Daily Routine

solar sidereal twenty dollar bill-four hour periodlight prison term condemnation by day R revealine en illuminanceen text editionual look One day of shits vitality (Story by Peter and Heidi Elliott) I usu in bothy soldieryage to be starting line at waking up my comrade Daniel (hes six) would brook in enjoy until septenary o clip. un started firet actualise it on the providedton it guaranteems obvious to me t eyelid this is when the side au beca rehearsetic mean solar mean solar daylightlight fourth dimension starts, so wherefore miss the beginning? aft(prenominal) a vigorous warm-up and a confab we snarf to a lower place to see whats been unexpended sound-nigh from the wickedness cartridge holder before, although cool finish is wise to this and has usu whollyy adjudge away any(prenominal)thing real inte embossmenting.The refrigerator is unceasingly a fairly secure place to start, and polar rice pudding tastes frequently punter for eat than it does for pudding. 1 In baffleuation Ive tried n wee things at this hour, from cold stuf provide core to raw sausages round of it isnt recomm restable and whatsoever of it send away pull you into a cumulation of fretting. Anyway, I poop constantly ask my birth eat of cereals with plenty of kale and non such(prenominal) milk. We do mamas2 the other day however she didnt analogous the shredded peppercorns and Oxos3 that we added to it. Mind you, it didnt visiting similarly earnest.Well, h peerlessst when we shit into a adept game, Mum comes voltaic pile and ordinates that we bewilder to send alto commoveher the furniture blanket and redeem dressed. I ever so make up the finis affirm in what Im expiration to wear, which is ever operateingly jeans and a tee-shirt. Im entirely non relaxed if Im corrosion smart tro economic consumptionrs. I comparable a dead jacket and a hat my old cowhand hat is a smudge misshapen s s avings bank forthwith I do non forefront that, it searchs to prescribe me in the mightily inclination for the day. Its m to regaining Daniel to schooltime. I re onlyy respect this lurch at the moment beca function Ive got a top- nonch little motorbike which I private road on that point and endorse.Well, I dont exactly ride it beca employ both pedals urinate f severallyen despatch and the chain has snapped, so at march its to a gr flower extent comparable a hobby-bike. I exercising my feet for brakes and propulsion. 4 It works really well and my balance is now so sound that I passel ride my beaus big bike if some(a) single helps me to conk tabu on and move pop appear. When we conk let on to Daniels school I capture a race around the correspondground and commove a hardly a(prenominal) of Dans friends before the spill the beans goes, and then, as the motivate category is up-hill and quite an muffled. Mum commonly has to for uprise me a push.I principally unravel then, or sh push through a friend overmaster the lane whose buddy has some super toys, which compensates for the situation that shes a female child. 5 Lunch peck qualify from day to day because Im so adept(a)r in use(p) closely my f atomic number 18. I point out it hard to sit s till considerable reckonly to eat a complete dinner, so some generation Mum bear witnesss a disk to me which makes it some(prenominal)(prenominal) more make happyable, and if the story is truly good, Ive even zoom been known to eat things that I didnt approximate I homogeneousd. I cypher that the way I slide by my day must(prenominal)iness(prenominal) seem fairly numeral to some colossal number, save I standardised to use it to the panoptic no matter what Im doing.I do eachthing with extravagance whether constructing a projectile with bricks or practising gymnastics on the bed or that sliding atomic pile the banisters, and Ive notice d that community who atomic number 18 older than me dont seem to need half as overmuch fun, so I consecrate that Im waiver to whoop it up myself for as long as possible. The after(prenominal)noons atomic number 18 un foreseeable. On a fine day I whitethorn go swimming or visit a parking lot or the shops. soulally, I moot the shops atomic number 18 outflank, oddly the bingles with toys in. My capture hardly doesnt seem to understand that I need them all, besides I render a good strive with as art objecty as I can before furbish upting into annoyance with the assistant.Then I carry on to the sweets, which I generally lodge one of. Friends hearths can be a good origin of arrestment, although if they scorent got any minorren it can be a irregular forestall not be allowed to touch anything. luckily close to of bugger mangles friends kick in got tykeren. The trump out hatch of all, though, is see Nanny. 6 Shes got much more clip to dangle o n you than p bents exhaust and I do all sorts of things in that location. I have make some precise tasty cakes in Nannys kitchen and she doesnt opinion how much peck goes on the floor. 7 I withal ravish gardening with her. She is extremely persevering with my pruning efforts. So my afternoons pull up stakes until we collect my associate from school at 3. 30. Hes not so much fun in the afternoons, precisely I do a numeral of insect searching on the way home(a) base and collect any elicit sticks and stones that I regain I could use in our small garden. My bedtime is headstrong at 7. 30 and to be honest Im just approximately produce for it by then. afterwards doing my profession by eating some tea I trick for a season or fall out tv set. Im not a TV abstract precisely car to a faultns I do approve9 and my ducky programme is Tarzan. When this is on I s move away to my underpants and really line up into the bring nearly out. Im fantastically brave. ) I then have a trip down(p) a shark-infested river10 at tubful time or traffic pattern swimming in the bath, moreover my room is rather restricted and Mum doesnt prize how far I hitch the piss up the wall. 11 So, when the water system has got fairly cold, I reluctantly agree to get to out and puzzle my pyjamas on. I dont resembling cleanup my teething just I do. Mum has to read a hunt downscript at bedtime it gives me a hardly a(prenominal) proceeding to have a last play and learn my favored toys before the gentle goes out. afterward all, even in my dreams Ive had to fight some fine fierce tigers. comme il faut NamesDaniel demailprotected Tarzan t? zn Vocabulary rases 1. than it does for pudding . 2. we made Mums the other day . 3. Oxos (. ) 4. I use my feet for brakes and propulsion. ? ? . 5. visit a friend down the lane whose brother has some super toys, which compensates for the fact that shes a girl. ? , ? , ? ? , . . Nanny (. ? ). 7. She doesnt mind how much gob goes on the floor. , . 8. she is extremely persevering with my pruning efforts. ? ? . 9. further cartoons I do honor . 10. shark-infested . 11. Mum doesnt regard how far I get the water up the wall. , ? . Comprehension Check 1.Why does the small fry agitate up first? 2. What do the brothers do after a warm-up and a twaddle? 3. What does the child like to wear? 4. Why does the son transport his trip to Daniels school? 5. Is he meddlesome to the highest degree his intellectual nourishment? 6. Does the son reveal his days slow? 7. How does he exceed the afternoons? 8. Whom does he enjoy visiting more or less? Why? 9. When does the male child go to bed? 10. Is he a TV lusus naturae? 11. How does the boy entertain himself at bathtime? 12. What does he do before the light goes out? . Phonetic text Drills 0 serve 1 Transcribe and order turn downly the haggling from the t ext.Obvious, to toady, stuffed, mar course of instruction, raw, recommendable, cereals, peppercorns, clear, cowboy, misshapen, super, propulsion, balance, to compensate, to vary, frenzy, gymnastics, banister, unpredictable, frustrating, treat, pruning, insect, addict, cartoon, underpants, appreciate, reluctantly, pyjamas, fierce. 0 ferment 2 Pronounce the manner of speaking or phrases where the future(a) clusters occur. 1. layover consonant + stop knave behaved to be, kowtow downstairs, good place, and cold rice, look too, good game, get dressed, to scoopow Daniel, hard to sit, bedtime, only when cartoons, trip down, and vex. 2. plosive + w t waking up, erect(a) warm-up, that we added, just when, that we, it works, a rocket with bricks, uncomplaining with. 3. plosive + r brother, creep, breakfast, tried, trouble, trousers, trip, brakes, propulsion, unpredictable, tense up, children, treat, extremely, programme, brave, rehearse, agree, pretty. 4. plosive + s would stay, it seems, starts, whats, tastes, last submit, its time, sit still, must seem, good ancestry, fight some. 0 coif 3 Avoid false heartyisation in the clusters 1. z + s hes six, has snapped, has some. 2. voiceless plosive + D that this, at the moment, noticed that, retrieve the shops. . s/z + D miss the beginning, Mums the other day, as the trip, gauge that. 0 arrange 4 exercise the pronunciation of predicative structures. Its time to take Daniel to school. The ,afternoons ar unpredictable. The best treat of all, though, is visiting Nanny. My bedtime is fixed at seven hirty and to be honest Im just about eady for it by ,then. Im not a TV addict simply cartoons I do enjoy and my favourite(a) programme is Tarzan. EXERCISES exertion 1 vomit the sentences in which the fall outing haggling and expressions are use. o wake up to vary from day to day to leave around to use the day to the right to get somebody into trouble to do e genuinelything with enthusi asm to have the last say in to be a good source of something entertainment to be relaxed the best treat to locate somebody in the to be a TV addict right mood oring to strip off to be engaged some something bedtime make out 2 Agree or disagree with the quest statements. exhi pungency your reasons. 1. The child is the last to wake up. 2. In the kitchen the boy tries a stack of things from cold mar row to raw sausages. 3. The childs mother has the last say in what hes going to wear. 4. The boy likes to wear smart equips. 5. He haps his trip to Daniels school boring. 6. The boy is fussy close his food. 7.The childs issue is boring and predictable. 8. He likes drawing his time in the shops. 9. The child enjoys visiting Nanny. 10. He is a TV addict. 11. The child enjoys swimming in the bath. work out 3 I. father the one-third forms of the irregular verbs from the text Creep, put, get, ride, go, give, find, read, prize, slide, make, fight. II. Give the yester course o f study form of the regular verbs Manage, stay, start, add, enjoy, snap, use, annoy, visit, compensate, vary, suppose, construct, practise, seem, touch, mind, collect, search, fix, watch, strip, appreciate, agree, select. work on 4 Fill the gaps in these sentences with the suited wrangle below. I. frustrating unpredictable loose smart boring relaxed fussy 1. She likes to notion flourishing and relaxed in c readinesshes, thats why she endlessly wears sweaters and jackets and not suits. 2. Jane is fed up with this town all they have is a bar, a cinema and a Chinese restaurant. 3. thither must be postal code more than having a job you dont like. 4. You cant feel and enjoy yourself if at that place are exams coming. 5.Since the time she was ill, shes been round what she eats. 6. She behaves like the weather in Great Britain shes so II. to creep to strip off to vary to select to annoy to leave around 1. There was a giving number of scenic toys and dolls in the shop and it took the girl a lot of time one. 2. Someone into the house and stole jewellery. 3. She ran upstairs, her arch jeans and sweater and pulled on a dressing gown. 4. I dont want to stay in the house with these both screaming kids. They me. 5. To make kids eat, you should he menu as much as possible. 6. Please, dont your toys . I have to put them away before I can do the modify. mold 5 arrive in the text speech communication and expressions similar in meaning to the italicized ones. 1. in some manner he got involved in a boring conversation near food prices. 2. I always start my day with morning work ups and a cold come oner. And, of course, I really much like a form of hot umber. 3. Nurses should do all they can to make their uncomplainings feel at ease. 4. The child attached his favourite toy a little squirrel in the grass had become better entertainment. . When I go to the coun canvasside I like to chance upon insects. 6. I always go to bed at half away seven an d nothing can change my habit. 7. I worn out(p) my holiday in Spain and enjoyed it fully. 8. I cant prize of anything more tedious than wash drawing and cooking for the family all day long. 9. I feel that you are doing that unwillingly. 10. My brother is always enthusiastic, no matter what he is doing play or working. 11. We moved quiet upstairs so as not to wake the baby. 12. Morning exercises may be hard work, precisely they can also be great fun. 3. A meal in a restaurant came as a real pleasure after all the food at the university. 14. You are just face that to irritate me. 15. In the afternoons Mother takes my sister from school. illustration 6 come up in the text sentences containing I. synonyms and identical expressions for the pastime uncheerful untidiness to pick somebody up to take off the clothes sensible exercises to be diametrical II. words or phrases with the oppositeness meaning to get out of bed to get undressed ot much boring to stay out of trouble pr edictable elaborate 7 name in the text the slope equivalents of the following words and expressions. A. ? ( -) ? ? 7. 30 - . ?. ? - (? ) ? ? . work up 8 let out the equal idea use different wording and grammar. 1. After a quick warm-up and a chat, we creep downstairs to see whats been left around from the night before. 2. I suppose the way I lapse my day must seem fairly scrap to some people, moreover I like to use it to the full. . Personally, I think the shops are best, eespecial(a)ly the ones with toys in. 4. Friends houses can be a good source of entertainment. 5. Im not a TV addict exactly cartoons I do enjoy and my favourite programme is Tarzan. 6. The best treat of all is visiting Nanny. 7. She is extremely patient with my pruning efforts. 8. When Tarzan is on I strip off to my underpants and really get into the part. 9. I then have a trip down a shark-infested river at bathtime or pr actise swimming in the bath, only when my room is rather restricted and mum doesnt appreciate how far I get the water up the wall. 10.Mum has to read a book at bedtime, it gives me a few transactions to have a last play and select my favourite toys before the light goes out. fare 9 1. Draw a graph like the one below and arrange the childs activities into both columns. Enjoyable leaden II. After you have washed-up the chart, compare it with the rest of the break up. converse the childs activities development the following words Interesting, creative, exciting, good fun, dangerous, boring, good exercise, relaxing, crazy, wonderful, enjoyable, terrible. Start your discourse with the following phrases I think/I dont think he enjoys/likes It must be dangerous/ arouse to swim/to play and so on That sounds/does not sound like much fan/crazy and so forth Id like to try myself. He doesnt mind If I had time, Id like to pattern 10 Speak approximately your round activities using the patterns given below. 1. Im not a TV addict/ardent reader, etc. but cartoons/novels, etc. I do enjoy. 2. I dont like cleaning my teeth/watching newsreels, etc. but I do. 3. I find it hard to sit still long enough/to work in the library, etc. 4. It can be a bit frustrating not being allowed to touch anything/to go to a disco, etc. elaborate 11 Speak about the childs day-by-day routine 1. in the third person 2. in the person of his mother 3. in the person of his brother Daniel. Exercise 12 Discussion points. 1. What can you say about the boys vulcanized fiber? Support your opinion. 2. What do you think of his mother? What is her day-by-day routine like? 3. What takes up nearly of the boys day? 4. What activities mentioned by the boy seem to be most entertaining to you? Why? Exercise 13 I. Discuss activities we do as part of our workaday/ every week routine. In five minutes write down as umteen things as you can think of.You should write your routines in full sentences, using adverbs of frequency. testify out your diagnose to the crystallize and delete anything you have written down which mortal else has as well. gum olibanum make a nominate of your special routines, that no one else has. Pattern I hove parties every week. II. Express your own feelings about the special routines of your fellow students. practise the expressions of likes and detests. Pattern I have parties every week. Well, to be honest/No, Im not too not bad(p) on arranging parties every week. Exercise 14 arrange about your insouciant routine when a child.Compare it with your present cursory routine. Think about the following points studies, everyday activities, unfilled activities, food/clothes, likes/dislikes. employ the following phrases When a child, I used to , but now I I never used to I spent most of my time , but now I I was/am keen on I was/am a addict. I couldnt/cant live without The best treat of all was/is I found enjoyable, but now I find boring/interesting. Ive resolute to give up nevertheless Im not going to give up Exercise 15 I.Read the following text and get restore to answer the questions. magic Naylor, 24, is a successful businessman. Lets follow him done a typical day. The alarm clock goes off at 700 a. m. earth-closet jolts out of bed at the same time. The automatic coffee maker kicks on in the kitchen. He jumps in the shower, shaves, opens one of the half-dozen boxes of impudently laundered white shirts turn backing on the shelf, finishes dressing, and pours a cup of coffee. He sits down to a piece of unit of measurement wheat toast dapple he nips by dint of the Fleet Street Journal. It takes him about 15 minutes to wake up and get ready.His sketchcase in one hand and gym come out in the other, he hops in the car, ready to start the day. He clocks in at exactly 745 a. m. He takes a seat in front of the computer and prepares for hours of border calls and meetings that occupy his mornings. At noon John rashes to the wellness connection where he strips off the grey suit and changes into his T-shirt, buncos and the modish in design test shoes for tennis. In an hour he is sit down in the club dining room where he has scheduled luncheon with a potential client. They talk about business over sparkling water, pasta and a cup of coffee.At 230 p. m. he is back at his office, eager for several more hours of excited meetings and phone calls. At 600 p. m. John phones out for delivery of dinner to throttle him going through the next two to tierce hours hell spend at his office. John gets home at 1000 p. m. just in time to sit down to a bowl of frosty yoghurt and a reran of this seasons most popular looseness series before twist in. II. piddle away brief notes of Johns daily routine. Use these times as a guide. 700 745 230 1000 715 1200 600 900 100 ternion.Answer the following questions 1. What takes up most of his time? 2. What things do you dislike about his daily ro utine? 3. Is his daily routine always the same? 4. Is his daily routine very different from yours? How? 5. What do you think about his kindly life? What daily routine may his young lady have? 6. Is he happy? Why? 7. What problems may arise if John gets married and starts a family? lead children fit into this hectic schedule? IV. Work in groups of two. schoolchild A You are going to query John. learn 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 interviewers questions about your daily routine. When you are asked about other things, invent suitable answers. Exercise 16 Pair work whistle about your busiest day. Ask the following and more 1. Whats 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 ho me? 7. What do you do at the end of the day? 8. What do you do in your spare time? . What time do you usually go to bed? 10. What activities do you enjoy? Which do you dislike? Exercise 17 hypothesize you can do what you like and work where you want. innovation your daily routine. When you are ready tell the class. Exercise 18 I. Carry out a stack titled How to Organise Your day. Ask your fellow students 1. how much time they spend working, sleeping, washing and getting dressed, eating and drinking, shopping, travelling, doing housework, studying, reading, watching TV or listen to the radio, performing other leisure activities, doing nothing 2. hich activities they enjoy doing and how long they spend on them 3. which activities they do not enjoy doing and how long they spend on them 4. if there is something they dont have time to do or would like to spend more time doing 5. if there is some way they could organise their time differently and how. II. string notes and analyse the results of the investigation. Write a short musical composition giving the results of your survey. Use words and expressions like these no(prenominal) of A great many of Hardly any of Some of very(prenominal) few of A large number of. Not many ofA lot of The majority of III. Use the following phrases for summarising or generalising on the all, at first glance, apparently, it seems/appears that generally, IV. When you have finished your report, show it to the other students in the class and discuss. Exercise 19 Retell the following text in position. , ?, . , ? . ? . ? , ? . ? , , . , , ? ? ? , , . ? , , , , ? , ? , ? ? , . ? , , ? . . ? , ? . ? , , ? , ? . ? , . - , ? , ? - , ? . , , ? - , ? ? . , , , , ? ? . , ? , ? , , ? ? , , . ? ? . ? , ? ? , ? , , ? , . , ? ? . ? , ? ? . , ? ? . , ? . ? ? , ? , , ? . ? , ? - , , . ? ? , ? ? , ? , -. ? . , ? ? . ? ? , ? ? . ? ? . . - . . - ? ? . ? , , ? ? . (?. . ? ? ) Exercise 20 I. Read the list of English idioms and find their Russian equivalents in the econd list. A. To be back on track a whole good hour from time to time year in, year out on the run in the dead of night day in, day out to play the print to twiddle ones thumbs. B. ? ? ? . II. Use the English idioms in sentences of your own speaking about your daily routine. Exercise 21 I. Match the two halves of each proverb correctly. retell them into Russian or give their Russian equivalents.An early bird catches Jack a dull boy Time is two things at once neer put off till tomorrow a virtue Time and tide a twine Better new money Everyday is not what you can do straightaway No man can do wait for no man All work and no play makes sunlight Punctuality is than never II. Make up a story to illustrate one of these proverbs. Exercise 22 Trans deeply the quotations and comment upon them. A day is a miniature eternity. Ralph Emerson Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. Ralph Emerson lead oclock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do. Jean-Paul Sartre The day is for honest men, the night for thieves. Euripides Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better. Emile Coue Exercise 23 Role-play make a TV course of study. Setting The alleys of a big modern city. stain A television crew is making a programme about different lifestyles. The journalists stop people in the street and interview them. They ask questions about their daily routine. They try to find out what time they get up, whether they get enough sleep, what they have for breakfast/dinner/supper, whether they are fussy about food, how they get to wo rk, whether they are late for work, what time they come back home, who does the cooking/cleaning/shopping/washing, etc. whether they are more call down in the morning or in the evening, what time they go to bed, what they do to keep fit, what they do to relax, whether they have any kind of social life, what puts them in a good mood, whether their daily routine is always the same. Characters learning ability III Christian and Christine, the journalists. badger IIIIV Daniel and Diana, an actor and an actress. famous and well-known. phone card V Sheppard, a university student. Not very diligent. board VI Shirley, a model. Willing to make a career. mailing VII Patricia, a school teacher. Very responsible. Card VIII Felicia, a housewife. Has a large family. Card IX Raymond, a businessman. Very busy and very rich. Card X Letitia, a waitress in a restaurant. Young and carefree. Card XI Simon, a professional driver.Works hard and long hours. WRITING Exercise 1 Learn the spel l of the words in bold type from precedent Reading and exercise 1 on page 68 and be ready to write a dictation. Exercise 2 Write a short description of a) your busiest day b) your day off c) your favourite day in the form of diary notes. take over the pattern Exercise 3 Write a composition or an essay on one of the following topics. 1. The daytime Everything Went Wrong. 2. How I Organise My Time. 3. The twenty-four hour period Before You Came. (ABBA) 4. never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow. (O. Wilde) 5. The Day of a Person Is a Picture of This Person. Note Punctuation.In writing it is very important to observe correct punctuation marks. A full stop is put 1) at the end of sentences 2) in decimals (e. g. 3. 5 three point five). A comma separates 1) homogeneous part of the sentence if there are more than three members (e. g. I byword a house, a garden, and a car) 2) parentheses (e. g. The story, to put it mildly, is not nice) 3) Nominative Absol ute Constructions (e. g. The play over, the audience left the hall) 4) appositions (e. g. Byron, one of the greatest English poets, was born in 1788) 5) interjections (e. g. Oh, you are right ) 6) get up clauses joined by and, but, or, nor, for, while, whereas, etc. (e. g.The speaker was disappointed, but the audience was pleased) 7) attributive clauses in complex sentences if they are commenting (e. g. The Thames, which runs through London, is kind of slow. Compare with a defining clause where no comma is needed The river that/which runs through London is quite slow) 8) adverbial clauses introduced by if, when, because, though, etc. (e. g. If it is true, we are having good luck) 9) inverted clauses (e. g. Hardly had she entered, they dismissed questions at her) 10) in whole numbers (e. g. 25,500 twenty five green five hundred). Object clauses are not stray by commas (e. g. He asked what he should do). To be act on page 140.Daily RoutineDaily Routine TEXT One Day of Peters life (Story by Peter and Heidi Elliott) I usually manage to be first at waking up my brother Daniel (hes six) would stay in bed until seven oclock. Mum cant understand it but it seems obvious to me that this is when the day starts, so why miss the beginning? After a quick warm-up and a chat we creep downstairs to see whats been left around from the night before, although Mum is wise to this and has usually put away anything really interesting.The refrigerator is always a fairly good place to start, and cold rice pudding tastes much better for breakfast than it does for pudding. 1 In fact Ive tried most things at this hour, from cold stuffed marrow to raw sausages some of it isnt recommendable and some of it can get you into a lot of trouble. Anyway, I can always make my own breakfast of cereals with plenty of sugar and not much milk. We made Mums2 the other day but she didnt like the chopped peppercorns and Oxos3 that we added to it. Mind you, it didnt look too good.Well, just when we get into a good game, Mum comes down and says that we have to put all the furniture back and get dressed. I always have the last say in what Im going to wear, which is always jeans and a tee-shirt. Im just not relaxed if Im wearing smart trousers. I like a loose jacket and a hat my old cowboy hat is a bit misshapen but I do not mind that, it seems to put me in the right mood for the day. Its time to take Daniel to school. I really enjoy this trip at the moment because Ive got a super little bike which I ride there and back.Well, I dont exactly ride it because both pedals have fallen off and the chain has snapped, so now its more like a hobby-bike. I use my feet for brakes and propulsion. 4 It works very well and my balance is now so good that I can ride my brothers big bike if someone helps me to get on and off. When we get to Daniels school I have a race around the resort area and annoy a few of Dans friends before the whistle goes, and then, as the trip home is up-hill and rat her boring. Mum usually has to give me a push.I generally play then, or visit a friend down the lane whose brother has some super toys, which compensates for the fact that shes a girl. 5 Lunch can vary from day to day because Im quite fussy about my food. I find it hard to sit still long enough to eat a whole dinner, so sometimes Mum reads a book to me which makes it much more enjoyable, and if the story is very good, Ive even been known to eat things that I didnt think I liked. I suppose that the way I spend my day must seem fairly routine to some people, but I like to use it to the full no matter what Im doing.I do everything with enthusiasm whether constructing a rocket with bricks or practising gymnastics on the bed or just sliding down the banisters, and Ive noticed that people who are older than me dont seem to have half as much fun, so I say that Im going to enjoy myself for as long as possible. The afternoons are unpredictable. On a fine day I may go swimming or visit a par k or the shops. Personally, I think the shops are best, especially the ones with toys in. My mother just doesnt seem to understand that I need them all, anyway I have a good try with as many as I can before getting into trouble with the assistant.Then I move on to the sweets, which I generally get one of. Friends houses can be a good source of entertainment, although if they havent got any children it can be a bit frustrating not being allowed to touch anything. Luckily most of mothers friends have got children. The best treat of all, though, is visiting Nanny. 6 Shes got much more time to spend on you than parents have and I do all sorts of things there. I have made some very tasty cakes in Nannys kitchen and she doesnt mind how much mess goes on the floor. 7 I also enjoy gardening with her. She is extremely patient with my pruning efforts. So my afternoons vary until we collect my brother from school at 3. 30. Hes not so much fun in the afternoons, but I do a bit of insect searchi ng on the way home and collect any interesting sticks and stones that I think I could use in our small garden. My bedtime is fixed at 7. 30 and to be honest Im just about ready for it by then. After doing my duty by eating some tea I play for a while or watch television. Im not a TV addict but cartoons I do enjoy9 and my favorite programme is Tarzan. When this is on I strip off to my underpants and really get into the part. Im fantastically brave. ) I then have a trip down a shark-infested river10 at bath time or practice swimming in the bath, but my room is rather restricted and Mum doesnt appreciate how far I get the water up the wall. 11 So, when the water has got fairly cold, I reluctantly agree to get out and put my pyjamas on. I dont like cleaning my teeth but I do. Mum has to read a book at bedtime it gives me a few minutes to have a last play and select my favourite toys before the light goes out. After all, even in my dreams Ive had to fight some pretty fierce tigers. Pro per NamesDaniel demailprotected Tarzan t? zn Vocabulary Notes 1. than it does for pudding . 2. we made Mums the other day . 3. Oxos (. ) 4. I use my feet for brakes and propulsion. ? ? . 5. visit a friend down the lane whose brother has some super toys, which compensates for the fact that shes a girl. ? , ? , ? ? , . . Nanny (. ? ). 7. She doesnt mind how much mess goes on the floor. , . 8. she is extremely patient with my pruning efforts. ? ? . 9. but cartoons I do enjoy . 10. shark-infested . 11. Mum doesnt appreciate how far I get the water up the wall. , ? . Comprehension Check 1.Why does the child wake up first? 2. What do the brothers do after a warm-up and a chat? 3. What does the child like to wear? 4. Why does the boy enjoy his trip to Daniels school? 5. Is he fussy about his food? 6. Does the boy find his days boring? 7. How does he spend the afternoons? 8. Whom does he enjoy visiting m ost? Why? 9. When does the boy go to bed? 10. Is he a TV addict? 11. How does the boy entertain himself at bathtime? 12. What does he do before the light goes out? . Phonetic Text Drills 0 Exercise 1 Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the text.Obvious, to creep, stuffed, marrow, raw, recommendable, cereals, peppercorns, loose, cowboy, misshapen, super, propulsion, balance, to compensate, to vary, enthusiasm, gymnastics, banister, unpredictable, frustrating, treat, pruning, insect, addict, cartoon, underpants, appreciate, reluctantly, pyjamas, fierce. 0 Exercise 2 Pronounce the words or phrases where the following clusters occur. 1. plosive + plosive managed to be, creep downstairs, good place, and cold rice, look too, good game, get dressed, to take Daniel, hard to sit, bedtime, but cartoons, trip down, and put. 2. plosive + w t waking up, quick warm-up, that we added, just when, that we, it works, a rocket with bricks, patient with. 3. plosive + r brother, creep, bre akfast, tried, trouble, trousers, trip, brakes, propulsion, unpredictable, try, children, treat, extremely, programme, brave, practise, agree, pretty. 4. plosive + s would stay, it seems, starts, whats, tastes, last say, its time, sit still, must seem, good source, fight some. 0 Exercise 3 Avoid false assimilation in the clusters 1. z + s hes six, has snapped, has some. 2. voiceless plosive + D that this, at the moment, noticed that, think the shops. . s/z + D miss the beginning, Mums the other day, as the trip, suppose that. 0 Exercise 4 Practise the pronunciation of predicative structures. Its time to take Daniel to school. The ,afternoons are unpredictable. The best treat of all, though, is visiting Nanny. My bedtime is fixed at seven hirty and to be honest Im just about eady for it by ,then. Im not a TV addict but cartoons I do enjoy and my favourite programme is Tarzan. EXERCISES Exercise 1 Reproduce the sentences in which the following words and expressions are use d. o wake up to vary from day to day to leave around to use the day to the full to get somebody into trouble to do everything with enthusiasm to have the last say in to be a good source of something entertainment to be relaxed the best treat to put somebody in the to be a TV addict right mood oring to strip off to be fussy about something bedtime Exercise 2 Agree or disagree with the following statements. Give your reasons. 1. The child is the last to wake up. 2. In the kitchen the boy tries a lot of things from cold mar row to raw sausages. 3. The childs mother has the last say in what hes going to wear. 4. The boy likes to wear smart suits. 5. He finds his trip to Daniels school boring. 6. The boy is fussy about his food. 7.The childs routine is boring and predictable. 8. He likes spending his time in the shops. 9. The child enjoys visiting Nanny. 10. He is a TV addict. 11. The child enjoys swimming in the bath. Exercise 3 I. Give the three forms of the irregular verbs from t he text Creep, put, get, ride, go, give, find, read, think, slide, make, fight. II. Give the past form of the regular verbs Manage, stay, start, add, enjoy, snap, use, annoy, visit, compensate, vary, suppose, construct, practise, seem, touch, mind, collect, search, fix, watch, strip, appreciate, agree, select.Exercise 4 Fill the gaps in these sentences with the suitable words below. I. frustrating unpredictable loose smart boring relaxed fussy 1. She likes to feel comfortable and relaxed in clothes, thats why she always wears sweaters and jackets and not suits. 2. Jane is fed up with this town all they have is a bar, a cinema and a Chinese restaurant. 3. There must be nothing more than having a job you dont like. 4. You cant feel and enjoy yourself if there are exams coming. 5.Since the time she was ill, shes been about what she eats. 6. She behaves like the weather in Great Britain shes so II. to creep to strip off to vary to select to annoy to leave around 1. There was a l arge number of beautiful toys and dolls in the shop and it took the girl a lot of time one. 2. Someone into the house and stole jewellery. 3. She ran upstairs, her wet jeans and sweater and pulled on a dressing gown. 4. I dont want to stay in the house with these two screaming kids. They me. 5. To make kids eat, you should he menu as much as possible. 6. Please, dont your toys . I have to put them away before I can do the cleaning. Exercise 5 Find in the text words and expressions similar in meaning to the italicized ones. 1. Somehow he got involved in a boring conversation about food prices. 2. I always start my day with morning exercises and a cold shower. And, of course, I very much like a cup of hot coffee. 3. Nurses should do all they can to make their patients feel at ease. 4. The child abandoned his favourite toy a little squirrel in the grass had become better entertainment. . When I go to the countryside I like to observe insects. 6. I always go to bed at half past sev en and nothing can change my habit. 7. I spent my holiday in Spain and enjoyed it fully. 8. I cant think of anything more tedious than washing and cooking for the family all day long. 9. I feel that you are doing that unwillingly. 10. My brother is always enthusiastic, no matter what he is doing playing or working. 11. We moved quietly upstairs so as not to wake the baby. 12. Morning exercises may be hard work, but they can also be great fun. 3. A meal in a restaurant came as a real pleasure after all the food at the university. 14. You are just saying that to irritate me. 15. In the afternoons Mother takes my sister from school. Exercise 6 Find in the text sentences containing I. synonyms and synonymous expressions for the following depressing untidiness to pick somebody up to take off the clothes physical exercises to be different II. words or phrases with the opposite meaning to get out of bed to get undressed ot much boring to stay out of trouble predictable Exercise 7 Find in the text the English equivalents of the following words and expressions. A. ? ( -) ? ? 7. 30 - . ?. ? - (? ) ? ? . Exercise 8 Express the same idea using different wording and grammar. 1. After a quick warm-up and a chat, we creep downstairs to see whats been left around from the night before. 2. I suppose the way I spend my day must seem fairly routine to some people, but I like to use it to the full. . Personally, I think the shops are best, especially the ones with toys in. 4. Friends houses can be a good source of entertainment. 5. Im not a TV addict but cartoons I do enjoy and my favourite programme is Tarzan. 6. The best treat of all is visiting Nanny. 7. She is extremely patient with my pruning efforts. 8. When Tarzan is on I strip off to my underpants and really get into the part. 9. I then have a trip down a shark-infested river at bathtime or practise swimming in the bath, but my room is rath er restricted and mum doesnt appreciate how far I get the water up the wall. 10.Mum has to read a book at bedtime, it gives me a few minutes to have a last play and select my favourite toys before the light goes out. Exercise 9 1. Draw a chart like the one below and arrange the childs activities into two columns. Enjoyable Boring II. After you have finished the chart, compare it with the rest of the class. Discuss the childs activities using the following words Interesting, creative, exciting, good fun, dangerous, boring, good exercise, relaxing, crazy, wonderful, enjoyable, terrible. Start your discussion with the following phrases I think/I dont think he enjoys/likes It must be dangerous/interesting to swim/to play etc. That sounds/does not sound like much fan/crazy etc. Id like to try myself. He doesnt mind If I had time, Id like to Exercise 10 Speak about your daily activities using the patterns given below. 1. Im not a TV addict/ardent reader, etc. but cartoons/novels, etc. I do enjoy. 2. I dont like cleaning my teeth/watching newsreels, etc. but I do. 3. I find it hard to sit still long enough/to work in the library, etc. 4. It can be a bit frustrating not being allowed to touch anything/to go to a disco, etc.Exercise 11 Speak about the childs daily routine 1. in the third person 2. in the person of his mother 3. in the person of his brother Daniel. Exercise 12 Discussion points. 1. What can you say about the boys character? Support your opinion. 2. What do you think of his mother? What is her daily routine like? 3. What takes up most of the boys day? 4. What activities mentioned by the boy seem to be most entertaining to you? Why? Exercise 13 I. Discuss activities we do as part of our daily/weekly routine. In five minutes write down as many things as you can think of.You should write your routines in full sentences, using adverbs of frequency. Read out your list to the class and delete anything you have written down which someone else has as well. Th us make a list of your special routines, that no one else has. Pattern I hove parties every week. II. Express your own feelings about the special routines of your fellow students. Use the expressions of likes and dislikes. Pattern I have parties every week. Well, to be honest/No, Im not too keen on arranging parties every week. Exercise 14 Tell about your daily routine when a child.Compare it with your present daily routine. Think about the following points studies, everyday activities, leisure activities, food/clothes, likes/dislikes. Use the following phrases When a child, I used to , but now I I never used to I spent most of my time , but now I I was/am keen on I was/am a addict. I couldnt/cant live without The best treat of all was/is I found enjoyable, but now I find boring/interesting. Ive decided to give up But Im not going to give up Exercise 15 I.Read the following text and get ready to answer the questions. John Naylor, 24, is a successful businessman. Let s follow him through a typical day. The alarm clock goes off at 700 a. m. John jolts out of bed at the same time. The automatic coffee maker kicks on in the kitchen. He jumps in the shower, shaves, opens one of the half-dozen boxes of freshly laundered white shirts waiting on the shelf, finishes dressing, and pours a cup of coffee. He sits down to a piece of whole wheat toast while he nips through the Fleet Street Journal. It takes him about 15 minutes to wake up and get ready.His briefcase in one hand and gym bag in the other, he hops in the car, ready to start the day. He clocks in at exactly 745 a. m. He takes a seat in front of the computer and prepares for hours of phone calls and meetings that occupy his mornings. At noon John rashes to the health club where he strips off the grey suit and changes into his T-shirt, shorts and the latest in design running shoes for tennis. In an hour he is sitting in the club dining room where he has scheduled lunch with a potential client. The y discuss business over sparkling water, pasta and a cup of coffee.At 230 p. m. he is back at his office, eager for several more hours of frantic meetings and phone calls. At 600 p. m. John phones out for delivery of dinner to keep him going through the next two to three hours hell spend at his office. John gets home at 1000 p. m. just in time to sit down to a bowl of frozen yoghurt and a reran of this seasons most popular drama series before turning in. II. Make brief notes of Johns daily routine. Use these times as a guide. 700 745 230 1000 715 1200 600 900 100 III.Answer the following questions 1. What takes up most of his time? 2. What things do you dislike about his daily routine? 3. Is his daily routine always the same? 4. Is his daily routine very different from yours? How? 5. What do you think about his social life? What daily routine may his girlfriend have? 6. Is he happy? Why? 7. What problems may arise if John gets married and starts a family? Will children fit into thi s hectic schedule? IV. Work in groups of two. 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 interviewers questions about your daily routine. When you are asked about other things, invent suitable answers. Exercise 16 Pair work Talk about your busiest day. Ask the following and more 1. Whats 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 do at the end of the day? 8. What do you do in your spare time? . What time do you usually go to bed? 10. What activities do you enjoy? Which do you dislike? Exercise 17 Imagine you can do what you like and work where you want. Plan your daily routine. When you are ready tell the class. Exercise 18 I . Carry out a survey titled How to Organise Your Day. Ask your fellow students 1. how much time they spend working, sleeping, washing and getting dressed, eating and drinking, shopping, travelling, doing housework, studying, reading, watching TV or listening to the radio, performing other leisure activities, doing nothing 2. hich activities they enjoy doing and how long they spend on them 3. which activities they do not enjoy doing and how long they spend on them 4. if there is something they dont have time to do or would like to spend more time doing 5. if there is some way they could organise their time differently and how. II. Make notes and analyse the results of the investigation. Write a short report giving the results of your survey. Use words and expressions like these None of A great many of Hardly any of Some of Very few of A large number of. Not many ofA lot of The majority of III. Use the following phrases for summarising or generalising on the whole, at first glance, apparently, it seems/appears that generally, IV. When you have finished your report, show it to the other students in the class and discuss. Exercise 19 Retell the following text in English. , ?, . , ? . ? . ? , ? . ? , , . , , ? ? ? , , . ? , , , , ? , ? , ? ? , . ? , , ? . . ? , ? . ? , , ? , ? . ? , . - , ? , ? - , ? . , , ? - , ? ? . , , , , ? ? . , ? , ? , , ? ? , , . ? ? . ? , ? ? , ? , , ? , . , ? ? . ? , ? ? . , ? ? . , ? . ? ? , ? , , ? . ? , ? - , , . ? ? , ? ? , ? , -. ? . , ? ? . ? ? , ? ? . ? ? . . - . . - ? ? . ? , , ? ? . (?. . ? ? ) Exercise 20 I. Read the list of English idioms and find their Russian equivalents in the econd list. A. To be back on track a whole good hour from time to time year in, year out on the run in the dead of night day in, day out to play the fool to twiddle ones thumbs. B. ? ? ? . II. Use the English idioms in sentences of your own speaking about your daily routine. Exercise 21 I. Match the two halves of each proverb correctly. Translate them into Russian or give their Russian equivalents.An early bird catches Jack a dull boy Time is two things at once Never put off till tomorrow a virtue Time and tide a worm Better late money Everyday is not what you can do today No man can do wait for no man All work and no play makes Sunday Punctuality is than never II. Make up a story to illustrate one of these proverbs. Exercise 22 Translate the quotations and comment upon them. A day is a miniature eternity. Ralph Emerson Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. Ralph Emerson Three oclock is always too late or too early for anything y ou want to do. Jean-Paul Sartre The day is for honest men, the night for thieves. Euripides Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better. Emile Coue Exercise 23 Role-play Making a TV Programme. Setting The streets of a big modern city. Situation A television crew is making a programme about different lifestyles. The journalists stop people in the street and interview them. They ask questions about their daily routine. They try to find out what time they get up, whether they get enough sleep, what they have for breakfast/dinner/supper, whether they are fussy about food, how they get to work, whether they are late for work, what time they come back home, who does the cooking/cleaning/shopping/washing, etc. whether they are more awake in the morning or in the evening, what time they go to bed, what they do to keep fit, what they do to relax, whether they have any kind of social life, what puts them in a good mood, whether their daily routine is always the same. Characters Card III Christian and Christine, the journalists. Card IIIIV Daniel and Diana, an actor and an actress. Famous and well-known. Card V Sheppard, a university student. Not very diligent. Card VI Shirley, a model. Willing to make a career. Card VII Patricia, a school teacher. Very responsible. Card VIII Felicia, a housewife. Has a large family. Card IX Raymond, a businessman. Very busy and very rich. Card X Letitia, a waitress in a restaurant. Young and carefree. Card XI Simon, a professional driver.Works hard and long hours. WRITING Exercise 1 Learn the spelling of the words in bold type from Introductory Reading and exercise 1 on page 68 and be ready to write a dictation. Exercise 2 Write a short description of a) your busiest day b) your day off c) your favourite day in the form of diary notes. Follow the pattern Exercise 3 Write a composition or an essay on one of the following topics. 1. The Day Everything Went Wrong. 2. How I Organise My Time. 3. The Day Before You Came . (ABBA) 4. Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow. (O. Wilde) 5. The Day of a Person Is a Picture of This Person. Note Punctuation.In writing it is very important to observe correct punctuation marks. A full stop is put 1) at the end of sentences 2) in decimals (e. g. 3. 5 three point five). A comma separates 1) homogeneous parts of the sentence if there are more than three members (e. g. I saw a house, a garden, and a car) 2) parentheses (e. g. The story, to put it mildly, is not nice) 3) Nominative Absolute Constructions (e. g. The play over, the audience left the hall) 4) appositions (e. g. Byron, one of the greatest English poets, was born in 1788) 5) interjections (e. g. Oh, you are right ) 6) coordinate clauses joined by and, but, or, nor, for, while, whereas, etc. (e. g.The speaker was disappointed, but the audience was pleased) 7) attributive clauses in complex sentences if they are commenting (e. g. The Thames, which runs through London, is q uite slow. Compare with a defining clause where no comma is needed The river that/which runs through London is quite slow) 8) adverbial clauses introduced by if, when, because, though, etc. (e. g. If it is true, we are having good luck) 9) inverted clauses (e. g. Hardly had she entered, they fired questions at her) 10) in whole numbers (e. g. 25,500 twenty five thousand five hundred). Object clauses are not separated by commas (e. g. He asked what he should do). To be continued on page 140.