Vocabulary

Слово	Транскрипция	Перевод	Пример
loyalty	['lɔɪəltɪ]	верность	I always value loyalty in people
playfellow	['pleɪˌfeləu]	партнёр в развлечениях	What’s the difference between a playfellow and a helpmate?
helpmate	['helpmeɪt]	помощник
to stress	[stres]	подчеркивать	She stressed the most important things
dear	[dɪə]	дорогой	My parents are very dear to me
to make friends		подружиться	I hope they will make friends
hazel	[heɪzəl]	светло-карий	My brother has got hazel eyes
sincere	[sɪn'sɪə]	искренний	Are you a sincere person?
open-hearted	[ˌəupən'hɑːtɪd]	открытый	You don’t often meet open-hearted people now
amusing	[ə'mjuːzɪŋ]	забавный, занимательный	The cat is very amusing
to let down		предавать	He easily lets people down
to cool down		остынуть, охладеть	She needs some time to cool down
to keep away from		держаться подальше	You should keep away from her – she is really angry.
drawback	['drɔːbæk]	недостаток	The work has a lot of drawbacks
exception	[ɪk'sepʃən]	исключение	What exceptions from this rule do you know?
to permit	['pɜːmɪt]	разрешать	Your mother will not permit to take the dog home
to interfere	[ˌɪntə'fɪə]	мешать, вмешиваться	Don’t interfere with me!

My friend

To begin with, a man can have different friends. The English say that man’s best friend is his dog. Sometimes we say that books are our best friends.

I think I am not a person who makes friends too quickly or too easily. I agree that the old friend is better than the two new ones. I am loyal to the friends I make and I expect the same loyalty in turn.

I’d like to stress that a real friend is not only a playfellow or a helpmate. As the proverb puts it, a friend in need is a friend indeed. To my mind, a friend is a person dear to you, whom you trust and respect. I am lucky to have got such a friend as Helen. I made friends with her in the kindergarten and our friendship has been lasting since.

At first I would like to tell you a few words about Helen’s appearance. She is a very good-looking girl, with beautiful blond hair and bright wide-opened hazel eyes.

You need just to have a look at her to understand that she is a kind, sincere and open-hearted girl. She is lively, amusing and always interesting. She is always the centre of attention, but she is well-balanced and doesn’t let it go to her head. If she promises something, she always keeps her word. I am sure she will never let me down.

We have many common interests. We both like reading books, going to the theatre, playing tennis. We both dream to become musicians. Moreover, our tastes do not differ, in fact, they are the same.

Lena often helps me with my English as she did better than me at school.

Sometimes she is too quick to get angry and too slow to cool down. When she loses her temper, it is better to keep away from her. In fact, any person has certain drawbacks, and neither she nor I are the exceptions from this general rule. But we do our best not to permit them to interfere with our friendship which I hope will last forever.

7. В какой части текста можно найти следующую информацию:

1. Helen’s appearance.

2. Helen’s studies.

3. The author’s opinion about friendship.

4. Helen’s character.

5. Similarities between two friends

6. Proverbs and sayings about friends

8. Ответьте на вопросы:

• When did the author make friends with her best friend? What's the friend's name?

• What does Helen look like?

• What can you say about her character? What does the author appreciate in her?

• Are the girls different? Similar?

• What is loyalty? Do you think it's important?

9. Закончите предложения:

1. A friend in need …

2. Man’s best friend is…

3. The old friend is…

4. A real friend is…

С каким высказыванием Вы согласны / не согласны? Почему? Дайте распространенный ответ.

10. Пройдите тест «Are you a good friend?» и прокомментируйте результат:

1. Your friend wants to borrow your new trainers but you don’t want to lend them to anyone. What do you say?

a) “Buy your own trainers!”

b) “Sorry, but I don’t want to lend them to anyone.”

c) “Yes, of course.”

2. When you are alone in your friend’s bedroom, you see her dairy. Do you read it?

a) Yes.

b) No. That’s a terrible thing to do.

c) I read a little but then I stop.

3. Your friend phones you at 7 p.m. He is very upset because he can’t study for a test. You have tickets to go and see your favourite band in concert tonight. Do you:

a) Tell him to start studying earlier next time?

b) Miss the concert and go and help him?

c) Get up early to help him in the morning?

4. You see your best friend’s boy/girlfriend kissing someone else. Do you tell him/her?

a) No. It’s none of my business.

b) Yes.

c) No. I don’t want to upset him/her.

5. You and your best friend try to get into a music band. They ask him/her to play, but not you. What do you do?

a) Tell him/her not to join the team.

b) Say, “Well done!” and go and watch all the matches.

c) Be angry for a few days, then go and watch all the matches.

KEY:

Mostly a: You don’t have many friends, do you? You are very selfish. Friendship can be fun, but sometimes it’s hard work.

Mostly b: You’re the best friend in the world. When your friend is happy, you’re happy too.

Mostly c: You have lots of friends, but maybe you don’t have one special friend. It’s a good idea to be more honest with your friends.

11. Прочитайте информацию ниже и узнайте, что такое covering letter и для чего его писать:

Сопроводительное письмо (covering letter), очень важная составляющая ваших документов при поиске работы. Именно с этого текста начинается ваше знакомство с потенциальным работодателем. Именно этот документ формирует первое впечатление и то настроение, с которым работодатель будет изучать ваше резюме. Поэтому стоит уделить составлению covering letter особое внимание. 

Его цель – объяснить HR-менеджеру, почему вы высылаете свое резюме на вакансию в данной компании, и указать, какая информация из резюме демонстрирует, что вы подходящий кандидат на эту позицию.

Умелое использование сопроводительного письма предоставляет кандидату ряд преимуществ:

Резюме – «презентационный материал», который вы высылаете в десятки компаний. В сопроводительном письме можно указать причины, по которым вы обращаетесь именно к данному работодателю, и то, чем вас привлекает открытая вакансия.

Грамотно составленное сопроводительное письмо поможет вашему резюме выделиться в массе других обращений, ежедневно получаемых сотрудниками службы персонала.

12. Работа с песней:

• Проверьте, знаете ли вы слова в рамке:

knock lonely tears lost spin win makeup

• Послушайте песню и отметьте глаголы, которые вы слышите в 3 лице единственном числе. Запишите эту форму:

wake up
knock
wait for
cry
miss
spin
keep
happen
come
do

• Послушайте припев и впишите пропущенные слова:

CHORUS:

She's so lucky, she's __________ But she cry, cry, cries in her lonely heart, thinking If there's nothing missing __________

Then why do these tears come _________

Lost in an image, in a dream But there's no one there to wake her up And the world is spinning, and she keeps on winning But tell me what happens when it stops? They go… "Isn't she ________, this Hollywood girl?" And they say…

• Послушайте песню еще раз и отметьте строчки ниже в том порядке, в каком слышите:

Knock, knock, knock on the door
"Isn't she lovely, this Hollywood girl?"
This is a story about a girl named Lucky…
It's you they're all waiting for
"Best actress, and the winner is…Lucky!"
Early morning, she wakes up
"Oh my god…here she comes!"
It's time for makeup, perfect smile
She is so lucky, but why does she cry?
outside the arena waiting for Lucky"
If there's nothing missing in her life
They go…
Why do tears come at night?
And they say…
Isn't she lucky, this Hollywood girl?
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