I. outside the hotel

I am standing outside the hotel.

He... inside the hotel.
He is sitting inside the hotel.

 

1 Dad... the taxi driver.

2 He... the suitcases out of the taxi.

3 Simon and Sheila... at the hotel.

4 He... the porter.

5 We... into the hotel.

6 She... into the dining-room.

7 They... out of the hotel.

8 The plane... at Heathrow Airport. is arriving

Exercise 3

Examples

Mr. Phillips is paying.
He is paying.
Mrs. Hunt is coming.
She is coming.

 

1 Jane and Simon are helping.

2 The plane is arriving.

3 Sheila and I are standing.

4 The taxi is coming.

5 Simon and Sheila are sitting.

Exercise 4

Examples

There is the passenger.
There are the passengers.

Where is the room?
Where are the rooms?

 

1 Here is the suitcase.

2 How much is the room?

3 Where is the key?

4 There is the porter.

5 How much is the double room?

6 Here is the taxi.

 

Exercise 5

Examples

Yes, they would like breakfast in the room. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt

Would Mr. and Mrs. Hunt like breakfast in the room?

Yes, I would like a lemonade. You
Would you like a lemonade?

 

1 Yes, they would like two cups of coffee. the children

2 Yes, we would like a double room. you and Mr. Phillips

3 Yes, I would like a telephone in the room. you

4 Yes, they would like two single rooms. Simon and Jane

5 Yes, we would like a room for three weeks. you

6 Yes, they would like rooms six and seven. Mr. and Mrs. Smith

 

Exercise 6

Examples

It's perfume.

It is perfume.

I've got a passport.
/ have got a passport.

 

1 I'm Jane Hunt.

2 He's got the suitcases.

3 They're tired.

4 He's helping the porter.

5 We're going into the hotel.

6 I'd like a lemonade.

7 We've got a reservation.

8 You're right.

9 We'd like a double room.

10 What's this?

 

MY WORKING DAY

 

On weekdays the alarm-clock wakes me up at 6.30 and my working day begins. I'm not an early riser, that's why it's very difficult for me to get out of bed, especially in winter. I switch on my tape-recorder and do my morning exercises. Then I go to the bathroom, take a warm shower, clean my teeth and shave. After that I go to my bedroom to get dressed.

Usually my mother makes breakfast for me. But when she is away on business or just doesn't have to get up early, I make breakfast myself. While having breakfast, I listen to the latest news on the radio.

I leave the house at 7.30 and go to the nearest underground station. Last year I tried to enter Moscow University, but unfortunately I failed my entrance examinations. So I thought I should work somewhere. It wasn't easy to find a job, but I managed to get a position of a secretary in a small business company. They agreed to take me because I had studied typewriting, computing and business organisation at school. And besides, I passed my English school-leaving exam with an excellent mark.

It takes me an hour and a half to get to work. But I don't want to waste my time on the train. I've got a small cassette-player and I listen to different texts and dialogues. Sometimes I read a book and retell it silently. If I come across an interesting expression I try to memorise it. I also write some English words on flashcards and learn them.

I usually arrive at work at ten minutes to nine though my working day begins at 9 sharp. There are always some fax messages to translate from English into Russian. Sometimes my boss wants me to write a letter to our business partners abroad. There are also a lot of phone calls which I have to answer.

At 1 o'clock in the afternoon we have lunch. We usually have lunch in a small cafe just round the corner. At 2 o'clock we come back to work. And we work hard till 5 o'clock.

During the working day we also have several short coffee breaks. But sometimes we have no time for them.

I come home at about 7 o'clock in the evening. My parents are usually at home, waiting for me. We have dinner together. Then we sit in the living room, drink tea, watch TV or just talk.

Occasionally I have to stay at work till 6 or even 7 o'clock in the evening. When we have a lot of things to do we go to work on Saturdays. So by the end of the week I get very tired. All I can do on Sundays is to sleep till eleven o'clock, watch television, listen to music and read something in English. And still I always look forward to my next working day because I like my job. I think I get a lot of useful experience.

Questions

 

1. Do you get up early? Is it easy for you to get up early?

2. Do you wake up yourself or does an alarm-clock wake you up?

3. Do you do morning exercises? Do you do your morning exercises to music?

4. Which do you prefer: a hot or a cold shower in the morning?

5. How long does it take you to get dressed?

6. What do you usually have for breakfast?

7. Some people look through newspapers or listen to the latest news on the radio
while having breakfast. What about you?

8. When do you usually leave the house?

9. Do you work? Where do you work?

10. What do you usually do on your way to work (school, etc.)?

11. Where do you usually have lunch (dinner)?

12. What time do you come home?

13. How do you spend your evenings?

14. What time do you usually go to bed?

 

 

LESSON THREE (3)

THIRD (3rd) LESSON

PART 1

Our rooms

 

Hello! My name's Simon. We're going to our rooms. My parents are going in the lift. The girls are going in the lift, too. They’re tired. I'm not going in the lift. I am walking up the stairs. This is our hotel. It's a small hotel. It’s old. I like new things. There are six floors. There are five rooms on every floor. My room's on the second floor. It's number nine. I’ve got a single room. I’d like a big room. I'd like a radio in my room. I like music. I like pop music. I like jazz, too. I like the guitar. Mum and Dad don't like the guitar. They don't like pop music. They like classical music. Ah! Here's my room.

PART 2

Our luggage

 

Jim This is the second floor. Here are your rooms. Your rooms are six, seven and nine.

Mr. Hunt Thank you. Where are our suitcases?

Jim There they are.

Mr. Hunt Take the suitcases into our rooms, please.

Jim Yes, sir.

Jane This is my suitcase. And that's my suitcase, too.

Simon I'm taking my suitcase.

Mrs. Hunt That’s my luggage.

Mr. Hunt I’ve got a suitcase. Is it your suitcase, Sarah?

Mrs. Hunt Yes, it is.

Simon No, it isn't. It's my case, Mum.

Jim This is your room.

Mrs. Hunt Oh, it's big!

Mr. Hunt Open the windows, please. I’m hot.

Mrs. Hunt I’m not hot. I’m cold. Close the windows, please.

Jim And this is your bathroom.

Mr. Hunt Is there a socket for my razor?

Jim Yes. There is. It's near the basin.

Mr. Hunt The light isn't working. Please bring a new bulb.

Mrs. Hunt Come in. Hello, girls!

Sheila Our room's wonderful. There are three big windows. What's that, Mrs. Hunt?

Mrs. Hunt That's the wardrobe.

Sheila Oh, it's a big wardrobe! And You've got one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight hungers. Where’s the telephone?

Mrs. Hunt It’s there.

Sheila Where?

Mrs. Hunt On the table