Английский язык: Практические пособие (Thomas Alva Edison. My Working Day. Sport in Our Republic. Our University), страница 10

4. Read the following words.Pay attention to their stress:

Ударение    падает    на     слог :

первый____второй____третий____ leisure             activity           recreation sporting            museum          television million             vacation          magazine cultural             participate        opportunity basketball          attract            Belarusian automobile         collecting         satisfaction bicycle             facility           manufacture audience           photography      entertain occupy             variety           supervisor amateur            pursue            numismatics angling             society           individual

5.Repeat the following words and word-combinations after the teacher:

leisure,pastime,recreation,relaxation,variety,activities,movies,magazine,day off, automobile,participate,photography,opportunity .through, spare time, motion pictures, track-and-field, environment, theatrc,picture, gallery, cassette-recorder, exhibition.

6.Practice pronouncing the ending «-ed» :

/d/ -cleaned,enjoyed,entertamed,prepared,occupied,engaged,described,stayed, listened

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have              guests receive            a rest

2.Check up your neighbour's translation of the sentences from Vocabulary

3.Translate the following sentences with new words:

1 .Most people have a great deal of leisure time, and they spend it in a variety of ways.

2.They pursue hobbies, take part in sports activities, attend sporting and cultural events, watch movies and television, listen to music, read books and magazines.

3.Мапу people enjoy trips to museums, parks, playgrounds, zoos. They take weekend and vacation trips, go on picnics, and receive guests at home. 4-Sports rank as a leading pastime. Millions of our people enjoy watching such

sports events as tennis, basketball, horse races, automobile races, football, and hockey.

5.Hiking,fishing,skiing,swimming,bycicle,boating,chess,and draughts are very popular in our country.

6.Motion pictures (cinemas), plays, concerts, operas, ballets attract large audience.

7.Hobbies occupy much of the leisure time of many Belarusians. Popular

hobbies include stamp collecting (philately), photography, angling, gardening, coin collecting (numismatics).

8.Camping is a popular form of outdoor recreation with foreigners.

4-Connect the following into sentences. 1 .Many people spend their leisure              in sports activities

2.They take part                               tennis, basketball, football

3.A lot of people enjoy watching              in a variety of ways

4.Camping is very popular                   of our population 5-Hobbies occupy much of spare time          with foreigners

5.Read the text and be ready to answer the questions that follow it:

On Sunday

My name is Igor. I am twenty years old. 1 am a student. I study on weekdays, but I don't go to the Institute on Sundays.

It is the weekend already. It will be Sunday tomorrow. I'll get up later than usual. I'll get up at nine instead of seven as on weekdays.

After breakfast I'll go to the park. I'll ski for two or three hours. I usually go to ski with my younger brother. If the weather is bad I'll stay at home and read a book. I have some very interesting books at home which I want to read.

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After dinner I'll have a short rest and then I'll go to see my friends. We shall go to the theatre or to the cinema if there is something interesting on. I usually have a good time on Sunday.

Questions:

1 .What day of the week will it be tomorrow?

2.When will Igor get up on Sunday?

3.What will he do after breakfast?

4.How long will he ski in the park?

5.What will Igor do if the weather is bad?

6.Will he go to the cinema?

7.When will he go to the cinema?

8. With whom will he go to the cinema?

9.Will you go to the cinema today? 1 O.Will your friends come to see you?

6-Read, act and remember. 1 ,-Hello.Could I speak to John, please?

-No, I'm afraid you can't. He is at the Institute.

-What's he doing there today?

-He is playing tennis. He always plays tennis on Sundays.