Reading Task 2 .Read about Tom's typical day and answer the questions: I'm Tom. I'm a doctor. I work at a hospital. My wife Kim is a teacher. She teaches Music at college. We get up at 7 a.m. every morning. Kim sets the table, and we have breakfast. Kim likes toast and tea, but I don't. I always have an egg and some milk for breakfast. We leave home at 8.15 a.m. I start work at 9 a.m. and I'm very busy during the day. I have lunch in the hospital cafeteria. The food is very good there, so I don't have to go out for lunch. Kim returns home at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and I come home at 5 o'clock in the evening. Then we have dinner: fish or meat and some salad. I like watching TV in the evenings, but Kim doesn't. She prefers reading detective stories and she sometimes listens to music. And after a tiring day we go to bed quite early, at about 9.30 p.m. 1. What time does Tom and his wife get up in the mornings? 2. Does Tom go out for lunch? 3. What do they usually have for dinner? 4. What does Tom like doing in the evenings ? 5. What books does Kim like reading? 6. Do they stay up late?

1. if i had a brother, he'd help me. 2. if i had envelopes, i'd give them to you. 3. if he had a strong character, he wouldn't act like that. 4. if she was in a good mood, she wouldn't be silent. 5. if this story was finally over, everyone would be very happy. 6. if anything had happened to them, they would have told us about it. 7. if the weather was good, we'd go out of town. 8. if i needed the help of a colleague of mine, i would have reached him on the phone. 9. if she preferred this person to everyone else, she would have told him about it. 10. if he asked her to go abroad, she would have agreed.

dear paul,

thank you for your letter! i'm glad to hear that you've passed your driving test! congratulations!

i'm sorry i haven't written for such a long time. i've been really busy with my new project. by the way, thank you for your brilliant idea. i really had the best presentation last time. i really appreciated your advice.

as for your question, i think all you have to do is just regular exercises. don't be lazy and try to find at least 20-30 minutes for your health every day. there is a rule of 30 minutes a day: if you do something at least 30 minutes a day you will have a result at the end of the week. for example, if you read 50 pages during this time, at the end of the week you'll have total of about 350 pages. if we say that we don't have enough time for it (as we usually do) we have 0 result at the end of the week. besides, they say that it takes 21 days to form a new habit. so all you have to do is to take the bull by the horns and try it for just 3 weeks.

unfortunately, i need to come back to my project. i hope my advice was helpful.

hope to hear from you soon.

take care,

victor