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I am Ivan Sidorov. Ivan is my first name and Sidorov is my surname. I am seventeen years old.I have finished school with gold medal and entered the Grodno Medical University this year. Now I am a first year student of the Faculty of General Medicine. I think I take after my father. I’m tall, fair-haired and even-tempered. I always try to be in a good mood.
I want to tell you a few words about my family. My family is large. I have got a mother, a father, a sister, a brother and a grandmother. There are six of us in the family.
First of all, some words about my parents. My mother is a teacher of Biology. She works in a college. She likes her profession. She is a good-looking woman with brown hair. She is forty-four but she looks much younger. She is tall and slim.
My father is a computer programmer. He is very experienced. He is a broad-shouldered, tall man with fair hair and grey eyes. He is forty-six. My father often sings and when we are at home and have some free time, I play the guitar and we sing together. My father knows all about new radio sets and likes to repair old ones. He is also handy with many things.
My parents have been married for twenty-six years. They have much in common, but they have different views on music, books, films, sports. For example, my father likes horror films and my mother likes «soap operas». My father is fond of tennis. My mother doesn’t go in for sports. But my parents have the same opinion about my education and upbringing.
My parents are hard-working people. My mother keeps the house and takes care of me and my father. She is very good at cooking and she is clever with her hands. She is very practical. My father and I try to help her with the housework. I wash the dishes, go shopping and tidy our flat.
My grandmother is a pensioner. She lives with us and helps to run the house. She is fond of knitting.
My sister Helen is twenty-five. She is married and has a family of her own. She works as an accountant for a joint venture company. Her husband is a scientist. They have got twins: a daughter and a son. They go to a nursery school.
My brother Boris is eleven. He is a schoolboy. He wants to become a doctor but he is not sure yet. Three months ago he dreamed of being a cosmonaut.
We have got a lot of relatives. We are deeply attached to each other and we get on very well.
Text Vocabulary
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«мыльная опера», многосерийная мелодрама
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III. Answer the following questions.
What is your name (surname, patronymic)?
When is your birthday?
Where were you born?
How old are you?
Are you married?
Have you got a family of your own?
Is your family large or small?
How many persons does it consist of?
What relations do you have in your family?
What are your parents?
How long have your parents been married?
Do they have much in common?
What is your father’s hobby?
Can you describe your mother?
Who do you most take after, your mother or your father?
Who are you like in character?
Who do you look like?
Are you the only child in the family?
Is your sister (brother) younger or older than you?
What is your sister’s (brother’s) occupation?
Can you describe your sister’s (brother’s) appearance and character?
Who runs the house in your family?
What are your household duties?
Do you help your mother to keep the house?
Have you got grandparents?
Have you got any other close relatives? What about your distant relatives?
Do you often see them?
Where do you live?
Do you spend your week-ends together with your parents?
Do you work? Where?
How well did you do at school?
When did you leave school?
Do you like to read? Who is your favourite writer?
Do you go in for sport?
What are you fond of?
IV. Ask your groupmate:
when s(he) was born;
where s(he) is from;
if s(he) is single;
if s(he) is going to marry;
when s(he) entered the University;
if s(he) works much or little at the University;
if s(he) has got brothers or sisters;
how old they are;
how his (her) mother looks like;
if his (her) grandparents are alive;
if s(he) lives together with his (her) parents or in a hostel;
if s(he) spends much time with his (her) relatives.
V. Translate into English.
Меня зовут Михаил, коротко Миша. Мне почти 20 лет. Я студент второго курса медицинского университета. Я хочу стать врачом и работать в городской больнице. Мне нравятся занятия в университете, и я стараюсь не пропускать их.
Я родился в Курске в семье врача. Мой отец - детский врач, а мать - медсестра. После окончания Московского медицинского института они приехали работать в Курск и живут там уже 16 лет. Я закончил школу в Курске и уехал к бабушке в Беларусь. Летом я обычно езжу к родителям. Я не женат пока, но собираюсь жениться через год. У меня есть девушка. Она тоже студентка медуниверситета. Ей 19 лет. Светлана очень привлекательная, высокая стройная девушка со светлыми волосами, курносым носом и пухлыми губами. У нее очень красивые голубые глаза. По характеру мы совсем разные. Света очень энергичная и общительная, всегда веселая и оптимистичная, а я сдержанный, немного медлительный и довольно ленивый человек. Света любит ходить на дискотеки, а я по вечерам предпочитаю читать детективы либо научную фантастику. У Светы умелые руки. Она хорошо готовит, вяжет, шьет. У нас со Светой есть общие интересы. Мы увлекаемся плаванием. 2 раза в неделю мы ходим в бассейн. Я также занимаюсь баскетболом и теннисом, а Света посещает занятия по аэробике. Мы также большие любители театра.
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VI. Speak about yourself and about your family using the following plan:
about myself (full name, age, marital status, occupation, hobbies, etc.);
my family:
parents (name, age, appearance, character, occupation, hobbies);
brothers and sisters;
grandparents;
other close and distant relatives.
the family of my own (if you don’t have it yet, describe your dreams about it).
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Remember the following words and phrases and use them in your topics.
VOCABULARY
Active Vocabulary
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He is awaken.
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В выходные я могу валяться в постели до 11 часов.
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At the weekend I can lie in bed till 11.
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делать утреннюю зарядку под музыку
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to do morning exercises to (the) music
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to take (to have) a bath/ a shower
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Обычно я принимаю ванну (душ) утром.
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Usually I take a bath (a shower) in the morning.
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to dry (oneself) on (with) a towel
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Я вытираюсь махровым полотенцем.
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I dry myself on a terry towel.
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чистить, очищать от грязи
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I clean the carpets with a vacuum-cleaner.
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чистить зубы (ногти, одежду, ботинки)
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to clean one’s teeth (nails, clothes, shoes)
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убирать комнату (квартиру)
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to clean the room (the flat)
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бриться электрической бритвой
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to shave with an electric razor
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включить/выключить (свет, электричество, воду, газ, телевизор, радио, магнитофон, лампу)
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to turn on / off (the light, electricity, water, gas, TV-set, the radio, tape-recorder, lamp)
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чистить щеткой, расчесывать (волосы)
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Я надеваю пальто и отправляюсь в университет.
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I put my coat on and leave for the University.
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привести комнату в порядок
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Я добираюсь в университет пешком.
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I get to the University on foot
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Она ездит на работу на автобусе.
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She goes to work by bus.
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Студенты не должны опаздывать на занятия.
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Students must not be late for classes.
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требуется (кому-либо) 20 минут
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Мне требуется 20 минут чтобы добраться в университет.
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It takes me 20 minutes to get to the University
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The lesson is over.
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to be short of / to be pressed for (time)
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Нам задают много домашнего задания, поэтому нам не хватает времени.
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We have a lot of homework so we are short of time.
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практиковаться, тренироваться
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to have practice in smth, to practise
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пропускать (лекции, занятия)
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to miss (lectures, classes)
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У меня много обязанностей по дому. Они отнимают у меня много времени.
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My household duties are numerous. They take much of my time.
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Я ложусь спать около полуночи
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I go to bed about midnight.
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последние известия (новости)
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Reference Vocabulary
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Занятия – Studies
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to revise/ review smth (for)
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Работа по дому – Housework
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to do ironing, to iron linen
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убирать в комнате (квартире, доме)
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to do the room (flat, house)
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Фразы – Phrases
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приносить пользу/причинять вред
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с нетерпением ждать чего-либо
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to look forward to smth (to doing smth)
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подружиться (стать врагами)
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to make friends (enemies)
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часы, когда вы бодрствуете
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II. Read the text. Be ready to discuss it.
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On week days the alarm-clock wakes me up at 6.00 and my working day begins. I’m not an early riser, that’s why it’s very difficult for me to get out of bed, especially in winter. I switch on my tape-recorder and do my morning exercises. Then I go to my bathroom where I clean my teeth and wash myself (and shave). If I have enough time I take a shower. Then I go to my bedroom to get dressed and to brush my hair. Usually my mother makes breakfast for me. But when she is away on business or just doesn’t have to get up early, I make breakfast myself. And my friend lives at a students’ hostel, he has to make his breakfast himself. It may be a cup of tea or coffee and a sandwich. While having breakfast, he listens to the latest news or music on the radio.
I leave my house at 7.00 and go to the nearest bus or trolley-bus stop. It takes me fifty minutes to get to the University. But I don’t want to waste my time on the bus or trolley-bus. I’ve got a small cassette-player and I listen to different texts and dialogues as I am fond of English. Sometimes I look through my notes to revise the material for my practical classes. We don’t have bells at our University, because classes begin at different time in each group. They may start at 8 sharp or at 8.20 or 8.30. My friend lives not far from the main building of our University so it takes him only five or seven minutes to get there. He doesn’t want to be late for the first period so he comes to the University a few minutes before classes begin.
I am a medical student. I study five days a week. Every day we have practical classes in numerous theoretical and special subjects ... We perform different laboratory works and work in the dissecting-room. In addition to one or two practical classes we have a lecture or two every day. The attendance of the lectures and practical classes is compulsory at our University. Students who have missed some classes have to go to the tutorials. They are held on Saturdays. Besides, we read a lot of literature in the reading-room. When we have a long break between the periods we go to the University’s canteen to have lunch. Then we come back to our classes and we study hard till 5 or 6 o’clock.
I come home at about 5 o’clock in the afternoon and have dinner. After dinner I usually have a short rest or do some work about the house: wash and iron linen, clean the flat, wash up the dishes, go shopping, etc. The first year at the University is a pretty hard one. I have a lot of homework in every subject so I am usually pressed for time. It takes me about four or five hours a day to prepare for my classes. I normally finish doing my homework at 11 with hardly any breaks since 6 o’clock. There is practically no time for television or friends. As a rule I go to bed about midnight.
This is my usual working day. Weekends are more attractive, because I can lie in bed till 11, I can watch TV, listen to music, meet my friends, go to the cinema or to the theatre. And still I always look forward to my next working day because I like my studies. I think I get a lot of useful knowledge.
Text vocabulary
III. Answer the following questions.
What time do you get up?
Is it light when you get up?
You do your morning exercises to music, don’t you?
What do you do in the bathroom?
Do you take a shower in the morning or before you go to bed?
What time do you usually have breakfast?
Who usually prepares breakfast for you?
What do you usually have for breakfast?
What time do you leave for the University?
How long does it take you to get to the University?
How do you get to the University?
How many days a week do you study?
What time do your classes begin?
How many classes a day do you usually have? When are they over?
Is the attendance of the lectures and practical classes compulsory at the University?
What do you do when your classes are over?
Where and when do you have dinner?
Do you prepare for your lessons at home or do you prefer to work in the reading room of the University?
How long does it take you to do your homework?
When do you usually come home?
What do you usually do in the evening?
Do you often go to the cinema or to the theatre on weekdays?
What are your household duties?
Do your friends often come to see you?
What time do you usually go to bed?
IV. Ask your groupmate:
what faculty (s)he studies at;
what subjects (s)he studies;
what the most important subject for him (her) is;
if studies at a medical University take much time and effort;
where (s)he usually has classes;
if (s)he lives in the hostel or at home with his (her) parents;
how many classes a day (s)he usually has;
if (s)he has lectures in the first year;
if the attendance of the lectures is compulsory or optional;
how her (his) academic progress is tested;
what scientific societies or clubs (s)he attends;
why (s)he has chosen medicine as his (her) specialization;
if (s)he gets an increased or an ordinary scholarship;
if (s)he carries out various experiments in laboratories in some subjects;
who organizes leisure of the students.
V. make up a time-table for your friend, a medical student for Monday.
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VI. Make up sentences using the underlined words and word-combinations:
It takes me three hours to get ready for my lessons.
My classes last 6 hours.
I have a sandwich with tea for breakfast.
My working day begins at eight o’clock.
I go to bed at 11.
We usually get to the University by bus.
VII. Translate into English.
Я студент первого курса Гродненского медицинского университета.
Обычно я встаю в 7 часов утра.
Я включаю магнитофон и делаю зарядку под музыку.
Затем я иду в ванную, умываюсь, чищу зубы и принимаю душ.
Я бреюсь электробритвой.
На завтрак я выпиваю чашку чая и съедаю бутерброд.
Мне требуется 20 минут, чтобы добраться до университета.
Я езжу в университет на автобусе или троллейбусе.
Занятия начинаются в 8.30.
Обычно у меня 3 пары занятий в день.
Каждый день у нас есть практические занятия по разным предметам: физике, химии, иностранному языку..
Мы выполняем лабораторные работы и посещаем лекции по биологии, анатомии и другим предметам.
Я редко пропускаю лекции.
Анатомия - самый важный предмет на первом курсе.
Во время практических занятий мы часто проводим опыты в различных лабораториях.
На каждом занятии мы получаем отметки.
После занятий мы обедаем в университетской столовой.
В свободное время я стираю и глажу одежду, убираю комнату, делаю покупки.
После короткого отдыха мы выполняем домашние задания.
Некоторые студенты посещают научные кружки.
Наша группа очень дружная. Мы любим проводить свободное время вместе.
Мой рабочий день заканчивается поздно.
Мне часто не хватает времени, чтобы выполнить все домашнее задание.
VIII. Your friend is going to enter the Medical University. He wants to know everything about your studies here. Tell him about your working day using the following plan:
I am a medical student;
before classes;
my studies;
after classes;
my homework.
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