Good health is above wealth

An apple a day keeps
the doctor away
Patient: Doctor! You’ve got to help me! Nobody ever listens to me. No one ever pays any attention to what I have to say.
Doctor: Next, please!

SEQUENCE OF TENSES
Doctor, what I need is something to stir me up – something to put me in fighting trim. Did you put anything like that in this prescription?
No. you will find that in the bill.
The patient said that what he needed was something to stir him up – something to put him in fighting trim. He asked the doctor if he had put anything like that in his prescription.
The doctor answered that the patient would find that in the bill.

Согласование времён
Если действие придаточного предложения происходит одновременно с действием главного, то
Past Simple
Past Progressive
Он сказал, что они
играют в футбол
по воскресеньям
He said that they played
football on Sundays
Она сказала,
что он читает газету
She said that
he was reading
a newspaper
Если действие придаточного предложения
предшествует действию главного, то
Past Perfect
Он сказал, что Том
звонил накануне
He said that Tom had phoned the day before
Если действие придаточного
предложения является
будущим по отношению
к действию главного, то
Future - in - the - Past
Он сказал, что
поможет ему.
He said that he would help him.

Mrs. Harris (who has missed the clinical thermometer):
Doctor! You had better come at once. My husband’s temperature is 120!
Mrs. Harris (who has missed the clinical thermometer):
Doctor! You had better come at once. My husband’s temperature is 120!
Doctor (calmly): My dear Mrs. Harris, if that is so, it’s too late to call for me. You should call the fire department.
120 по Фаренгейту (48,8 по Цельсию)

Match the sentences in direct speech with reported speech
“They were playing football at 5 o’clock last week”
“I’ll try to phone you tomorrow.”
“Yesterday it was very cold.”
“I had written a letter before you phoned me.”
“Have you been to St. Petersburg?”
“It’s raining again!”
“I often watch TV in the evening.”
“Don’t lend money to strangers, Ann.”
He said that he would try to phone me the next day.
He said that he often watched TV in the evening.
He said that they were playing football at 5 o’clock the week before.
He said that it was raining again.
He said that he had written a letter before I phoned him.
He asked me if I had been to St. Petersburg before.
She advised Ann not to lend money to strangers.
He said that it had been very cold the day before.

Change the sentences
into reported speech
“Where did you find it?”
“How will they get there?”
“He didn’t know the truth.”
“Will she come tomorrow?”
“What were they doing?”
“When will they meet?”
“Does he play golf?”
“Why did they come?”
“How long have you been waiting?”
“Did she see him?”
He asked where
he had found it.
She asked how they would get there.
He said that he had not known the truth.
She asked if she would come the next day.
We asked what they were doing.
He asked when they would meet.
She asked if he played golf.
He asked why they had come.
She asked how long he had been waiting.
They asked if she had seen him.

“Am I very ill, doctor?”
“Am I very ill, doctor?”
“Oh, dear, no. Not more than thirty pounds worth.”

Translate the sentences
into English
Она спросила, где они были вчера.
Он сказал нам, что уже видел этот фильм.
Он обещал ей, что позвонит на следующей неделе.
Она попросила меня написать письмо её брату.
Она не советовала мне приглашать его на день рождения
Их спросили, знают ли они этого писателя.
Мы не знали, когда он приедет.
She asked where they
had been yesterday.
He told us that he had
already seen that film.
He promised her that he would
phone the following week.
She asked me to write a letter to her brother.
She didn't advise me to invite
him on birthday party.
They were asked if they knew that writer.
We didn't know when he would come.

Yesterday Emily’s aunt came back from holiday in Australia and met her relatives and friends. Here’s what they said when they saw her. Tell the sentences in reported speech.
Rob
Tina
Alex
Grandma
Misha

Let’s check your grammar!

What happened to Jane?
To diet – соблюдать диету
To come out – обнаруживаться, становиться известным
To feel guilty – чувствовать себя виноватым
To have excess weight – иметь избыточный вес
To gain weight – прибавлять в весе
To lose weight – терять в весе
To have low/high self-esteem – иметь низкую/высокую самооценку
To tell on somebody – выдавать кого-либо
Anorexia – анорексия (болезненное
отсутствие аппетита)
To be expelled from school – быть исключённым из школы
To set an example – показывать пример

Answer the questions
Have you ever been on a diet?
Why did you start a diet?
Did you try to lose or to gain
weight?
What did you eat?
What food did you have
to give up to lose weight?
Was it a positive or a negative
experience?
Did it work?
Did the weight come back after you finished your diet?

Jane
unhappy with her eyes
She hated herself
had gained a bit of weight
She thought that she was fat.
she would only be happy if she was as thin as a supermodel
When I left for England. Jane was a size 6.
was going to be an actress after school
I thought that she had forgotten all that nonsense about dieting.
She was pale, thin and a size 2!
Kate Ferguson

The main idea
People with excess
weight have problems
with self-esteem.
Film stars and models
set a bad example.
All diets are bad for you.
You must take care of yourself and not diet too much.

Language specialists claim that the five sweetest phrases in English are:
There are those who choose to add:
I love you
Dinner is served
All is forgiven
Sleep until noon
Keep the change
You’ve lost weight

Complete the sentences with the information
from the text
Jane got upset because she thought …
When the girls invited Jane to the pizzeria, she always said …
When Jane was asked if she was hungry, she always replied …
When the girls met again Jane was …

The wits say that everybody seems to be dieting in California.
They’re even planning even to divide the state into
NO – Cal and LOW – Cal.

Who said these words?
“When I left for England, Jane was a size 6.”
“I’ll only be happy if I’m as thin as a supermodel.”
“I hate myself.”
“Are you on a diet?”
“We kept in touch by e – mail.”
Emily
Jane
Model: Emily said that
she felt guilty.