A Busy Day at the Medical Academy
Oleg and Julia are first-year medical students. Their days are always very busy, they have to study a lot. In the morning they listen to one or two lectures, and then they usually have one or two seminars or laboratory classes. After that, they go to the library or Anatomy lab where they read for tomorrow’s classes.
However, this Tuesday is different. Everybody is having a very busy time … in the yard and the halls of the Academy. The boys are cleaning the yard and throwing out the garbage. By the way, where is Oleg? Is he working, too? Well, at the moment he is doing nothing (just listening to music).
The girls are washing the windows, dusting the furniture, watering the plants and sweeping the floors. Some of them are even washing the walls in the halls.
As you can see, nobody is studying this Tuesday. Poor students. Or… are they happy?
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Ted: Hi, Mum! What are you doing?
Mother: Hello, Ted! I (cook) dinner.
Ted: Where’s Dad?
Mother: He’s in the living room. He (watch) football.
Ted: Henry (watch), too?
Mother: No, Henry is in his room. He (read) for tomorrow’s exam.
Ted: And where are Lucy and Judy? Are they at home?
Mother: No, they are not. They (play) in the yard. Ted, why are you asking so many questions? I am tired of them!
Ted: Sorry, Mum! I just (practice) my English! I (do) my homework.
Прочитайте диалог, в котором Сью жалуется своей подруге Ким на студентов из ее общежития. Выполните задания после диалога.
Sue, who is living in a dormitory, is calling her friend Kim, who is living in a nearby dormitory. Sue is complaining to Kim about the students on her floor.
Sue: Hi, Kim! This is Sue.
Kim: Hi, Sue. How are things going?
Sue: Oh, I’m very upset.
Kim: Why?
Sue: The students in my dorm are really noisy.
Kim: That’s too bad.
Sue: My roommate, Diana, is playing her new CD. The students in the next room are watching a basketball game and they are shouting and cheering. The student across the hall is practicing her French with her new MP3 player. The students on the upper floor are having a party. I’m going crazy with all this noise!
Kim: Well, I’m going to the library because I’m having the same problems. Let’s go together, okay?
Sue: Good idea! I’m so upset that I am not thinking straight.
а) Определите, соответствуют ли данные утверждения содержанию диалога (True or False?). Исправьте неверные утверждения.
1) Both Kim and Sue are having problems with their neighbours.
2) Kim’s roommate is Diana.
3) Sue is upset because the students are playing ball in the hall.
4) Some students on Sue’s floor are watching a basketball game.
5) The student across the hall is singing.
6) Both Kim and Sue are going to the library.
б) Ответьте на вопросы о том, кто что делает в общежитии в данный момент.
Образец: Is Mary reading? – No, she isn’t. She isn’t reading. She is singing.
1) Is Kim calling Sue?
2) Are Kim and Sue living in the same dormitory?
3) Is Sue complaining about the people in the street?
4) Is Diana listening to her new MP3 player?
5) Are the students in the next room watching a volleyball game?
6) Is the student across the hall practicing her Spanish?
7) Are the students on the upper floor studying?
8) Is Kim going shopping?
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Steve: Hello?
Henry: Hi, Steve. This is Henry.
Steve: Oh, hi, Henry. What’s up?
Henry: Not much. What (happen) over there?
Steve: Well, let’s see… Peter (wash) his clothes, and, from the noise that I hear upstairs, I know that Jim and Dave (vacuum) their room. They usually (vacuum) it in the evening. I can hear Ann downstairs. She (listen) to music and (sing).
Henry: How about Sam and Mike? What (they/ do)?
Steve: Oh, I think they (play) cards.
Henry: They always (play) cards when I call you… OK. Well, I’m kind of bored here, so maybe I’ll see you later.
Steve: OK. See you.
Henry: Bye.