The House of an Englishman

Many families in London live in …1…, but most people live in their own houses in …2… . Most of London's suburban houses consist of two …3…, the ground floor and the first floor. All in all there are six or seven rooms in the house.

On the …4… floor there's a dining-room, a sitting-room, a kitchen and a hall. In the …5… you can see a stand for hats, coats and umbrellas. A staircase leads from the hall to the landing on the …6… floor. On this floor there are four bedrooms, a bathroom and a lavatory. On top of the roof there are three …7… .

In front of the house they have a small garden, in which they grow …8… : roses, tulips and so on. At the back of the house there's a much larger garden with a lawn and some fruit trees. There's also a vegetable garden where they grow all kinds of vegetables, such as …9… , cabbages, cauliflowers, onions and tomatoes.

At the side of the house there is a …10… , where they can keep their car. The garden is enclosed by a fence, with a gate in it.

A. hotels A. village A. floors A. first A. living-room A. second A. lamps A. trees A. apples A. garage

B.cottages B.countryside B. stairs B. ground B. bedroom B. first B. chimneys B. flowers B. melons B. entrance

C. flats C. suburbs C. grounds C. downstairs C. hall C. ground C. bras C. bushes C. potatoes C. exit

Ex. 15 Make the proverbs, explain their meaning and suggest the Russian equivalents to them:

1. my, is, my, house, castle.

2. no, is, place, there, home, like.

3. make, homes, men, houses, make, women.

Ex. 16 Things to do:

1. Write a letter to your friend about your new flat.

2. Your friend has a new country-house (dacha) nor far from Tyumen. Describe it.

3. Draw a picture of your: a) flat; b) room and describe them.

4. Make up an advertisement about a flat or a house you want to let.

5. Make a mini-project “My dream house”.

Unit IV

MY WORKING DAY AND MY DAY OFF

Learn the new vocabulary:

to wake up – просыпаться to get up – вставать to make the bed – заправлять кровать to do morning exercises – делать зарядку to take a shower (bath) – принимать душ (ванну) to have breakfast (dinner, supper) – завтракать (обедать, ужинать) to go by bus – ехать на автобусе to go on foot – идти пешком to be in a hurry – торопиться to be late for classes – опаздывать на занятия It takes me 40 minutes to get the University – я добираюсь до университета 40 минут to miss (to attend) classes – пропускать (посещать) занятия

according to the time-table I have 4 classes a day – по расписанию у меня 4 пары в день on week days – в будние дни at the week end – в выходной to clean the flat – убирать квартиру to wash up – мыть посуду to do homework – делать домашнее задание to go to the gym – ходить в спортзал to have a rest – отдыхать to go to the country – ехать за город to go for a walk – идти на прогулку to go in for sport – заниматься спортом to watch TV, to listen to music – смотреть телевизор, слушать музыку tovisitrelatives,friends– ходить в гости к родственникам, друзьям to go to bed – ложиться спать

Ex. 1 Find the right definition for the following words:

1. working day

2. day off

3. to be late

4. to go on foot

5. gym

6. leisure

1. a large hall with special equipment for doing physical exercises

2. free time

3. to arrive somewhere after the correct time

4. a day when you don’t work

5. to walk

6. a day when you work, study, etc.

Ex.2 Find the antonyms:

to be late, day off, to work, to miss, to be in time, to get up, to attend, to have a rest, working day, to go to bed.

Ex.3 Cross out the wrong word:

1. Saturday, Monday, September, Tuesday;

2. supper, lunch, breakfast, time-table, dinner;

3. canteen, library, shopping center, classroom, gym;

4. cycling, dressing, skiing, climbing, bowling.

Ex.4 Use the right words (a-n) given below:

It is Monday today. I (1) … at about 7 o'clock. Then I did my (2) … , (3) … and have (4) … . Then I (5) … to my office. At the office I (6) … . Till 6 p.m. When I (7) … home I (8) … and then I have (9) … . In the evening I like (10) … a little or (11) … . Then I ring up my friend Paul and tell him about my plans for the (12) … and ask him to join me. He agrees. Then I (13) … the light and (14) … .

1. go on foot

2. week-end

3. morning exercises

4. am busy

5. get up

6. wash

7. turn off

8. read

9. breakfast

10. a short rest

11. watch TV

12. have dinner

13. come

14. turn off

Ex. 5 Put the words into suitable forms:

Many people are fond of (0) … art galleries. They like to walk in (1) … from one picture to another. Almost everybody has his (2) … artist. Some people prefer modern artists, others like (3) … style of (4) … . There are many world (5) … art galleries in Russia for example Hermitage, Tretjakov’s gallery and others. Many tourists from (6) … countries come to Russia to enjoy these (7) … pictures.

visit silent favor classic paint fame differ beauty

Ex. 6 Read the text and answer the questions after it. Do you have the similar working day?