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My Day off
When a school-girl I always envied those students who went to school five but not six days a week, as we did. So you may guess, I had the only day off — Sunday. On Sunday, I didn’t have to hurry anywhere, that’s why, I got up at nine or ten o’clock. I wasn’t an early riser. I did my bed, washed myself and went to the kitchen. In the kitchen the table had already been laid and I always had something tasty on Sunday: fried potatoes, meat salad or my favourite apple-pies. After breakfast, if the weather was sunny, I usually didn’t stay indoors, I went to see my friends. We often played volleyball or basket-ball in the yard and in winter if there was much snow out-of-doors we went skating and skiing in the woods.
But sometimes the day happened to be rainy and gloomy. I preferred to be in watching TV, listening to music, reading books, speaking over the phone or just lying on the sofa idling away the time. Some of my classmates could watch all TV-programmes from morning till night, but I think it’s rather boring, and I always felt sorry for those TV-addicts. It’s much more interesting to play a game of chess with your grandfather, or help your mother about the house, or argue with your father about the latest events at home and abroad. In the evening, when all the family were together, we had some tea with a cake or biscuits, we listened to my younger sister playing the piano, sometimes we sang folk songs.Every Sunday, when I went to bed, I was thinking that the day had flashed past and the next week would bring new problems and their solution.
Active Words and Word Combinations:
to envy — заздрити
to guess — здогадуватися
I didn’t have to hurry — мені не слід поспішати
an early riser — людина, яка рано прокидається
to lay the table — накривати на стіл
tasty — смачненький (-а, -е)
to happen — траплятися
gloomy — похмурий
boring — нудний, стомленний
to feel sorry for smb. — жаліти когось
TV-addicts — телемани
Questions:
1. What day was your day off?
2. When did you get up on Sunday?
3. Were you an early riser?
4. What did you have for breakfast on Sunday?
5. What did you do if the weather was sunny?
6. Did you like to stay indoors when the day was rainy and gloomy?
7. Do you think to watch TV from morning till night is rather boring?
8. What did you do in the evening?
Teacher ________________I.S.Kokovihinа
A WEEKEND AWAY
A. On Labor Day Weekend Michael and Patty were on vacation. On Saturday they were in North Beach. Everything was terrible.On Sunday they were in South Beach. Everything was wonderful.
Read each sentence and tell where they were.
Example: The motel was old. - North Beach
The chairs were comfortable. - South Beach.
1. The weather was sun and hot. 8. The room was large.
2. The water was dirty. 9. The motel was quiet.
3. The beach was clean. 10. The water was clear.
4. The bed was comfortable. 11. The motel was modern.
5. The towels were clean. 12. The towels were dirty.
6. The weather was cloud and cool. 13. Everything was wonderful.
7. The chairs were uncomfortable. 14. Everything was terrible.
Each sentence tells about North Beach. Read it and then tell about South Beach.
Example: In North Beach the weather was cloudy and cool.
In North Beach the weather was cloudy and cool, bur in South Beach the
weather was sunny and hot.
1. In North Beach the beach was dirty.
2. In North Beach the water was dirty.
3. In North Beach the motel was old.
4. In North Beach the motel was noisy.
5. In N orth Beach, the bed was uncomfortable.
6. In North Beach the chairs were uncomfortable.
7. In North Beach the room was small.
8. In North Beach the towels were dirty.
9. In North Beach everything was terrible.
Answer these questions about Michael and Patty’s weekend
Yes, it was |
Yes, they were |
No, it wasn’t |
No, they weren’t |
In North Beach... In South Beach…
1. Was the weather sunny? 8. Was the weather hot?
2. Was it hot? 9. Was the beach clean?
3. Was the beach dirty? 10. Was the water dirty?
4. Was the water clean? 11. Was the motel noisy?
5. Was the bed comfortable? 12. Were the towels clean?
6. Were the towels dirty? 13. Were the chairs comfortable?
7. Were the chairs comfortable? 14. Was the room small?
Use the chart. Ask questions and give answers about Michael and Patty’s vacation.
Examples: How was the weather in North Beach? It was cold and cloudy.
How were the chairs in South Beach? They were comfortable.
How |
was
were |
the weather the beach the motel the bed the towels the chairs the room |
in North Beach? in South Beach? |
Complete these sentences about the two restaurants in the picture above.
was wasn’t were wern’t |
I. In North Beach the food was terrible.
2. In South Beach the food_____________ delicious.
3. In North Beach the service ___________ slow.
4. In South Beach the service ____________ good.
5. In North Beach their table _____________near the window.
6. In South Beach their table _____________near the window.
7. In North Eeach there__________________food on the floor.
8. In South Beach the floor ______________ clean.
9. Patty and Michael ____________________happy with the first restaurant.
10. They _____________________________very happy with the second restaurant.
Use the chart. Write ten questions and answers about the weekend.
Was
were |
the motel the restaurant the food the service
the waiters Patty and Michael
|
terrible good bad dirty clean slow friendly happy upset
|
in South Beach? in North Beach?
|
1. Was the restaurant dirty in South Beach? No, it was not.
Put the words in these questions in the correct order. Then, answer the guestions.
Example: 1. was / in / North Beach / How/ the/ sersvice/ ?
How was the service in North Beach? It was slow.
2. South Beach / Where / ? / in / their / was / table
3. /? / weather / in / How / North Beach / was / the
4. unfriendly / was / North Beach / Who /? / in
5. food /? / South Beach / How / in / the / was
6. waiters / were /? / How / South Beach / the / in
7. Where / in / North Beach / table /? / their / was
8. South Beach / in / How / was /? / service / the
9. in /? / Who/ friendly / was / South Beach
10. North Beach / How /? / waiters / in / were / the
Read the story. Then complete the questions.
It was Labor Day. Patty and Michael went away from the last weekend of the summer. On Saturday they were in North Beach. Everything was terrible! The weather was cool and cloudy. No one was in the water. The beaches were dirty. There were cups and cans and bottles on the sand and near the garbage cans. Their motel was near a highway, so it was noisy. That evening, the French restaurant near the motel was terrible. Their table was near the kitchen; it was hot and noisy. And the food was awful. Patty said, “I can cook better than this!” Michael was upset with the bill. It was $85. On Sunday Patty and Michael drove to South Beach. Everything was different! The weather was sunny and hot. The beach was sandy and white. Patty and Michael were in the clear water all afternoon. Their motel was on a quiet street near the beach. That evening they were happy with the Mexican restaurant near the motel. Their table was near the window, so they could see the beach. The food was delicious, and the bill was only $32.
Example: 1. Where was the motel on Saturday? In North Beach.
2. How__________________________________? It was noisy.
3. Why__________________________________? Because it was near a highway.
4. Where_________________________________? It was near the kitchen.
5. How__________________________________? It was terrible.
6. How much______________________________? It was $85.
7. When__________________________________? On Sunday.
8. How___________________________________? It was Sunny.
9. Where__________________________________? In the water.
10. Where_________________________________? It was near the window.
11. How___________________________________? It was delicious.
12. How much______________________________? It was $32.
Teacher ________________I.S.Kokovihinа
Theme “My College”
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RETELL THE TEXT.
College life
As you know I am a student of College of Mycolajiv State University named after V. Suhomlinsky. Our college neither old nor new and quite big above 800 students. It is situated in the center of our district close to my home. It takes me only up to ten minutes to get there. I go to college five times a week. Our classes start at 8 o’clock a.m. and last till 2 o’clock p.m. So we have 3 or 4 lessons a day. We study many different subjects: Ukrainian, Law, English, Ukrainian History, Economy, Book-keeping, Programming and computer sciences.
The college year is divided into two terms. It begins on the 1st of September known as a Day of Knowledge and normally finishes in May. After that we take exams. Each terms is followed by holidays.
How does our University look like? It is a fivestoreyed, glass and concrete building. It has many blocks. Our college is situsted in the yard of University in the 10th block. Some of our lectures are held in the main block of University. It has many classrooms, laboratories and specialized rooms. Specialized rooms are used to study book-keeping, typing, economy. These rooms are equipped with corresponding teaching materials, facilities and devices. Computer laboratories (labs) are equipped with computers, printers and scanners. Every classroom has a flower-stand or some pots on the window-panes with beautiful home plants or flowers. The teacher’s desk is usually between the pupils’ ones and the blackboard. There are about twenty desks in each classroom.
On the ground floor there is a cloak-room,and class-rooms and lavatory. The assembly hall is on the third floor. There we have various events, meetings and concerts take place. The gymnasium (gym) is in the yard of University. In the gym we have physical training lessons and sorts of sport competitions are held here,
On the ground floor of our college there is teachers’ room. You can see there a telephone, a computer and a fax machine. The teachers’ room is quite comfortable and cozy and some teachers like to spend their time there. On the first floor of our college there is an administrative office.
On the second floor of University we can see a library with a reading room. We borrow books from the library at often work in its reading room. If you can’t find a necessary book you will be able to use a computer, which is in the library.
By the way, our college is situated in a picturesque place. It is surrounded by the park where differe trees, bushes, flowers grow. There is a stadium near the building of our college.
I like my college very much and I am very happy to study there.
Teacher ________________I.S.Kokovihinа
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RETELL THE TEXT.
At the Library. My School Library. (1)
Libraries are very important in the life of all people. We can't buy all the books we want to read. That's why we take out books from libraries.
A lot of people go to libraries on Saturdays. They have some time to spare, because Saturday is a day off. They bring their books to the library and go home taking new books.
The librarians take books from the people who come in and give them some new books to choose for reading at home.
In a book there is a little pocket and in this pocket there is a piece of paper. The librarian takes this piece of paper out of the pocket in the book. She fills it in, that is, puts the date on the piece of paper and on the right page of the book. Then she puts the piece of paper in the person's reading card.
Speaking about libraries it is necessary to admit that Moscow holds the first place among all the other cities of the world for the number of its libraries. The largest library in the world is the State Lenin Library with an overall fund of 21 million various titles in 166 languages.
It has 22 reading-rooms, special halls for scientific reference work, for children and youth, for current periodicals, reference books, manuscripts and for other purposes.
The library has a book exchange service with 60 countries of the world.
I enjoy reading books. And it doesn't matter what kind of book it is. It can be a collection of short stories, a book of poems or adventures. I equally enjoy them all. But there's one thing that matters. When I choose a book for reading, it shouldn't be dull but interesting.
I used to get some of my books from my school library. I must admit our school library had a good stock of books and the librarian was always ready to help in one's choice of books. A great number of volumes filled the shelves. One could find there books of adventure stories, historical novels and tales that opened up panoramas of life and history of other countries, psychological novels, collections of short stories, the immortal classics.
Our school library subscribed to several newspapers and magazines. They kept us well informed about the latest developments in this country and abroad, news in the spheres of science, art and literature.
Though I attend libraries on a regular basis, I buy quite a lot of books too, particularly those that I read before and enjoyed reading. I like to have them in my room so that I can turn to them not only once but time and again» I derive an utmost pleasure from sitting in the room where my books are and even if I am not reading them, I like to look at the books on the shelves and to feel that I have my friends around me, friends that will never let you down, that will never betray you.
Questions:
I. Why do we take books from libraries?
2. When do a lot of people go to libraries?
3. Why do a lot of people go to libraries on Saturday?
4. What do librarians do when people come to libraries?
5. What is there in the pocket of a book?
6. Which city holds the first place in the world for the number of books?
7. What is the largest library of this country?
8. What is the overall fund of the State Lenin Library?
9. What halls are there in the Lenin Library?
10. What books could one find in your school library?
11. Did your school subscribe to any newspapers and magazines?
12. Do you buy books?
13. What do you derive an utmost pleasure from?
Vocabulary:
to buy (bought, btfught) - купувати
to have some time to spare - мати вільний час
to bring (brought, brought) - приносити
a day off - вихідний
to choose (chose, chosen) - вибирати
to fill in - заповнювати
reading card - картка читача
to admit - визнати
to hold (held, held) the first place - займати перше місце
an overalLf und of - загальний фонд
various - різноманітний, різний
scientific reference work, - робота з наукової довідковою літературою
periodicals - періодичні видання
reference books - довідники
manuscripts - рукописи
to be housed - розміщуватися
dull - нудний
a good stock of books - хороший вибір, зібрання книг
volume - тому
psychological - психологічний
novel - роман
to subscribe to - підписуватися (на періодику)
magazine - журнал
to keep smb. well-informed - тримати в курсі, інформувати
on a regular basis - регулярно
particularly - особливо
to enjoy - отримувати задоволення
time and again - постійно
to derive an utmost pleasure from - одержувати величезне задоволення
to feel (felt, felt) - відчувати
to let smb. down - підвести когось
to betray - зрадити
Teacher ________________I.S.Kokovihinа
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The Subjects We Do at School. My Favourite Subject.
We did quite a lot of subjects at school. They were: Physics, Mathematics, Biology, Russian Literature, Chemistry, English, History of this country and many other subjects.
It was rather difficult to go to school when a school-leaver, we had so much to do. I know that all the subjects are important and they all must be paid much attention to, but still I didn't like exact sciences.
I spent much time on doing them at home. However hard I tried, all those formulas and definitions were mixed up in my head and I couldn't make it out after all. So I had nothing to do but sit for two or three hours swotting Physics, Chemistry and Maths.
My favourite subjects were Literature, History, English.
Most of all I liked English. I read English books, tried to translate some stories from newspapers from English into Russian and vice versa.
I had some English handbooks and they were of great help to me when I studied English Grammar and did some exercises. At our English lessons we read quite a lot of dull texts from our textbooks.
But in my view, written texts and textbooks are not important. The best way to improve your language skills and habits is to work at a language laboratory.
But there was no good language laboratory at our school. And I spent plenty of time at home listening to the tapes, imitating the sounds and intonations of the native speakers of English.
I was working hard at my pronunciation because my teacher said that it was my weak point. Sometimes I spoke English with my friends after classes and they said I was making good progress in the language.
I decided to take my entrance exams to the Institute because I want to know English.
Nowadays, it's impossible to do without foreign languages because of expanding economic, cultural ties of this country with other countries of the world. Besides, one can't be a learned and well-educated person if he doesn't know at least one foreign language.
As for me, I'd like to read English and American Literature, to understand it without resorting to anybody's help.
Questions:
1. What subjects did you do at school?
2. Why was it difficult to go to school when a school-leaver?
3. What subjects didn't you like? Why?
4. What was your favourite subject?
5. What is the best way to improve your language skills?
6. Why did you decide to take your entrance exams to the Institute?
Vocabulary:
to do subjects - вивчати шкільні предмети
to go to school - навчатися у школі
school-leaver - випускник
to pay attention to smth. - Звертати увагу на що-небудь
exact sciences - точні науки
however hard I try - як я не намагаюся
to mix up - змішувати, перемішувати
to make smth. out - розбиратися в чому-небудь, розуміти що-небудь
to swot smth. - Зубрити небудь
vice versa - навпаки
to be of great help to smb. - Дуже допомагати комусь
dull - нецікавий, нудний
to improve smth. - Поліпшувати небудь
skills and habits - уміння і навички
to spend (spent, spent) - проводити
to work hard at smth. - Працювати наполегливо над чим-небудь
weak point - вразливе місце
to make good progress in smth. - Робити успіхи в чому-небудь
to take an exam - здавати іспит.
entrance exam - вступний іспит
impossible - неможливий, неможливо
to do without - обійтися без
because of - через
to expand - розширювати
learned and well-educated - ерудована і освічений
at least - принаймні
to resort to smb. - Звертатися до кого-небудь
Teacher ________________I.S.Kokovihinа
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The Subjects We Studied at School. My Favourite Subject. (2)
We did quite a lot of subjects at school. They were: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, History, Geography, Russian, English, Literature and others.
Every teacher asked for equal and adequate attention to his subject and it was not an easy work to do. I knew that all the subjects were important, but still I was always indifferent to exact sciences.
Since my childhood I have been fond of reading. My favourite subjects were Literature and languages.
When I started studying English, the first thing I got interested in, was the different way to express one and the same idea in English and Russian.
I wondered why if an Englishman is upset or gloomy he does not say: "I have a bad mood" like Russians do but says: "I feel blue".
There is an infinite number of such things in any language. I read English books, tried to translate some articles from "Moscow News".
Very often I borrowed English books from our school library. I spend a lot of time studding Grammar and doing exercises.
At our English lessons we read quite a lot, but didn't talk much. So me and my friends decided to speak English among us.
Very often I spoke English with my friends on the way home after classes.
Questions:
1. What subjects did you do?
2. Did you like them all?
3. What was your favourite subject?
4. Have you read any English books?
5. Was studying Grammar difficult for you?
Vocabulary:
equal - рівний
adequate - достатній
attention - увага
indifferent - байдужий
exact sciences - точні науки
express - виражати
to upset - засмучувати
gloomy - похмурий
infinite - нескінченний
to translate - переводити
to borrow - брати, займати
among - серед, між
Teacher ________________I.S.Kokovihinа