Unit 4. Likes and Dislikes

Grammar Focus: Герундий в функции дополнения (конструкции типа like doing, be interested in doing и т.п.) Модальный глагол can.

Vocabulary focus: Лексика для описания интересов и увлечений человека.

Communication: Запрос и получение информации об увлечениях, интересах, пристрастиях человека.

1. Данная таблица содержит грамматическую информацию о конструкциях, позволяющих охарактеризовать пристрастия и интересы человека, сказать, что он любит или не любит делать. Изучите материал и выполните упражнения.

Есть группа слов и выражений, при помощи которых вы можете сказать о том, что вы любите (или не любите делать). Например: like (любить, нравиться), dislike (не любить), enjoy(наслаждаться, получать удовольствие), love (обожать), can’t stand (не выносить), hate (ненавидеть), be interested in (интересоваться), be good at (хорошо уметь что-то делать), be fond of (любить что-то делать). Все они требуют после себя существительное или –ing форму глагола. После like также можно употребить инфинитив с частицей to.
I	like love enjoy dislike can’t stand hate am interested in am good at am fond of	rock music. doing sports. driving. cleaning my room. studying long poems. doing my homework. medicine. Chemistry. buying new clothes.
I	like	to take part in a lot of activities.

1. Ответьте на вопросы, используя предлагаемые выражения.

Which of these things do you like/dislike (doing)?

What does your friend/ mother/ sister… like or dislike (doing)? (Choose any person you know!)

Образец: a) I enjoy listening to loud music in my car.

b) My brother dislikes cleaning his room.

1) Listening to loud/ quiet music,

2) speaking to intelligent people,

3) cleaning your room,

4) studying Anatomy/ Biology/ Chemistry/ Latin/ English,

5) walking in rainy/ sunny weather,

6) winter,

7) dogs/ cats,

8) going to the dentist,

9) shopping for food/ clothes,

10) waiting for the bus,

11) telling other people what to do,

12) playing computer games,

13) weekends,

14) Mondays/ Saturdays,

15) watching news programs,

16) staying home alone,

17) taking part in a lot of activities,

18) early mornings,

19) sharing things,

20) spending money,

21) downloading new applications (apps) / music/ photos on your cell phone.

1. Дополните предложения своими собственными идеями.

I really enjoy __________________________

I’m interested in _______________________

I’m fond of ____________________________

I’m good at _____________________________

I don’t much like ________________________

I don’t like _______________________ at all.

I think ______________________is boring.

I hate _________________________________

1. Используя данную информацию, дополните предложения о том, что люди умеют или не умеют делать, их физической способности или неспособности что-то сделать

Образец: Tom is interested in music (play the piano…). -- He can play the piano well.

Ben is not good at Chemistry (solve tasks…). – He can’t solve tasks in Chemistry.

1. Lily is fond of going shopping for clothes (spend much money…).

2. Nina enjoys driving (go somewhere by car…).

3. Ann doesn’t much like tidying her flat (clean the bedroom …).

4. Paul hates studying English (find an English-speaking key pal…).

5. Sue loves learning long poems by heart (memorize … easily)

6. Ted can’t stand watching news programmes (tell you about…).

7. Mary likes to take part in different extracurricular (внеаудиторный) activities (play tennis and paint…).

8. Jane is good at computing (download …).

9. Nelly is interested in Latin (help her friends…).

10. Jerry hates Mondays (wake up…).

11. Victoria wants to know more about wild nature (watch Animal Planet …).

12. Adam loves cooking (make breakfast…).

13. Helen is fond of doing sports (play volleyball…).

14. Kate really enjoys winter (ski and skate…).

1. Прочитайте статью о том, насколько мы любим музыку, какие жанры и инструменты предпочитаем. Выполните упражнения.

How musical are we?

What do you do to relax? Do you like watching TV? Do you like reading books? Or do you enjoy listening to music? How many of us actually play a musical instrument? How important is music in our lives? What kind of music do we like?

The survey shows the musical habits of a few of our readers. Interestingly, fourteen people out of the twenty actually play a musical instrument, while only six don't. Out of these, ten people practise their musical instrument between 0-3 hours a week and the other four between three and six hours a week.

The best instrument to play is the guitar; eight people say it is their favourite instrument to play. Another four people enjoy playing the piano and two like playing the violin. Two people, however, don't play the violin or the piano as they think they are too difficult.

Pop concerts are always popular but, in this survey, only eight people say they are fond of going to concerts -- six to pop concerts and two to jazz concerts.

A higher number, eighteen, say they enjoy listening to music as they find it relaxing. Only two people don’t like listening to music at all. These results suggest that we are more actively musical than we think…

Определите, правильно ли данные утверждения отражают суть текста. (Are they true or false?)

q Six people play a musical instrument.

q Eighteen people think that listening to music is exciting.

q Ten people think that playing the violin is difficult.

q Six people don't play a musical instrument.

q Ten people practise their musical instrument 0-3 hours a week.

q Four people are fond of playing the violin.

q Two people like going to pop concerts and six people like going to jazz concerts.

q Two people dislike listening to music.