MONDAY 17/18

I went shopping for clothes in Panevežys on Saturday. I need_ to buy shoes. I visited _ supermarket.
I tried on a few pairs of shoes. I could'nt find shoes who liked me.
I wil go chopping for clothes next weekend.

Nice! I wish you to find a good pair of new shoes!
... I needed to buy shoes. I visited a supermarket.
I tried on a few pairs of shoes. I could'nt find shoes that I liked.
I will go shopping for clothes next weekend.

The homework for the next Monday (the 18th of December):
1.
3B Unit in the Interactive book (with the exercises):
an administrator / an office administrator [adminstreite] - sekretorius (-ė)
a chef [šef] - vyriausias virėjas; a vet [vet] - veterinaras


2.
3B Unit in the workbook (pages 19 to 20)
Some new words:
qualifications [kalifikeišnz] / special qualifications [ spešl kalifikeišnz] - profesinis išsilavinimas
qualifications from university / a university degree - aukštasis (universitetinis) išsilavinimas
qualifications from college / a college degree - koledžo, aukštesniosios mokyklos išsilavinimas ...
a white coat [uait kout] - baltas chalatas
to earn [io/r/n] užsidirbti;
to earn good money - uždirbti gerus pinigus

What's James's job? Koks yra Džeimso darbas?
Is he a vet or a dentist?


3. Write about your job on the Forum.
Answer these questions:
1. Do you have a job? Are you unemployed [animploid]? Are you retired?
2. Do you work inside or outside? If inside, what building do you work in: an office, a hospital, a factory....? Maybe you work from home?
3. Is your job full-time or part-time (pilnas ar dalinis ? Do you work at day or at night? Do you work at the weekend and on public holidays [pablik] (valstybines šventes)?
4. Do you work with other people? Is there a big staff [sta: f] (personalas)?
5. Do you wear a uniform?
6. Do you have qualifications for your job?
7. Do you drive in your job?
8. Do you earn quite good money? (Don't ask this question in real life )
9. Do you like/ love/ don't like your job? Are you happy with your job? Are you bored or tired , are you or stressed at work?

That's it! Viskas!

1. I have a job.I'm not a unemployed. =I'm not unemployed
2.I work inside in a hospital.
3.My job is part-time.I working 24 hours a day.I work at the weekend and _ public holidays. =I work 24 hours .... and on public holidays.
4.I work with other people and there is a big staff.
5 I wear a white uniform.
6 I have qualification: a college degree.
7 .I don't drive in my job.
8. I don't have a lot of money.
9. I don't like my job.I _ stressed at work. =I'm stressed

unemployed - būdvardis, todėl be artikelio.
skirtumas tarp work ir working: apskritai dirbu - I work; tik šiandien dirbu - I'm working.

Good luck at work! I wish you quiet time and nice people.

I'm not unemployed. I have a job at a local library.
My job is inside. I have a desk in an office on the first floor of the library. One other person sits in this office together with me.
I work full time: from Monday to Friday and for eight hours everyday. I don't work at weekends or on public holidays.
I work with other people. There are over twenty people in our library staff: librarians, cleaners, an administrator, an accountant, a housekeeper, a driver and an IT specialist [ai ti: spešalist - kompiuteristas)
We don't wear uniforms at work. We just have to look clean and tidy. I usually wear trousers, a shirt, a sweater and comfortable shoes.
I don't have qualifications for a job at the library. Our library director tells me to start university (stoti universitetan) in three years because librarians need a degree.
I don't drive in my job, but sometimes I cycle with library posters (su bibliotekos skelbimais) around Pasvalys.
I earn a quite good salary. It is enough for me.
I sometimes love and sometimes hate my job. Sometimes my job makes me happy. And sometimes I feel like I want to quit [kuit] (mesti darbą).

I have a job , I'm not unemployed, I'm not retired. I work already 20 years in _ public town policlinic. My job is full time and only at day. I don't work at the weekend. My staff is big, abaut 200 people. I wear _ uniform at work . It is not necessarily white . I have _ qualification from university.
I don't drive in _ job only I drive to _ job. I love my job ,only sometimes I'm tired because I have much work.

Very well, but don't forget the articles!

... I work already 20 years in a public town policlinic. ..... My staff is big, about 200 people. I wear a uniform at work . It is not necessarily white . I have a qualification from university.
I don't drive in my job only I drive to the job. .......

I have a job.I'm not unemployed.I work in _ nursery = a nursery (or a daycare centre in Canadian English )
I work with childrens.I work full time,five day_ for week. =children; five days
I earn not much, it isn't enougt for me, but I love my job. = enough
My job is near my home, because I don't drive in my job.
My job in inside. Our bulding ar quate big and very nise.= is quite big and very noisy? triukšmingas?
Our staff _ about 40 peoples. =is
Sometimes I wear a uniform at work.My uniform is a w_ite coat. =white

I have a job. I work inside in the store, I'm _ shop assistent.
My job is full time. I don't work at on Sunday and on public holidays. I work with other people. Our staff _ 22 people. = on Sunday... Our staff is ...
We wear uniforms at work an trousers and blouses or knitters dark blue or blac_ colors. = _ trousers... black
I have an accountant _with a higher education. =I have an accountant degree in higher education
I don't drive in my job.
I don't have a lot of money.
I love my job.

I am not unemployed or a retired. I work two jobs. I am a nurse and a psychologist. I work inside. I work at school and in hospital. I work full - time at school, but part- time in hospital. I work for days and nights and weekends in hospital. I work at school from Monday to Friday. I work with other people and a big staff. I wear a white uniform in hospital. But I don't wear uniform, when I work at school. I have qualifications for the jobs. Usually I don't drive in my jobs, but sometimes I have to drive our car. I don't have a lot of many. I like our jobs and I am happy. Very often I get very tired and stressed at work.

Very good!
I have two jobs (or: I work in two jobs..... Because 'to work a job" is wrong in English.)
money - pinigai
I like my jobs

I'm not unemployed. I have a job in a hospital and at a special school. So I work two jobs. I'm a nurse and a social worker assistant. My both jobs are inside. I work 24 hours a day, 48 or 72 hours a week in the hospital. I work at weekends or on public holidays. I work with other people, there is a big staff. At work we wear uniforms, but they are not white coats. Our uniforms are colorful, because the white color _ not practical. At the special school I work two nights a week. There I work with one colleague. We don't wear uniforms and we don't work at weekends. I have qualifications for my jobs. My both jobs are near my home, I usually don't drive in jobs. But when the weather is bad or I'm late, then I'm drive a car. I work very much, but I don't ear_ a lof of maney. It is very grainy. Often I'm tired at work, sometimes I hate my jobs and I want to quit but my jobs make me happy.

Wonderful!
I have two jobs OR I work in two jobs (because 'to work a job' is wrong)
Our uniforms are colorful, because the white color is not practical.
.... when the weather is bad or I'm late, then I drive a car.
.... I don't earn a lof of maney. It is only crumbs [krambz](trupiniai) . ...
In English when people earn little money, they say :
I live from hand to mouth (gyvenu iš rankos į burną)
I just scrape by [skreip bai] (šiaip ne taip išgyvenu)
I work for peanuts [pi: nats] (dirbu už žemės riešutus)

Dear Monday Students,
Happy winter holidays to you!


We have a winter break for 2 weeks (or is it 3 weeks?) .
We meet on the 8th of January.

If you have time, please write to me on the Forum
1.
How did you decorate your home? With lights? With baubles? With tinsel?
What did you put on your Christmas Tree?

2.
Did you get a present from Santa Claus? Did you like this present?
(You can tell sincerely because Santa doesn't read on the Forum )
3.
Did you eat a lot at Christmas and on the New Year's Eve? What was your favourite dish?
Did you put on weight [ueit] (svorio) ?
4.
What did you wear at Christmas and on the New Year's Eve?
(I hope you didn't have to work and you didn't wear a white coat )
5.
Did you have some guests? Were they polite guests?
Did you visit a lot? Did you go out to a concert, to cinema?
6.
Did you stay home and watch some TV? What were your favourite TV shows or films?

Cristmas is the most wonderfull time of the year. (=Christmas)
We decorated the house from the outside with electric garlands.
Inside, we decorated the Cristmas tree with boubles,tinsels and fairy lights.
All family got presents from Santa Claus. Everyone was very happy with their presents.
At Cristmas and on the New Year's Eve we all eat a lot, because we have a lot of guests.
During the holidays I was wearing a blue dress.
For the holiday we visited a lot friends and relatives.
After New Year we were at home and watched through TV a lot films. (= After the New Year's Eve.... watched a lot of films on TV.)

Cristmas is my favourite holyday. (=Christmas.... holiday.... )
This year Cristmas was four days, it's a long winter holyday. (=Christmas, holiday)
Always I with my husbend decorated the Cristmas tree with boubles,
tinsels,fairy lights,bells,stars (= I and my husband....)
This year I with my neighbour decorted our home the first floor. (.. I and my neighbour...)
We decorated Cristmas tree, window and doors.It,s was very beautiful. =... It was very beautiful.
I liked _ get and bought presents,becouse put my Cristmas tree _ was many presents. = I liked to get and buy presents that's why under the Christmas tree I put many presents.
I fink anyone was happy with their presents. = I think
At Cristmas we met with our friends and we had guests. =At Christmas we met our friends...

We are back after the break!

We remember question words:
How? - kaip?
How many? - Kiek? ( su suskaičiuojamais daiktais)
How much? - Kiek? (su daiktavardžiais, kurie neturi daugiskaitos: time, money, air, water, love, furniture,,,,,)
What? - (ne žmonėms) Kas? (ką, ko, kam, kuo, kame...)
What kind? - Kokio tipo/rūšies/ stiliaus?
When? - Kada?
Where? - Kur?
Which? - Kuris?
Who? - (žmonėms) Kas? (ką, ko, kam, kuo, kame...)
Why? [uai] - Kodėl?
Why not? [uai not] - Kodėl ne?

We have new words about online dating
online [onlain] - (kur) internete, (kaip)internetu
dating [deiting] - pasimatymai
to date [deit] - susitikinėti su kuo nors pasimatymuose
a date [deit] - žmogus, su kuriuo susitikinėjama pasimatymuose
to make friends online - susirasti naujų draugų internete
to meet a partner in real life - susitikti/ susipažinti su savo draugu realiame gyvenime
a profile [proufail] - internete susikurtas savęs prisistatymas
classical music - klasikinė muzika
fiction [fikšn] - išgalvota, grožinė (literatūra, filmai)
science-fiction [sajens fikšn] - mokslinė fantastika
to match [mač], to be a good match - derėti, gerai derėti
to look for - ieškoti (to look at - žiūrėti į, to look like - atrodyti kaip...)

The interactive book:


Workbook pages 21-22:


relationship (be artikelio) arba relationships - santykiai
to change the status on Facebook - pakeisti savo šeimyninės padėties aprašymą...
including - įskaitant
You're worried [uorid] - jūs nervinatės, jaudinatės


What to write on the Forum?
Imagine you are looking for a friend. There is a website which helps to meet people online and make friends. Write your profile!.
Įsivaizduok, kad šiuo metu ieškai draugo. Yra tokia internetinė svetainė, kuri padeda žmonėms susipažinti internete ir susidraugauti. Parašyk savo prisistatymą!

Pavyzdys - Example on page 111 in Student Book:


1. tell what person you are looking for.
2. tell about your interests:
what music and films you like, what you like to do in your free time.

Jurate's profile:
I'm looking for a person who is fluent (laisvai kalba) in English and lives near Pasvalys. I would like to meet for conversations in English. The age and the gender aren't important.
About me:
I like watching documentary films about nature, science and daily life in foreign countries. I don't watch a lot of fiction films.
I am not a big music lover. Sometimes I listen to classical music and to pop music on the radio. I don't have my favourite composers or bands.
I don't do sport. This is not my thing. I rarely watch sports on TV. But I like to exercise. I cycle and I go to the gym two days a week.
My favourite activity is listening to world news and audiobooks!
I absolutely love listening to English radio programmes and English audiobooks! I love listening about mysteries of nature, history and human psychology. My favourite audiobooks are about famous people's lives. I spend my free time listening to my MP3 player when walking in nature or cycling.
If you want to meet me please send me an email. I'm looking forward (labai laukiu) to your message!

Edita's profile:
I _ looking _ people for free correspondence. =I am looking for ...(ieškau ....)

I live in Pasvalys district.
I like various tipes _ music. I don't like heavy metal. At home I always listening to music too youtube.
=I like various types of music. I don't like heavy metal. At home I always listen to music on youtube.
I like watching all kinds of films: science fiction, detective, romantic. I love all the old movies. I love documentary films about animals and nature.
I like sport, but now I don't do any exercises.
I like reading books and magazines.
I meet my friends in my free time and walking in nature. =... and walk

I am looking forward to messages from you.

Thank you!
-ing galūnę su veiksmažodžiais vartoti šiais atvejais:
1. po like. love, hate ...( I like doing washing, but I hate cooking...)
2. Kai kalbate apie tai, ką šią akimirką darote (I'm writing on the Forum)

I'm looking _ _ boyfriend ,who is fluent in English and lives near Italian.I would like to meet a partner in real life in Italian. = I am looking for a boyfriend..... near Italy...
About me:
I'm from Lithuanian and speak little English. = Lithuania
I like pop music and jazz,I don't like metal and rock.
I like sports and go_ to the gym. = I like.... going to the gym
I like films about the nature and animals.I like old films.
I love travel_ and I want to see a new world countries. = I love travels (man patinka keliones) = I love travelling / I love to travel (man patinka keliauti)... and I want to see new countries of the world.
I'm looking forward to _ massage from you! = a message

Great!
Šalių pavadinimai - be galūnių -ian: Lithuania, Italy...

Christmas is the most favorite my family holiday.
I decorated the Christmas tree _ gaubles, a tinsel, a fairy lights. (=I decorated the Christmas tree with baubles, _ tinsel (neskaičiuotinas), fairy lights (dgs. - a artikelio nereikia).
In the family we give each other presents. My granddaughter got the most presents.
I also got presents.
I cooked the=a duck for Christmas. We ate a lot of food. We felt avereating. = overeaten
Diuring the holidays I was wearing a trousers and a blouse. (I was wearing trousers (dgs.)
I almost did not watch TV because there were queasts. = guests
After the holidays a = I felt tired.

I live in Pasvalys.
I like sport,but I don't do activ_ sport.I go to walk in nature every day. (...active)
I'm keen _ figure skating. (=I' m keen on...)
I like watching history,dokumentary,romantic films. (... documentary)
I don't like science fiction films.I don't like American comedy films.
I'm a music lover.I like _ listen to pop,classical, jazz music. (... I like to listen to...)
I'm interested in photography, photography is my hobby.

I appeal to people around the world who like to travel or are interested in psychology.

About me:
I'm Lithuanian.
I live in Pasvalys.
I like watching documentary films about nature, artictic, biographies, psychology films. (=....films about nature and art, ....)
I like various tipes _ music: pop, rock, classical music. (=types of music...)
I like reading books, especially psychological.
I like to travel and to drive a car.

If you like a travel or if you are interested in psychology, I am waiting for your messages. (=if you like travels (jei tau patinka kelionės (dgs.))