3. Лексический минимум.

1. My Family.

Текст А

This is my family: my son, my daughter and I. My name’s Peter Black. I’m 40. My wife’s name is Helen Black. She is 32. We have two children, a boy and a girl. The boy’s name is John. He is twelve years old. He is a schoolboy. My daughter’s name is Mary. She is very young. She is only five.

I’m an electronics engineer. I work at a large factory. My wife is a housewife. She has a lot of work to do.

We have many relatives: cousins, uncles and aunts. My parents are sixty years old. They are farmers. Helen’s father is fifty-six and her mother is fifty three. Helen’s sister Ann is her best friend. Ann is a college teacher. She is twenty-four. She is not married. She is fond of our children.

My hobby is sports. My wife’s hobby is knitting. My son’s hobby is reading. My daughter’s hobby is dancing.

We are a happy family.

Диалоги

1. – Have you a large family?

– No, my family is rather small: my wife, my only son and I.

– What’s your son’s name? How old is he? What is his hobby?

– Not so many questions at once. My son is eleven, his name is Alec. He is fond of collecting stamps.

2. – Is your family large?

– Not very. We are four: my wife, my two children and I.

– How old are your children?

– My son is fourteen and my daughter is twenty.

– What are they?

– My son is a schoolboy, my daughter is a student.

– I see.

Упражнение 1. Закончите следующие предложения.

1. My mother’s sister is my...and her brother is my ... .

2. My wife’s mother is my...and her father is my ... .

3. My wife’s sister is my...and my wife’s brother is my ... .

4. My uncle’s son is my...and my aunt’s daughter is my ... too.

5. My mother has a sister, her son is my mother’s ... .

6. My father has a brother, his daughter is my father’s ... .

Текст Б

Let me introduce myself. My name is David Nelson. I was born in London, but now I live in California, in the USA. I am a TV news reporter. I work for a small newspaper and I really like my work, because it is very interesting. I meet many interesting people every day.

I come from a large family. My father has a farm in the North of England and he is very busy with the work on the farm. My mother is a housewife. She has a lot of work to do about the house and she is very busy too. Every summer I go to see my parents and my relatives. I have two sisters and one brother. My elder sister is twenty-six. She is married and has a son Nick. He is six and is in the first grade at school. My sister is a doctor, and her husband is a lawyer. It is a well-paid job and he makes a lot of money. My younger sister’s name is Ann. She is twenty and is in her first year at Oxford University. My brother Ted who is fifteen lives with my parents. He is in high school. He wants to become an economist, but I’m afraid it is only a dream because he is rather lazy and my mom and dad have a lot of problems with him.

Now a few words about myself. I’m twenty-four. I am married and have a family of my own. My wife Jane is twenty-tree, she is a school teacher but she doesn’t work now because we have a baby, she is only seven months old. So we are three in my family and we get on very well with each other.

Задание 5. Расскажите о своей семье.

Диалоги

1. A: Oh, good morning. My name is Josh Kumar. I’ve got an interview with Mary Taylor at half past nine.

B: Oh, yes, hello. Can you fill in this questionnaire, please?

A: Sure...

2. C: Ah! How do you do, Mr Kumar? I’m Mary Taylor. Nice to meet you.

A: How do you do?

C: Tell me about your present job.

A: I work for an organization called OSS – Overseas Students’ Service. I’m an accommodation officer. I help overseas students to find somewhere to live when they arrive in Britain.

C: I see. And how long have you been with this organization?

A: Er ... for just over a year. Since last May.

C: It sounds an interesting job. Why do you want to leave?

A: Oh, I just want a change. I’d like to travel a bit.

C: What languages do you speak?

A: French, German, Spanish, oh, and Punjabi.

C: That’s good. Now, have you got a driving licence?

A: Yes. I’ve had one for three years.

C: And what sort of job are you looking for?

A: I’d like a job as a tour guide.

Задание 6. Расскажите о себе, используя приведенную ниже анкету.

Application for Employment

Strictly confidential

Name __________________________________________________

Home Address ___________________________________________

Telephone number ________________________________________

Date of Birth _____________________________________________

Present job ______________________________________________

Marital Status ___________________________________________

Length of time in present job ________________________________

Education _______________________________________________

Languages ______________________________________________

Job requested ____________________________________________

Hobbies _________________________________________________

Driving Licence NO YES

Additional Information ______________________________________

Упражнение 2. Используйте данные ниже слова и выражения для характеристики Ваших умений и уровня владения иностранным языком.

1) write letters

type letters

use a computer

answer the telephone

drive a car

speak a foreign language

2) count to twenty to a hundred

understand a popular song

the English news on BBC radio

read a menu a newspaper

write a holiday postcard a letter

greet someone

introduce someone

Упражнение 3. Сформулируйте вопросы и ответьте на них. Ответы используйте в анкете.

A PERSONAL QUESTIONNAIRE

Family: Got any brothers or sisters? How many?

Routines: What time/usually get up/morning?

What/usually/ have/breakfast?

Reading habits: What newspaper/read every day?

What magazines/usually buy?

Present activities: What book/read/at the moment?

What other languages/learn?

Future plans: What/going to do this evening?

What/going to do at the weekend?

Interests and sports: What/like doing? What music/like?

Play any sports? Which?

Last night: What/do last night? What time/go to bed?

Holidays: Where/go/last summer holiday?

Where /stay?

Experiences: Ever be/Britain or the USA?

Ever live/foreign country?

2. My Working Day.

Текст А

Anna’s alarm clock rang at a quarter past seven as usual. And, as usual, she lay in bed for another ten minutes. Then she got up, washed, cleaned her teeth and combed her hair. Then she had breakfast.

Anna likes to go to work by bus, it takes her twenty-five minutes to get to work by bus. When she got off the bus she walked to her office. She got there at a quarter to nine. Fifteen minutes later one of the office girls opened the main door. The first customer arrived. The day’s work began.

Anna likes to do everything in time, but Susan is always in a hurry, sometimes late and often absent-minded. Classes at the business college usually start at nine fifteen except on Fridays, when the first class begins at ten.

Michael, her brother, usually bangs on her bedroom door at eight o’clock. He did so third morning. “All right,” said Susan, but she just turned over and went to sleep again. At half past eight Michael went upstairs and banged on his sister’s door again. Susan jumped out of bed, washed quickly and ran back to her room. She ran downstairs to the kitchen, but looked at her watch and understood that she didn’t have time for breakfast. “Bye, mother,” she said and ran out. Mrs. Bond did the washing up. She had ten minutes before she had to leave for work. She sat down and smoked a cigarette. Suddenly the house seemed very lonely. She was glad that she had a job. Not because she needed money but she did not want to be alone all day in her house.

Упражнение 4. Ответьте на вопросы.

1. What time do you get up?

2. Do you get up early on Sundays?

3. Do you do your morning exercises every day?

4. Where do you have your breakfast?

5. What time do you leave home?

6. What time do you come to your office?

7. How long does it take you to get there?

8. How many hours do you stay at the office?

9. What time does your work begin?

10. Are you sometimes late for work?

11. Do you always come in time?

12. What time is your lunch hour? How long does it last?

13. What time is your working day over?

14. Where do you usually go after work?

15. Where did you go after work yesterday?

16. What is your day off?

17. How many days a week do you work?

18. Where do you usually spend the weekend?

19. How did you spend your last weekend?

Текст Б

Another Day in the Life of the Queen

Queen Elizabeth II wakes up at 7 o’clock, has a cup of tea and reads The Times. Then she has a bath and gets dressed. At 8 o’clock she listens to BBC news and has breakfast with Prince Philip. After breakfast she rings up the Queen Mother. Then she reads personal letters and has an important business consultation with Private Secretary and then works at government documents. At 1 o’clock she has a quick lunch in her private apartment in Buckingham Palace and at 2 o’clock leaves the Palace to open a new hospital. There she makes speeches, shakes hands and has a cup of tea. At 4.45 she is back at the Palace and works in her office. At 5.30 she receives foreign visitors and then has the final meeting with her Private Secretary. In the evening she goes to St. James’ Palace where she has a reception party and talks with 70 people. Then goes back to the Palace and at 8.30 has dinner with Philip and a group of some businessmen. At 10 she watches television news and then reads some official papers and telephones some members of the Royal Family – just to see if all is well. At about 11 she goes to bed.

Задание 7. Опишите свой обычный рабочий день.