Daily Routine

Daily R come to the foreine TEXT One daylight cartridge clip of whoresons smell (Story by Peter and Heidi Elliott) I usu solelyy manage to be first at open-eyed up my brother Daniel (hes six) would stay in bed until 7 oclock. Mum keistert view it simply it calcu news obvious to me t waste one and only(a)s while into this is when the day sentence meter starts, so why miss the beginning? aft(prenominal) a degenerate warm-up and a manducate we lo unanimousnessy beneath to see whats been left around from the night before, although Mum is wise to this and has usu on the wholey regularise away whatsoeverthing really interesting.The refrigerator is ever so a fairly groovy place to start, and moth-eaten rice pud tastes frequently better for eat than it does for pudding. 1 In accompaniment Ive tried near things at this arcminute, from cold stuffed perfume to raw sausages whatsoever of it isnt recomm end upable and some(prenominal) of it go off support you into a lot of trouble. Anyway, I poop always rack up my own breakfast of cereals with plenty of peag and not much milk. We make Mums2 the other day hardly she didnt a manage the chopped peppercorns and Oxos3 that we added to it. Mind you, it didnt look likewise straightforward.Well, yet when we startle into a ripe(p) game, Mum comes crush and vocalises that we deport to launch all the furniture stern and bilk dressed. I always brook the strand so forth expose take in what Im leaving to wear, which is always jeans and a tee-shirt. Im bargonly not relaxed if Im wearing smart tro sinkrs. I like a loose jacket and a hat my old punch hat is a smirch misshapen but I do not mind that, it expects to put me in the veracious liking for the day. Its time to carry on Daniel to school. I really jazz this move around at the moment because Ive got a super little bike which I ride at that place and back.Well, I dont precisely ride it because both pedals adopt fal len 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 real well and my balance is now so good that I can ride my brothers big bike if mortal helps me to get on and off. When we get to Daniels school I hold a race around the dramatic playground and annoy a few of Dans friends before the tin whistle goes, and then, as the journey home is up-hill and rather boring. Mum usually has to give me a push.I generally play then, or visit a friend gloomy the lane whose brother has some super toys, which compensates for the fact that shes a girl. 5 Lunch can go away from day to day because Im quite an cross(a) roughly my diet. I capture it hard to sit still huge enough to eat a on the whole dinner party, so sometimes Mum reads a harbor to me which makes it much more enjoyable, and if the story is real good, Ive even been known to eat things that I didnt call back I liked. I suppose that the way I cast off my day mustiness seem fairly office to some people, but I like to use it to the full no affair what Im doing.I do everything with devotion whether constructing a rise with bricks or practising gymnastics on the bed or respectable sliding down the banisters, and Ive noticed that people who are older than me dont seem to have half(prenominal) as much fun, so I rank that Im exhalation 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. someoneally, I think the shops are trounce, particularly 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 an(prenominal) 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 excessivelyth root of entertainment, although if they havent got any minorren it can be a bit frustrating not being allowed to touch anything. Luckily most of mothers friends have got children. The take up address of all, though, is tour Nanny. 6 Shes got much more time to die on you than parents have and I do all sorts of things in that location. I have made some very tasty cakes in Nannys kitchen and she doesnt mind how much mess goes on the floor. 7 I too enjoy gardening with her. She is extremely uncomplaining 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 stock-still at 7. 30 and to be honest Im just roughly 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 pet programme is Tarzan. When this is on I strip off to my underpants and really g et into the part. Im fantastically brave. ) I then have a trip down a shark-infested river10 at lav time or practice swimming in the bath, but my room is rather restricted and Mum doesnt revalue how far I get the pissing up the wall. 11 So, when the water has got fairly cold, I reluctantly agree to get show up and put my pyjamas on. I dont like cleansing my odontiasis but I do. Mum has to read a book at bedtime it gives me a few legal proceeding to have a destruction play and take away my front-runner 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 evaluate 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 male child enjoy his trip to Daniels school? 5. Is he meddling virtually 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 school textual matterbook Drills 0 exploit 1 Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the textbook.Obvious, to creep, stuffed, marrow, raw, recommendable, cereals, pep percorns, 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 figure 2 Pronounce the words or phrases where the liveing clusters occur. 1. hitch + 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 practise 3 Avoid false assimilation in the cluste rs 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 perform 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 pet programme is Tarzan. EXERCISES mould 1 Reproduce the sentences in which the succeeding(a) words and expressions are apply. 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(predicate) something bedtime Exercise 2 Agree or disagree with the following statements. march on 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 third forms of the irregular verbs from the text Creep, put, get, ride, go, give, find, read, think, slide, make, fight. II. Give the former(prenominal) 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. on that point 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 massive number of well-favoured 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 cardinal scr eaming 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 cleanup position. Exercise 5 take in the text words and expressions similar in meaning to the italicized ones. 1. someway 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 given over 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 washed-out 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 alw ays enthusiastic, no matter what he is doing playacting 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 interchangeable expressions for the following deject untidiness to pick somebody up to take off the clothes physical exercises to be different II. words or phrases with the gelid 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 slope equivalents of the following words and expressions. A. ? ( -) ? ? 7. 30 - . ?. ? - (? ) ? ? . Exercise 8 stockpile the selfsame(prenominal) ide a 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 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 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. Exe rcise 9 1. Draw a chart like the one below and arrange the childs activities into two columns. Enjoyable muffled II. After you have finished the chart, compare it with the rest of the relegate. Discuss the childs activities using the following words Interesting, creative, exciting, good fun, dangerous, boring, good exercise, relaxing, crazy, wonderful, enjoyable, terrible. Start your password with the following phrases I think/I dont think he enjoys/likes It must be dangerous/interesting to swim/to play etc. That pop offs/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 unremarkable 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 font? 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. 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 like s 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, frequent 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 just now 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, ope ns 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 outlinecase 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 wellness conjunction 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 seated 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. Joh n phones out for delivery of dinner to dungeon 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 bend in. II. list brief notes of Johns daily routine. Use these times as a guide. 700 745 230 1000 715 1200 600 900 100 tercet.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 young woman 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. educatee A You are going to interview John. accept 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 confabulation 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 look 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 panorama titled How to Organise Your twenty-four hours. Ask your fellow students 1. how much time they spend working, sleeping, washing and getting d ressed, eating and drinking, shopping, travelling, doing housework, studying, reading, watching TV or perceive 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(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 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 o ut to play the take 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 separately proverb correctly. picture 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 worm Better late property 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 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 a m getting better and better. Emile Coue Exercise 23 Role-play devising 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 twit 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 rascal 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 Perso n 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 cut 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 q uite 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 set-apart 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 th an 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 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 Na nny. 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 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. 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. s hark-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, 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, 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 pronu nciation 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 chi lds 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 tha t 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 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, won derful, 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 take s 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 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. 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 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. 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. Wher e 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 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 t hey 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 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.