In the Street, Asking One's Way

1. A stranger comes up to you and asks you to show the way to the Zoo. Give him (her) the necessary directions.

Guide words: Will you show me the way to...? Go along this street as far as... This bus will take you right there.

2. You want to get to the Picture Gallery. Ask a passer-by to show you the way.

Guide words: Excuse me... Am I right for the Picture Gallery?

3. A passer-by has dropped his glove. You pick it up and hand it to him (her).

Guide words: I say! (Послушайте!) (формула для привле­чения внимания) Yes?

4. Your friend has bought a newspaper at the newsstand and starts reading it rightaway. While crossing the street he doesn't see the approaching car. Warn him of the danger.

Guide words: Look out! There's a car coming! (Берегись! Машина!) People shouldn't read while on the road.

Family

1. You look through your new friend's photo album and try to guess who is who. Your friend answers all your questions.

Guide words: There is no likeness at all 'between...... are alike as two peas (...похожи как две капли воды) One wouldn't say it's...

2. Having your winter (summer) holidays, you ask your mother to give you some work to do about the house (in the garden). You receive the instructions.

Guide words: to help with the household work to do some shopping to weed the flower bed (полоть цветочную клумбу)

3. You meet a former classmate who studies at another school now. You ask each other a lot of questions some of them concerning his and your families.

Guide words: What luck running into you! How are your parents? Does your father still work at...? My elder brother has got married.

Weather and Climate

1. You want to go out and you ask your sister, who has just come in, about the weather.

Guide words: It's very cold (windy, slippery, hot) nasty weather (ужасная погода)

2. Your friend comes in wet  to the skin. He has come to

return your book. Ask him (her)    to stay and offer some clothes to change.

Guide words: The rain came on all of a sudden. (Дождь начался внезапно.) wet as a drowned cat (промокший до нитки)

3. Your friend is fond of autumn while you like spring. Try to convince him (her) that spring is the best season.

Guide words: The season I like best is... There is nothing like... (Нет ничего лучше, чем...) the time when new life awakes (время, когда пробуждается но­вая жизнь)

4. It is thawing. Walking in the park you notice a boy hurry­ing across the frozen river. It is dangerous to walk on the ice in such weather, so you shout to him to stop. Suddenly the ice breaks and the boy gets into the water. You rescue the poor chap and bring him to your home. You talk with him about the episode.

Guide words: It is thawing. (Оттепель. Тает.)  to melt  (таять)  How did you manage to...? (Как это тебя угораздило...?)

Recreation, Pastimes

1. Your amateur theatrical group is going to give a con­cert in a some town. You discuss the programme and the technical details of the trip to the country.

Guide words: compere (конферансье, ведущий программу) recitation (художественное чтение) folk dancing choir

2. On your way from the cinema you meet your friend who wants to know your opinion of the film.

Guide words: What's the film about? What do you think of it? I like every bit of it. (Мне понравился весь фильм.)

3. You are late for the performance and the usher does not let you in. Try to give him (her) your explanations.

Guide words: It isn't my fault. a long queue at the cloak-room

 

III.Study these problem situations. Dramatize them or dis­cuss their possible solutions.

1. Ivan Petrovich does not like the way his young son Alee studies. Alee does not miss classes any longer but he still gets poor marks in many subjects. Ivan Petrovich always tells his son that a good education is a very important thing. "You bib must get a good education! Study hard!" he often says.

Questions: What doesn't Ivan Petrovich like?

What does he often tell his son?

What's his problem?

Task: Dramatize the talk between the father and his son

2. Kate wanted to go to some place in the country She caught the 11 o'clock train, On the train, someone told her it does not stop at the station she needed. She did not know what to do.

Questions: Where did Kate want to go?

What did someone tell her about the train?

What was her problem?

Task: Discuss the possible solutions, of her difficulty.

3. My friend Gennady is an old collector. His hobby is masks (маски). Не had about fifty of thdm on the walls of his room. Last week I returned from a trip to the Caucasus and I brought one new mask for him. When I called on him yesterday, I was surprised. Gennady had no masks.

Questions: What did Gennady collect?

Where did I return from last week?

Why was I surprised?

Task: Dramatize your talk with Gennady.

4. An American traveller in an Asian country went into a restaurant. He failed to explain to the waiter what he wanted, so he pointed to the first thing on the menu. The waiter seemed surprised. He came back with a big snake. Now the traveller was surprised. He did not know what to do but in came a local man who could speak English.

Questions: Where did the traveller go into?

What did he want?

What did he really order?

What was his problem?

Why was the waiter surprised?

Task: Dramatize the traveller's talk with the man who spoke English.

5. John Gale is a young lonely worker. He has not a flat of his own, so he has to rent a room. But the landlady is strict and the rent is high. She does not like John to receive his friends. "They are very noisy!" she says. He would find another room but the factory is too far from the place where he lives now and he has to pay a fare (за проезд) on a bus.

Questions: What is John Gale?

                Does he like his landlady?

                Why doesn't he?

                What are his problems?

Task: Dramatize his talk with the landlady.

        Dramatize his talk with his friends.

6. Pete has an important exam tomorrow and he has hardly studied for it. Now there will be an interesting programme on TV He is thinking of switching his TV set on.

Questions: What has Pete to do tomorrow?

What is his problem?

Task: Discuss his situation.

7. Young Harry did not want to do his homework yesterday. His mother told him he had to before he went out to play. After he had done it, she said, "All right. You can go out now."

Questions: What didn't Harry want to do yesterday? What did his mother tell him? What was Harry's mother problem?

Task: Dramatize her talk with Harry.

      Dramatize Harry's talk with his playmates afterwards.

8. Mrs Hill's husband is away on business now. Their little boy has fallen seriously ill. The doctor says an immediate oper­ation is necessary. "I wish my husband were here now," she says.

Questions: Where is Mrs Hill's husband now?

               What has happened to their little boy?

               What's her problem?

Task: Dramatize Mrs Hill's talk with the doctor.

Dramatize her talk with her husband afterwards.