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Read the text and discuss
the problem.
LOTS OF
COMPLAINTS ABOUT HOMEWORK AND
TAKING TESTS
1.
I try to study,
but there is what I have to put up with.
My sister plays the piano
- not too good. My other sister plays the flute worse. Sometimes they play
together, but most of the time they are fitting. Then I get into a fight
trying to get them to be quiet. My mother says that I should just study and
mind my business. How can I study?
2.
I consider
myself a good student. I’m on the hockey team in winter and basketball team
in spring. I am also good enough to be in our school’s Student Tutors
Program. We help younger kids with their work. My problem is I never seem to
have time to study. I am tired after practice and game, and the younger kids
take up a lot of time I need to study myself. My grades are slipping. I
don’t want to give up sports. And I like helping the little kids. What
should I do?
3.
Math is my
worst subject. English is my best. Other grades range from good to so-so. I
used to work on my math a half-hour most nights, but it didn’t do any good.
My mom says she was never good at math either. It must run in the family.
But now I have to pass
math to stay on the basketball team. Any ideas?
4.
I hate tests! I
think they’re unfair. I am good in class, I do my homework and get good
grades on reports. But when I take a test my head is like a sieve. I can’t
remember anything. What can I do? And why should I have to take tests if my
class work is good and my other work too?
I am willing to bet that
you have the same problems and you can probably add a few to the list. So,
I’d like you to be the ones to make suggestions for solving the
problems instead of me. Write down your suggestions. Tell about a
major problem you have yourself with homework, studying, and tests. Finally,
discuss all the problems - including your own - with other kids and your
teacher. You can use the questions given below and the text itself
to discuss the problem.
Answer the questions.
1. Do you like to go to
school? Why? Do you like to study, or do you go to
school to socialize and to be with your friends?
2. You work hard at your
homework, don’t you?
3. How many hours does it
take you to do your homework?
4. Does anybody or
anything disturb or interrupt you from your hard work?
5. What are your favorite
subjects?
6. Are you good at them?
7. What are your grades at
school?
8. Do you take part in
after class activities? (drama, sports, to organize school discos and
parties, to help young kids, others).
9. Do you like tests? It
is a piece of cake for you, isn’t it?
10. Do you work hard to
prepare for the tests you are going to take?
11. Can you concentrate on
the test or is your head like a sieve?
12. What other problems,
if any do you have? (Health problem. Too tired
after three lessons. Can’t stand that noise at school. The timetable is not
good - too many lessons in the second half week, when even strong people are
tired. Too much work to do about the house, which is always, time
consuming. I am going to be a professional musician - no time for lessons
such as math, English, and so on. I like to read so much, but not my text –
books, no time for them. Other problems.)
Time for fun. Enjoy the
poems.
*translation
by L. Bali
A
Student Prayer
Now I lay me down to rest,
I pray I pass tomorrow’s
test.
If I should die before I
wake,
That’s one less test I’ll
have to take!
(Anonymous)
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Молитва Студента
Наконец-то я лягу и оттянусь,
Помолюсь, чтоб контрольную не завалить.
Умереть бы ещё до того, как проснусь,
Хоть одну бы контрольную да обхитрить! |
A Teacher
Lament
by Kalli
Dakos.
Don’t
tell me the cat ate your math sheet;
And your
spelling words went down the drain,
And you
couldn’t decipher your homework,
Because it was
soaked in the rain.
Don’t tell me
you lost your eraser,
And your
worksheets and pencils, too.
And your
papers are stuck together
With a great
big glob of glue.
Don’t tell me
you slaved for hours
On the project
that’s due today,
And you would
have had it finished
If your snake
hadn’t run away.
I’m tired of
all your excuses;
They are
really a terrible bore.
Besides, I
forgot my own work,
At home, on my
study drawer.
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Учительские
страдания или жалИстливая песнь училки
Не ври мне про кошку, что с примерами съела листок,
И что слова для диктанта нечаянно смыло в канаву,
Что задание сделать было совсем невдомёк
Из-за дождя, что с листочком тем поработал на славу.
Не пой мне, что вдруг, неожиданно так испарились
Карандаши, резинка, а с ними заданье твоё,
И что бумаги твои так крепко и дружно «сплотились»,
Потому что клей пролился на них, несчастье моё!
Не сочиняй, что часами, как раб на плантациях спину ты гнула
Над работой, которую сдать уже надо сейчас.
И сдала бы ты в срок, если б вашу семью не вспугнула
Змея, что посмела удрать в такой неурочный час.
Я устала от всей этой лжи отговорок ради.
Все твои объясненья скучны, от них можно сойти с ума.
Да и, кроме того, я сегодня все планы-тетради
На рабочем столе дома забыла сама…
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***
I love to do
my homework,
It makes me
feel so good!
I love to do
exactly
As my teacher
says I should.
I love to do
my homework,
I never miss a
day.
I even love
the men in white
Who are taking
me away!
(Anonymous)
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***
Люблю учить уроки,
И сам себя люблю -
Заданья без мороки
Учителю сдаю!
Люблю уроки делать,
Не пропущу ни дня
И вас люблю, кто в белом,
Уносит прочь меня…
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***
Little Bird in
the sky
dropped some
white stuff in my eye.
I am not
angry. I won’t cry.
I am just glad
that cows don’t fly.
(Anonymous)
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***
В небе птичка, какнув раз,
Мне попала прямо в глаз!
Хорошо хоть, я считаю,
Что коровы не летают.
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I
Am the Single Most Wonderful Person I Know
by Jack
Prelutsky
I ‘m the
single most wonderful person I know.
I’m witty, I’m
charming, I’m smart,
I’m often so
brilliant, I actually glow,
I’m a genius
in music and art.
I’m super, I’m
splendid, I’m stunning, I’m strong,
I’m awesome,
I’m dashing, I’m bold,
I know all the
answers, it’s rare that I’m wrong.
I’m an
absolute joy to behold.
I’m strikingly
handsome, I’m thoroughly grand,
I’m
uncategorically clever,
There’s only
one thing that I can’t understand -
Why nobody
likes me... not ever!
stunning
- чрезвычайно
привлекательный
awesome
- внушающий
страх, смешанный с удивлением и уважением, как при виде
чего-то загадочного и необъяснимого
dashing
-
stylish and showy; brave and bold
to
behold
-
to look at
grand
-
attractive in style and appearance
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Единственный, неповторимый, любимый Я
Я уникальный экземпляр, я сам собой горжусь.
Я остроумен, я очаровашка, я умён.
Мои способности блестящи – аж свечусь.
Я гений музыки, в искусстве я силён.
Я асс, физически развИт не по годам,
Я удивителен, стремителен и смел.
И на любой вопрос ответ я тот час дам.
Тот счастлив, кто мою персону лицезрел.
Красавец я, и стильно я одет,
Моим способностям аналогов не может быть.
Вот только…почему-то… (кто мне даст ответ)
Не люб я никому, и не с кем мне дружить?
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Homework! Oh, Homework!
by Jack
Prelutsky
Homework! Oh,
Homework!
I hate you! You
stink!*
I wish I could wash
you away in the sink,
if only a bomb
would explode
you to bits.
Homework! Oh,
homework!
You're
giving me fits.**
I'd rather
take baths
with a
man-eating shark,
or wrestle a
lion
alone in the
dark,
eat spinach and liver,
pet ten porcupines,
than tackle the homework,
my teacher assigns.
Homework! Oh,
homework!
you're last on
my list,
I simple can't
see
why you even
exist.
If you just
disappeared,
it would
tickle me pink.***
Homework! Oh,
homework!
I hate you!
You stink!
*
You stink!
- ты вызываешь у
меня отвращение;
**You're
giving me fits. -
ты меня доводишь
до белого каления!
***it would
tickle me pink -
вот
я б
обрадовался!
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Я домашней работе мечтаю отмстить.
Что бы лучше – взорвать? В унитаз ли спустить?
Ох, уроки, уроки…! Надоело решать!
Лучше в море с разбегу, где акулы кишат!
Может, со львом сразиться в ночи,
Ненавистный шпинат съесть, печёнку и щи…
Иль ежа приласкать… чем ответы искать
на заданья, что снова решать и решать….
Ну, вы уррроки! Вот я не пойму,
Кто вас придумал, в каком бреду!
Исчезни вы завтра, вот был бы класс!
Задания на дом, убил бы я вас!
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Mary Had Some Bubble
Gum

Mary had some
bubble gum.
She chewed it
long and slow,
and everywhere
that Mary went
her gum was
sure to go.
She chewed the
gum in school one day,
which was
against the rule,
the teacher
took her pack away
and chewed it
after school.
(Anonymous)
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Любит Маша жвачку
Что не день – то пачка!
Сидит ли Маша, иль идёт,
Всегда, везде она жуёт.
Пришла и в школу как-то раз
с резинкой этой - ужас - в класс!
Учитель жвачку ту конфисковала
И втихоря сама её сжевала!
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There Was an Old Man from Peru
There was an
old man form Peru
who dreamed he
was eating his shoe,
he woke in the
night
in a terrible
fright,
and found that
his dream was quite true.
(Anonymous)
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Isaac Newton
by Calvin
Miller
Sir Isaac
Newton sure was smart,
beneath the
apple tree.
When one fell
off and hit his head,
he said, “Wow,
gravity.”
For Newton was
a genius
and not a
common slouch*.
A genius cries
“Gravity!”
Most others
just say “ouch!”
*slouch
– a lazy and incompetent person
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***
Сэр НьЮтон был, безусловно, умён
И в нужное время под яблоню сел он.
И был он, возможно, слегка удивлён,
Когда яблоко сэра ударить посмело.
Если б под яблоньку сел лентяй,
На падение яблока явно бы он
Среагировал: «Ой», а может быть, «Ай!»
А умный НьЮтон открыл ЗАКОН!
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You
Need to Have an Iron Rear
by Jack
Prelutsky
You need to
have a iron rear
to sit upon a
cactus,
or otherwise,
at least a year
of very
painful practice.
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***
Чтоб суметь на кактус сесть,
Железный зад надо иметь.
Или целый год стараться
Каждый день практиковаться!
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