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a proverb	['prOvq:b]	прислів’я
to disturb	[dIs'tq:b]	турбувати
an alarm clock	[q'la:m]	будильник
to brush teeth	[brAS tI:T]	чистити зуби
to comb	[kqum ]	розчісувати
a canteen	[kxn'tI:n]	столова
additional	[q'dISqnl]	додатковий
a quarter	['kwO:tq']	чверть
to guess	[gFs]	думати, вважати
valuable	['vxljuqbl]	цінний
to chatter	['Cxtq']	спілкуватись

A am a first (second) year student of the Medical University. Every day I have much necessary work to do. I always remember the proverb: “The lost time is never found again”. That’s why I try to *work against time. I have to get up early in the morning I should *mind my business.

At half past six I am disturbed by sound of my alarm clock. I do my morning exercises, make my bed, myself, brush my teeth, comb my hair. *I dress up in no time. Then I have my breakfast. It takes me ten minutes. My mother cooks the breakfast for me. Then I go to the University. Usually I get to the University on foot, but when *I am in a hurry I get there by trolleybus. As a rule, I come to the University in time, but sometimes I am late and our professor *takes an extremely grave view at my being late. I attend lectures and practical classes every day. My favourite subject is Biochemistry. Prof. Smirnov *delivers lectures in his own way. *I sit hardly daring to breathe during his lectures. At half past twelve we have our break. I go to the student’s canteen where I have lunch (dinner). To have lunch at the café *is beyond my means. I often visit the library to get additional information on some subjects.

Our lectures and practical classes are over at a quarter to 5 p.m. Sometimes I come back home *dead tired but I guess every gives me much valuable and necessary knowledge.

In the evening I get ready for my classes. On Sundays I have enough time for chattering with my friends. Usually I go to bed at 11 p.m.

Notes:

* to work against time – вкластися вчасно

* to mind my business – пам’ятати про справу

* to dress up in no time – одягнутися миттєво

* to be in a hurry – поспішати

* to take an extremely grave view at – похмуро дивитися на

* to deliver lectures – читати лекції

* to sit hardly daring to breathe – сидіти, затамувавши подих

* to be beyond one’s means – бути неспроможним заплатити

* dead tired - смертельно втомлений

Questions about the text:

1. Which year student are you?

2. What do you do every morning?

3. How long does it take you to get to the University?

4. Do you get to the university in time?

5. In what way do you get to the University?

6. How many lectures and practical classes do you have every day?

7. When are your lectures and practical classes over?

8. When do you go to bed?

Summary

I am a first (second) year student of the Medical University. Every day I have much necessary work to do. Usually I get up at seven o’clock in the morning. I make my bed, wash myself, brush my teeth and dress. Then I have my breakfast. After that I go to the University. We have lectures and practical classes every day. Our classes finish at 5 p.m. After the classes I go home and have dinner. Sometimes I go to the reading-room to read some books. In the evening I get ready to the practical classes in Anatomy, Histology, Chemistry, Microbiology and other subjects. I go to bed at 11 (eleven) o’clock in the evening.

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