MY WEEK-DAY (2)

        My week-days didn’t differ much one from another. I went to school six days a week. That’s why, I had to wake up at 7 o’clock every morning. Sometimes I wanted to stay in bed for some more time but my mother always insisted on my get­ting up. I put on my bathrobe and slippers and unwillingly went to the bathroom. A cold shower made me feel not so sleepy, then I dried myself on a towel and hurried to the bedroom. I switched on a TV-set, it was just the time for a cartoon. You may ask me why I didn’t do my morning exercises. From time to time, when I saw smiling slim girls on TV briskly doing their exercises to music, I swore I should get up earlier and do my morning exercises every day, but it didn’t last long and soon I forgot about it.

          Then I did my bed, dressed myself and had my breakfast. At a quarter to eight I rushed to school, it usually took me 10 minutes to get there. My classes began at 8 o’clock, and every day I had seven or eight lessons.

         At 3 o’clock the classes were over, and I went home. After dinner, I did some work about the house (washed dishes, swept the floor, went shopping) and sat down to my lessons. I spent a great deal of time on them. At 8 o’clock all my textbooks and notebooks were put into a bag, and I could watch TV or read a book, look through papers and magazines. Sometimes, when my friend called for me we went for a walk. At eleven o’clock, tired after a long working day, I went to bed and in some min­utes fell asleep.

QUESTIONS:

1.  When did you have to wake up when you went to school?

2.  When did you go to the bathroom?

3.  When did you hurry to your bedroom?

4.  When did you swear you would do your morning exer­cises?

5.  At what time did you rush to school?

6.  How many lessons did you have every day?

7.  Did you do any work about the house?

8.  What work did you do about the house?

9.  What did you do in the evening?

10. When did you go to bed?

11. Did you fall asleep at once? Why?

VOCABULARY:

bath robe — банный халат

slippers — тапочки

unwillingly — без желания, неохотно

to dry on a towel — вытираться полотенцем

to switch on a TV-set — включать телевизор

cartoon — мультфильм

from time to time — время от времени

slim — стройный

briskly — оживленно

to do one’sbed — застилать постель

to rush — спешить, мчаться

to do some work about the house — делать домашнюю работу

to sit down to one’s lessons — садиться за уроки

to look through — просматривать что-либо

to call for smb. — заходить за кем-либо

to be tired after — устать после