B) in the text find the English equivalents of the following expressions

выпрыгнуть из кровати, бегло просмотреть, у него занимает… минут, начинать работу ровно в…, мчаться, безумный, повторный показ, лечь спать

— 2. Make brief notes of John’s daily routine. Use the times as the guide.

7:00 7:15

7:45 12:00

2:30 6:00 – 9:00

10:00 1:00

— 3. Answer the following questions:

1. What takes up most of his time?

2. What things do you dislike about his daily routine?

3. What do you think about his social life?

4. What daily routine may his girl-friend have?

5. What problems may arise if John get married and starts a family?

6. Will children fit into this hectic schedule?

®4. Work in groups of two. Role-play the dialogues according to the situations:

Situation 1

Student A: you are going to interview John. Ask him questions about his daily routine, and ask anything else you like. (E.g. how he feels about his life, what he likes about his work, his future plans).

Student B: you are John. Answer the interviewer’s questions about your daily routine. When you are asked about other things, invent suitable answers.

Situation 2

Student A: you are going to interview John’s girlfriend. Ask her questions about her and John’s daily routine, and ask anything else you like. (E.g. how she feels about his schedule, what she likes about his work, their future plans).

Student B: you are John’s girl-friend. Answer the interviewer’s questions about your and John’s daily routine. When you are asked about other things, invent suitable answers.

— 5. Practice. Answer the questions about your busiest day.

1. What’s your busiest day?

2. What do you usually do?

3. What time do you get up?

4. Where do you usually have breakfast, lunch?

5. What do you usually do after classes?

6. What time do you usually go home?

7. What do you usually do at the end of the day?

8. What do you do in your spare time?

9. What time do you usually go to bed?

10. What activities do you enjoy? Which do you dislike?

@ 6. Practice. Complete the following sentences:

1. On week-days I wake up …

2. My working day starts with …

3. On waking up I immediately …

4. I never cook breakfast in the morning because …

5. To tell the truth I never … in the morning.

6. Frankly speaking I am a bit lazy an so …

7. In order not to be late for my work (classes) I …

8. It takes me … to …

9. In order to be alert after dinner I always…

10. I am always short of time in the afternoon as …

11. It’s difficult to find time for …, sorry to say.

12. I never spend much time on …

13. Would you like to …? – It’s impossible because …

@ 7. Practice. Fill in the prepositions

1. My working day begins … 7 o’clock … a cold shower.

2. … week-days I am very busy.

3. I never get … as soon as I wake …

4. I am always … a hurry … the morning.

5. I like to have scrambled egg … breakfast.

6. Sometimes I am late … work when I can’t take a bus … time.

7. I hate going … bus and so try to go … foot.

8. I sometimes like to have a nap …dinner.

9. Tomorrow I’ll be busy … my composition and I’m going to be through … it late at night.

10. When do you leave … home … work?

11. An hour … the morning is worth two … the evening.

12. I always feel alert … noon and … the afternoon.

@ 8. Practice. Translate from Russian into English:

1. Мой рабочий день начинается в 9 часов и длится 7 часов. 2. Он встает в 7, а уходит из дома в 8. 3. Чтобы не опоздать на работу, мы вышли из дому на 15 минут раньше обычного. 4. Вчера мой брат был болен и не пошел на работу (остался дома). 5. В будние дни у них практически нет свободного времени.

6. Кроме работы в учреждении, ей приходится делать всю работу по дому. 7. Отец обычно обедает в столовой, дети – дома. 8. Я должен торопиться, чтобы не опоздать на автобус. 9. Чтобы не опоздать на поезд, нам пришлось взять такси. 10. Придя с работы, Дина приняла душ и пошла на вечер. 11. Тебе понадобится полчаса, чтобы добраться домой на трамвае. Это долго. Бери такси. 12. Он встал, умылся, оделся, позавтракал, вышел из дому и быстро пошел на остановку.

Reading.

ARE YOU A LARK OR AN OWL?

How do you feel when you wake up in the morning? People who like to get up early in the morning are called “larks”. People who like to stay up late at night are called “owls”. Why do you think some people are “larks” and others are “owls”? The chart below shows how a person’s body temperature changes during the day. When is body temperature at its highest? Lowest?

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