12. Asking for and giving advice: Ask for advice Give advice
Shall I ………………? I think ………………..
Should I …………….? I don’t think ………….
Do you think I could ………? Why don’t you ………
You could ……………
You’d better………….
Ask for and give advice in these situations. Work in pairs:
You want to: Your friend thinks:
1. open the window. 1. too cold for that
2. go to the library 2. go to the reading room
3. take a plane to Moscow 3. go there by train
4. take my friend with me 4. go alone
5. buy a book in history 5. make notes in this subject.
EX13. Put in the reporter’s questions:
Reporter: Alex:
1. How old … … ? 1.I’m 18 years old.
2. What faculty … … ? 2. I study at the Pedagogical faculty.
3. What subjects … … ? 3. We study the humanities.
4. Which … … ? 4. English is my favourite subject.
5. How many … … ? 5.We have three lectures and sometimes four.
6. What lesson … ... ? 6. English is the most interesting.
7. When … … ? 7.The students take their exams in January and in June.
EX16. Read and give Russian equivalents for the following proverbs and sayings, memorize them:
1.Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
2.You can be one person to the world, but also you can be the world to one person.
3.Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
4.“Individually we are one drop, together we are an ocean”.
(Japanese poet – Ryunosuke Satoro)
5. Art is long, life is short.
6. Wealth is nothing without health.
7. Good health is above wealth.
8. A good name is better than riches.
9. Time brings wisdom.