My day off

On my day off I am not so quick to leave my bed. As a rule I get up at 10. I run to the window and open it wide to let the fresh air in. I do my morning exercises. It makes me feel fit and sets me into a cheerful mood.

Then I make my bed and go to the bathroom. On my day off, when I am not short of time, I prefer to take a bath. Then I have breakfast that my mother cooks. We like gathering for meal on Sunday morning. Breakfast, as doctors say, must be the most substantial meal of the day and on Sunday I stick to this advice. I have a really good breakfast. I drink a glass of juice, eat apples or bananas. Then I eat scrambled eggs with ham and salad. If it is my turn I clear away the dishes and wash them.

After breakfast I help my mother about the house, sometimes we do the shopping or go to the supermarket. It takes me two hours more to be ready with my homework.

Well, and I am free at last! I am good mixer so I have a lot of friends. On my day off we usually get together and have a good time. In the daytime if it is winter we go either skiing or skating. If I have time I always go to the swimming pool. In the evening we may go to the theatre or to the cinema. My friends and I are really fond of both classical and modern music, which has been really affected by the Beatles, the Queen.

I am not a TV addict. Reading is my favorite occupation. I like to read both Russian and foreign writers. My favourite Russian writers are Leskov and Tolstoy, foreign – Shakespeare and Gugo. I read books in Russian but hope that soon I’ll be able to read English writers in the original.

On my day off my family and I do our best to spend as little time in kitchen as possible. So we like to have our midday meal out. In fact we don’t visit expensive restaurant. We have meals at a café and do it as often as we can afford it.

I like my weekends and I am always looking forward to meeting my friends so that we can go to the theatre or cinema together or go for a walk and have a nice chat.

My working day.

You know what I do every day? A lot! My working day starts early in the morning. I get up at 7 o’clock, open the window, do my morning exercises, make my bed, put on my dressing gown and slippers and go to the bathroom. I wash my face and neck, clean my teeth, or have a bath or a shower. I do my hair and go back to my room; I dress myself. After that I go to the kitchen to have breakfast. As I stay at University till 15.30, I have a substantial breakfast. Usually I eat fruit (a banana or an apple) and porridge and drink a cup of tea/coffee with sandwiches (bread and butter, cheese). After breakfast I put on my hat and coat, take my bag and leave for University.

As I study at Belgorod State University, my double-periods start at half past eight. So actually I must leave at ten minutes to eight. It takes me 40 minutes to get to the University.

As a rule I have three or four double-periods a day: History, Mathematics, English and so on. I like to know much new during the lectures. I’m very fond of…. and …. that is why I spend much time reading books on these subjects. After that I go to the library to read additional material. So, as you can see, I’m busy as a bee.

At 13.35 we have a break. My group-mates and I go to the canteen to have a bite.

I return home at 16.30, have dinner. I cook myself. I have some soup for the first course, meat and potato and salads for the main course and some fruit-juice or stewed fruit for dessert. After dinner I rest a little and continue my studying: I do my home task, read lectures and prepare for seminars. Two times a week we have English so I have to work hard at my English. I learn rules and new words and do exercises, read texts and translate them.

I always have some spare time in the evening to read for pleasure or to go out for a walk.

At eight I go for a walk with my friends. We like going across the streets and in the park, or chatting in the café. Sometimes I go to the theatre or to the cinema. I like to watch TV, too.

Late at night I feel tired and sleepy.

I usually go to bed at 11 o’clock.

About Myself

1. Объясните значение слов на английском:

Biography

Achievement

Trouble

Patronymic

Faculty

Hobby

Writer

Dozen

Mood

Photography

Collecting

Mother

Father

Sister

Brother

Wife

Husband

Child

Relative

Aunt

Uncle

Nephew

Niece

Cousin

Grandparents

Pensioner

Holiday

Passion

2. Составьте предложения со следующими выражениями:

To look smb’s age, to smb’s regret, to live in the country, to be born in, to be born on, to be lack in smth, to enter smth, to have trouble in learning, to be a first year student of National Research University Belgorod State University, to study at.

3. Составьте словосочетания:

Elder

Younger

Blue-eyed

Golden

Middle-aged

Handsome

Medium

Good-looking

Sense of

As much as

Second

Astrological zodiac

Block of

Listening to

Ancient

Gulp

Adventure

Spy

Science

Season of the

Computer

flats

humour

person

brother

girl

sister

man

woman

down

music

thriller

game

year

town

possible

sign

heigh

hair

cousin

story

fiction

4. Ответьте на вопросы:

a) What is your full name?

b) How old are you?

c) When and where were you born?

d) What is your astrological zodiac sign?

e) What was your favourite subject at school?

f) Where do you study at?

g) Do you have a hobby?

h) Do you have enough time for your hobby?

i) Do you like to listen to music?

g) What kind of music do you like?

k) Do you like cooking?

l) Do you like to travel?

m) Do you like to read?

n) Who is your favourite writer?

o) What kind of books do you like to read?

p) Is your family big?

q) Do you have a brother or a sister?

r) How old is he/she?

s) Describe her/him.

t) What is your father/mother?

u) Do you have grandparents?

My Day Off

1. Вставьте слова в предложения: substantial, have, do, scrambled, make, cook, glass, take, dish, cheerful, 7 am, go.

I get up at … .

I … my morning exercises.

It sets me into a … mood.

I … my bed and … to the bathroom.

I prefer to … a bath.

Then I … breakfast that my mother … .

Breakfast must be the most … meal of the day.

I drink a … of juice.

Then I eat … eggs with ham.

I clear away the … and wash them.

2. Вставьте предлоги: to, forward, in, of, at, at, about, to.

After breakfast I help my mother … the house.

I am free … last!

I have a lot … friends.

We may go … the theatre or … the cinema.

I read books … Russian.

I have meal … a café.

I am always looking … to meeting my friends.

3. Назовите антонимы (или слова противоположные по значению) следующих слов:

Day off, quick, short, morning, good, winter, to be fond of, Russian, expensive.

4. Ответьте на вопросы:

How does your day off begin?

What are you doing in the daytime?

What are you doing in the evening?

My Working Day

1. Вставьте прилагательные/наречия: first, much, little, morning, new, tired, spare, late, substantial, additional, main, home, hard, some, some, some.

I do my … exercises. I have a … breakfast. I spend … time reading books. I go to the library to read … material. I have … soup for the … course, meat and potato for the … course and … fruit-juice for dessert. After dinner I rest a … . Then I do my … task. I have to work … at my English. I learn rules and … words. I always have … … time in the evening. … at night I feel … and sleepy.

2. Напишите слова по их транскрипции:

[ʹslıpəz]

[ʹbɑ:θru:m]

[feıs]

[nek]

[ʹbrekfəst]

[͵ju:nıʹvɜ:sıtı]

[fru:t]

[ʹdınə]

[su:p]

[ʹkɒfı]

[ti:]

[kænʹti:n]

[breık]

3. Соедините слова так, что бы получились словосочетания:

two times

prepare for

return

have

cook

for the first

stewed

rest

home

read

work

learn

time

myself

task

hard

home at

tired

new words

TV

a week

a little

exercises

seminars

spare

watch

feel

do

dinner

lectures

fruit

course