What does your typical working day include? Make a list of activities.

5. Using the information below make up sentences. Connect them with the help of that’s why, so. What situations are about you?

get up – 7.30/ set an alarm-clock – 7.25

lessons start – 9.00/ leave home – 7.40

leave home – 10.15/ get up – 9.30

be at the University – 8.30/ leave home – 7.00

the film starts – 6.20/ come home – 18.10

study – 12.00-15.45/ arrive home – 16.50

the lecture starts – 14.10/ be in the class – 14.05

the courses finish – 17.30 / meet – 17.45

work till 19.00/ go to the cinema – 20.30

the train arrives – 5.15/ be at the station – 5.00

 

6. Read the text and fill in the gaps:

go, watch, dinner, get, morning, park, evening, swim, go, shower, read, listen, have, café

My name is Caroline. I want to tell you about my working day. I ____ up at 5 a.m. in the ________. I have a quick _______. Then I take my dog for a walk in the _______. I go to work at 5.30 a.m. My work is far from my home, so I go by bus. In the bus I usually _______the newspapers or ________ to music.

I arrive at my studio at 6 a.m. My programme starts at 6.30 a.m. After the program I ______breakfast in the ________ near my work. In the afternoon I ______ home and have a nap. At 5 p.m. I go to _______ in the sport club. In the _______ I usually cook ______ and _______TV. I ______to bed at 10 p.m.

7. Compare yourself and Caroline. What do you do every day? Make up the sentences starting with: as for, unlike, in contrast to.

Daily routine	Caroline	You
Get up	5.00 a.m.
Take a shower
Walk with the dog
Leave for work
Arrive at work
Have breakfast
Go home
Go to gym
Watch TV
Go to bed

Write the questions. Make up the interview with Caroline.

When\get up\in the morning?

Where\take your dog\ for a walk?

When\read?

When\have breakfast?

When\go swimming?

When\watch TV?

9. a) Put the adverbs in to the right place:

seldom

always

never

often

usually

sometimes

b) For each adverb write an action from your working day.

c) Ask your partner how often he/she does that.

d) Compare your answers with your partner’s. Use the following phrases:

like me…, both me … and …, unlike me …, in contrast to me...

10. Answer the questions about your daily routine:

1. Do you get up early? Is it easy for you?

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

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

4. Do you have a shower in the morning? Do you prefer a hot or cold shower?

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

6. What do you usually have for breakfast?

7. Do you watch TV while having breakfast?

8. When do you leave for university?

9. How do you get to the university? What do you do on the way to the

university?

10. What do you do at the university?

11. Where do you usually have lunch/dinner?

12. Do you do sport after university?

13. What time do you come home?

14. Do you have a nap in the afternoon?

15. How do you spend your evening?

16. What time do you usually go to bed?

17. What do you do once/twice a day/ a week?

 

Tell about your typical working day and compare it with your weekends.

Part 5 «FRIENDS: DESCRIBING APPEARANCE AND CHARACTER»

VOCABULARY

Height:

Tall / of medium height / short

Weight:

well-built /slightly overweight /slim, slender, thin

Face: round / oval / square

Eyes: round / small / big

blue (blue-eyed) / grey / green / brown

Nose: broad / small / turned-up / sharp

Lips: full / thin / well-defined

Smile: broad / charming / friendly

Hair: thick / rich / / shiny

straight / wavy / curly

long / shoulder-length / short

blonde, golden-blond, fair / dark / red / coloured

bald

ponytail

General appearance:

Pretty / attractive / lovely / charming / nice / elegant / good-looking

forehead

eyelashes

 

EXERCISES

1. Replace the underlined word in each sentence with a word which is either more suitable or more polite:

1.He told me he met a handsome girl in the disco last night.

2. She’s beautiful but her younger sister is really quite ugly.

3. I think Peter is getting a bit fat.

4. Most people want to stay slim, but not as skinny as that girl over there.

5. I think she’s hoping she’ll meet a few beautiful men at the tennis club.

2. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences:

1. Cathryn's _____ and slim.

handsome tall overweight

2. He's got _____ brown hair.

tall good-looking short

3. Do you think Enrique Iglesias is very _____?

handsome pretty medium height

4. She's _____ height and a bit overweight.

tall short medium

5. David is very _____, he needs to lose weight.

fat slim pretty

6. She has shoulder- _____ hair.

height length weight

3. Match the antonyms:

beautiful long straight slim fat

full fair tall short thick

thin dark ugly curly

Describe anyone of your group-mates. The rest of the group should guess the person.

Bring a photo of your friend or relative. Describe his/her appearance.

 

6. Read the text and underline the words that describe a character:

MY FRIENDS

Lucky are the people who have friends. I’m happy to have lots of friends. Some of them are very close, some are less. But all of them make my life interesting and enjoyable.

I want to tell you about my two close friends. They are Tanya and Sasha.

Tanya is my school-mate. We made friends a few years ago. We are of the same age. We have been studying together in one form all the years of our school-life. We have much in common: the same interests and the same attitude to life. Very often our opinions coincide, sometimes they differ. But we never quarrel. If there is some misunderstanding between us we try to make peace as soon as possible.

We have nothing in common in appearance. Tanya is pretty in her own way. She is not a beauty but rather attractive. She is a thin and slender girl with blue eyes, not very tall. Her hair is fair and straight, her face is oval and her forehead is high. My girl-friend has a turned-up nose and beautiful blue eyes with bushy eyelashes. She wears spectacles.

Tanya is a warm-hearted, gentle, quiet and well-bred person. Everyone loves her. She has a good sense of humour and often makes me laugh. Tanya knows a lot of interesting stories and funny jokes. Though Tanya is the only child in her family she is not selfish. She is always ready to help people when they are in need.

My girl-friend is always well dressed and neat. She does well at school. Tanya is good at Chemistry and she has chosen medicine as her future profession. Besides, my girl-friend goes in for sport. We go to the swimming pool together twice a week. She lives far from my house but we meet every day at the weekends. Sometimes we go to the theatre or to the museum. When the weather is dull we stay at home and discuss books or listen to music.

Sasha is my best friend too. We live in the same block of flats, so we see each other almost every day. We are of the same age but we don’t study at the same school. We have known each other for many years. Sasha is a tall slender boy. He has dark hair, large green eyes, a straight nose and thin lips. Sasha is a nice guy.

My friend is very honest and just, understanding and kind. I trust him a lot and I’m sure that I can rely on him in any situation. Sasha never lets people down. My friend is very responsible. He always finishes whatever he starts. Sasha plays the piano very well. I think he is very talented. He has a very good ear for music and is fond of jazz.

Sasha has the most brilliant parents I’ve ever met. They love him very much. I like to come to Sasha’s home but we can’t spend a lot of time together because we are very busy. We work hard at school. Sometimes when we have free time we can go to the centre of the city and walk there visiting small cafes, art galleries. We like to discuss films, TV programmes and books.

I respect my friend for his fairness, strong will, intellect and modesty.

I’m happy to have such friends as Tanya and Sasha. I miss them when we don’t see each other for a long time. I’m sure we’ll be friends forever.

VOCABULARY

close school-mate attitude opinion to coincide to differ make peace in one’s way spectacles neat pleasant to have a good sense of humour to have a good ear for music to do well at school to let smb. down to rely on smb. to respect to trust enjoyable     traits of character: warm-hearted gentle quiet well-bred selfish honest understanding fair fairness modest modesty strong will

близкий одноклассник отношение мнение совпадать отличаться помириться по-своему очки опрятный приятный иметь хорошее чувство юмора иметь хороший слух хорошо учиться в школе подводить полагаться уважать доверять приятный, доставляющий удовольствие   черты характера: сердечный, добрый мягкий спокойный благовоспитанный эгоистичный честный отзывчивый, чуткий справедливый справедливость скромный скромность сильная воля

EXERCISES

7. Match the antonyms:

different make peace overweight coincide fair selfish thin be responsible reliable

warm-hearted slender let smb. down fair-weather be different full quarrel same dark

8. Fill in the gaps:

1. He is quite _________, as he goes in for sport.

2. I have a reliable friend and I can _________ on him in a difficult situation.

3. Real fiends try not to _______, even if their opinions don’t coincide.

4. I can’t say that she is a beauty but she is _________ in her own way.

5. My friend is a very ________ person and I can easily ask him for help if I have any problems.

6. My sister is fond of music. She has a good ________ for music and she is ______ at singing.

7. Now I live far from my parents and I _______ them very much.

8. Her _________ eyelashes always attract people’s attention.

9. As a rule I try to _________ other people’s opinion.

10. He is ________ and it is pleasant to deal with him.

11. My friend has a good _________ and he likes to make people laugh.

12. They say if there is only one child in a family, s/he can become ________.

13. These two people have nothing common in _________. One of them is tall and slender but another one is short and overweight.

14. I respect my friend for being __________. He never lies.

15. Optimists are people who have a very positive __________ to life.

16. I have a _________ friend. S/he is only my friend when everything is OK; if I have any problems s/he doesn’t contact me until everything is OK again. S/he never offers to help me.

9. Work in small groups. Explain the following words by turns. The other students in the group should guess the word:

appearance well-bred responsible gentle

pretty school-mate be good at smth. strong will

misunderstanding coincide make peace modest

10. Answer the questions about your friend:

1. Do you have many friends? Are they your close friends?

2. What is your best friend’s mane? When did you make friends?

3. How old is your friend?

4. Do you study together?

5. Do you have much in common?

6. You have the same attitude to life, don’t you?

7. Do your opinions always coincide?

8. Have you ever quarreled? Why?

9. Do you have anything in common in appearance?

10. How does your friend look like?

11. Does your friend wear spectacles?

12. Does your friend have a sense humour?

13. Your friend isn’t selfish, is he?

14. Does your friend always help people when they are in need?

15. Does your friend do well at University? What subject is your friend good at?

16. Does your friend go in for sport? What sport does he prefer?

17. How often do you spend your weekends?

18. Does your friend have a good ear for music? Does your friend play any instrument?

19. What music does your friend like?

20. What do you respect your friend for?

21. Are you sure you’ll be friends forever?

11. Work in pairs and think what a real friend does.