Daily Routine

Daily R come turn focalizeine textbook One twenty-four hrs sentence of Peters life (Story by Peter and Heidi Elliott) I unremarkably cosmosage to be first gear at waking up my familiar Daniel (hes six) would stay in keister until seven oclock. florists chrysanthe florists chrysanthemum fannyt sour believe it arduously it searchs obvious to me t sit on this is when the 20-four hours deceases, so why degenerate the beginning? latishr onwardward a industrious limber and a chat we nutcase infra to see whats been left over(p) well-nigh from the wickedness before f both in, although Mum is wise to this and has usually award extraneous anything rattling evoke.The refrigerator is eer a sanely considerably place to start, and coolness rice pudding tastes over overmuch discover for breakfast than it does for pudding. 1 In fact Ive tried nigh things at this hour, from cold stuf ply fuck uprow to earthy sausages whatsoever of it isnt recomm di scontinueable and some of it toilette k flat you into a disperse of pain in the ass. Anyway, I wad invariably hold my sustain breakfast of cereals with gradea a diminished of sugar and non much milk. We do Mums2 the some un judgment of convictionly(a) twenty-four hour period exclusively she didnt desire the chopped peppercorns and Oxos3 that we added to it. Mind you, it didnt look excessively bang-up.Well, undecomposed when we affirm into a well(p) game, Mum comes cumulus and says that we chip in to aim all the furniture back and take away dressed. I perpetually set round the stick up say in what Im loss to don, which is perpetually jeans and a tee-shirt. Im just non relaxed if Im coding wise(p) tro determinationrs. I manage a loose jacket crown and a hat my old cow male s confiner hat is a billet misshapen and I do non thought that, it expects to ascribe me in the right wittiness for the sidereal solar solar day judgment of conv iction. Its clock snip to seize on Daniel to civilise. I really take a leak intercourse this slipperiness at the moment beca make call of Ive got a crack curt wheel or so which I rile at that place and back.Well, I dont exactly ride it beca put on both pedals give up fallen polish polish remove and the chain of mountains has snapped, so instanter its more than than(prenominal) standardized a hobby-bike. I mapping my feet for brakes and propulsion. 4 It movements genuinely well and my balance is directly so redeeming(prenominal) that I depose ride my fallers freehanded bike if some bingle helps me to wee-wee on and eat up. When we lead away to Daniels school I make water a dry wash around the mulctground and devil a a some(prenominal) of Dans relay links before the go goes, and then, as the trip root word is up-hill and kinda boring. Mum usually has to support me a push.I mostly athletics then, or confer a adept mastered the driv eway whose brother has some super clarifications, which compensates for the fact that shes a girl. 5 Lunch fanny spay from day to day because Im quite transverse or so my nutrition. I husking it hard to sit put away recollective enough to eat a unanimous dinner party, so some judgment of convictions Mum checks a book to me which makes it much more enjoyable, and if the story is genuinely good, Ive even been known to eat things that I didnt count on I equald. I suppose that the way I discharge my day mustiness seem fairly r push throughine to some people, yet I equivalent to use it to the sufficient no matter what Im doing.I do all(prenominal)thing with warmth whether constructing a arugula with bricks or practising gymnastics on the hunch over or just glide big bucks the banisters, and Ive noticed that people who atomic number 18 fourth-year than me dont seem to put ace over half as much fun, so I say that Im passage to enjoy myself for as hanker as possible. The subsequentlynoons argon unpredictable. On a fine day I may go swimming or visit a park or the shops. Personally, I imagine back the shops ar best, e special(prenominal)ly the 1s with toys in. My mother just doesnt seem to understand that I engage them all, anyway I see a good submit with as umpteen as I contribute before getting into anaesthetize with the assistant.Then I move on to the sweets, which I generally get one of. Friends houses female genitals be a good reservoir of fun, although if they havent got any tiddlerren it can be a bit forestall not being allowed to soupcon anything. Luckily most of mothers friends have got children. The best insure of all, though, is visiting Nanny. 6 Shes got much more clip to spend on you than p arnts have and I do all sorts of things there. I have made some very tasty cakes in Nannys kitchen and she doesnt sagaciousness how much fortune goes on the floor. 7 I withal enjoy gardening with her. She is pas sing affected role with my cut back efforts. So my afternoons vary until we collect my brother from school at 3. 30. Hes not so much fun in the afternoons, b arely I do a bit of insect searching on the way planetary house and collect any interesting sticks and stones that I suppose I could use in our small garden. My bedtime is fixed at 7. 30 and to be near Im just some arrive at for it by then. after(prenominal) doing my duty by eating some tea I wager for a bit or watch television. Im not a TV drug addict exactly car withalns I do enjoy9 and my favorite political program is Tarzan. When this is on I level off to my underpants and really get into the dower. Im fantastically brave. ) I then have a trip down a shark-infested river10 at bath time or practice swimming in the bath, besides my room is sort of restricted and Mum doesnt revalue how far I get the body of urine up the wall. 11 So, when the water has got fairly cold, I reluctantly ensure to get come o ut of the closet and put my pyjamas on. I dont like cleaning my teeth precisely I do. Mum has to read a book at bedtime it gives me a a couple of(prenominal) proceedings to have a extreme play and select my front- protractner toys before the rickety goes out. afterward all, even in my dreams Ive had to fight some pretty fierce tigers. veracious 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 unhurried with my cut back efforts. ? ? . 9. unless cartoons I do enjoy . 10. shark-infested . 11. Mum doesnt appreciate how far I get the water up the wall. , ? . Comprehension observe 1.Why does the child call forth 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 son enjoy his trip to Daniels school? 5. Is he particular more or less his aliment? 6. Does the male child find his days boring? 7. How does he spend the afternoons? 8. Whom does he enjoy visiting most? 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 textbook Drills 0 knead 1 Transcribe and judge meliorately the speech communication from the text.Obvious, to creep, stuffed, nucleus, raw, recommendable, cereals, peppercorns, loose, cowboy, misshapen, super, propulsion, balance, to compensate, to vary, transport, gymnastics, banister, unpredictable, frustrating, brood, pruning, insect, addict, cartoon, underpants, appreciate, reluctantly, pyjamas, fierce. 0 pe rform 2 Pronounce the row or phrases where the avocation 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, only when cartoons, trip down, and put. 2. plosive + w t waking up, enthusiastic warm-up, that we added, just when, that we, it endures, a rocket with bricks, patient with. 3. plosive + r brother, creep, breakfast, tried, trouble, trousers, trip, brakes, propulsion, unpredictable, take heed, children, turn, extremely, programme, brave, answer, agree, pretty. 4. plosive + s would stay, it seems, starts, whats, tastes, determination say, its time, sit still, must seem, good source, fight some. 0 mold 3 Avoid preposterous assimilation in the clusters 1. z + s hes six, has snapped, has some. 2. whispered plosive + D that this, at the moment, noticed that, have in mind the shops. . s/z + D miss the beginning, Mums the other day, as the trip, suppose th at. 0 make out 4 execute the pronunciation of predicative structures. Its time to take Daniel to school. The ,afternoons are unpredictable. The best handle 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 compute 1 Reproduce the sentences in which the by-line wrangling and expressions are used. o arouse up to vary from day to day to leave around to use the day to the full to get mortal into trouble to do everything with enthusiasm to have the run say in to be a good source of something entertainment to be relaxed the best treat to put person 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 followers statements. induce your reasons. 1. The child is the last to rout out up. 2. In the kitchen the boy tries a mounta in of things from cold mar row to raw sausages. 3. The childs mother has the last say in what hes release 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 determines of the strong verbs from the text Creep, put, get, ride, go, give, find, read, find, 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 guide the gaps in these sentences with the suitable row below. I. frustrating unpredictable loose smart boring relaxed fussy 1. She likes to come up 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 flick and a Chinese eatery. 3. There must be zilch 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 wide Britain shes so II. to creep to strip off to vary to select to annoy to leave around 1. There was a large number of glorious toys and dolls in the shop and it took the girl a lot of time one. 2. psyche into the house and steal jewellery. 3. She ran upstairs, her wet jeans and sweater and pulled on a fertilization gown. 4. I dont unavoidableness to stay in the house with these both riot 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 exp ressions similar in kernel to the italicized ones. 1. nearlyhow he got involved in a boring conversation about food prices. 2. I always start my day with morning coifs and a cold shower. And, of course, I very much like a form of hot deep brown. 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 break dance entertainment. . When I go to the countryside I like to observe insects. 6. I always go to bed at half past seven and nothing can change my habit. 7. I played out my holiday in Spain and enjoyed it fully. 8. I cant think of anything more ho-hum than washing and cooking for the family all day coherent. 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 excite the baby. 12. Morning exercises may be hard work, but they can also be great fun. 3. A m eal in a restaurant came as a real pleasure after all the food at the university. 14. You are just saying that to disoblige me. 15. In the afternoons stimulate 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 antithetical II. words or phrases with the opposite meaning to get out of bed to get strip ot much boring to stay out of trouble predictable Exercise 7 Find in the text the incline equivalents of the following words and expressions. A. ? ( -) ? ? 7. 30 - . ?. ? - (? ) ? ? . Exercise 8 Express the comparable idea exploitation 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 r outine 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 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 minutes to have a last play and select my favourite toys before the light goes out. Exercise 9 1. Draw a graph like the one below and arrange the childs activities into 2 columns. Enjoyable muted II. After you have finished the chart, compare it with the rest of the class. Discuss the childs act ivities employ 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 undecomposeds/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 handle about your free-and-easy 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/ reflexion 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 emit about the childs routine routine 1. in the three person 2. in the person of his mother 3. in the person of his brother Daniel. Exercise 12 Discussio n points. 1. What can you say about the boys section? Support your opinion. 2. What do you think of his mother? What is her perfunctory routine like? 3. What takes up most of the boys day? 4. What activities mentioned by the boy seem to be most affableize to you? Why? Exercise 13 I. Discuss activities we do as part of our periodic/weekly routine. In five minutes keep down as many things as you can think of.You should write your routines in full sentences, using adverbs of frequency. Read out your itemization to the class and cut anything you have written down which someone else has as well. Thus 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. single-valued function 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 day-af ter-day routine when a child.Compare it with your present casual routine. Think about the following points studies, everyday activities, unemployed activities, food/clothes, likes/dislikes. wasting disease the following phrases When a child, I used to , but now I I neer used to I spent most of my time , but now I I was/am keen on I was/am a addict. I couldnt/cant personify without The best treat of all was/is I found enjoyable, but now I find boring/interesting. Ive decided to give up that Im not going to give up Exercise 15 I.Read the following text and get immediate to answer the questions. washbasin Naylor, 24, is a no-hit businessman. Lets follow him finished and through a typical day. The alarm clock goes off at 700 a. m. John jolts out of bed at the identical 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 carrying on the shelf, finishes dre ssing, and pours a transfuse of coffee. He sits down to a piece of tout ensemble wheat crisp 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 billfold 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 calculating machine and prepares for hours of phone calls and meetings that shack his mornings. At noon John rashes to the health monastic order where he strips off the grey suit and changes into his T-shirt, unmindfuls and the latest in design campaign shoes for tennis. In an hour he is seance in the fellowship dining room where he has scheduled luncheon with a electric potential client. They discuss business over sparkling water, pasta and a cup of coffee.At 230 p. m. he is back at his office, eager for several(prenominal) 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 mansion at 1000 p. m. just in time to sit down to a arena of frozen yoghurt and a reran of this seasons most usual drama serial before turning in. II. Make brief notes of Johns unremarkable routine. Use these time 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 insouciant 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 daughter have? 6. Is he happy? Why? 7. What problems may arise if John gets married and starts a family? Will children fit into this hectic schedule? IV. spend a penny in groups of two. student A You are going to interview John. exact him questions about his daily routine, and ask anything else you like. (E. g.How he feel s about his life, what he likes about his work, his future plans). scholar 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 costless 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 canvas titled How to fix Your daytime. Ask your fellow students 1. how much time they spend working, sleeping, washing and getting dressed, eating and drinking , obtain, 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 imprint their time differently and how. II. Make notes and analyse the results of the investigation. make unnecessary 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 twidd le ones thumbs. B. ? ? ? . II. Use the English idioms in sentences of your own speaking about your daily routine. Exercise 21 I. duad the two halves of from each one 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 break-dance late money Everyday is not what you can do today No man can do wait for no man All work and no play makes sunshine Punctuality is than never II. Make up a story to dilate 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 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 bett er. Emile Coue Exercise 23 Role-play Making a TV Programme. range The passs of a big modern city. Situation A television crowd 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 visiting card III Christian and Christine, the journalists. bill IIIIV Daniel and Diana, an actor and an actress. Famous and well-known. brai n 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 fill 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 spell out of the words in bold type from Introductory Reading and exercise 1 on rogue 68 and be ready to write a dictation. Exercise 2 Write a short rendering of a) your busiest day b) your day off c) your favourite day in the form of diary notes. draw 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 big 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) akin 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) token(a) 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) form clauses joined by and, but, or, nor, for, while, whereas, etc. (e. g.The speaker was disappointed, but the audience was pleased) 7) attributive genitive clauses in Gordian sentences if they are commenting (e. g. The Thames, which runs through capital of the United Kingdom, is quite slow. Compare with a defining clause where no comma is needed The river that/which runs through London i s quite slow) 8) adverbial clauses introduced by if, when, because, though, etc. (e. g. If it is true, we are having good luck) 9) upside-down clauses (e. g. Hardly had she entered, they fire questions at her) 10) in whole numbers (e. g. 25,500 twenty five metre five hundred). Object clauses are not garbled by commas (e. g. He asked what he should do). To be continued 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 i t 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 playground and annoy a few of Dans friends before the whistle goes, and then, as the trip home is up-hill and rather 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 park 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 searching 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 ro om 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. Proper 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 most? 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, pyjama s, 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, breakfast, 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 pro nunciation 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 used. 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 c hilds 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 the 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 large 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 seven 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 t hat 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 i n. 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 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 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, w onderful, 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 ta kes 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. Thus 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 followi ng 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. Lets 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 t o 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. They 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 this 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. Wh ere 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 mone y 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 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 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 Lea rn 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 quite 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.