supper! What’s for supper?”

 

A man was very ill and was advised to go to the village to have a good rest. Doctor’s recommendations were: to go to bed early, to drink much milk, to eat much meat and butter and to smoke only one cigarette a day.

A month later the man came to the doctor again.

“How are you?” said the doctor. “I see you are quite well.”

“Oh, yes. I am quite well, thank you,” answered the man. “I did everything you had advised me. I went to bed early, ate much meat and butter, drank much milk. But one cigarette a day almost killed me.”

“Why?” asked the doctor.

“Because I had never smoked before.”

 

 

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