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My name is Alexander Prokhorov. I am 22. I was born on the 5th of November 1984. My native city is Kostroma, but since 2002 I am a resident of Vladimir. I finished school in 2001. I wanted to enter Vladimir State University, but failed at the entrance exams. So I had to serve in the army. After the army service I decided to become a penal (militia) officer. In 2004 I successfully passed the entrance examinations and entered Vladimir Institute of Law of the Federal Penal Service. I am a part-time student of the Correspondence Department. I combine work and studies at the institute. It is not easy. Now I am Inspector at Vladimir Regional Department of Corrections. My professional career depends a lot on my academic progress at the Institute.
I am married. We are a family of four. My wife's name is Irene. She is 24. She is an economist and works for a private company. We have got two children – a son and a daughter. Alex is 8 and Kathy is 5. They are nice children and we love them very much. Our family is united and friendly.
I also have a sister. She lives with our parents in Vladimir, too. Her name is Natalie. She is 25. My sister graduated from Ivanovo Medical Academy a year ago. She is a doctor and works at the Regional hospital. She is still single.
My parents are former teachers. They have retired and are pensioners now, my mother is 58 and my father is 63.
I have many relatives. It is a pity we do not see each other very often, we are all very busy.
Задание 3. Найдите в тексте ответы на следующие вопросы.
1. When and where was Alexander Prokhorov born?
2. How old is he?
3. When did Alexander serve in the army?
4. When did he finish school?
5. Why didn’t he enter Vladimir State University?
6. Is he a student of the Correspondence or Day Department?
7. Why is it important for him to study well at the Institute?
8. Is he married? Has he got children? What can you say about them?
9. Are they a family of three or four? Speak about his wife. Speak about his parents.
10. He does not see his relatives often, does he?
Задание 4. Ответьте на вопросы, представляя краткую информацию о себе.
1. What is your name? (What is your family name? Your first name?)
2. Where were you born?
3. When were your born?
4. Where do you live now?
5. What is your profession?
6. What is your marital status? (Are you married or single?)
2. Working Day
Задание 1. Прочитайте и переведите слова и словосочетания к теме, постарайтесь их запомнить.
| to get up early to be busy to be on time to leave home for work office hours It takes me … minutes to do it | to do shopping to arrive at work lunch time necessary to discuss problems to watch TV to go to bed | Correspondence Department spare time to leave home for work to do assignments to look through newspapers to help somebody about the house |
Задание 2. Прочитайте и переведите текст.
We are usually very busy during the week. My wife, children and I get up rather early on week days. We have to hurry up in the morning to get to school or office on time.
I leave home for work at 7 o'clock. My working hours are from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. I usually arrive at my work place at ten minutes to eight. It takes me about 50 minutes to get there. As a rule, I walk, but sometimes I take a bus.
Lunch time is from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. At 6 p.m. my workday is over and I can go home, but sometimes, if it is necessary, I have to stay at the office longer. On my way home I do some shopping.
By 8 o'clock in the evening we all get back home. At this time we all meet at table and discuss our daily problems. After dinner I help my wife about the house or play with my children, or watch TV, or look through newspapers, or make some telephone calls to my friends. As I study at the Correspondence Department of Vladimir Institute of Law, I have to do my home assignments in the evening, too. When I have more spare time I like to listen to music or read.
Our children go to bed at half past nine, but my wife and I usually go to bed later – we like to have some time for ourselves.
Задание 3. Ответьте на следующие вопросы и кратко расскажите о своем рабочем дне.
1. Are you busy on weekdays?
2. When do you get up?
3. When do you leave home for work?
6. How long does it take you to get to the office?
7. What are your working hours?
8. How often do you have to stay at the office after your working day is over?
9. Do you take a bus or go to work by car?
10. What do you usually do in the evening, after the whole family is back home?
Задание 4. Подтвердите или опровергните следующие утверждения. Используйте при ответе фразы: That’ s right (Правильно). That is not quite right (Это не совсем так). That’s true (Справедливо). Exactly (Совершенно верно). On the contrary (Напротив).
Образец: 1. You are very busy on weekdays. – That is true, I am very busy on week days indeed.
2. Your wife cooks breakfast for you in the morning. – It is not quite right; I am not married and have no wife.
1. You are sometimes late for work.
2. You get to your office on foot.
3. You never stay at the office after the working hours are over.
4. Your children help your wife about the house.
5. Your wife helps you with your course papers and home tests.
6. You spend enough time in the open air on week days.
3. Leisure Time
Задание 1. Прочитайте и переведите слова и словосочетания к теме, постарайтесь их запомнить.
| spare time, leisure time free time a hobby to look forward to to have a rest, to relax to go to the cinema, theatre to attend concerts a bookstore | to enjoy free time an art exhibition to travel abroad a tourist route a fitness club to practice sports to keep a good physical shape cross-country skiing | swimming, skating lawn tennis to go in for to be fond of to prefer gardening landscaping a hobby-horse |
