Тема 1. Знакомство.
1. Поставьте глагол be в нужной форме и п одчеркните (см.: Грамматический справочник §3).
Hello! You are my first Web pal. We are the same age. I am from Oxford. It is in England. I am not a student. My family is not large. My parents are from Scotland. There are two children. My sister is in high school. She is 16. Her hobby is music. We are not rich. But we are happy.
Прочитайте текст. Разделите текст на смысловые абзацы (9).
3. Напишите заголовок на русском языке каждому абзацу.
About Myself
Введение
It is not an easy thing to speak about myself, but who knows you better than you yourself do?
Немного о внешности
I am a girl of seventeen. When I look at myself in the mirror I see a blond girl with short straight hair, dark eyes and a slender figure. I am neither short nor tall. I like to wear high-heeled shoes, trousers or jeans.
Мои черты характера
I think that I'm calm and modest. But sometimes I can lose my temper and become either angry or sad. I don’t like staying alone. My friends say I’m sociable and have a good sense of humour.
Хобби и увлечения
There are many things I like and some I dislike. I like cooking so I enjoy going round the markets or food stores. I'm fond of reading as it gives not only knowledge, but also wonderful moments of joy and pleasure. I hate lazing on the sofa in front of the TV.
Из биографии
I was born on the 25th of April 1985 in the town of Tumanovo where I live now together with my parents and my younger sister. We are a friendly family.
Школьные будни
At school I really enjoyed studying and did a lot of homework. I was good at English, Russian and Literature. Math and sciences were sometimes a problem.
Внеклассная деятельность
School for me was not only lessons and learning. I had a lot of friends there. We organized extra class activities, took part in sports competitions and other social activities.
Выбор профессии
It was difficult to decide what I wanted to be. First I wanted to follow my mother’s advice and to study economics. But at last I made up my mind to specialize in humanities and learn foreign languages. I will do my best to enter the University.
Мои планы на будущее
And finally, the things I hope to achieve in my life are: to graduate the University, to have a very successful career, to build the house of my dreams and to find someone in my life to share all that with.
4. Выпишите из текста по одному предложению с глаголом каждого времени (см.: Грамматический справочник §5). Подчеркните сказуемые.
Настоящее простое: My friends say I’ m sociable and have a good sense of humour.
Прошедшее простое: At school I really enjoyed studying and did a lot of homework.
Будущее простое: I will do my best to enter the University.
5. Составьте рассказ о себе (10-15 предложений) по плану упражнение 3. Используйте слова и словосочетания из текста и упражнений. Соблюдайте порядок слов английского предложения (Грамматический справочник § 6, 7).
About myself
Let me tell you a few words about myself and speak a little about my life.
My name is Kristina and I’m twenty five years old. I have straight blond hair and big gray-blue eyes. I’m of medium height and have a slender figure. I prefer to wear casual clothes like jeans, T-Shits and sneakers, though of course I love wearing elegant and smart clothes for special events; dresses and heels suit me really good.
As for my character, I can say that I’m friendly and outgoing. I don’t like being alone so I try to spend much time with my friends and my family. I am very helpful, kind-hearted and never lose my temper as I’m quite a calm person.
In my spare time I like listening to music or watching talk-shows on different topics. Sometimes I practice sports as well, my husband and me go to the gym or go jogging at the stadium. We also like travelling, every summer we go to the seaside and have lot’s of fun and joy there.
I was born on the nineteenth of September 1994 in Aikino, which is a village in Komi Republic, in Ust-Vimski district. I have an elder brother and an elder sister, we are rather a friendly and united family. I live with my husband and a little daughter of one year old called Kira in Aikino. We have our own apartment which is very spacious and cosy.
When I studied at school, my favourite subjects were literature, social science and history. Human sciences always came easy for me while exact ones were quite a problem.
Apart from studying, I also took part in school activities, like sports competitions, chess tournaments, or music contests. During summer holidays we often went hiking in the woods or went to the river and spent the whole day swimming, sunbathing and playing beach volleyball.
When I finished school, like all school leavers I had to decide what I wanted to be. Unfortunately, there weren’t any institutions of higher education in my village so I didn’t have an opportunity to get higher education due to many reasons. So I decided to go to college and study postal communications. After graduating, I started to work as a postal communication operator. Now that I have a family, and as a result more responsibilities and more needs, I took a decision to get a second profession. Moreover, it is a good change for self-development and the guarantee of prosperous future.
The last thing I want to share with you is my plans for the future. Firstly, I want to graduate from university successfully and get a job. Secondly, I am planning to travel abroad and see the world, and finally, I want to buy a house with a huge garden by the seaside so that I can spend summers there and enjoy a wonderful life together with my family.
Прочитайте стихотворение.
а) Вставьте слова по смыслу в рифму:
longer, towns, stronger, down, earth, short, north, hot
Look! The nights are getting longer,
And the days are becoming short,
And the wind is blowing stronger,
And it’s no longer hot.
Look! The leaves are falling down,
And are covering the earth,
Birds are leaving northern towns,
As it’s too cold in the north.
б) Подчеркните сказуемые в форме настоящего длительного времени (см. Грамматический справочник §5).