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OurFamily
Exercise 1. Read and translate the text.
We are a large and friendly family. There are six of us: grandfather, grandmother, father, mother, my younger sister and I. I have an elder sister, too, she is 22 years old, but she does not live with our family. She has a little family of her own: a husband and a child - a two-year old boy.
Our grandfather is a scientist. He is on the wrong side of sixty, but he does not want to retire. He works at the university. He works part-time. He goes to the university two or three times a week and delivers lectures to students and does scientific work. On the days when he is at home, he works in his study, preparing for his lectures and writing a book.
Our grandmother is retired. She was a teacher and worked at school. She is recognized head of the family. She keeps house. Of course we help her about the house: all of us do our share in daily household chores. My sister washes the dishes, sweeps and washes the floor, washes the sink in the kitchen. My work is empting the dustbin, beating the carpets, dusting and vacuum cleaning. Our mother and father do most of the shopping. My mother and my sister also do washing. But most of the cooking is done by grandmother. She is a wonderful cook, and all our family likes her cooking very much.
Father is a doctor. He works at a large hospital. Mother is an economist and she works at a bank. Both our parents are very busy. Father has a car. In the morning he drives mother to work, then he goes to his hospital. Father also always drives grandfather to work on his university days.
My sister and I go to school. We are both senior formers, so naturally school takes up a lot of our time. We spend most of the afternoons and evenings doing our homework.
At the weekend we are not so busy as on week days, and we can relax: visit or receive friends or relations or just go for a walk. I also enjoy quiet Saturday evenings, when all the members of our friendly family are at home and nobody is in a hurry, and we are quietly sitting in our large and comfortable living-room, talking, joking, discussing our everyday affairs and drinking nice hot cups of tea with something deliсious prepared by grandmother.
Exercise 2. Answer the following questions. Look for the answers in the text.
1. How many members are there in the family?
2. What is the grandfather? Where does he work?
3. What was the grandmother 's occupation?
4. What do the members of the family do about the house?
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5. Where do the parents work?
6. Are children still pupils?
7. How does the family spend the weekend?
Exercise 3. Ask questions so that the sentences below could be answers.
1. My sister is 22 years old. 2. They have only one child. 3. Our grandfather delivers lectures to students. 4. Most of the cooking is done by grandmother. 5. Father always drives grandfather to work on his university days. 6. We spend most of the afternoons and evenings doing our homework. 7. At the weekend we visit our relations or just go for a walk.
Tom Brown speaks about his Flat
Exercise 1. Read and translate the text.
Our flat is on the sixth floor of a big twelve-storey building. In our flat we have three rooms, a kitchen, a hall, a bathroom and a toilet.
The first place you get to when you enter our flat is the hall. It is rather large. To the left of the entrance door there is a hall-stand, where we hang our overcoats and put our hats when we take them off. To the right of the entrance door there is a large mirror with a little table under it.
Our living-room is large. The floor of our living-room is yellow, the ceiling is white, the walls are blue. The curtains on the windows are brown.
There is a large brown sideboard in our living-room. It is at the wall to the right of the door. In the sideboard there are many plates, cups and glasses. There are some fine vases in the sideboard, too.
There is a cosy sofa in our living-room. It is at the wall to the left of the door. There are some cushions on the sofa. There is a little black coffee-table in front of the sofa. There are some newspapers and magazines on the coffee-table.
We have a large colour TV-set in the living-room. It is in the corner of the room on a little table. There is a big vase on the TV-set. There are usually some beautiful flowers in the vase. There are two cosy armchairs in our living-room. They are in front of the TV-set.
There are some fine pictures on the walls of our living-room.
We usually spend our free time in the living-room, reading, talking or watching TV. We receive our guests in the living-room, too.
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Our bedroom is not very large. The walls of our bedroom are pink, the curtains on the window are yellow. In our bedroom we have two beds. There is a little bedside table between the beds.
There is a large yellow wardrobe in our bedroom. It is at the wall to the right of the door. There are some clothes in the wardrobe.
In the corner of the bedroom there is a small dressing table with a mirror over it.
Our study is small. The walls of our study are brown, the curtains on the window are green.
In our study we have a little writing-desk. It is in front of the window. There are some pens, pencils and exercise-books on the writing-desk. There is a large brown bookcase in our study. It is at the wall to the left of the writing-desk. There are many books in it.
Our kitchen is small. There is a refrigerator in the kitchen. The refrigerator is white. There is a gas-cooker in the kitchen. The gas-cooker is black. There is a cupboard at the wall and a little table in the middle of the kitchen. There are some stools round the table.
In the kitchen we cook, have our meals and wash the dishes.
Exercise 2. Answer the following questions. Look for the answers in the text.
1. What kind of building is the Browns' flat in?
2. What is the first place you get to when you enter their flat?
3. What is there in their hall?
4. Is the living-room large or small?
5. What do the Browns usually do in their living-room?
6. How many beds are there in the bedroom? What is there between the beds?
7. Where do the Browns keep their clothes? What colour is it?
8. What is the third room in the Browns' flat?
9. Do Browns have many books? Where do they keep them? Where is the bookcase?
10. Where is the table in the kitchen? Are there chairs round the table?
Exercise 3. Disagree with the statements below. Begin your sentence with one of the following: I don't think so; I'm afraid you are wrong; on the contrary; it's not so; far from it.
The Browns have five-room flat. 2. There is no mirror in their bedroom. 3. They receive their guests in the kitchen. 4. The Browns' living-room is rather small. 5. In the sideboard they keep their clothes. 6. There is a computer on the writing-desk. 7. The refrigerator is grey and the gas-cooker is white. 8. The Browns have their meals in the dining
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Businessman's working day
Exercise 1. Read and translate the text.
Jeff Fuller is a salesman. He has a wife and three children and lives in San Francisco. He travels a lot. Every week he goes to New York or Washington or Chicago. He brings home presents for his wife and children.
Last week he had to go to Chicago on business. He left San Francisco on Monday morning. He got to Chicago at noon. He went to the Park Hotel and had lunch. In the afternoon he talked to some businessmen. That evening he called his friend, Carlos, and they had dinner at the hotel.
On Tuesday he worked all morning. In the afternoon he went shopping. He bought toy cars for the children. He got a present for his wife, too. Tuesday evening he was alone. At 7.30 he called his wife. He talked to the children, too. Then he was happy.
On Wednesday morning he got up at 6.00. He took the 8.00 plane to San Francisco. He didn't want breakfast on the plane, but he drank some coffee and read the paper. He got to San Francisco at 9.30. He took a taxi and went home. His wife and daughter were at home. They were glad to see him and their presents.
After breakfast Mr. Fuller went to his office. When he entered the office he found a number of business letters on his desk. Mr. Fuller sat down and began to look through the letters. Suddenly the telephone rang. Mr. Fuller took up the receiver and heard the voice of his chief. The chief asked Mr. Fuller to come over to his office and discuss the results of the trip.
After the talk with the chief Mr. Fuller came back to his office and continued his work.
At 1 o'clock he went out for lunch. In the afternoon he had several visitors. At 5 o'clock he took part in a meeting and made a report on his trip to Chicago.
Mr. Fuller came home later than usual that day. His wife and children were waiting for him. They all had dinner together. After dinner Mr. Fuller told his wife and children about business trip and his friend in Chicago. Then he looked through the papers and watched television. At half past ten he switched off the TV set and went to bed.
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Exercise 2. Read the text again and say which of the two statements is true to the text.
1. Jeff Fuller is a busy man.
a) He is an engineer; b) He is a salesman.
2. Jeff left for Chicago
a) on Monday; b) on Tuesday.
3. Jeff got to Chicago
a) in the morning; b) at noon.
4. In the afternoon Jeff
a) talked to some businessmen; b) met his friend Carlos.
5. On Tuesday morning Jeff
a) went shopping; b) worked hard.
6. On Wednesday Jeff got up early
a) at 6.00 a.m. b) at 7.00 a.m.
7. When Jeff got to San Francisco he went straight
a) home; b) to work.
8. When Mr. Fuller came to work
a) his wife rang him up; b) went to a meeting.
9. At 5 o'clock Mr. Fuller
a) went home; b) went to a meeting.
10. On Wednesday Jeff returned home
a) later than usual; b) earlier than usual.
Exercise 3. Ask questions about: a) Mr. Fuller's trip to Chicago; b) Mr. Fuller's working day on Wednesday.
Ситуационные задачи
Вариант 1
Вы в гостях у своего английского знакомого. Расскажите ему о себе и своей семье. Задайте соответствующие вопросы о его семье
Вариант 2
Вы планируете приобрести новую квартиру и делитесь со своими планами с другом (подругой)
Вариант 3
Вы находитесь в гостях за рубежом. Расскажите о Казахстане.
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