Научно-исследовательская работа «Мой рабочий день»
Темрюкский филиал федерального государственного бюджетного образовательного учреждения высшего профессионального образования
"Астраханский государственный технический университет"
РАЗРАБОТКА ПО ТЕМЕ: « МОЙ РАБОЧИЙ ДЕНЬ»
ELABORATION ON TOPIC: « MY WORKING DAY»
Составила: Лебедева С.В.
Compiled by: Lebedeva S.V.
2017 год
CONTENTS:
Words & word- combinations
Text – « Andrew’s Working Day»
Text- « The Daily Programme »
Dialogues – « About Polly», «A sleepyhead».
Dialogues – «After a Busy day» , «Go to the theatre».
Phrases
Intonation Patterns
Text – « The Weekend»
Working day in American & British English
Text – « My Housekeeping Works»
Text –« My Daily Routine»
Questions to topic.
Words & words-combinations:
To get up
To get out of bed
To jump out of bed
To be a sleepy head
To feel sleepy
To wake up
To turn on, off light (electricity, water, gas, radio, lamp, tap).
To have a wash
To do morning exercises to the music
To clean \ brush one’s teeth
To be in a working mood
To open the window
To rub oneself hard with a towel
To wash face and hands
To listen to the news
To be short of time
To be pressed for time
To be a sound sleeper
To get out of bed on the wrong side
To put sth on
To take off
To leave the house
To get to a place by bus, train, car, Metro
To be in a hurry
To be late for
To come in time
To miss the train
To get to a place
To have a busy day
To live in the country
To have a party
To sit glued to the TV-set
To play chess \tennis\volleyball\football\etc.
To listen to music
To play the guitar\violin\piano
To be over
Andrew’s Working Day
My working day begins rather early. The alarm-clock wakes me up at 7 a.m. I don’t jump out of bed at once. I like to stay in bed for a couple of minutes. As soon as I get up I open the window to air the room, and do my morning exercises to music. I’ve done my exercises already and now I’m going to the bathroom to take a shower, to wash and shave. After a shower I rub myself hard with the towel and soon I feel quite warm. I’ve dressed and made my bed. I’m having breakfast now. It’s usually a light meal: just a cup of coffee or tea with toast. I’m not a big eater, you know. I live home at about half past 8 to take a bus to my school. I’ve never been late for school, I’m proud to say. It’s 4.30 p.m. I’ve just come home from school. It’s time to have tea, so I’m hurrying to the dinning-room. After tea I don’t have much time to spare because I have to hurry to the tennis-court for a game of tennis. I’m keen on sports you know. We have supper about seven-thirty or eight o’clock and then we sit and talk, or listen to the wireless. Often in summer we take out the car and go for a run in the country; in winter we go to the cinema or the theatre. But that is not often. I have a lot of work to do, and usually after supper I read or write until ten or eleven o’clock.
The Daily Programme
On week- days the alarm-clock wakes me up and my working day begins. It is 7 o’clock. If it is spring or summer I jump out of bed, run to the window and open it wide to let the fresh morning air in. The bright sun and the signing of birds set me into a cheerful working mood. In winter I’m not so quick to leave my bed, and I bury my head under the pillows pretending not to hear the alarm-clock. But all the same, it is time to get up and I start getting ready for my work. I do my bed and go to the bathroom. I clean my teeth and washing my face. Sometimes I have a shower. After that I am having breakfast, I switch on the radio and listen to the news. I live the house at 10 minutes to 8, and as I live quite near the station I like to walk there in any weather. On my way to the office I often meet my fellow-workers and colleagues and we go on together talking shop. My working day starts at 9 sharp. I work till past 12 and then I go out for dinner to a self-service canteen which is just round the corner. It does not take me long to have my midday meal. I return to my office at half past 1 and work steadily till 6. During my working hours I haven’t spare moment to think of my University classes. I am a student of the Evening Department of the University. We have classes four times a week, and on the rest of the days I have to spend my evenings in the reading –room of our library preparing my homework. It is not easy to work and study at the same time, but I feel great satisfaction when I think of the future. Sometimes friends come to my place and we play chess, sometimes we go to the pictures or to the theatre, but not very often. In summer I like to go out more, so in the evenings, I go to the tennis court for a few sets of tennis, or take out my bike for a run in the country.
DIALOGUES:
About Polly
I don’t know what to do. I can’t wake Polly up.
-Leave her along. Let her sleep a little longer, will you? She went to bed very late last night.
-A little longer? But it’s half past 7 already. You know very well how slow she is. It always takes her so long to get dressed.
-Don’t worry. She always finds a way out.
-A way out? She neither washes her face nor cleans her teeth when she oversleeps.
-I see. That’s her own business.
A Sleepyhead
Don’t you think it’s nearly time to get up? Don’t bury your head under the pillow?
I’m so tired dear. Can’t you leave me along just for a while?
No, I can’t. Do get up! You sleepy head!
Oh, stop it, please.
Jump out of bed and run to the bathroom. Nothing like a shower when you feel sleepy.
O.K.
Besides, breakfast is getting cold. I’m going to warm it up again.
All right, all right.
After a busy day.
I’m rushed off my feet and you are sitting quietly watching this damned telly again.
Can I have a moment’s rest after a busy day?
You are always sitting either glued to the TV-set or buried in your papers.
Well, what else can I possibly do?
Turn the telly off and lay the table for a start. Work all day and then come home and get nagged.
Poor me.
Go to the theatre
A telephone conversation.
Hello!
Thank God, is that you, Helen?
Sure, that’s me, Nick, darling. You sound a bit annoyed. Is anything the matter?
Well, I’ve been trying to get connected with you for nearly ten minutes and…
But what’s wrong? The line wasn’t engaged, I hope?
Yes, it was. Besides, I got the wrong number several times…
Oh, Nick, I’m so sorry!
That’s all right now. I say, Helen, have you got anything special on tonight?
No, not really. Why?
I suggest our going to the theatre.
I’d love to. What are we going to see?
I’ve got two tickets for “Lady Windermere’s Fan” by Oscar Wilde. It’s the first night.
Oh, it’s at the Maly Theatre, isn’t it?
I have heard the play is worth seeing. It is stage very well. The scenery is simple, but good and the acting is splendid.
And what about the seats? I hope they are not in the balcony or in the gallery?
Oh, dear, no. They are in the dress-circle, box 5.
Let’s hope we’ll enjoy ourselves. Will you call for me or shall we meet at the theatre?
I’d rather call for you. I don’t like waiting and you take such a long time to get ready.
So I do. But I love to look smart when I go to the theatre.
All right, then. I’ll call for you at 5.30, so we’ll have plenty of time to get to the theatre before the performance starts.
That suits me perfectly. I’ll be waiting for you. And, oh, Nick! Thank you ever so much for your invitation.
That’s all right, dear. See you tonight.
Bye-bye!
Phrases
In the stalls- в партере
In the pit stalls- в задних рядах
In a box- в ложе
In the gallery- на галерке
To play the part of- играть роль
To take care of- ухаживать за, присматривать.
To play is worth seeing-пьесу стоит посмотреть
To call for smb- зайти за кем-либо
That suits me perfectly- это меня очень устраивает
Intonation Patterns:
Falling Intonation (➘)
(The pitch of the voice falls at the end of the sentence.)
Statements
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Nice to meet ↘you.
I’ll be back in a ↘minute.
She doesn’t live here ↘anymore.
Dad wants to change his ↘car.
Here is the weather ↘forecast.
Commands
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Write your name ↘here.
Show me what you’ve ↘written.
Leave it on the ↘desk.
Take that picture ↘ down.
Wh- questions (requesting information.)
(questions beginning with 'who', 'what', 'why', 'where', 'when', 'which', and 'how')
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What country do you come ↘from?
Where do you ↘work?
Which of them do you ↘prefer?
When does the shop ↘open?
How many books have you ↘bought?
Which coat is ↘yours?
Whose bag is ↘this?
Rising Intonation (➚)
(The pitch of the voice rises at the end of a sentence.)
Yes/no Questions
(Questions that can be answered by 'yes' or 'no'.)
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Do you like your new ➚teacher?
Have you finished ➚already?
May I borrow your ➚dictionary?
Do you have any ➚magazines?
Do you sell ➚stamps?
Questions tags that show uncertainty and require an answer (real questions).
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We've met already, ➚haven't we?
You like fish, ➚don't you?
You're a new student ➚aren't you?
The view is beautiful, ➚isn't it?
We sometimes use a combination of rising and falling intonation in the same sentence.
The combination is called Rise-Fall or Fall-Rise intonation.
Rise-Fall Intonation (➚➘)
(The intonation rises and then falls.)
We use rise-fall intonation for choices, lists, unfinished thoughts and conditional sentences.
Choices (alternative questions.)
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Are you having ➚soup or ➘salad?
Is John leaving on ➚Thursday or ➘Friday?
Does he speak ➚German or ➘French?
Is your name ➚Ava or ➘Eva?
Lists (rising, rising, rising, falling)
Intonation falls on the last item to show that the list is finished.
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We've got ➚apples, pears, bananas and ➘oranges
The sweater comes in ➚blue, white pink and ➘black
I like ➚football, tennis, basketball and ➘volleyball.
I bought ➚a tee-shirt, a skirt and a ➘handbag.
Unfinished thoughts (partial statements)
In the responses to the following questions, the rise-fall intonation indicates reservation.
The speaker hesitates to fully express his/her thoughts.
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Do you like my new handbag? Well the ➚leather is ➘nice... ( but I don't like it.)
What was the meal like? Hmm, the ➚fish was ➘good... (but the rest wasn't great).
So you both live in Los Angeles? Well ➚Alex ➘does ... (but I don't).
Conditional sentences
(The tone rises in the first clause and falls gradually in the second clause.)
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If he ➚calls, ask him to leave a ➘message.
Unless he ➚insists, I'm not going to ➘go.
If you have any ➚problems, just ➘contact us.
My weekend
Every person whether an adult or a teenager cannot work all the time and needs to have a rest. Usually all the people have a little rest during their weekends. I am not an exception. I really enjoy relaxing and having fun with my friends. Starting from Wednesday I begin to look forward to the weekends. My weekends usually start on Friday afternoon. I come back from school, throw my bag into the corner and go to meet my friends. I haven’t seen them for five days, so I missed them very much. On Friday we usually go to the city centre. We go to a pizzeria or a café, and then we go to the cinema and watch there a new film. We usually like to watch comedies. But sometimes we go bowling. On Saturday mornings and afternoons I usually help my mother about the house. My mother usually cooks and clean our flat. Saturday evenings I like to spend in a company of my best friend Helen. We can go for a walk in the park or stay at home. We like playing table games such as Monopoly or scrabble. Also we like watching films. On Sunday I usually sleep till midday. I can play computer games, surf the Internet or look through the fresh press. Then I get ready for the coming Monday. I do my home tasks, pack my bag, and iron my clothes. The rest of the day I spend with my family. It has become our tradition to have family dinner on Sundays.
Working day in American & British English
Linda (Great Britain)
I got up at half past 7. I put on my dressing down, went into the bathroom and turned on the bath taps. After bath I had breakfast with my parents. Our flat is on the thirteenth floor, so the view is terrific. At 8 o’clock my mom and I took the lift to the car park under our block of flats. First we stopped for petrol, then she drove me to school. When I got to school it was raining. Luckily I ‘d brought my wellington boots and an umbrella, so I didn’t get wet. School was O.K., except that we had a math exam before break, I think I failed it. After school I took a bus to the city centre to meet my sister Susan. She became a primary school teacher after she left University last year. We went out for dinner to a Chinese restaurant. After dinner we paid the bill and left. Susan gave me a lift home, then I did some history homework for the next day, watched a film and went to bed at about half past 10. I was really tired!
Trudy (USA)
I got up at seven-thirty. I put on my bath robe, went into the bathroom and turned on the bath-tub faucets. After that I ate breakfast with my parents. Our apartment is on the sixteenth floor, so the view is terrific. At 8 o’ clock my mom and I took the elevator to the parking lot underneath our apartment block. First we stopped for gas, then she drove me to school. When I got to school it was raining. Luckily I’d brought my galoshes and an umbrella, so I didn’t get wet. School was O.K., except that we had a math test before recess. After school I took bus downtown to meet my sister Susan. She became a grade school teacher after she left College last year. We ate out at a Chinese restaurant. After that we paid the check and left. I did some history assignment for the next day, watched a movie on TV and went to bed around 10.30. I was pooped!
My Housekeeping Works
Usually I’m very busy, so I can’t help my parents much in keeping house. But still I have some housekeeping works. Every day I do my room and my bed, wash up dishes, dust the furniture and take out the rubbish. It is also my duty to buy bread and milk. Once a week I help my mother to do all other work about the house. We wash our linen, iron and mend it, clean the flat, vacuum the floors and polish them. This is my usual round of duties. But sometimes I have some other things to do. When my mother is ill or away from home I do the cooking and the washing up, the buying of food and the planning of meals. I also lay the tableand clear away the dishes. Sometimes I have to visit everyday services: hairdresser’s ,shoemaker’s, tailor’s, drycleaner’s, photographer’s. At the hairdresser’s I have my hair cut and waved. At the shoemaker’s I have my shoes and boots repaired, at the photographer’s I have my photo taken. Service is generally good, but in some cases it leaves much to be desired. My brother has his own duties at home. He helps to fix and repair some things. Last year I was at my grandparents. They are elderly people and need our care and attention. During my stay there I swept the floors and washed them, fed the chickens, collected the eggs and weeded the vegetable-beds. I didn’t learn to milk the cow but I helped to feed the other animals: lambs, sheep and pigs.
My Daily Routine
As a rule I get up at half past 7. I put on my dressing-gown, go into the bath-room and turn on the bath taps. Good health is better than wealth, so every morning I do my morning exercises. I get breakfast at 8 o’clock and listen to the news over the radio. I like to begin the day well, so my breakfast is always a good one. For breakfast I usually have hard-boiled eggs or an omelette, sandwiches with ham, cheese, tea or coffee. Then I go to the University. I don’t live far from the University, so it doesn’t take me long to get there. The lessons start at 9 o’clock. Usually we have 3 or 4 double-periods. I learn two foreign languages… The classes are over at 3 p.m. Then I come back home and have dinner. After dinner I have a rest for a couple of hours. Then I prepare my homework. It takes me sometimes 3 or 4 hours. After that I go shopping and buy some food-stuffs for the family. A Sometimes I help my mother about the house. In the evening I usually have some free time. Sometimes I spend it with my friends- we go for a walk, listen to music, go to movies, or to disco or have a chat over a cup of coffee at the café. At home I watch TV, read a bit or listen to music. At about 10 o’clock I go to bed.
Questions to topic.
Answer the following question
1. Does your day begin early?
2. When do you usually get up?
3. Are you a sleepyhead?
4. Who wakes you up?
5. When do you get up on weekends?
6. Do you do your morning exercises regularly?
7. How long does it take you to do your morning exercises?
8. Do you take a shower in the morning?
9. Do you have a bath in the morning?
10. At what time do you have breakfast?
11. How long does it take you to get to the University?
12. When do your classes begin?
13. How many double-periods do you usually have?
14. When are your classes over?
15. When do you usually have your dinner?
16. Do you help your parents about the house?
17. What do you usually do when you have free time?
18. Do you watch TV in the evening?
19. Do you go for a walk with your friends?
20. Do you like to listen to music?
21. What kind of music do you like?
22. What kind of books do you prefer?
23. When do you usually have your supper?
24. Do your friends often come to you in the evening?
25. At what time do you usually go to bed?
