Freshmen versus seniors

Freshman: Is never in bed past noon.
Senior: Is never out of bed before noon.

Freshman: Reads the syllabus to find out what classes he can cut.
Senior: Reads the syllabus to find out what classes he needs to attend.

Freshman: Memorizes the course material to get a good grade.
Senior: Memorizes the professor’s habits to get a good grade.

Freshman: Lines up for an hour to buy his textbooks in the first week.
Senior: Starts to think about buying textbooks in October… maybe.

Freshman: Does all homework, including optional questions.
Senior: Homework? I knew I forgot to do something last night

Freshman: Always takes notes in class.
Senior: Sometimes wakes up in class.

cut classes – прогуливать занятия

memorize - заучивать

including optional questions – включая факультативные вопросы

TIME Время

day
night at night
morning in the morning
evening in the evening
noon at noon
afternoon afternoon
midnight midnight
week this week next week
month this month last month
year this year last year
century
watch
clock
alarm-clock
hour an hour, one hour
minute
second
quarter
in half an hour
What time is it?
it is two o’clock 2:00
at two o’clock 2:00
ten minutes past two 2:10
ten minutes to two 1:50
half past four 4:30
early late

Learn the proverbs:

Better late than never	Лучше поздно, чем никогда
It is never too late to mend	Никогда не поздно исправить(ся).
Every day is not Sunday	Ср. Не всё коту масленица.

Riddles

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Q: What are the two strongest days of the week?
A: They are Saturday and Sunday. All the others are weak (week) days.

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Q: What has two hands and a face, but no arms and legs?
A: A clock.

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(After teaching about telling time)
Teacher: What time is it?
Students: Umm, eight fifty-nine?
Teacher: Nope.
Students: About nine o'clock?
Teacher: No.
Students: What then?
Teacher: It's time to go home.

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It walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three legs in the evening. What is it?

Man (or woman). Crawls on all fours as a baby, walks on two legs as an adult and uses two legs and a cane when they're old.

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It has one face and two hands.

It goes and yet it stands

(Clock)

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What is it that was tomorrow and will be yesterday? (today)

SEASONS AND WEATHER