Unit 2. Daily Life

1.

5-minute activity
1. a feeling that you are nervous, worried, and not relaxed
2. to die or cause someone to die because of not having
enough oxygen
3. not guilty of committing a crime
4. a difference in age
5. after some time
6. angry because someone has something that you want
7. competition between two people
8. knowing about or being concious of something
9. think that somebody or something is important

2.

Keys
1. tension
2. suffocate
3. innocent
4. age gap
5. after a while
6. jealous
7. rivalry
8. be aware of
9. value

3.

Guess the topic of the new unit!

4.

Unit 2. Daily Life

5.

Lesson objectives:
•identify specific information in the text;
•use collocations in discussion.

6.

Daily routine
HAVE
TAKE
GO
DO
GET
breakfast
a bath/shower
a siesta/nap
medicine
the children
to school
the dog for a
walk
to the
doctor’s/gym
to work
home
homework
sport/exercise
housework
dressed
to work
ready for bed

7.

What’s the meaning of ‘get’
in these sentences?
1. Get ready!
2. I wrote to IBM but I didn’t get an answer.
3. Did you get any potatoes at the
supermarket?
4. I forgot my umbrella so I got wet.
5. We got the plane to Paris.
6. When we got to the hotel, it was full.
7. I got a phone call from my sister.
8. We got off the plane.

8.

9.

What is CHRONOBIOLOGY?
Chronobiology
is a branch of
biology
concerned with
biological
rhythms, i.e. the
time-related
phenomena in
living organisms.

10.

For everything there is a
season
(Explain this phrase)

11.

A TIME FOR EVERYTHING

12.

13.

pain that you get
in your stomach when you
have eaten food that
is difficult to digest
indigestion

14.

working or operating in
an organized, quick,
and effective way
efficiently

15.

a small solid piece of medicine
that a person swallows without
chewing
pill

16.

easily influenced or harmed by
something
susceptible

17.

it will probably happen or
is expected
likely

18.

Read the text
again. Write
True (T) or
False (F)

19.

In pairs, compare your daily routines to
recommendations in the article.
What are the main differences?
E.g. I never have a good breakfast. At 8 a.m.
I only drink a cup of tea. What about you?

20.

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF …
Esther
(a nurse)
Dr Jane
Goodall
Listen and write a summary of a day in the life
of Esther and Jane.

21.

Listen again and complete the notes.
What is the worst thing for Esther?
Hours
TWO
FIVE
Has to work nights 1______________
weeks out of every 2______________.
10:00 p.m. (at night)
Starts 3_________
8:00 a.m. (in the morning)
Finishes 4__________
8:30
Goes to bed at 5___________.
FOUR
FIVE
Sleeps between 6_________
and 7__________
hours.
Food
LUNCH
Has 8_____________
between 1 and 2 a.m.
BREAKFAST
Never has 9__________.
Problems
4:30
6:00
Difficult to stay awake, especially between 10____________
and 11_____________.
GET OLDER
People who work at night 12_________
_____________ more quickly.
DO THINGS
IN THE_________
MORNING
When you are on night duty you still have to 13_________
________
__________ _________.
YOUR SOCIAL
LIFE
Another big problem is 14_______________
____________
_________________.

22.

Time
10.00 at night = 10.00 p.m. (post meridiem)
8.00 in the morning = 8.00 a.m. (ante meridiem)
12.00 (at night) – 12.00 (in the afternoon) = a.m.
12.01 (in the afternoon) - 11.59 (at night) = p.m.
What time is it?
8.30
4.45
2.15
It is half past eight
It is a quater to five
It is a quater past two

23.

24.

1) What have you
learnt today?
Reflection:
2) What did you find
useful in this lesson?
3) Have you practiced
your speaking skills?