2. Mark the statements below as True or False.

Example: 1 -False

1. Margaret goes to bed for two or three hours every day. – False

2. Margaret has got used to her daily routine because she likes cleaning. – False

3. People think that all cleaners are uneducated. – True

4. Cleaning is the only job Margaret can do at the moment. – True

5. Margaret would like a job at a factory but there is no factory in the neighborhood. – True

6. In a year or so Margaret is going to look for another job.

7. Margaret doesn’t mind working at night. – False

8. The time passes quickly because Margaret works with three other cleaners. – True

3. Write questions to these answers.

1. She’s a cleaner. (What is her job?)

2. No, she goes to bed for two or three hours only. (She goes to bed for two or three hours every day, doesn' she?)

3. Because she had never done any cleaning before. (Why had she never done any cleaning before?)

4. Because it’s the only job that suits her at the moment. (Why does she work as a cleaner?)

5. For another year or eighteen months. (How long do you plan to continue working as a cleaner?)

6. She is not sure what she’ll do then. (What is she going to do after another year or eighteen months?)

7. It is fully lit all night. (Alternative)

8. No, the women work in groups of three. (Does Margaret work alone?)

4. Choose the appropriate Russian equivalents for the following English phrases and sentences.

Example: 1 – b;

1. She often goes two or three days without any sleep.

a) Она часто обходится без сна в течение двух или трех дней.

or

b) Она часто ходит в течение двух или трех дней, не имея возможности поспать.

2. But it’s about the only job that suits me, what with the children and everything.

a) Но это практически единственная работа, которая устраивает меня из-за детей и всех прочих дел.

3. I’d rather take a job there.

c) Я бы предпочла работать там.

4. But since I’ve got to be here night after night …

b) Но поскольку мне приходится бывать здесь каждую ночь …