After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today

All is well that ends well

Live and learn

Everything is good in its season

3.6.5 Read, translate, learn and recite the dialogues

3.6.5.1

Pavel: What are you doing after finishing school?

Mike: I am working as a turner at one of the factories.

Pavel: When does your working day begin?

Mike: Very early. I usually get up at half past six and leave for work at half past seven.

Pavel: How long does it take you to get from home to the factory?

Mike: About half an hour.

Pavel: You surely made friends with some workmates, didn’t you?

Mike: Certainly, I did. Excellent chaps they are!

Pavel: Do you get your dinner in the factory’s cafeteria or at home?

Mike: In the cafeteria. At noon we have an hour interval.

Pavel: What are you doing after the working day is over?

Mike: Sometimes I call on a friend of mine and sometimes I do a bit of reading. Very often I listen to music or watch TV.

Pavel: I suppose you go to bed late, don’t you?

Mike: Oh, yes, at 12.

3.6.5.2

Lavrov: I know your company is very big Mr Bell

Bell: Yes we’ve got offices in different cities. I meet our customers every day.

Lavrov: Oh really? And when do you usually come to the office?

Bell: At 9 in the morning.

Lavrov: Do you stay in the office all day?

Bell: I often do. I read cables and telexes and write letters.

Lavrov: I do that in my office in Moscow too.

Bell: Are you always very busy?

Lavrov: Yes, very busy till 6 o’clock.

Bell: I finish my work at 6 too and come home at 7.

Lavrov: Do you always stay at home in the evenings?

Bell: Not always. Sometimes we go out, but sometimes we stay at home and read books or watch television.

Lavrov: That sounds nice.

3.6.5.3

Lavrov: What do you usually do at weekends, Mr Bell?

Bell: Oh, at weekends we often go to Brighton [brait∂n].

Lavrov: Brighton? Is it a nice place?

Bell: Yes, it is a very nice place near London. We got to Brighton in the morning and stay there all day

Lavrov: That sounds nice.

Bell: But we don’t always go out at weekends. Sometimes we stay at home and meet our friends or watch television.

Lavrov: We often do that at weekends too.

3.6.5.4

Ann: What do you usually do after work Susan?

Susan: Oh, a lot of things. There are always a lot of things to do about the house: washing up, doing the rooms, ironing.

Ann: No, I don’t mean that. What’s your favorite pastime?

Susan: Again, nothing very special. Sometimes I read a little or watch TV. When Jane calls we go to the cinema, very seldom, though, to the theatre.

Ann: I see. What’s about dancing? Do you like it?

Susan: Oh, very. Actually I’m crazy about dancing. Do you mean to say we’ll go to a dance?

Ann: Yes, I’d like to.

3.6.6 Make up a dialogue with a partner telling how you spend your working day / day-off