6. Make the list of all words from texts and exercises which were new to you. Learn them, get ready for dictation. Texts.

1. Exercises 16, and partly: 17, 18, 20, 30; pages 71-79 (Карпова т.А. Английский язык)

2. Read about “Best Friends” and answer the question: “How to make a friend?”

Friendship plays a very important role in our life. People usually make friends when they go to the same school, work together or live nearby. It's difficult to ex­plain how two quite different persons make friends. You can have a lot of acquaintances but only a few true friends. It depends on many things. Among them are age, social status, mutual interests and sometimes personal qualities. It is easier to make friends with persons who are much alike you, though sometimes these factors are of no importance.

Now I want to tell you about people whom I consider to be my friends. One of them is Nick. He is an old friend of mine. We went to the first form together because he lived next door to me. Now he is a tall young man with dark hair, blue eyes and oval face. He is rather strong and well-built because he is a sportsman. He played vol­leyball well in our school team.

He is going to enter the Mathematical faculty of the University this year. He was always strong in mathemat­ics and he helped me very often with my home tasks. I think he will be able to pass his entrance examinations and become a student.

My another best friend is Marina. She is a very pretty girl. She has big blue eyes, fair hair and a nice smile. She is a schoolgirl now. She studies well and she wants to be­come a doctor. She will try to enter the Medical Institute next year and I hope her first attempt will be successful. I'm sure she will make a good doctor.

I often meet my friends. We talk about our school life and our schoolmates. I like to spend my free time with. my friends.

Words

friendship — дружба

important — важный

same — тот же

nearby — поблизости

difficult — трудно

to explain — объяснять

quite — совсем, почти .

a lot of — много

an acquaintance — знакомый

true — настоящий

to depend on — зависеть от

among — среди

age — возраст

social status — социальное положение

mutual —общий

person — лицо, человек

alike — похожий

though —хотя

factor — фактор

importance — важность

to consider — считать

tall — высокий

rather — довольно

to enter — поступать

attempt — попытка

successful — успешный

3. Read the text, comment on the main statement:

Home, sweet home! It does not matter what your home is like – a country mansion, a more modest detached or semi-detached house, a flat in the block of flats or even a room in a communal flat. Anyway, it is the place where you once move in and start to furnish and decorate it according to your own taste. It becomes your second “ego”.

Your second ego is very big and disquieting if you have a house. There is enough place for everything: a hall, a kitchen with an adjacent dining-room, a living room or a lounge, a couple of bedrooms and closets, a toilet and a bathroom. You can walk slowly around the house thinking what else you can do to renovate it. In the hall you cast a glance at the coat track and a chest of drawers for shoes. Probably, nothing needs to be changed here.

You come to the kitchen: kitchen furniture, kitchen utensils, a refrigerator with a freezer, a dish drainer, an electric or gas cooker with an oven. Maybe, it needs a cooker hood? The dining room is lovely. A big dining table with chairs in the centre, a cupboard with tea sets and dinner sets. There is enough place to keep all cutlery and cookery in. You know pretty well where things go.

The spacious living room in the heart of the house. It is a place, where you have a chance to see the rest of your family. They come in the evening to seat around the coffee table in soft armchairs and on the sofa. You look at the wall-units, stuffed with china, crystal and books. Some place is left for a stereo system and a TV set. A fireplace and houseplants make the living room really cosy.

Your bedroom is your private area, though most bedrooms are alike: a single or a double bed, a wardrobe, one or two bedside tables and a dressing table.

You look inside the bathroom: a sink, hot and cold taps and a bath. There is nothing to see in the toilet except a flush-toilet.

You are quite satisfied with what you have seen, but still doubt disturbs you: “Is there anything to change?” Yes! The walls of the rooms should be papered, and in the bathroom and toilet – tiled! Instead of linoleum there should be parquet floors. Instead of patterned curtains it is better to put darker plain ones, so that they might not show the dirt. You do it all, but doubts do not leave you. Than you start moving the furniture around in the bedroom, because the dressing table blocks out the light. You are ready to give a sigh of relief but… suddenly find out that the lounge is too crammed up with furniture.

Those who live in one-room or two-room flat may feel pity for those who live in houses. They do not have such problems. At the same time they have a lot of privileges: central heating, running water, a refuse chute and… nice neighbors who like to play music at midnight. Owners of small flats are happy to have small problems and they love their homes no less than those who live in three-storeyed palaces. Home, sweet home!