What Shall We Do Tonight?

A,: Do you feel like a stroll in the park?

В.: No, let's have an evening at home for a change.

A.: Let's. Ts there anything worth watching on television?

В.: There is an interesting film on BBC 1. It starts after the news.

(switches on TV} A.: Oh, as far as I can remember there is a football match on (TV. I've

been looking forward to it the whole week. Would you mind if I

watched it? В.: No. It's going to be a very interesting match. We mustn't miss it.

Let's switch over.

Activities

• Learn the conversations by heart.

• Read the following remarks and answer/respond to them immediately.

• We have seats in the stalls, but they arc very expensive.

• I'm afraid you've left it rather late. We have seals only in the first row.

• Do you feel like a stroll in the park?

• Is there anything worth watching on television'.'

• I've been looking forward to it the whole week, \\bukl you mind if I watched it?

• Play the parts of A and В without looking at the book.

• Make up your own conversations for the situations, changing the circumstances the way you like.

Role-play Personal Budget

Situation: Russian student A and English student Bare talking about how young people look after their finances. Imagine that you are students A and В and continue the conversation. Use the cards given below.

A: I've just been to England, to Oxford. It was interesting for me to learn that English students look after their finances very carefully.

B: That's true. A lol of students in the West live on their own. We rent flats or share them with other students.

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A: Not only that. Your first act after enrollment (прием в учебное заведение) is to open an account in a bank into which the stu­dent's grant or other money will he paid.

B: We do it because we try to be punctual about our finances. It is easy to get a reputation for being financally unreliable which may influence our future employment.

A: To be frank, I manage my money poorly. 1 like having parties, 1 smoke, I spend a lot on clothes. Towards the end of eveiy month I'm "in the red" (быть должником). I keep borrowing all the time.

B: Definitely, that's not the way to use money. I started making out my monthly budget when I was at school. Now I know how much I can afford to spend on food, clothes, books, entertainment etc.

A: How do you go about it? ...

B: .

Role card for student A

The student must find out:

How much student В spends on particular things; What student В thinks about prices, rent, cost of transport; How big his income is and where it comes from (pocket money, full/part-time job etc.).

Role card for student В

The student must answer the questions and give advice how:

to determine (определить) the needs and wants; to make a list of income sources; to set priorities, to plan expenses; not to overspend.

II.

The Nation's Economy

• a) Read and translate the text, b) Answer the comprehension questions to the text. C) Render the text.