Vocabulary
A suggested list of useful words and expressions:
- resolution – постанова, рішення
- New Year resolution– плани на наступний рік
- to waste money on – марно витрачати гроші на
- unreadableauthor (adj) – автор, якого не читають
- pointless (adj) – безглуздий
- to behave sluttishly around the house – ходити голяка по дому
- to rage out of control – вийти з-під контролю
- to fall for – палко захоплюватися чимось, кимось
- misogynist – жінконенависник
- freeloader– нахлібник, дармоїд, альфонс
- pervert - збоченець
- to get annoyed with– роздратовуватись через когось
- to get upset over– засмучуватись через
- to be poised and cool ice-queen – тримати себе в руках та бути непорушною
- to have crushes on – пристрасно захоплюватись чоловіками
- mature assessment – твереза оцінка, здоровий глузд
- to bitch about anyone behind their backs – обговорювати когось за спиною
- to be positive about everyone – бути позитивно налаштованим щодо когось
- to оbsess about – зациклюватися на чомусь
- Miss Moneypenny – людина, котра закохана в свого боса
- to sulk about – дутися із-за, бути надутим, незадоволеним, без настрою
- to develop inner poise and authority and sense of self – розвивати почуття внутнішньої рівноваги, авторитетності та власної гідності
- woman of substance – цілісна, самодостатня жінка
- no more than – не більше, ніж
- to reduce circumference of thighs by – зменшитись в бедрах на...
- to purge flat of – очищати квартиру від
- extraneous matter – сторонні, непотрібні речі
- to save up money – відкладати гроші
- to make better use of time – корисніше проводити час
- to give proportion of earnings to charity – віддавати частину заробленого на благодійність
- pulses - клітчатка
- to make up compilation – відібрати
- scattered all over floor – розкидані по підлозі
TASK 1. Match the words to their definitions
1. freeloader
2. New Year's resolution
3. Miss Moneypenny
4. pervert
5. misogynist
a) someone who takes food, drink, or other things from other people, without giving anything in return - used to show disapproval
b) a decision to do something better or to stop doing something bad in the new year
c) someone whose sexual behaviour is considered unnatural and unacceptable
d) a man who hates women
e) a fictional character in the James Bond novels and films who is his secretary and is in love with Bond, but is never considered to be a Bond girl, having never had anything more than a professional relationship with Bond, to her dismay.
TASK 2. Fill in the gaps with the missing words or phrases from the list given. Make sure you use the right form of the words.
pointless to sulk scattered to purge mature poise to be annoyed with to obsess New Year resolutions to fall for
1. Nicola ______all morning.
2. Stop ____________about your hair. It's fine.
3. I think it would be ___________to discuss this issue again.
4. We have to begin by ___________our minds of prejudice.
5. I haven't made any _______________- I never stick to them anyway.
6. We're _______enough to disagree on this issue but still respect each other.
7. That was the summer I worked at the fairground, and met and _________Lucy.
8. Louisa seems to have much more _________and confidence.
9. She was ______________Duncan for forgetting to phone.
10. The sky was __________with stars.
READING
I WILL NOT
Drink more than fourteen alcohol units a week.
Smoke.
Waste money on: pasta-makers, ice-cream machines or other culinary devices which will never use; books by unreadable literary authors to put impressively on shelves; exotic underwear, since pointless as have no boyfriend.
Behave sluttishly around the house, but instead imagine others are watching.
Spend more than earn.
Allow in-tray to rage out of control.
Fall for any of following: alcoholics, workaholics, commitment phobics, people with girlfriends or wives, misogynists, megalomaniacs, chauvinists, emotional fuckwits or freeloaders, perverts.
Get annoyed with Mum, Una Alconbury or Perpetua.
Get upset over men, but instead be poised and cool ice-queen.
Have crushes on men, but instead form relationships based on mature assessment of character.
Bitch about anyone behind their backs, but be positive about everyone.
Obsess about Daniel Cleaver as pathetic to have a crush on boss in manner of Miss Moneypenny or similar.
Sulk about having no boyfriend, but develop inner poise and authority and sense of self as woman of substance, complete without boyfriend, as best way to obtain boyfriend.
I WILL
Stop smoking.
Drink no more than fourteen alcohol units a week.
Reduce circumference of thighs by 3 inches (i.e. 1½ inches each), using anti-cellulite diet.
Purge flat of all extraneous matter
Give all clothes which have not worn for two years or more to homeless.
Improve career and find new job with potential.
Save up money in form of savings. Poss start pension-also.
Be more confident.
Be more assertive.
Make better use of time.
Not go out every night but stay in and read books and listen to classical music.
Give proportion of earnings to charity.
Be kinder and help others more.
Eat more pulses.
Get up straight away when wake up on mornings.
Go to gym three times a week not merely to buy sandwich. Put photographs in photograph albums.
Make up compilation 'mood' tapes so can have tapes ready with all favourite romantic/dancing/rousing/feminist etc, tracks assembled instead of turning into drink-sodden DJstyle person with tapes scattered all over floor.
Form functional relationship with responsible adult.
Learn to programme video.
After Reading
TASK 1. Complete the sentences with the words and expressions from the text recalling the situations in which they were used.
1. I will ___________________________'mood' tapes so can have tapes ready with all favourite
2. I will eat more_______________.
3. I will ___________________in form of savings. Poss start pension-also.
4. I will drink _______________fourteen alcohol units a week.
5. I will _________flat of all extraneous matter
6. I will not________________: pasta-makers, ice-cream machines or other culinary devices which will never use…
7. I will not ______________men, but instead form relationships based on mature assessment of character.
8. I will not_____________Daniel Cleaver as pathetic to have a crush on boss in manner of __________________or similar.
9. I will not _______________around the house, but instead imagine others are watching.
10. I will not __________having no boyfriend, but ___________________________________as woman of substance, complete without boyfriend, as best way to obtain boyfriend.
TASK 2. Focus on prepositions
Fill in the gaps with suitable prepositions from the list given below.
1. Don't waste your money ____ that junk!
2. The committee is made ____of representatives from every state.
3. In any case, unless there's a real differentiation, buyers may decide not to fall _____the trick.
4. I don't blame the FA for being annoyed ______us for not going to them first.
5. She was really upset ____the way her father treated her.
6. She had a huge crush ______her geography teacher.
7. We are paid for playing a game we enjoy -- we should never sulk _______it.
8. Kacey, 34, said: `I don't have time to obsess ________myself now.
9. You've got to be more positive ____your work.
10. I'm saving __ for a new car.
TASK 3. Learn the words and expressions given above. Recall the situations from the text in which they are used, retell what you have read.
Reading Comprehension
Answer the questions given below:
1. What New Year Resolutions did Bridget make?
2. What kind of an odd activity is she keen on?
3. Is her house clean?
4. Is Bridget slim and slender?
5. Is she a woman of substance?
6. Has she got an unpleasant experience of falling for any alcoholics, workaholics, commitment phobics, people with girlfriends or wives, misogynists, megalomaniacs, chauvinists, emotional fuckwits or freeloaders, perverts?
7. What is her love life like?
8. Is she in love with anybody? Does she have a boyfriend?
9. Does she live on a shoe string budget?
10. What does she eat, read? Is she leading a healthy way of life?
11. What is her attitude to other people?
12. Who is Daniel Cleaver?