After the Lessons

Vadim: The lessons are over. But we have a lot of work for tomorrow.

Alec: I suggest to go to the reading-hall now, and to prepare the report in history.

Vadim: This is a good idea. And we should take the books from the library in Foreign Literature. We have to read the novel by Golsworthy.

Alec: Let's go. We must cope with our task in one hour. Then we shall go home to have dinner. And you will come to my place to play computer games for an hour.

Vadim: O’key. By the way, I have borrowed a disk with virtual games. But we shall have a couple of games not more. And don't forget that we shall have a control work in mathematics. Explain me, please, those sums and equalities.

Alec: No problem. But do everything quickly. I have trainings in the wrestling in the evening.

Vadim: And I have appointed meeting. Let us go.

Speak on:

1) your friend

2) your time after the lessons.

Act out the following situations:

1) You are speaking with your group-mate about his friend. You want to know everything about: his appearance, where he studies, how he spends free time, what he wants to become, etc.

2) The lessons are over and you planning the rest of the day.

3) You were invited to the evening party. But you have to do a lot of work before it.

4) Your sister was invited to the birthday party of her new friend. And you want to know more about him.

Writing

Write a composition about your friend.

Memory work

Proverbs and sayings

A friend in need is a friend indeed - Друг пізнається в біді.

False friends are worse than open enemies - He щирі друзі гірші за відкритих ворогів.

Additional Listening Practice

Listen to the text and do the exercises below.

A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed

Mike and Nick were schoolboys. They lived in the country. The boys went to school together and they liked to play and spend their leisure time together.

One day Mike сamе to Nick's house and said, "Nick, you have so many good books. I see this is an interesting book in your library which I haven't read.

Can you lend me this book to read? I'll bring it back next week".

Nick did not want to lend books to other people, and he said, "Why do you want to take my book home? You can read it here, in my house. I want you to come again and read here".

Mike saw what kind of a friend he had, but he did not say anything. He wanted to teach him a lesson.

The next week Nick came to Mike and said, "Mike, you have a good garden knife.

I want to work in my garden tomorrow. Can you give it to me for two days?"

Mike answered, "Why do you want to take my garden knife home? You can work with it in my garden".

Answer the questions:

1) Who were Mike and Nick?

2) Where did they live?.

3) What did they do together?

4) Who came to Nick's house one day?

5) What did Mike see there?

6) What did he ask?

7) What was the answer?

8) What.did Mike understand?

9) What did he decide to do?

10) What did Nick ask Mike to give him?

11) What did Mike answer?

Work in groups.

1) Make up a plan of a story.

2) Fill in the chart about the boys.

If you have a friend you would help him.

3) Retell the story in a written form.

4) Make up 5 questions to the text.

5) Retell the story orally.

Word List:

Unit 3

Hobby

Pre-reading task

1. Write down the meaning of these words from your dictionary.

Hobby collecting

occupation stamp

free time to knit

regular to sew

interest to repair

to be keen likes

dislikes

2. Explain the meaning of the words above

hobby - it is a favourite occupation in a free time.

3. Work in the pairs

What do your friends do in their free time? What do your friends usually collect? Does it make them interesting person? What do you collect?

Reading

Read the text.

Hobby

Hobby is a favorite occupation of a person in his free time, not his regular business. The author of some article I once read has counted 1019 personal interests and ways of spending his spare time. The most popular hobbies are collecting postage stamps, view cards, coins or books. Some people collect pictures showing the most interesting architectural designs of our time. Others are interested in photography and take their cameras with them wherever they go. A friend of mine took to collecting tape records a few years ago. He has got dozens of recordings now, mostly pop-music and jazz concerts. But this hobby has become somewhat too much expensive of late.

The main thing about hobbies is that they enlarge a person's knowledge in some particular field and broaden his outlook. Besides, they serve to kill time with minimal harm to your folks.

One of my girl-friends likes to knit very much. Another one likes to sew the things:

skirts, blouses, dresses. One of my boy-friends likes to repair everything himself: an iron, a radio-set, a tape recorder. But most of all he likes to repair the car.

As long as I can remember I have always been keen on drawing. Even at 4 or 5 I could be sitting hours drawing fancy flowers and animals. When I grew older I hide water colors but I could not get accustomed to paints. I preferred color pencils and grew rather skillful at using them.

I am not going to become an artist I am an amateur. It suits me fine. It's a wonderful kind of hobby. It removes tension from the mind and rests the soul. When drawing, I always feel at peace with the world. It satisfies the need for self-expression and the hunger for beauty. It makes us more interesting for others and oneself.

This is my choice. But tastes differ. And every person has his own likes and dislikes.

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