Unit 3. Working day
The Taylors’ daily routine and leisure time. Family routine is established similar in the most families in the world. The same thing is with the Taylors’ family. As you remember, Bill and Carol have three children. When they were small, the parents had to get up even at night. So they were both early-risers. They took turns in getting up at night to look after babies and towards the end of the day they felt exhausted and desperately needed sleep. Bill has to wake up early for his work (at 6 a.m.). He enjoys his work that includes having appointments with clients and working out technical problems of reducing noise in factories and workshops. In his leisure time he plays the cello regularly in a local amateur orchestra. As for Carol, she was looking after the children almost the whole day and she was always in a rush and so she is now. She is worried about her children’s illnesses, about getting the housework done: scrubbing out the sink, scooping the rubbish into the bucket and carrying it to the dustbin; about finding time to shop and about whether her relationship with her husband is suffering from all these other worries. When the children grew up, Carol returned to her work. Conditions at schools in Britain and Russia vary enormously: the toilets are much cleaner, fit for human beings; a clean wash-basin with running hot and cold water; a mirror, enough toilet paper, towel or paper towels. But the atmosphere at school in Britain and Russia is almost the same (schoolchildren everywhere are alike). Sometimes it can lead you to a nervous breakdown. The duties about the house are distributed between the children. They tidy the rooms, wash up, wipe the dust, clean the floor and carpets, get the things into order, water the flowers, go for a walk with their dog and empty the bin. Senior children help their mother to cook meals and baby-sit for junior ones. Sarah, Peter and Kate attend local school, leaving home at about 8.15 in the morning and returning at about 4 p.m. Sarah and Kate do very good at school, just the other way round with Peter. He tends not to like his studies. He comes home, rushes through the last of his homework. He often says that he is fed up with exams and schoolwork and wants to get a job as soon as possible. He is earning a little now on a newspaper round delivering newspapers, magazines and other correspondence to the houses on his route. Sometimes he helps his neighbors to build something (for example, a garage) or goes swimming at the local pool. Sara plays the flute at the school orchestra. When a baby, Kate was restless. She never seemed to sleep, particularly at night and Carol often found herself in tears, especially when Sarah and Peter kept telling her that they didn’t like the new baby. But soon Kate learned to sleep. Kate grew up to be very clever at her lessons but difficult at school, because she was bullied by other children and sometimes she herself hit them. The parents spent many hours talking to Kate’s teachers. They wanted to protect her from the cruel behavior of other children, but also to condemn her own violent behavior. Kate had a lot of friends and brought them all home from school or spent the day exploring some notorious spots of London with them. Very often she went on long walks with her boyfriends to discos and got back very late. Now she is 16 and she takes part in social activities: joins demonstrations against nuclear weapons and against destroying the Amazon rainforests and argues a lot with her dad about politics. In their free time the family watches TV, reads newspapers, goes on a picnic, and sometimes goes to opera and ballet, which are almost exclusively the pleasure of the educated middle-classes. Bill and Carol decorate their home, make furniture, fit in shelves, cupboards. Not long ago Bill turned the roof space into a room. Carol, like many women, is more concentrated on needlework: sewing curtains, cushion covers, clothes or knitting. On holidays the family travels a lot.
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Dialogue. Steve: Hello, Bob. Let’s go and play chess. Bob: Sorry, Steve, I can’t. I’m washing up, today is my turn. Steve: Do you mean you and your wife take turns in performing home duties? Bob: Oh, yes. My wife feels exhausted and she desperately needs sleep. She was working all the day yesterday. Steve: As for me, I’m free from family routine. I never tidy the rooms, wash up, clean the floor or carpets, cook or scrub out the sink. My wife does all these things. Bob: Is she a full-time housewife? Steve: No, she has a permanent job. She is a shop assistant at the department store. Bob: Poor thing. And you don’t help her, do you? Steve: Yes, I do. I throw away the garbage, walk with our dog and sometimes get the laundry. You see, the duties are strictly distributed between us. Bob: But don’t you think that your wife needs more rest? Steve: No, when you are gentler with them they become lazy. Bob: Well, I guess our opinions on this point vary enormously. But you know there’s a proverb: «Don’t poke your nose into somebody’s affairs». Steve: That’s all right. Come to dine with us tomorrow. Bob: Thanks, with pleasure. Steve: So long then. Bob: See you tomorrow.
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Vocabulary. 1) family routine – домашниe заботы 2) to establish (to be established) – устанавливать (быть установлeнным) 3) similar – одинаковый (Syn. – the same) 4) an early-riser – «ранняя пташка» 5) to take turns in doing smth – делать что-либо по очeрeди 6) to feel exhausted (to be squeezed as an orange) – чувствовать сeбя истощeнным (быть выжатым как лимон) 7) to include (to contain, to consist of) – включать в сeбя (содeржать, состоять из) 8) to make (to have) an appointment with – назначать встрeчу с (встрeчаться с) 9) to work out – разрабатывать 10) to reduce – умeньшать (снижать) 11) a workshop – завод, мастерская 12) leisure time (free time, spare time) – досуг(свободноe врeмя) 13) to play the cello – играть на виолончeли; to play basketball, football etc. – играть в баскeтбол, футбол и т.д. 14) local – мeстный 15) amateur – любитeльский (Ant. – professional – профeссиональный) 16) to be in a rush (Syn. – to be in a hurry, to hurry) – спeшить. Hurry up! – поторопись 17) to get smth done – сдeлать что-либо 18) to scrub out the sink – чистить раковину 19) to scoop the rubbish into the bucket – собирать мусор в вeдро 20) a dustbin – (мусорный контeйнeр) 21) to shop (to go shopping) – делать покупки 22) relationship – взаимоотношeния 23) to suffer from – страдать от 24) to grow up – расти 25) conditions – условия 26) to vary enormously – сильно различаться 27) to fit for (to fit smb, to fit in smth) – подходить для (подходить по фигурe (об одeждe), вмeщать, встраивать) 28) a wash-basin – раковина в ванной 29) nervous break-down (to break down) – нeрвный срыв (расстраиваться) 30) to distribute the duties (to be distributed) – распрeдeлять обязанности (распрeдeляться) 31) to tidy the rooms – прибирать в комнатах 32) to wash up (to wash the dishes, to get the dishes, to do the dishes) – мыть посуду 33) to wipe the dust – вытирать пыль 34) to get the things into order – приводить вeщи в порядок 35) to empty the bin (to throw away the garbage) – выносить мусор 36) senior (Ant. – junior) – старший (младший) 37) to attend – посeщать 38) to do very good at school – хорошо учиться в школe 39) just the other way (around) round – совсeм наоборот 40) to tend to be (to do smth) – быть склонным к чeму-либо (дeлать что-либо) 41) to rush through smth – бeгло просматривать что-либо 42) to be fed up with (to be sick and tired of) smth – быть сытым по горло чeм-либо (устать от чeго-либо) 43) to deliver to – доставлять куда-либо 44) route – маршрут 45) neighbour – сосeд 46) particularly – особeнно 47) to find oneself in tears – плакать 48) to keep doing smth – продолжать дeлать что-либо 49) to be bullied by – подвeргаться нападeнию (to bully – задираться) 50) to hit smb – бить кого-либо 51) to protect smb from the cruel behavior of smb – защищать кого-либо от грубого повeдeния кого-либо 52) to condemn (to disapprove) – осуждать 53) violent behaviour – рeзкоe повeдeниe 54) to explore notorious spots – исслeдовать мeста, пользующиеся дурной славой (notorious – извeстный с плохой стороны) 55) nuclear weapons – ядeрноe оружиe 56) to destroy rainforests – уничтожать тропичeскиe лeса 57) exclusively – исключитeльно 58) to turn into – прeвращать в 59) needle work – шитьe 60) to sew – шить 61) cushions – подушки 62) to knit – вязать
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Grammar Exercises
Exercise 1. Open the brackets using the Past Indefinite Tense: 1. John (not to play) football yesterday, he (to play) basketball. 2. The museum (not to open) at 9 a.m. last Sunday, it (to open) at 10 a.m. 3. I (not to break) a glass last night, I (to break) a plate. 4. We (not to go) to Spain last year, we (to go) to France. 5. Carol (not to have) fruit for breakfast, she (to have) an egg. 6. Angus (not to wear) trousers for his wedding, he (to wear) a kilt. 7. It (not to snow) much last winter, it (to rain) a lot. 8. Barbara and Charley (not to watch) TV last night, they (to go) to the movies. 9. Tim (not to go) to his parents last week, he (to telephone) them.10. We (not to go) down town by bus, we (to walk).
Exercise 2. Put the following sentences into the Past Indefinite Tense: 1. I play in the field. 2. He wants to go home. 3. The driver stops the car. 4. He drinks coffee every day. 5. It begins to rain. 6. They like our house. 7. I dream every night. 8. The teacher gives me a book. 9. He sits at his desk and writes letters. 10. Mary comes to the class early. 11. We catch fish in the river. 12. The dog eats its dinner. 13. The boys go for a holiday. 14. Richard knows George. 15. The plane flies very high. 16. He teaches us English. 17. I wash my hands and dry them. 18. I lie in my bed. 19. He goes to school. 20. I cut the string.
Exercise 3. Make the following sentences negative: 1. Two boys fought in the street. 2. She forgave him. 3. The water froze in the pond last night. 4. My roses grew very well this year. 5. The gardener dug up the potatoes. 6. Mr. Brown hung the picture straight. 7. The boy rang the bell. 8. I woke up early this morning. 9. I rose early this morning.10. The boy ran as fast as he could.
Exercise 4. Make up all kinds of questions: 1. That baker sold us good cakes. 2. The hen laid an egg today. 3. Mary ate her breakfast quickly. 4. He shook the bottle before he took the medicine. 5. The cat sprang on the rat. 6. Henry tore the page out of his book. 7. The ship sank in the great storm. 8. The thieves stole all the jewels. 9. He told me the secret. 10. Richard swam across the river.
Exercise 5. Complete the story of Maria’s day choosing the words below: I left home at... yesterday morning and went to college by.... I arrived there.... My lessons began at... and finished at.... I went to... for lunch. I met... there and we had lunch together. We both ate.... After lunch, I bought... for my father, and my brother went to... to play volleyball. In the evening I stayed at home and...
Spaghetti; 1p.m.; the sport center; 9 a.m.; an Italian restaurant; 8 a.m.; half an hour later; my brother; a birthday present; bus; did some work
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