TOPIC 3
MY WORKING DAY
I want to describe you my daily actions which I did, more or less regularly, on weekdays during my final year at school. There was little variation in my life then, all days except weekends looked very much the same.
On weekdays my working day began early in the morning. As a matter of fact, I am not an early-riser, that's why I hate getting up early, but I got used to it, I usually got up at about 7 o'clock. Then I did my morning exercises and went to the bathroom to wash my face and hands with a soap and clean my teeth with a toothpaste. I didn't take a shower in the morning, I generally did it late in the evening before going to bed. At a quarter past seven I was ready to have my breakfast.
As a rule, 1 had a quick light breakfast which consisted of a cup of coffee or tea, a boiled egg or an omelette and a cheese or sausage sandwich. After breakfast 1 put on my coat, took my bag and left for school.
As my school is not far from my house, it took me 10 minutes to get there. 1 never took a bus or a trolley-bus on my way to school, I usually walked there.
Six or seven lessons a day was the ordinary timetable. I seldom had lunch in the canteen, because I usually had packed one in my bag (an apple and a sandwich).
The classes at school were over at about three o'clock. Twice a week 1 stayed at school later to play table-tennis or was busy with the English language club.
When I came home my mother always had dinner ready just in time. Then I changed my school uniform and had a rest. While resting, I listened to the music or looked through the newspapers or magazines. Then I started doing my home assignments. It took me about five hours to cope with my homework properly.
I normally finished doing my homework at 10 o'clock in the evening. So I hadn't much time for television and friends, because I had to work hard at all the subjects during my final year at school. But sometimes I managed to see an interesting film.
I did well in most school subjects without any effort. Besides, I have managed to help my mother about the house and do our shopping, go to the library and have private lessons in English in order to improve it.
And I must admit, that school life was a very interesting page of my life. I had good friends at school and some lessons were interesting.
After supper 1 usually relaxed for some time and then went on with my homework.
As a rule, I went to bed at about 11 o'clock or even later.
Word List to the Text:
1. daily actions — ежедневные действия
2. more or less — более или менее
3. final — заключительный, последний
4. variation — изменение, отступление
5. regularly — регулярно
6. weekdays — рабочие дни, будни
7. weekend, days off - выходные дни
8. as a matter of fact — дело в том, что; фактически,
собственно говоря
9. to get used (to) — привыкать
10. to take a shower — принимать душ
11. to consist of — состоять из
12. boiled egg — вареное яйцо
13. on one's way (to) — no дороге в
14. ordinary — обычный
15. timetable — расписание (уроков)
16. canteen — столовая
17. packed lunch — завтрак (упакованный)
18. twice ['twais] — дважды
19. to listen to — слушать
20. to look through — просматривать
21. home assignment — домашнее задание
22. to cope with [koup] — справляться
23. properly — должным образом
24. normally — обыкновенно, нормально
25. to do well — хорошо учиться
26. without any effort — без какого-либо усилия
27. to improve — улучшать
28. I must admit — я должен отметить, признать
29. to relax [nlaeks] — расслабиться, отдыхать
30. to go to bed — ложиться спать
Supplementary
Word List and Word-Combinations
on the Subject "My Working Day"
to wake up — просыпаться, пробуждаться
to get up — вставать
to do one's morning exercises — делать утреннюю зарядку
to put on one's slippers — одевать тапочки
to put on one's dressing gown [gaun] — одевать халат
to take a cold (hot) shower — принимать холодный (горячий) душ
to comb one's hair — расчесывать волосы
to wash one's face and hands with a soap [soup] — мыть лицо и руки мылом
to clean one's teeth with a toothpaste — чистить зубы зубной пастой
to dress, to put on smth. — одеваться
to make a bed — застилать постель
to have breakfast (lunch, dinner, supper) — завтракать (второй раз завтракать, обедать, ужинать)
to leave for school — уходить в школу
to take a bus (trolley-bus, tram) — садиться на автобус (троллейбус, трамвай)
to take a taxi — взять такси
to walk, to go on foot — идти пешком
to finish one's work — закончить работу
to have a break — иметь перерыв
to come home — прийти домой
to rest — отдыхать
to have a rest — (немного) отдохнуть
to watch TV (television programme) — смотреть телевизор (телепередачу)
to listen to the music — слушать музыку
to be short of time - быть ограниченным во времени
to be pressed for time
to be late for — опаздывать на
to have a practice in — тренироваться, практиковаться
to play the piano (the guitar, the violin) — играть на пианино (гитаре, скрипке)
to have a good time — хорошо провести время
to fall asleep — заснуть
Additional Expressions:
What are your duties about the house? — Какие Ваши
домашние обязанности?
First of all I tidy up the rooms: make the bed, dust the things in it, clean the carpet with the vacuum cleaner, polish the floor with the floor-polisher. — Прежде всего я убираю комнаты: застилаю кровать, вытираю пыль, чищу ковер пылесосом, натираю пол полотером.
How do you help your parents about the house? — Как Вы помогаете родителям по дому?
I lay the table, clean the dishes, wash up, vacuum the mats and the carpets, do shopping, water the flowers, do some cooking. — Я накрываю (на) стол, убираю посуду со стола, мою посуду, чищу пылесосом половички и ковер, делаю покупки, поливаю цветы, готовлю пищу.
to do (to clean) the room (flat, house) — убирать комнату (квартиру, дом)
to do shopping (ironing, washing) — делать покупки (гладить белье, заниматься стиркой)
to brush one's clothes (shoes) — чистить щеткой одежду (обувь)
to sweep — подметать
to wash clothes (linen) — стирать одежду (белье)
to wash up — мыть посуду
to iron linen — гладить белье
to press clothes (not linen) — утюжить одежду (не белье)
to repair, to put right — чинить, ремонтировать
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