Strong_ties (1)

Active vocabulary
Hang out with friends
Go clubbing
Send emails
Play computer games
Go window shopping
Send text messages on mobiles
Chat online
Listen to music
Watch TV/DVDs
Surf the Net
Do extreme sports
Spend time with the family
Go on trips To the countryside
Do voluntary work
Run errands for the elderly
I can’t stand doing sth.
Catch a film
Look forward to
Waste of time

Translate into English
1. Я стараюсь попасть на фильм хотя бы раз в две недели
2. Я считаю, что шоппинг – это бесполезная трата времени и денег
3. Я с нетерпением жду каникул
4. Он терпеть не может слушать громкую музыку
5. Джейн проводит много времени с семьей и они часто уезжают за город

Prepare a 2-minute talk about hobbies
You are going to give a talk about hobbies. You will have to start in 1,5 minutes and speak for not more than 2 minutes (10-12 sentences). Remember to say:
— Tastes differ. How people choose their hobbies;
— what hobbies modern teenagers usually take up;
— how you usually spend your leisure time;
— how your hobby can help you to learn new things.
You have to talk continuously.

Character qualities (What is he like?)
Loyal – верный, преданный(loyally, loyalty)
Selfish – эгоистичный, самолюбивый (selfishly, selfishness)
Aggressive – агрессивный (aggressively, aggressiveness)
Patient – терпеливый, снисходительный (patiently, patience)
Greatly/highly respected – уважаемый (respect for sb., highly respected)
Dedicated – преданный(dedicated doctor – врач по призванию, dedicated chess-player – страстный шахматист)
Mean – низкий, подлый, нечестный (It’s a mean creature – Он подлый человек)
Caring – заботливый, отзывчивый
Jealous (of) – ревнивый, завистливый (jealously, jealosy )
Creative – творческий, изобретательный (creativity, to create)
Trusting – доверчивый (trustingness)
Honest/dishonest – честный/нечестный (honesty)
Supportive – готовый прийти на помощь (supportiveness)
Moody – легко поддающийся переменам настроения, угрюмый
Well-meaning – действующий из лучших побуждений

Expressions
I’ve had enough
So-called friend
Care about
Go out
Let smb.down

Prepare a 2-minute talk about your pastime
Remember to say:
- what you like doing
- how often you do it
- how much time you spend on this activity
- why you like it
- what your parents think about it

Idioms
A pain in the neck - зануда, невыносимый человек
Get off one’s back – отстать, оставить в покое
Get on one’s nerves – действовать на нервы
Give smb.the cold shoulder – оказывать холодный прием
Like a bear with a sore head - разъяренный
See eye to eye – сходиться во взглядах с кем-либо

Easily confused words
To support: supporting/supportive
To care: careful/caring
To respect: respected/respectful
Mean/well-meaning

Present tenses

Open the brackets
1. He found a new job in China. He always ____ (want) to move to China because he is fond of their lifestyle.
2. Excuse me. I ________ (look for) a public telephone. Is there one near here?
3. Her family _____ just (move) to another town.
4. I am tired. We ______ (walk) for more than an hour. Let’s stop and rest for a while.
5. I am sorry, Ann can’t come to the phone right now. She _______ (take) a shower.
6. -Where is Nick? -He ____ just (go) out of the office.
7. The world _______ (change) rapidly. Every day brings something new.
8. The boss is very angry, because his secretary _____ (type) the report for five hours.
9. Mary is very busy now. She ________ (work) at a new project concerning settlements improvement.
10. My wife has her own car but she ______ (use) it rarely.

Phrasal verbs
Look after – присматривать за кем-то
Look out for – думать о, быть осторожным
Look down on – смотреть свысока
Look up – искать в списке, справочнике
Look forward to – ждать с нетерпением чего-то
Look for - искать

Translate into English
Том на всех смотрит свысока.!Это злит меня
Если ты не знаешь перевод слова, посмотри его в словаре
Мэри не может найти свои ключи. Она ищет их с самого утра
Мы с нетерпением ждем летних каникул
-Этот малыш гуляет один?
-Нет, за ним присматривает бабушка

Prepositions
Be good at sth. Хорошо разбирающийся в чем-либо
Be bad at sth.Плохо разбирающийся в чем-либо
Be careful with sth. Быть аккуратным с
Be careless with sth.Быть небрежным с
Be keen on sth.Увлекаться чем-либо
Be enthusiastic about sth. Увлекаться чем-либо

Word formation
To form adjectives form nouns, we use suffixes:
-able: fashion-fashionable, reason-reasonable
-ful: care-careful, colour-colourful
-ese: Japan-Japanese
-ical: history - historical
-al: digit-digital, form-formal, herb-herbal
-ish: black-blackish, short-shortish
-ous: danger-dangerous, poison - poisonous
-y: boss-bossy, cloud-cloudy, dirt-dirty
-ed: interest - interested

Word formation
To form adjectives from verbs, we use:
-ive: effect - effective
-ing: excite-exciting
-ed: excite-excited
-less: end - endless

You are considering starting breakdance lessons and now you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five direct questions to find out about the following:
1) tuition fee
2) course location
3) duration of the course
4) special clothes
5) evening classes
You have 20 seconds to ask each question.