Greeting. Meeting people. About Myself Lesson 2 Appearance. Describtion

a) What is the weather like today? How is the weather? It’s raining. It’s snowing. It’s thawing. It’s drizzling, etc. It’s going to rain (to snow, to thaw). It looks like rain (snow); It’s growing warmer; The wind is from the south; The pond is frozen;

It’s 10 degrees above zero. It’s 25 degrees below zero. The weather is abominable (nasty, stormy, rainy). This country enjoys a moderate climate. The temperature is very low (high) today. It was very hot at noon. The wind is blowing from the North-West.

b) The weather is fine (charming; fair, bad, nasty, hot, sultry, warm, cool, cold, frosty; clear, sunny, gloomy, cloudy, foggy, calm, windy, stormy, dry, rainy, snowy, wet; abominable;

c) north, south, west, east, south-east, north-west, season, moderate (wild, continental) climate; sunny periods, shower, gale, extreme; fog, mist, smog, otherwise; breeze, rainbow, thunderstorm, Lightning, dew.

b) Погода прекрасная (очаровательна; ясная, плохая, противная, жаркая, душная, теплая, крутая, холодная, морозная; ясная, солнечная, мрачная, облачная (мутная), туманная, спокойная, ветреная, бурная, сухая, дождливая, снежная, влажная; отвратительная (гнусная);

c) Север, юг, запад, восток, юго-восток, северо-запад, сезон, умеренный (нестабилизированный, континентальный) климат; солнечные периоды, ливень (душ), буря, крайний (экстремальный); туман, смог{*дым с примесью тумана}, иначе; бриз, радуга, гроза, Молния (Вспышка), роса

The wind blows. The sun shines brightly. The sky is overcast. I saw the weather forecast on TV this morning. The weather forecast on Channel 4 predicted it. They said so on the morning news. The cashier at the drug store told me. I read it in the paper.

EXERCISES.

Exercise 1. Translate these weather forecasts:

Cloudy, south winds, rain at times. In Italy it will be dry and sunny. London: rain in the morning, later sunny periods. There will be showers and strong winds on the Continent today, “The temperature will not be higher than 18 degrees. Moderate north winds, partly cloudy in the south and on the Black Sea. Low Counties: fog early and late; sunny periods. There will be the storms and showers in the coastal areas to morrow. Scotland: strong winds, it will snow in the morning, later foggy and rainy. North and north-east winds with rainy periods in the extreme North of Russia. Otherwise fair and warm.

Exercise 2. Repeat the following sentences after the teacher or recording till you feel you know them by heart.

What a lovely day!

Oh, it’s lovely outside, isn’t it?

How cold it is!

How hot it is!

How dark it is!

Look! What a wonderful rainbow there is in the sky!

It’s raining cats and dogs!

Exercise 3. Make up sentences using these substitution tables.

It	always often seldom never		rains snows	in London in Mexico in Nukus in Tashkent	in summer in winter in autumn in spring in October in fall
A: It’s going	to rain to snow to thaw		B: Oh, but it is	raining drizzling (already) snowing thawing
Ask: What is the weather like? How’s the weather?		Answer: The weather is fine (It is fine). fair, bad, nasty, abominable, hot, warm, cool, cold, frosty, clear, sunny, gloomy, cloudy, foggy, calm, windy, stormy, dry, rainy

Exercise 4. Learn by heart

It’s going to rain in the afternoon.

How do you know?

I heard the weather report (forecast) by the radio.

Yes, it looks like it.

Hey, George! What is the weather like today?
Do you often take a walk in such weather?

What do you mean by “such weather?”

I mean rainy weather.

Oh, no! Surely not!

How can I know if I haven’t been outside?

Ask Alisa then: she is just back in from a walk.

Exercise 5. Answer the following questions.

1. What kind of summer (winter, spring, autumn) do we usually have in Nukus (Tashkent, Moscow etc.)? 2. When does it begin to snow (thaw) in Nukus (Tashkent, Almaty etc.) 3. What is the usual temperature in London (Moscow, etc)? 4. How long does summer (winter) last in Tashkent (Nukus, Samarkand, etc)? 5. What was the temperature this morning? 6. Which do you like better: when it’s hot or cold? 7. Which season do you like best of all? 8. Is the sea calm or stormy today? 9. Is the temperature below or above zero today? 10. Is the weather warm or cool today? 11. Is it freezing or thawing today?

Lesson4 Topic: Sport and games

TOPICAL VOCABULARY

athletics belong boast about burly champion climb coach competition cycling dive fencing gifted go in for gym-horse gymnasium gymnastics handball hop, step and jump horizontal bar horse-racing indoor games mountaineer mountaineering

атлетика принадлежать, хвастаться сильный чемпион лазать, взбираться тренер соревнование велоспорт нырятьфехтование одаренный, талантливый увлекаться конь (гимнастический) гимнастический зал гимнастика гандбол тройной прыжок перекладина скачки комнатные игры альпинист альпинизм

parallel bars pin pole vault record relay result rings rope row skate ski support Swedish bench take to (took, taken) track-and-field athletics train vault vaulting horse weightlifting wrestling yachting

брусья прикалывать прыжок с шестом рекорд эстафета результат кольца веревка грести кататься на коньках ходить на лыжах болеть поддерживать) шведская стенка увлекаться легкая атлетика тренироваться прыгать козел (гим-кий) поднятие тяжестей борьба яхтенный спорт

I go in for

I took to

Some track and field sports:

In the gymnasium we perform exercises on

athletics, gymnastics, calisthenics, tennis, table-tennis, ping pong, table-tennis, valley ball, basket ball, handball, water polo, hockey, swimming, rowing, jumping, boxing, cycling, fencing, skiing, weight lifting, wrestling, diving, yachting, karate;

the long jump, the high jump, the hop, step and jump; the pole vault, running, jogging, the 100 meters; the 4x100 relay;

the Swedish bench; the horizontal bar; the parallel bars: the rings; gym horse, the vaulting horse;
EXERCISES

Exercise 1. Give short answers:

Can you vault? Your brother has set up a new record in the long jump, hasn’t he? Your results are now better than they were last year, aren’t they? Henry has won the 100 meters race, hasn’t he? Has your factory (school, institute) a strong basketball team? Is it easy to perform exercises on the horizontal bar (the parallel bars, the rings)? Do you often take part in sport competitions? Do you belong to the Manchester Sports Club?

Exercise 2. Memorize: I go in for swimming and what sport do you go in for? He used to play tennis but now he goes in for basket-ball. I wish he were in our team. I wish I could run so fast. Her success needs no comment. It speaks for itself.

I go in for John goes in for My brother takes to Do you go in for

swimming, rowing, jumping, cycling, boxing, skating, skiing, diving, fencing, wrestling, weightlifting, running, hockey, athletics, gymnastics, the high jump, the long jump

Exercise 3. Learn by heart. Reproduce, changing the underlined parts.
What sport do you go in for George?

Swimming and diving.

Is that so? Last year you took to running, didn’t you?

Yes, Bob, but that was last year, as you said.

I wish you didn’t change sports so often.

Have you seen the match? What can you say of Zinaddin Zidan?

A good player. What else can I say?

It’s nothing to say good. He’s gifted. I wish he were in our team!

How can he? He belongs to Real Madrid (the factory sports club)

What’s your result in long jump?

What do you need it for?

It’s for the District Sports Committee, John.

Well, put it down: 4.20, nothing to boast about.

Have you read of the new record set up by Nelson?

Why, yes. You think I know nothing of sport if I don’t go in for it?

Well, I didn’t think that. But what can you say of it?

Nothing, of course. His success speaks for itself, really.

Exercise 4. Answer:

What sport do you go in for? What games can you play? What sport teams have you at your factory (college)? Which of the teams you have is the strongest? What summer (winter) sports do you know? What is your result in the long jump (high jump)? Who in you group goes in for swimming (boxing)? Is this football team stronger or weaker than that of your college? Why has your team lost the game? Which of the world football teams do you support? Who won the last International Chess Championship? Which stadium do you often go to? What is your favorite indoor game?

Exercise 5. Make stories with these phrases:

to be a good sport-byt slavnym parnem;

to make sport of somebody-poteshatsya nad kem libo, podshuchivat;

to become the sport of Fortune-stat igrushkoi sudby

Lesson5 Topic: Meals

TOPICAL VOCABULARY

Food	пища; питание; еда
Cuisine	кухня (кулинария)
keep fit	быть здоровым
to be on a slimming diet	быть на диете для похудения
Overeat	переедать
Meal	приём пищи (завтрак/обед/ужин)
to have a meal	есть, поесть
Porridge	каша
Cornflakes	кукурузные хлопья
Cereal	овсяная каша
Bacon	бекон, копченая свиная грудинка
bacon and egg(s)	яичница с беконом
Ham	окорок; ветчина
Eggs	яйца
boiled egg	вареное яйцо
scrambled egg(s)	яичница-болтунья
ham and egg	яичница с ветчиной
Toast	гренок; тост
rolls	булочки
Jam	варенье; джем
marmalade	джем (апельсиновый или лимонный)
vegetables	овощи
dessert (sweet)	десерт, сладкое (блюдо)
have a snack/ bite	перекусить
a snack bar	закусочная, буфет
taste	пробовать; вкус
to one's taste	по вкусу
Tastes differ.	О вкусах не спорят.
tasty	вкусный
eat out	есть "вне дома"
restaurant	ресторан
to be thirsty	хотеть пить (испытывать жажду)
to be hungry	хотеть есть, быть голодным
for the first/ second course	на первое/второе блюдо
to clear the table (to take away the dirty dishes)	убирать со стола (грязную посуду)
to sit down to table	сесть за стол
Help yourself to...	Угощайтесь ...
Have some more...	Возьмите (поешьте ещё)...
prefer smth. to smth.	предпочитать что-либо чему-либо
orange juice	апельсиновый сок
salad	салат
soup	суп
clear soup	бульон
the main course	основное блюдо (второе)
roast beef (lamb)	жареная говядина (баранина)
beef-steak	бифштекс
mutton chop	баранья отбивная
pork chop	свиная отбивная
fish and chips	рыба с жареным картофелем
Cod	треска
herring	селедка
salmon	лосось
fried (baked) potatoes	жареный (печеный) картофель
mashed potatoes	пюре
beans (peas)	горошек (горох)
lettuce	зеленый салат
cucumber	огурец
tomato	помидор
apple tart	яблочный торт
plum pudding	сливовый пудинг
fruit salad	фруктовый салат
ice-cream	мороженое
Wine	вино
Beer	пиво
Claret	(сухое) красное вино
English tea	чай с молоком
Russian tea	чай с лимоном
bread and butter	бутерброд
to lay the table	накрывать на стол
I'd (should) like smth. (to do smth)	Мне бы хотелось ...
What about...?	Как насчет ...?
It is high time (to do smth.)	Давно пора ...
What do you say to ... ?	Что вы скажете насчет ... ?
Could you pass me ...?	Передайте, пожалуйста ...
Anything else?	Что-нибудь ещё?
It's delicious.	Очень вкусно.

Some Good Rales

1. Appetite comes with eating.

2. A hungry man is an angry man.

3. When wine is in, wit is out.

4. Eat at pleasure, drink with measure.

5. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

English Meals

Frankly we, the British, are often criticised for the food we have, our cuisine doesn't enjoy the best of reputations in the world.

I, for one, think that food is not so important. The main problem is not to eat too much to keep fit.

Being Miss England, certainly, means being slim. I have to be on a slimming diet. Though "have to " is not the right word.

I enjoy my diet. My motto is: "We don't live to eat, we eat to live."

I believe a lot of people in this country are constantly overeating. Most of them have four good meals a day.

And the famous English breakfast! It is often called a cooked breakfast or a big breakfast which it really is.

Can you fancy eating at a time porridge or cornflakes or some other kind of cereal, bacon or bam, eggs, toasts, rolls, jam or marmalade and tea or coffee to finish with? It's too much of a good thing, isn't it? I prefer continental breakfast, that is just a cup of coffee and a roll. Now many people in Britain have the same specially on weekdays when they are hurrying to their work.

The English day-time meal is called lunch and it usually consists of two courses: a meat or a fish dish, vegetables and dessert. Some people though don't eat much at lunch, they may just have a snack in a snack-bar or a cafe.

Many books on Britain write about the famous 5 o'clock tea, saying that the British always have tea at this time. I should say in reality not many people can follow the tradition as they are busy at work or elsewhere. So they have to adjust their tea-time to their daily schedule.

We, the Britons, are great tea-drinkers. We drink it even when watching television. Not long ago I saw an advertisement "Join the TeaV-set." By the way, do you know that the British like taking their tea with milk? Taste it, I'm sure you will like it.

In the evening at 7 or 8 o'clock people in England have their last but not the least meal of the day. If the late evening meal is light, it is called supper. But if you take something substantial, then we call it dinner. We don't often eat soups, but if we do, that would most often be at dinner time.

I should say the British people do not eat oat as much as other Europeans do, still many of them would enjoy a dinner at a restaurant. Today the number of people eating out has increased.

But the most popular place for a drink and a chat is a pub. And that's where I am inviting you now. Shall we go?

EXERCISES

Exercise 1. Complete the following sentences:

1. I should like ... .2. Let me .... 3. Be a good girl and .... 4. Why don't you ...? 5. Will you give me ... . 6.1 am afraid .... 7. I dont think he .... 8. What about ...? 9.1 think, it's high time to ... . 10. Well, I see you are ready ... . 11. Would you like ...? 12. What do you say to ...? 13. Will you pass me ..., please? 14. Let's start with ... . 15. As forme ... . 16. Let us___17. Pass me ..., please. 18. Could you give me ...? 19. Do you like ...? 20. Do you think ...? 21.1 prefer .... 22. Hurry up! It's time to ... .23. Don't you think ...?24. To my mind ... .25. It seems___