1. I watch television…and I write latter.
Modul 8
Unit 8 what do you do ?
Conversation in context
Listening
Talking about free time
Apsron What do English people do in their free time?
Jane That depends, they do all sorts of things.
Apsron Well, what do you do?
Jane
Ah, that’s easier to answer. I read,
I watch television…and I write latter.
Apsorn Do you do anything out of doors
Jane Not every much. But I swim a bit in summer.
The Evening
Paul What do you do in the evenings?
Fred I have to study every evening except Wednesday.
Paul And what about weekends?
Fred I play football on Saturday.
Paul And Sunday?
Fred I’m too tired to do anything on Sunday, I sleep.
Hobbies
Greg What are your hobbies?
Pat Oh, I collect stamps. What about you?
Greg I don’t really have any hobbies.
Pat Well, what do you do in your spare time?
Greg I like to play chess.
Going on a trip
Jane Now you tell me what people in Thailand do in their free time.
Apsorn Well, they do all sorts of things.
But from time to time they like to go on a trip.
Jane A trip to where?
Apsorn To any beauty spot, perhaps a mountain, or a park,or a waterfall.
Jane Then what do they do?
Apsorn They enjoy themselves.
They eat, they drink, and they sing until they’re tired.
Jane And then?
Apsorn They sit in the bus or car and… sleep.
Ways to say it
Talking about spare time
1. A : What do Americans do in their spare time?
B : A lot of people like to watch sports.
Oh, they mostly watch television.

2. Drive marketing. banking. 3. A : What do you do there?
B : I’m in the marketing section.
accounts section.
4. A : What does your job involve?
B : I visit factories.
try to sell new products.
Keep accounts
Manage an office
Supervise productions
Have to prepare reports
Conversation in contexs
Listening
Pats’job
Rosle How do you usually get to work?
Pat bay bus. Bat sometimes if I’m late, I take a taxi
Rosle how long does it take you to get to your office?
Pat about twenty minutes by bus
Rosle and what are you working hours (like)?
Pat I usually work from nine to fife.I only take haif an hour for lunch
Rosle do you? And how much vacation time do you get a year?
Pat three weeks
Rosle that’s not bad
Ways to say it
Talking about one’s job(2)
1 A How do you usually get to work?
Travel?
Go to school?
B I usually go by bus
Car
Bicycle
Take a bus
Drive
Walk
Cycle
2 A when do you go by usually get to work?
School?
B at eight thirty By
3 A how long does it take you to get to your office?
B about half to hour
4 A what are you working hours like?
How long are you at school every day?

3. For families with children a major problem is getting the children away.
From the television to do their homework. What impact then does television have on
peoples’ lives?
To fine out an unusual experiment was carried. A group of forty-for families
were asked to disconnect their television sets for one month. The families were
studied to see how their lives were affected by not.
Being able to wacth TV during this period.
Four of the families found that family life simply could not continue without
TV, and they withdrew from the experiment. They said they could find no other way
to spend their free time. Among those who successfully kept away from television,
several interesting observations were reported.
Some parents were glad to end the daily struggle among family members to
decide what programme to wacth. In some families, the family when to bed earlier,
family members found other things to do, such as reading, or playing volleyball.
Many families found that they had more time to talk and play among themselves
without television. Dinner times were more relaxed.
Without the pressure of TV. Children’s eyesight improved in several cases.
On the other hand, some families said they greatly missed their favourite
programmes. A father in one family without TV started gambling, and another began
to drink heavily. Some children found they had nothing to talk about at school; they
no longer could talk about their favourite comedians,
Singer, or actors. Several mothers found they had less to talk about with their young
children.
At the end of the experiment, most of the families wanted to have a television back in
their homes. But they sad that in future they would watch only certain programmes,
and not allow their lives to be govermed by television.
ANDERTSTANDING
1. Write true or flase beside each sentence
1. the passage shows that fewer people are watching television nowadays
2. the aim of the experiment was to study how families would behave if
they did not watch television.
3. the quality of family life has improved because of television.
4. television sometimes has a bad effect on children’s eyesight.
5. watching TV often gives people things to talk to each other about.
6. The experiment described in the passage was a failure.
7. Parents often become heavy drinkers if they do not have TV to watch.
2. Choose the statement which best expresses the main idea of the passage.
1. More experiments should be carried out like the one described in the
passage.
2. Television is in every home and it is here to stay.
3. People should not allow television to have control over their lives.
3. Find the following words in the passage and say what they refer to. The first
one is done for you.
1. Some (line 2) = television channels
2. They (line 7)
3. Their (line 10)
4. This (period) (line 15)