Exercise 18. Track 6 (Tr.17, Unit 6)

Listen to conversation 2. For each question choose the best answer A, B or C.

1. You hear the girl talking to her sister. What are they doing?

A.Suggesting.

B.Apologising.

C.Arguing.

2. АСКЭ Тs CКrХК’s opТnТon oП МСОss?

A.She dislikes it.

B.She thinks ТЭ’s К РooН РКmО.

C.SСО sКвs ТЭ’s OK.

Exercise 19. Track 7 (Tr. 18, Unit 6)

Listen to conversation 3. For each question choose the best answer A, B or C.

1.ВoЮ СОКr ПКЭСОr КnН son ЭКХФТnР. АСКЭ Тs ЭСО ПКЭСОr’s КЭЭТЭЮНО Эo СТs son’s mu- sic?

A.He hates that music.

B.HО’s ПОН Юp аТЭС ЭСО noТsО.

C.He wants to know what it is.

2. TСО son rОКНs К ПТХm rОЯТОа. АСКЭ Тs ЭСО rОЯТОа’s opТnТon oП ЭСО ПТХm?

A.Exited.

B.Disappointed.

C.Bored.

Exercise 20

I. Read the following text and get ready to answer the questions:

John Naylor, 24, is a successful businessman. Let’s follow him through a typical day.

The alarm clock goes off at 7:00 a. m. John jolts out of bed at the same time. The automatic coffee maker kicks on in the kitchen. He jumps in the shower, shaves, opens one of the half-dozen boxes of freshly laundered white shirts waiting on the shelf, finishes dressing, and pours a cup of coffee. He sits down to a piece of whole wheat toast while he nips through the Fleet Street Journal. It takes him about 15 minutes to wake up and get ready. His briefcase in one hand and gym bag in the other, he hops in the car, ready to start the day.

He clocks in at exactly 7:45 a. m. He takes a seat in front of the computer and prepares for hours of phone calls and meetings that occupy his mornings.

At noon John rashes to the health club where he strips off the grey suit and changes into his T-shirt, shorts and the latest in design running shoes for tennis. In an hour he is sitting in the club dining room where he has scheduled lunch with a potential client. They discuss business over sparkling water, pasta and a cup of coffee.

At 2:30 p. m. he is back at his office, eager for several more hours of frantic meetings and phone calls. At 6:00 p. m. John phones out for delivery of dinner to keep him going through the next two to three hours he'll spend at his office.

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John gets home at 10:00 p. m. just in time to sit down to a bowl of frozen yoghurt and a reran of this season’s most popular drama series before turning in.

II. Make brief notes of John’s daily routine. Use these times as a guide:

III. Answer the following questions:

1.What takes up most of his time?

2.What things do you dislike about his daily routine?

3.Is his daily routine always the same?

4.Is his daily routine very different from yours? How?

5.What do you think about his social life? What daily routine may his girlfriend have?

6.Is he happy? Why?

7.What problems may arise if John gets married and starts a family? Will children fit into this hectic schedule?

IV. Work in groups of two:

Student A: You are going to interview John. Ask him questions about his daily routine, and ask anything else you like. (E. g. How he feels about his life, what he likes about his work, his future plans).

Student B: You are John. Answer the interviewer’s questions about your daily routine. When you are asked about other things, invent suitable answers.

Exercise 21. Track 8 (Unit 4, Recording 7)

a)Listen to someone describing a typical day in her life. Do you think she likes her job? Complete each phrase by adding one word.

I wake up _______ about 6.30. I leave home by 7.20 at the _______. The first ______ I do is check my mail. I check everything is _______ for the chil-

dren. We try to do this at least _______ a day. I make _______ for the next day.

I’m ЮsЮКХХв СomО ИИИИИИИ 5.00.

b)Prepare to tell other students about a normal day in your life. Write notes about:

hours of work/studying;

tasks you have to do;

people you spend your day with;

problems and challenges;

how you relax;

the best parts of your day.

Tell other students about your typical day. What do you have in common?

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Exercise 22

a)Read an entry from normallives.com, a website that publishes descriptТonЬ oП pОoplО’Ь НКТlв ЫoutТnОЬ. IЬ FЫКnk’Ь day similar to yours? How is

it different?

I work as a gym instructor in a sports centre. I get up at 5 a.m. every mornТnР КnН mКФО К МЮp oП МoППОО. I МКn’Э ПЮnМЭТon ЮnЭТХ I’ЯО СКН mв МoППОО! I

drive to work – it takes about fifteen minutes on a good day – usually getting

there at about 5.40. The first thing I do is switch on the lights and air the con-

НТЭТonТnР ТП ТЭ’s sЮmmОr (СОКЭТnР ТП ТЭ’s аТnЭОr), КnН ЭСОn ЭСО rКНТo. АО СКЯО ЭСО radio all day because our clients like listening to the news and the music. The sports centre opens at 6.00 a.m.

I work in a team of four, although only two of us are ever in the gym at the same time. The instructors all wear sports clothes. It’Ь ТmpoЫtКnt to ЛО comfortable because we sometimes need to show new clients how to use the machines. Apart from this, our other tasks are quite simple: we check that everyone has their membership card when they come in, and we check that the machines are clean and safe.

I have a one-hour break for lunch, and I usually do two more hours after lunch. I go home at about 2.30.

The best part of the job is meeting people. Our clients range from eight-

een-year-old body builders to eighty-year-olds who come to exercise and chart.

I’ЯО nОЯОr СКН Кnв proЛХОms КЭ ЭСО sporЭs МОnЭrО. IЭ’s К rОКХХв nТМО УoЛ, ЭСoЮРС ТЭ doОsn’Э pКв ЯОrв аОХХ. In ЭСО ОЯОnТnРs I relax by reading a book and cooking for myself, and I’m uЬuКllв Тn ЛОН Лв 9.30 p.m.

Frank Carduna

b)Write about your daily routine using the sentence starters which are given above and the key phrases to help.

Exercise 23

a) Watch the DVD. Tick which of the things bellow happen:

1.He goes to his office.

2.He meets his new boss.

3.He learns how to use the phone in his office.

4.He speaks to a client on the phone.

5.He finds out what to do if there is a fire.

6.He learns how to use ЭСО МompКnв’s аОЛsТЭО.

7.He meets the website manager.

8.He meets his personal assistant.

9.He is visited by a family member.

10.He receives a package.

b) Answer the questions:

1. АСв Тs GКЯТn’s аТПО, SЭКМОв, аorrТОН?

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2.What does Huw, the boss, give Gavin?

3.Why does Gavin feel embarrassed in front of Huw?

4.What does Owain, the website manager, invite Gavin to?

5.What does Uncle Bryn bring for Gavin?

6.Who sends Gavin a message in a box? What does it say?

Exercise 24

Watch the video podcast:

What dreams or ambitions do you have in common with the speakers? Do exercises 1–7 (copies).

Exercise 25

Pair work:

I. Talk about your busiest day. Ask the following and more:

1.What’s your busiest day?

2.What do you usually do?

3.What time do you get up?

4.Where do you usually have breakfast, lunch?

5.What do you usually do after classes?

6.What time do you usually go home?

7.What do you do at the end of the day?

8.What do you do in your spare time?

9.What time do you usually go to bed?

10.What activities do you enjoy? Which do you dislike?

II. Time Survey

Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions:

How many hours do you sleep every night?

How much time do you have for holidays every year?

How much time do you spend with your family every day?

Do you ever feel like you are wasting your time at home?

Do you make the most profitable use out of your free time?

How many hours do you work a week?

If you run out of time to finish something at work (school), do you take it home?

What time do you begin/end work (school) every day?

Is there a time clock where you work? Are your hours accounted for?

How much time do you use for lunch?

Exercise 26

Look at the findings of a recent survey:

Can you think of any reasons for these results?

As a group, find out who prefers going out, who prefers staying in.

Are the results for your group similar to the survey?

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5) if there is some way they could organise their time differently and how.

II. Make notes and analyse the results of the investigation. Write a short report giving the results of your survey. Use words and expressions like

III. Use the following phrases for summarising or generalising:

IV. When you have finished your report, show it to the other students in the class and discuss.

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Exercise 32

I. Read the list of English idioms and find their Russian equivalents in the second list:

A. To be back on track; a whole good hour; from time to time; year in, year out; on the run; in the dead of night; day in, day out; to play the fool; to twiddle one’s thumbs.

II. Use the English idioms in sentences of your own speaking about your daily routine.

Exercise 33

I. Match the two halves of each proverb correctly. Translate them into Russian or give their Russian equivalents:

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II. Make up a story to illustrate one of these proverbs. Exercise 34

Translate the quotations and comment upon them:

‘A day is a miniature eternity.’

Ralph Emerson

‘Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.’

Ralph Emerson

‘Three o’clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.’

Jean-Paul Sartre

‘The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.’

Euripides

‘Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better.’

Emile Coue

Exercise 35. Track 9 (Ex. 31)

Listen to four people talking about how they have improved their quality of life. Match the statements which best summarise their ideas (A–E) to the speakers (1–4). There is one statement which you do not need to use:

Exercise 36

Work in pairs. Discuss with your partner different ways to relax. Speak about advantages, disadvantages of passive and active relaxation. Use the result of survey:

Survey results for 500 teenagers: 27% – watch TV;

24 % – spend time with friends;

12 % – read a book;

10% – listen to music;

8% – play sports;

6% – play a musical instrument;

5% – go shopping;

3% – go to cinema;

3% – go out for a meal;

2% – play computer games.

A:Watching TV is a passive way of relaxation.

B:ВОs, вoЮ МКn sТЭ qЮТОЭХв …

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Exercise 37

Role-play “Making a TV Programme”:

Setting: The streets of a big modern city.

Situation: A television crew is making a programme about different lifestyles. The journalists stop people in the street and interview them. They ask questions about their daily routine. They try to find out what time they get up, whether they get enough sleep, what they have for breakfast/dinner/supper, whether they are fussy about food, how they get to work, whether they are late for work, what time they come back home, who does the cooking/cleaning/shopping/washing, etc., whether they are more awake in the morning or in the evening, what time they go to bed, what they do to keep fit, what they do to relax, whether they have any kind of social life, what puts them in a good mood, whether their daily routine is always the same.

Characters:

Card I–II – Christian and Christine, the journalists.

Card III–IV – Daniel and Diana, an actor and an actress. Famous and wellknown.

Card V – Sheppard, a university student. Not very diligent. Card VI – Shirley, a model. Willing to make a career. Card VII – Patricia, a school teacher. Very responsible. Card VIII – Felicia, a housewife. Has a large family.

Card IX – Raymond, a businessman. Very busy and very rich. Card X – Letitia, a waitress in a restaurant. Young and carefree.

Card XI – Simon, a professional driver. Works hard and long hours.

Exercise 38. Tell the group what kind of activities you have done in your life?

1.Written a poem/song.

2.Invented and told a story.

3.Though of an original solution to a problem.

4.Made something with your hands.

5.Painted a picture.

6.Though of an idea to improve conditions at work.

7.Decorated a room.

8.Changed the rules of a game in order to improve it.

9.Invented a new recipe.

10.Entertained young children for several hours.

Exercise 39. Track 10 (Unit 5, Recording 2)

a)Listen to three people talking about their own creativity. Which things from exercise 1 do they mention?

b)Listen again. Who says these phrases? Speaker 1, 2 or 3?

1.I’ЯО mКНО ХoЭs oП ЛОКЮЭТПЮХ ЭСТnРs.

2.I’ЯО ЛООn pХКвТnР аТЭС mв ЭСrОО МСТХНrОn. TСКЭ’s аСв ЭСО room Тs Тn К mОss.

3.I’ЯО mКНО Юp ХoЭs oП mв oаn rОМТpОs.

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4.I’ЯО ТnЯОnЭОН К nОа РКmО.

5.I’ЯО ЛООn ЭКФТnР МХКssОs… for three months.

6.I’ЯО ЛООn ЭrвТnР Эo opОn mв oаn rОsЭКЮrКnЭ Пor ЭСО ХКsЭ ЭСrОО вОКrs.

Exercise 40

a)How much of your free time do you think you spend doing the following: housework, going to the cinema, watching TV or DVDs, going out with friends, eating, shopping, something else?

b)What would you like to do more/less of?

Exercise 41. Track 11 (Unit 5, Recording 5)

a)Hannah Cheung is a film maker. In September she timed everything she did for one month for a film she is planning to make. Listen to the inter-

view with Hannah. Complete the information:

7% – ____________.

20% – housework.

___ – watching TV.

9 % – going out with friends.

___ – reading.

8% – ____________.

15% – cinema and DVDs.

16% – other.

b) Listen again and complete the notes:

HКnnКС sКвs: I НТНn’Э ОбpОМЭ Эo sОО ЭСОsО rОsЮХЭs. I МКn’Э sЭКnН ИИИИИИИИИИИИИ (1).

I Нon’Э mТnН _____________ (2) ЭСО СoЮsОаorФ ЛЮЭ ТЭ’s noЭ ЯОrв ТnЭОrОsЭТnР. I’Н prОПОr ИИИИИИИИИИИИИ (3) less of that kind of thing.

I enjoy reading.

I always look forward to _____________ (4) a new book. I love cooking.

I try _____________ (5) a proper meal at least four nights a week. I often invite _____________ (6) over dinner.

I never manage _____________ (7) much exercise.

I never seem to find the time.

TСКЭ’s onО ЭСТnР I’Н ХТФО ИИИИИИИИИИИИИ (8).

Exercise 42. Track 12 (Unit 9, Recording 3)

a) Listen to the interview and choose the correct option:

1.He says that a) he has a lot of problems; b) he likes talking about his problems; c) people like talking to him about their problems.

2.HО ЭОХХs СОr ЭСКЭ СО К) аorФs СКrН; Л) СКrНХв аorФs; М) НoОsn’Э ХТФО аorФ.

3.He says that a) he is organised; b) he is disorganised; c) he likes organising things.

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