Сборник адаптированных текстов по английскому языку Lesson 1 We learn English

We learn English at school. We have three English lessons a week. At our English lessons we speak, read and write. We read English texts and do exercises. We write on the black­board and in our exercise-books. We like our English lessons. We like to speak English. We want to know it very well.

Our teacher asks us questions and we answer them. Olga Ivanovna is our teacher. She teaches us English. She is a good teacher. She speaks only English to us.

LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES

The problem of learning foreign languages is very important today. Students should learn foreign languag­es. They became important especially at the present time.

Foreign languages are needed as the main and most effi­cient means of information exchange between the peo­ple of our planet.

Today English is the language of the world. Over 350 (three hundred and fifty) million people speak it as a mother tongue. The native speakers of English live in Great Britain, in the United States of America, Austral­ia and New Zealand. English is one of the official lan­guages in the Irish Republic, Canada and South African Republic. As a second language it is used in the former British and US colonies.

It is the major international language for communi­cation in such areas as science, technology, business and mass media. English ought to be used as one of the offi­cial languages of the United Nations Organization and other political organizations. It is the language of com­puter software, literature, education, modern music, international tourism.

Learning a foreign language is not an easy thing. It is a long and slow process that takes a lot of time and pa­tience. But every educated person, every good specialist has to know English, because it is absolutely necessary nowadays.

It is we’ll known that reading books in the original, talking with the English speaking people will help a lot. When learning a foreign language you are to learn the culture and history of the native speakers. You may learn any foreign language. They are all important.

LEARNING BY HEART
A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his owe language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child, and some children who live abroad with their parents seem to learn two languages almost as easily as one. In school it is not so easy to learn a second language, because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects as well.

The best way for most of us to remember things is to join them in our mind with something which we know already, or which we easily remember because we have a picture of it in our mind. That is why it is better to learn words in sentences, not by themselves; or to see, or do, or feel what a word means when we first use it.

The human mind is rather like a camera, but it takes photo­graphs not only of what we see but of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photograph with a camera, there is much to do before the photograph is finished and ready to show to our friends. In the same way, there is much work to be done before we can make a picture remain for ever in the mind.

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Every school has a library. Pupils come to the library to take books on different subjects.

The school library where Oleg studies is good. It is a large clean room. There are four big windows in it. The walls are light blue. There are a lot of shelves full of books. You can find boob on literature, physics, history, chemistry, geography, biology, and other subjects. There are books in English, too.

On the walls you can see pictures of some great writers and poets.

On the table near the window you can always see beautify spring and autumn flowers.

Oleg likes to go to the library. He can always find there something new, something he needs.

However, unlike Peter, Mike isn't an early riser. He always finds it difficult to get up early. He is generally the last one to come to classes, though he is the last one to go away, too. He always wants to tell you some new funny story. Everybody loves him very much though Mike never works as hard as Peter does.

Usually I get up at 7 o'clock on week-days. I do my bed and open the window. Sometimes I do my morning exercises, but not always. Then I go to the bathroom.

I live not far from my college and it takes me only ten minutes to walk there. I am never late for the first lesson because come to the college a few minutes before the bell. I leave my coat in the cloakroom and go to the classroom. The lessons begin at eight o'clock and at half past 6 they are over. Sometimes after the lessons I go to the library to take some books. Usually do my home task at home. As a rule, I have no free time on my week-days.

Sometimes I have dinner at my college canteen. For dinner I usually have soup for the first course, meat or fish with some salad for the second. I drink milk or a cup of tea.

Twice a week I go to the swimming pool. I play volley­ball in the college team and we have our training at our big gymnasium.

In the evening all the members of our family get to­gether. We have supper together,-watch TV or read books. Reading is my hobby. I like to read detective sto­ries or books of modern writers. At about eleven o'clock I go to bed.

Oleg’s Working Day
Oleg is very busy on weekdays. Every morning he goes; school. The school is not so far from Danilovo. It is on the nearest farm. The boy goes there in a bus. The bus takes boys and girls and carries them to school.

Here is Oleg's working day. The alarm clock rings at o'clock and Oleg gets up. He does his morning exercise at the open window, washes and dresses. Oleg's mother gets up an hour before Oleg. She prepares breakfast. After breakfast Oleg leaves home. The bus is willing for the children near the shop. Oleg goes to school with friends He stays at school till 2 or 3 o'clock. Then he goes home. His mother waits for him. They have dinner. After dinner he rests a little or helps his mother or father. Then he does his homework on different subjects: in English, history, mathematics, physics and others.

Sometimes Oleg stays at school a little longer. There is good library there. Oleg likes to work in the library. He often does his homework there.

In the evening Oleg likes to stay at home. He watches TV, listens to the radio or reads a book. He sometimes goes for a walk with his friends. On Saturday and Sunday Oleg often goes to the club.

Victor is back in Vorontsovo. He has just come but his thoughts are still in Kiev where the autumn is so beautiful.

This is not his first visit there. He has already been to Kiev
and he has learnt its streets, roads, parks, theatres, cinemas
and old and new beautiful buildings. He easily recognizes the
streets, buildings, buses, parks and the noise. Noise is every­
where. Now he is with his classmates and the usual talk begins.

"Hallo, Victor!"

"Hallo, Pete."

"I am very glad to see you again. How is everything?"

"Thank you, fine."

"Now tell me, where have you been all the time? I haven't seen you for ages and you haven't written a word. Did you go anywhere?"

"Certainly, I did. I have just come back from Kiev."

"How did you like it? Is it a good place to go to?"

"Splendid! You must go there some day, too."

"I certainly shall. And I shall write letters to you as I know you like to get letters."

Morning is the first part of the day. It is the time from rise till 12 o'clock a. m. In the morning we are busy. We go school. When we come to school, we say "Good morning" to another.

"The second part of the day is afternoon. The English a noon is the time from 12 o'clock a. m. to 6 o'clock p. m. In afternoon people say "Good afternoon". In the afternoon come home from school.

Evening is the third part of the day. It is the time from 6 o'clock p. m. till sunset. In the evening we do our homework; we read and write, learn English, history, literature, mathematics, physics and other subjects. When friends come, they say "Good evening".

Jane Brown is a nurse. She is a thin, short girl. Jane is young. She is only twenty. She works in a hospital. She likes her work.

Jane is not a lazy girl. She is always busy. She is busy on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. She is busy on Thursday and Friday, too. Jane works hard on weekdays, but she is not busy every day. She does not work on Saturday and Sunday. She is free on these days.

Jane's father, mother and brother live and work on a farm. It is not far from the hospital. Jane likes to spend the weekend at home. She has some friends there.

There is a good club on the farm. Old and young people like to go there when they are free.
MY DAY OFF

The last two days of the week are Saturday and Sun­day. They are called the weekend. People don't go to work on weekends. But students and pupils have only one day off. It is Sunday.

Weekend is my favorite time of the week because I don't go to the college. I think Sunday is the best day of the week. On this day I wake up later than usual. And sometimes I don't get up till nine or ten o'clock. As soon as I get up I air the room, do my bed and do morning ex­ercises. Then I have breakfast and help my Mother to clean away the dishes and wash them.

After breakfast I get ready with my homework and then I am free. I meet my friends and we discuss our plans together. Last Sunday we went to the Zoo. There were many funny animals there. It was very interesting to spend time there.

On Sundays I usually do shopping. My Mother tells me what to buy; I take a shopping bag and go shopping. As a rule I go to the shop near my house. There are many departments in this shop and I can buy different goods there. Then I go to the baker's and buy bread and rolls. I also buy milk at the dairy department.

In the evening our family gets together. We have sup­per, watch TV or read books. Reading is my hobby. I like to read detective stories or books of modern writers. At about eleven o'clock I go to bed.