2015-09-07
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Instructions:
1. Skim the text first: read the topic (first) sentences of each paragraph. Get the idea of it – What is it about?
2. Study the words given after the text.
3. Read the text again for its understanding.
4. Retell the text: underline key words and define the main idea of each paragraph – it will help you shorten the text.
John Smith is American. He is 19 years old. His father, two brothers and a sister live together. As for John, he lives alone in the nearby town.
His father is a teacher. He has been working at the local school for twenty years and he devotes more time to pupils then to his own children.
John’s eldest brother is 27. He is not married because he cannot afford to keep a family. He is a chemist by profession. But they don’t pay him much. He is in the search of a better-paid job now.
John's sister is 24 years old; she is a teacher of Spanish in a high school. Betty is not married because in most American states only unmarried girls can be teachers. Betty keeps a house for her father and her two brothers.
John's youngest brother is 13 years old. He is a school boy. After classes he helps a rich farmer with his farm work, and once a week he sells Sunday newspapers. In such a way he gets his pocket money. He has very little time for study.
John wants to be a designer. He tries hard to finish college. His father and sister don’t help him much, but he must pay a lot for his room, his meals and books. Very few students can get scholarship in colleges.
John works as a night dish-washer in a restaurant. He comes home from the restaurant at 3 o'clock in the morning and sleeps till seven o'clock. Then he prepares for study and goes to the lectures.
This routine finishes on Sunday. Only on Sundays John can sleep a little longer. Then he goes out with his friends or visits his family. He is sure some day everything will change in his life and he will make his fortune.
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Help:
Married –заміжня, жонатий
Nearby – сусідній
Afford – дозволяти
Keep a family –забезпечити сім’ю
Earn money –заробляти гроші
Chemist – хімік
Meal – їжа
Scholarship – стипендія
Little /few – мало
A little /a few – небагато
Movie (American English) – кіно
Practice – Vocabulary in use
Task 1: Give short answers.
1. Do you study at University?
2. Are you responsible?
3. Are you looking for a job now?
4. Would you like to get a promotion at work?
5. Why do you need to be well-educated?
Task 2: Choose the right variant given in the brackets.
1. He (don’t, doesn’t) smoke.
2. She (am, is, are) preparing for the concert these days.
3. You (am, is, are) not listening to me now.
4. (Do, Does) you like this film?
5. He (don’t, doesn’t) have any free time.
6. (Am, Is, Are) you successful?
