Conversations:

Прочтите диалоги и расскажите об участниках бесед:

Dialogue 1.

A: Hi, Mary! I haven’t seen you for a long time! How are you doing?

B: Hi, Jim! I am doing all right. I am busy with a lot of things. But mostly I am devoting my free time to my hobby.

A: Oh, how interesting! What kind of hobby?

B: You know, I am in computers. Every free minute I am working with my computer, in summer, winter, spring or fall?

A: Really? Is it soothing to your nerves?

B: Yes, certainly. It helps me to slow down and relax.

A: I would never think that a computer can help to relax.

B: Why not? If I am not busy with something serious, I listen to music or watch some video film.

A: Oh, I do that too. I am keen on television and I spend all my spare time watching MTV channel and action films. I do that for my own enjoyment.

B: Lucky you!

Dialogue 2.

A: You know, it is very important today to keep fit. No company will not hire you if you are often ill.

B: Yes, I know. And I go in for sports too. In summer I swim in the lake or go to the swimming pool, in winter I go in for skating. There is a good skating rink not far from our house.

A: Skating is very popular today. a lot of students go to the skating rink after classes in the University.

B: Not only. Skiing, especially mountain skiing becomes more and more popular among businessmen.

A: It is a good way to relax after a hard working week. But it is very expensive to buy good skies, good skiing equipment and clothes.

B: Yes, certainly, what is more, it is rather expensive to fly to a good skiing resort, somewhere in Europe or Russia.

A: But it is worth doing .

Exercise 5. Прочтите диалоги еще раз и представьтесь своему партнеру от имени одного из участников диалога.

Exercise 6. Заполните пропущенные места в диалогах возможными ответами:

Dialogue 1.

A: Hi, …! I haven’t seen you for …!

B: Hi, …! I am all right. I am busy with … . But most of all I am devoting my free time to my hobby – it is …

A: Oh, how interesting! What kind of?

B: You know, I am in …

A: Is it soothing to your …?

B: Yes, certainly, and it helps me to… and … . What about you?

A: As for me, I am fond of … If I am not busy in my office, I … and … . I do that for my own … .

Dialogue 2.

A: You know, it is very important today to … . No company will not hire you if you … .

B: Yes. I agree with you. I go in for … too. I am fond of … . You can go in for that kind of sports both in summer and in winter.

A: Is it possible to go in for … in winter?

B: Yes, certainly. There is a big … not far from my house, and you may go to there both in summer and in winter.

A: Is it expensive to go in for …?

B: I wouldn’t say so, you need some free time and money. but all the same it is worth … .

Exercise 7. Побеседуйте со своим американским партнером о том, чем он занимается в свободное время.

Exercise 8. Напишите сочинение на английском языке о различных хобби, которыми увлекаются мужчины и женщины.

Exercise 9. Вы решили заняться изучением английского языка в центре изучения иностранных языков “Foreign languages center”, но курс обучения не оправдал ваших ожиданий. Напишите письмо-жалобу в центр, используя выражения из Unit 2, exercise 9.

Exercise 10. Задание для самостоятельной работы.

Выберите из предложенных вариантов правильный и запишите его следующим образом: 1А или 3С.

Test №7

1. If I have free time I go … for sports – swimming or aerobics.

A. to

B. in

C. –

2. Playing musical instruments is soothing … my nerves.

A. to

B. for

C. in

3. As a rule, he is playing computer games for … own enjoyment.

A. her

B. their

C. his

4. Hobbies … divided into several groups.

A. is

B. am

C. are.