Talking with an angry parent

A: Do you realize what time it is?

B: I'm sorry, I lost track of time.

A: Do you honestly believe that that is a good excuse?

B: Not at all. But that is what really happened.

A: How many times do I have to ask you to call if you're going to be late?

B: Yes, I know. I must've forgotten.

A: That's beside the point, you still should have called.

B: You're right. I'm sorry.

A: Next time you come late without calling, you're gone.

B: You're really going to kick me out (вигнати з дому)?

A: Yes, maybe then you'll understand how to follow the rules.

B: Actually, if you kick me out, your rules won't matter anymore.

Time for Bed

A: Shouldn't you already be in bed?

B: I can't sleep. I'm really not tired.

A: You need to get some rest, as you have to get up early in the morning.

B: It's impossible for me to get to sleep right now.

A: Just close your eyes, and try not to think.

B: That really does not work for me.

A: It doesn't matter, you need to get some sleep.

B: How about I tire myself out (виснажитись самому), and then fall asleep when I'm tired?

A: Then you're not going to go to sleep.

B: Don't worry, I'll make sure and get to sleep in a little while (зовсім через

трішки).

A: I want you in bed, right now, so sweet dreams.

B: Fine. Good night.

Cleaning Up the Room

A: Did you clean your room today?

B: No, not yet.

A: When are you planning to do it?

B: I'm going to clean it up later.

A: Didn't I ask you to clean it up earlier?

B: I'm going to clean it.

A: I want you to vacuum in your room, and don't forget to dust everything.

B: I know. I'll do it.

A: Make sure you clean it up before you do anything else.

B: I'm not going, so I'll clean it later.

Exercise 10. Give your groupmates tips how to be an ideal/(good) parent. Read an example:

e.g. I would like to give you a few tips how to be an ideal/(good) parent.

I think/To my mind/In my opinion…

• Ideal/good parents give their children a lot of love and attention.

• Ideal/good parents talk with their children all the time.

• Ideal/good parents give their children more freedom and independence.

• Ideal/good parents help to solve all the problems.

• Ideal/good parents don’t shout at children, but try to understand them and give a good piece of advice.

Lesson 15. Traits of Character (Риси характеру)

Exercise 1. Read and mind your pronunciation:

[ie] – here, severe, hear, deer, hero, theory, idea, real, theatre, serious;

[s] – set, safe, best, cent, cycle, lesson, miss, test, sofa, sad, century;

[j] – yet, yesterday, young, yellow, youth, yard, yes;

[i:] – meet, see, feel, police, machine, people, key, field, tree, be, meter;

Exercise 2. Read the following tongue twisters as quicker as possible:

1. Don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.

2. Oh, the sadness of her sadness when she's sad.

Oh, the gladness of her gladness when she's glad.

But the sadness of her sadness,

and the gladness of her gladness,

Are nothing like her madness when she's mad!

Exercise 3. Read and learn the new vocabulary:

confident self-confident	впевнений самовпевнений
sensitive	чуттєвий
calm	спокійний
hot-headed	запальний
impulsive	імпульсивний
cheerful	енергійний
generous	щедрий
kind	добрий
mean	грубий
crazy	скажений
sensible	розсудливий
serious	серйозний
stubborn [ ΄stΛbәn]	наполегливий, упертий
good-humoured	життєрадісний
moody	такий, що легко піддається змінам настрою
honest dishonest	чесний нечесний
hard-working	працьовитий
clever	кмітливий
intelligent	розумний
arrogant	зарозумілий
snobbish	снобістський
happy	щасливий
unhappy	нещасний
stupid	дурний
lazy	ледачий
outgoing	товариський
cautious	обережний
adventurous	енегрійний
shy	сором'язливий
introverted	інтровертивний
extroverted	екстравертивний
easy-going	добродушно-веселий
rude	грубий
well- bread, well-mannered ill-bread, bad-mannered	вихований невихований
polite impolite	ввічливий неввічливий
emotional	емоційний
modest	скромний
funny	кумедний
witty	дотепний
boring	нудний
patient	терплячий
impatient	нетерплячий
sophisticated	зі складним характером
cheeky	нахабний
friendly	дружелюбний
unfriendly	недружелюбний
conceited	самовдоволений
brave	хоробрий
cowardly	боягузливий
absent-minded	забудькуватий
talented	талановитий
grumpy	сердитий, сварливий, дратівливий

elegant – елегантний, вишуканий

pleasant-looking – приємний на вигляд

to be fond of - захоплюватися

to be keen on - любити

to be crazy about – божеволіти від

to be good at – добре вміти

to be interested in - цікавитися

to be gifted in something – бути обдарованим до чогось

skilled - здібний

experienced - досвідчений

to prefer – віддавати перевагу

to enjoy - насолоджуватися

to like – любити to dislike – не любити

to hate - ненавидіти

to take care of something – піклуватися про щось

to be busy with his (her) work – бути зайнятим своєю роботою

to respect - поважати

to have much in common – мати багато спільного

to have different views on – мати різні погляди на

to have the same opinion about something – мати однакову думку про щось

to brag about - хвалитися

vain – пихатий, зарозумілий

Exercise 4. Read and translate the new vocabulary:

Traits of character (риси характеру)

positive negative

warm cold

friendly unfriendly

kind unkind

nice horrible

pleasant unpleasant

generous mean

optimistic pessimistic

cheerful miserable

easy-going tense

strong weak

sensitive insensitive

honest dishonest

hard-working lazy

punctual not punctual

reliable unreliable

clever stupid

flexible inflexible

ambitious unambitious

shy self-confident

reserved emotional

Exercise 5. Answer the questions:

1. What qualities of character do you like in people?

2. What qualities of character do you hate in people?

3. What positive qualities do you think you have?

4. What negative qualities do you think you have?

5. What is your mother/father/sister/brother/friend like by character?

Exercise 6. Read and retell the text: