Back at work

Eric: Hello, Mike, back
from your holiday then? How are you feeling?

Mike: Fit as a fiddle.

Eric: You look thinner too.

Mike: Yes, I managed to lose eleven pounds. I feel like forty.

Eric: You are forty, Mike. I was at your birth¬day party three months ago.

Mike: That's true, but I was feeling like fifty when I went on holiday.

Eric: Sounds like some special kind of holiday. Not the usual sunbathing and overeating, I take it.

Mike: No, not this time. Do you remember when I came back from Austria two years ago? I looked like Orson Welles in his later films. We booked what they call an activity holiday this time.

Eric: I don't believe it.

Mike: Oh yes, we got up at seven every morning and jogged round the lake be¬fore breakfast.

Eric: You're joking!

Mike: No, I'm not. And after breakfast we played tennis for an hour or so. Then we were off for a swim in the pool and a sauna. And twice a week we had a mud bath and a massage.

Eric: And don't tell me - for lunch you had raw vegetables and fruit.

Mike: Well, not always. We got a steak now and then. - In the afternoon there was an hour's rest, and then we went on a walking or cycling tour.

Eric: And how did you spend your evenings?

Mike: Oh, we played table tennis or billiards, or took a boat trip round the lake. Once they arranged a dance at the hotel. We tried the discos too, but we couldn't stand the noise.

Eric: You didn't visit the local nightclubs?

Mike: No, we usually went to bed early. We wanted to be fit for the programme the following morning.

Eric: Well, I'm glad to hear you're in such splendid form, Mike. Alan's wife just phoned to say he's ill. Ate some strange foreign food on his holiday. I'm afraid you're in for some overtime ...

Задания:

1. Дайте ответы.

a) How old is Mike? b) When was his last birthday? c) How was he feeling when he went on holiday? d) How does he feel now? e) What kind of holiday was it? f) What did he and his wife do on their holiday? g) Why didn’t they like the discos? h) Did they visit any nightclubs? i) Why did they go to bed early? j) Why is Mike in for some overtime now?

2. Вставьте соответствующий глагол в PastIndefinite.

| agree, arrive, be, come, do, expect, go, have, jog, look, suggest

a) We… round the lake before breakfast, b) He… back from London an hour ago.

с) I … in the sauna this morning, d) They… on a cycling tour last Sunday, e) How… you spend your last evening in New York? I …at Cannon Street at 8.53 this morning, g) I ... a drink with friends before I …… home, h) We… them last week but they … not come. I) When Bill …  a game of Twenty Questions, everybody …  j) She … splendid when she ... back from Majorca.

3. Дайте ответы по образцу.

What time did he get home last night? (at about ten o’clock)
He got home at about ten o'clock last night.

Where did you live ten years ago? (inBlackheath)
We lived in Blackheath ten years ago.

a) What games did they play? (squash and tennis) b) What was she wearing? (a sand-coloured skirt and a dark-blue T-shirt) c) When did she come back from Austria? (on the sixteenth) d) What time did you arrive at Victoria? (at about two o’clock) e) When did you book your holiday? (on February the fourth)
i) What did you have for lunch? (a steak and some vegetables) g) What time did you get up? (at six o'clock) h) When did he go on holiday? (lastMonday)

4. Измените предложения так, чтобы они относились не к будущему, а к про-шедшему. (Опуститеприэтомподчеркнутыеслова.)

I think ГII take a taxi next time. –I took a taxi last time.
They’II probably arrange a dance at the hotel next Saturday. - They arranged a dance at the hotel last Saturday.

a) 1 think I'll have a mud bath next time, b) I expect we'// take a boat trip round the lake next Sunday, с) I think Vll go to bed early tonight, d) She’ll probably be at his birthday party next Friday, e) I'm sure they7/ go to the theatre when they’re in London, f) 1 hope she'll phone us when she arrives. g) 1 think he’ll arrange everything when he comes, h) How long will it take them to unload the truck?

5. Перенесите действие (текста) из настоящего в прошлое.

Lee Chang-Soon has a fruit and vegetable store in Manhattan. His workday starts at midnight and ends at 10 p.m. Mr Lee never watches television in the evening. Therels always work to do. His customers want a wide choice of fruit and vegetables and they want everything cheap. When Mr Lee gets back from the market at about six o'clock in the morning, he first unloads and stores eve¬rything. That takes about two hours. After that he has an hour’s rest. He also gets a bit of sleep after work in the evening. Life is hard for Mr Lee but he doesn't complain.

6. Сформулируйте вопросы, касающиеся проведения последнего отпуска, и дай¬те на них ответы. Выполняйтеупражнениевдвоем.

a) Kind of holiday? b) Where? How long? c) Eat/Drink/Sleep a lot?
d) Food? Weather?People? e) Sports?Other activities? f) Evenings?
g) How ... feel after the holiday?

7. Дополните предложения.

When Mike came back ….. his holiday, he was feeling ….. fit ….. a fiddle. When he and his wife were away ….. holiday, they got up ….. seven every morning and jogged ….. the lake …..breakfast ….. breakfast they played tennis ….. an hour or so. Then they were ….. for a swim in the pool and a sauna ….. the afternoon they had an hour’s rest and then went ….. a walking or cycling tour. Theyusuallywent ….. bedearly.

8. Переведите.

а) Она возвратилась из отпуска три дня тому назад. Ь) Несколько недель тому назад я был на вечеринке по поводу дня ее рождения, с) В прошлую (last) пятницу мы сообщили о своем намерении взять отпуск, d) Вчера ве¬чером (lastnight) мы играли в бильярд, е) Сегодня утром (thismorning) перед завтраком мы катались на озере, f) Два года тому назад он выглядел, как Орсон Уэльс, g) Сегодня утром он не пошел на работу, h) Ей не по¬нравились дискотеки в Лондоне. (Онанелюбитдискотеки ...).

9. Find the 9 “ice” words        

1. The … falling in Balcombe Tunnel caused damage to equipment.
2. Have a ... stay in New York.
3. Can I have an orange ... please?
4. Our customers want a wide ... of fruit and vegetables.
5. All Brighton Line  ... were delayed last night.
6. She works in an accountant's               ... in the City.
7. He comes here once or ... a week.
8. This T-shirt would go  ... with the skirt.
9. There are many cinemas in and around ... Square