Змістовий модуль № 4

My Working Day. My Hobby.

Pre-reading activity.

Learn the topical vocabulary and word combinations:

On foot пішки

To be in a hurry поспішати

To have a shower приймати душ

Rather tiresome достатньо утомливо

Rush hours часи - пік

To relieve полегшувати

Burden тягар, труднощі

To realize усвідомлювати, розуміти

To have a bite перекусити

Amateur theatre самодіяльний театр

Sittings засідання

Social problems соціальні проблеми

Society суспільство

To go on продовжувати

Future occupation професія

Social development соціальний розвиток

To be an early riser рано вставати

Daily routine розпорядок дня

To have a nap подрімати

Leisure дозвілля

Hobby хобі

To be keen on бути без розуму від чогось

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I. Read the text. Translate it into Ukrainian.

My Working Day

Usually my working day begins at 7 a.m. when the alarm-clock wakes me up. I do my morning exercises, take a shower and have breakfast. I am not an early riser that is why I can’t do many things in the morning. I only drink a cup of coffee and eat a little sandwich. After light breakfast I go to the Institute.

My Institute is not far away and I go there on foot if I am not short of time. It takes me 20 minutes to get to the Institute on foot. But when I am in a hurry I go by bus, though it is rather tiresome in rush hours.

I am a student of the Department of Sociology. My future occupation is a sociologist. Our teachers always say the speciality of a sociologist is rather new and interesting because we can relieve the burden of people, can help them to solve their problems. I understand the difficulties of this profession. But with the help of our teachers we realize that our future speciality is really necessary.

Our lessons begin at 8 o’clock in the morning and finish at about 3 p.m. After the lessons I feel hungry and go to the cafeteria to have a bite. Then I go to the library to get the necessary books and do my homework.

Then I go home. Being tired, I have a little rest, lying on the sofa or listening to music. In the evening I go on working. Late at night, at about 11 p.m., I go to bed.

I am a member of our amateur theatre and the students’ sociological club. That’s why twice a week I stay at the Institute longer.

I take part in the sittings of our club. We make reports on social problems of our society; discuss vital questions of the social development of our country.

II. Agree or disagree with the following statements.

1. My working day begins at 6 a.m. when the alarm-clock wakes me up.

2. I am not an early riser that is why I hate getting up early.

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3. I don’t take a shower in the morning. I generally do it late in the evening before going to bed.

4. I have no free time in the morning that’s why I drink only a cup coffee and

eat a little sandwich.

5. As our Institute is not far from my house I go there on foot.

6. My future speciality of sociologist is interesting and important.

7. The classes at the Institute finish at about 2 p.m. and I go home.

8. Twice a week I stay at the Institute later to take part in our amateur theatre and in the sittings of the students’ sociological club.

9. I am not tired after the Institute that’s why I go on doing my homework.

10. I like to take part in the sittings of our sociological club and discuss vital problems of our society.

III. Make these sentences complete and translate them into Ukrainian.

1. I am not an early …

2. After a quick light breakfast …

3. Usually on weekdays my working day …

4. My Institute is not far …

5. When I am in a hurry …

6. I am a student …

7. My future occupation …

1. Our teachers always say …

2. I understand the difficulties …

3. With the help of our teachers …

4. After lessons I feel hungry …

5. I go home, have a little rest …

6. I am a member of our …

7. I take part in the discussing …

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IY. Match English and Ukrainian equivalents.

1. to take a shower	a) рано вставати
2. light breakfast	b) усвідомлювати необхідність
3.to be an early riser	c)приймати душ
4. rather tiresome	d) вирішувати проблеми
5. rush hours	e)обмірковувати життєві питання
6. future occupation	f) перекусити
7. to relieve the burden of	g) полегшувати труднощі
8. to solve the problem	h) брати участь у засіданнях

9. difficulties of the profession	i) достатньо утомливо
10. to realize the necessity	j) соціальний розвиток
11. to have a bite	k) соціальні проблеми
12. to take part in the sittings	l) майбутня спеціальність
13. social problems	m) часи пік
14. to discuss vital questions	n) легкий сніданок
15. social development	o) труднощі професії

Y. Make up your own daily routine answering the following questions.

1. Do you get up early? Is it easy for you to get up early?

2. Do you wake up yourself or does an alarm clock wake you up?

3. Do you do morning exercises? Do you do your morning exercises to music?

4. Which do you prefer: a hot or a cold shower in the morning?

5. How long does it take you to get dressed?

6. What do you usually get for breakfast?

7. Some people look through newspapers or listen to the latest news on the radio while having breakfast. What about you?

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8. When do you usually leave the house?

9. Do you study? Where do you study?

10. How do you usually get to your study?

11. When do your classes at the Institute begin and when are they over?

12. Where do you usually have lunch (dinner)?

1. What do you usually have for dinner?

2. Do you ever have a nap in the afternoon?

3. What time do you come home?

4. How long does it take you to do home assignments?

5. What do you usually do in the evening?

6. Who cooks food for you?

7. Do you prefer weekends to weekdays? Why?

8. What time do you usually go to bed?

YI. Read, translate and retell the text about hobbies.

From the old English word hobby meaning horse, came the modern word hobbyhorse. This is a dummy horse attached to a performer who pretended to be riding a horse in a play or a dance. Hobbyhorse has been shortened to hobby to describe any favourite leisure time occupation. This word has become rather common in modern usage.

Leisure time occupations, or hobbies, can be divided into four groups: doing things, making things, collecting things and learning things. Of these four groups, doing things is the most popular. It includes a wide range of activities, from gardening to sailing and from chess to foreign travel. Some of these hobbies require very little equipment while others require considerably more. There is also a choice between mental and physical activities, indoor and outdoor pursuits, etc.

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Leisure time occupations can be more or less active. A real hobby is usually defined as something creative and individual, sometimes even as something obsessive, unusual or eccentric.

YII. Read and learn some kinds of indoor and outdoor activities.

Indoor activities.

Doing things: reading; listening to records or to the radio; watching television; entertaining friends; playing games; painting, mending things.

Making things: models; needlework; making music, i.e. singing or playing musical instruments; cooking and baking; home decorating and repairing.

Collecting things: collecting stamps, postcards, coins, bottles, books, butterflies and other things.

Learning things: learning foreign languages, learning to play a musical instrument, studying music art, literature or other subjects.

Outdoor activities.

Sport activities: athletics, gymnastics, cycling, swimming, sailing, rowing, canoeing, racing, skiing, mountaineering, climbing.

Other activities: gardening, fishing, travelling, walking, driving a car, visiting a choir, watching outdoor sports.

YIII. Read and translate the text about your friend. Fill in the gaps with the words given in the box:

11 p.m.. Local bus. One day.

On his homework. First-year student. Finishes with.

A glass of orange juice and an egg. Suburb near Kyiv. In the Institute canteen.

At 8.30 a.m. Team-mates. 7.30 a.m.

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My friend Nick lives in a _________. He is a ___________. Every morning he gets up at __________. He has __________ for breakfast and leaves the house _________. He goes to the Institute by metro. He usually has 4 periods before

lunch. He does not take a packed lunch from house and prefers to eat __________. Then he plays football with his _________. Nick is a promising

football player and he dreams that _________ he will be invited to play for “Dynamo”. After his training he takes a ________ home and has dinner about 7 o’clock. Nick does not spend much time _________ and it is usually ready by 9 o’clock. His usual evening _________ watching TV or listening to the CDs of his favourite pop-groups. He goes to bed at _________ .

IX. Answer the questions about a working day and a day off. Fill in each gap with the necessary prepositions:

1. What time do you usually wake ____? ______ seven ________ weekdays. ______ a quarter _______ eight on Sundays, _______ half _______ seven ________ summer.

2. When the alarm clock rang I jumped _______ ________ bed, switched _________ the radio and started doing my morning exercises _______ music.

3. He prefers to go ________ a walk _______ the morning when the air is fresh. He never goes _______ _______ weekday evening and always has dinner _______ home.

4. She does not live very far ______ her Institute. It takes her half an hour _______ foot and ten minutes if she goes _______ bus.

5.I got ______ early _______ the morning and felt sleepy ________ the daytime but when my friends left me _______ the evening I felt so excited that I could not fall asleep.

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X. Find 10 words dealing with different leisure activities and hobbies. The first word is for you:

V	X	K	H	O	B	B	I	E	S	F
S	P	R	I	D	D	U	R	D	P	C
M	A	O	K	R	A	L	C	I	O	U
S	I	N	G	I	N	G	O	M	R	T
O	N	S	U	R	C	L	A	R	T	S
L	T	E	N	N	I	S	R	I	S	O
N	I	C	N	O	N	K	P	C	O	M
I	N	H	A	T	G	A	E	R	Q	E
E	G	O	L	F	Q	T	L	T	S	R
O	K	S	M	O	V	I	E	S	P	K
T	R	F	B	R	A	N	O	J	L	O
D	O	E	C	S	E	G	I	K	N	H

XI. Match the leisure activities with the verbs they go with:

Leisure activity	to go to	to go	to do	to watch	to go in for	to be keen on	to play	to be interested in
A disco
Skiing
Video games
Yoga
The opera
A nightclub
Basketball
The theatre
Fishing
Aerobics
Tennis
Karate
Football
Badminton
Figure skating
Weight training
jogging

XII. Read and translate the text about hobbies. Retell it according to the questions given below.

Hobbies

Hobbies differ like tastes. If you have chosen a hobby according your character and taste you are lucky because your life becomes more interesting.

Hobbies are divided into four large groups: doing things, making things, collecting things and learning things.

The most popular of all hobby groups are doing things. It includes a wide variety of activities, from gardening to travelling and from chess to volleyball.

Both grown-up and children are fond of playing different computer games. This is a relatively new hobby but it is becoming more and more popular.

Making things includes drawing, painting, making sculpture, designing costumes and handicraft.

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Almost everyone collects something at some period of his life: stamps, coins, matchboxes, books, postcards, toys, watches. Some collections have no real

value. People with a good deal of money often collect paintings, rare books and other art objects.

No matter what kind of hobby a person has, he always has opportunity of learning much from it. Learning new things can be the most exciting aspect of a hobby.

Questions:

• Tastes differ. Can you say the same about hobbies?

• Have you chosen a hobby according to your character and taste?

• Which hobby groups do you know?

• The most popular hobby group is doing things, isn’t it? What kind of activities does this group include?

• What do you know about computer games?

• Are you fond of making things?

• Have you ever collected anything?

• What can be collected?

XIII. Learn the topical Speech Patterns:

a)

• What is your hobby? My hobby is collecting old coins.

• What is your hobby, Jane? Dancing. I am crazy about dancing.

• What is your favourite pastime? I like chatting to my old friends. I also like reading.

• What do you go in for? I go in for sports, skiing in winter, swimming and motoring in summer.

b)

- Your hobby seems to be very useful.

- Your pastime seems to be both practical and interesting.

- He seems to be carried away by his hobbies.

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- She seems to be sick and tired of collecting these useless things.

c)

- I usually stay at home in the evening reading books and papers.

- She usually stays at home after work watching television.

- He usually stays at home cooking and washing.

- His wife is always busy discussing ecological problems with her friends.

XIY. Read the dialogues. Try to retell them.

1.

A. What is your hobby, Ann?

B. I collect books published in the XYIII century.

A. It is very interesting! Have you got many in your collection?

B. There are almost two hundred of them.

A. Quite a number, I should say! I wonder whether you manage to read them

all.

B. Reading is not essential. It is the process of collecting itself that interests me.

2.

1. What is your favourite pastime, Boris?

2. Fishing. I enjoy it very much.

A. Do you often go fishing?

B. Well, yes. I make it a point of spending a few hours by the river every weekend.

A. Do you usually catch much?

B. Well it depends.

3.

A. What do you usually do after work, Jane?

B. Oh, a lot of things. There is always a lot of work to do about the house, washing up, doing the rooms, mending clothes.

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A. No, I don’t mean that. What is your favourite pastime?

B. Again – nothing very special. Sometimes I read a little, watch TV

or listen to the music.

A. I see. What about dancing? Do you like it?

B. Oh, very. I am crazy about dancing. Do you mean to say we shall go to a dance?

A. Yes, I should like to. There is a very good dancing party at the

College Club.

XY. Translate from Ukrainian into English.

1.Про смаки не сперечаються.

2. Різним людям подобаються різні речі, тому у різних людей різні хобі.

3. Я займаюсь спортом, мені подобається грати в теніс.

4. Я граю в теніс щодня.

5. Спорт є важливою частиною нашого життя. .

3. Багато людей захоплюються спортом, вони бігають, займаються ходьбою, плавають, катаються на ковзанах і лижах.

4. Фізична культура – важливий предмет.

5. Студенти грають у волейбол, футбол, баскетбол.

6. Теніс став дуже популярним зараз.

7. Я беру участь у багатьох змаганнях.

8. У моїй улюбленій приказці мовиться “У здоровому тілі – здоровий дух”. (A sound mind in a sound body).

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