Steps in Speaking English (Шаги в разговорном английском) - страница 3
Exercise 6. Answer these questions.
1. What did people use to do/have in their youth?
2. What do people do/have in age?
3. How do you see yourself in age? Active or worn out?
Example: People in youth used to do a lot of sport. People in age don’t do any.
Exercise 7. Tell the students about yourself. What did you use to do when you were younger? What do you prefer to do now? Ex.: I used to play hockey when I was younger but now I prefer swimming.
Vocabulary. Bad and good habits.
eat junk food, eat healthily, be mentally active, be a heavy smoker, drink a lot of water, do physical exercises, think positively, go to bed very late, take a lot of medicine, wash hands before eating, bite one's nails7, blow one's nose8) drink clean filter water, pick one's nose 9, be a heavy drunkard
Exercise 8. Answer these questions.
1. What habits are good/bad?
2. How do habits influence our health?
3. What habits do you have?
4. Discuss in a group what habits can help to improve your health?
5. Which of the things did you use to do? Which do you do now?
Exercise 9. Role play these telephone situation.
Making contacts
Transferring the call
Making arrangements
Changing Arrangements
Complaining and showing understanding
Exercise 10. Complete dialogs for these situations:
1. You are a prosperous old businessmen but you want to retire so you make an arrangement with several candidates on your position. You want to sell your corporation.
2. You have agreed to make an appointment with your sales manager and have a business talk about new equipment but one of your offices has been robbed recently so you have to meet with police and change your arrangement with manager.
3. You have watched the car accident on TV and want to make sure that your mother wasn't its participant. You call to the company where your mother works, but your mother is a director and very busy, so you have to talk with her secretary.
4. Your boss organizes picnic for the colleagues on the weekend. But you have heard on the radio that it will rain, so you decide to phone your boss to confirm arrangement.
Lesson II. Topics: Every day routine, Housework,
Activities
Vocabulary. Everyday routine.
spend time with family, pay the telephone bill, wash the dishes, empty the rubbish, make a telephone call, use a computer, cook, work, study, stay at home, hand–launder, clean, do your homework, go shopping, play with your children, walk the dog