Word list:

to arrive – прибывать easy-going – добродушный to change one’s mind – изменить мнение to get settled – обосноваться, освоиться confused – смущенный, поставленный в тупик disappointed – разочарованный a newcomer – зд.: приезжий hospitality – радушие, гостеприимство independent – независимый an attitude to smth. – отношение к чему-л. to treat smb. – обходиться с кем-л. to allow – разрешать

for instance – например to make jokes – шутить to arrange – организовывать in time – вовремя acceptable – приемлемый to be considered – рассматриваться impolite – невежливый an anniversary – годовщина get-well cards – открытка с пожеланием выздоровления to maintain – поддерживать good-will – доброжелательность, расположение

Discussion

1. Is keeping the house a woman’s duty? Give your reasons.

2. Do you prefer doing the shopping in a supermarket or a small shop? Why?

3. Describe a house of your dream?

4. What are the pros and cons of being an early riser?

5. Keeping fit – what does it mean?

Project

E-mail your international pen-friend telling about your daily life in Russia.

Make sure that you know these words. Use the vocabulary if necessary. Learn the words by heart

to begin = to start to finish to go to bed to go by bus / by train / on foot to go to work to go home to go out to get up to get dressed to get to work to get home to have breakfast / lunch / dinner to have a break / a rest to have a shower to have classes

to have a late night to have a lie-in to do exercises to do homework to do economics to do the washing to do the shopping to make breakfast to make a report to make progress to make a mistake to take notes to take part in smth. it takes me … to … to stay in bed

to stay at home to leave home / work to enjoy smth. / Ving to walk to listen to smb. / smth. to watch TV to surf the Internet to browse the web-sites to chat with friends to invite smb. to hate smth. / Ving to prefer smth. / Ving an early riser a canteen a cafe

Unit 3. Free time

Vocabulary & Speech Exercises

1. Match the questions and the answers. Practice asking and answering these questions with your partner. Then tell about your partner. Learn the questions by heart.

Questions:

1. Do you have much free time?

2. What things do you enjoy doing in your free time?

3. Have you been to Italy?

4. Where did you go last summer?

5. Who did you go with?

6. How did you get there?

7. Where did you stay?

8. What was the weather like?

9. What did you do in the afternoon?

10. Did you have a good time there?