- •Предисловие
- •Unit 1. Types of Family in Modern Society
- •Focus Vocabulary List
- •The British Family
- •The American Family
- •The Future of the Family
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Британская семья
- •The Family
- •The Problem of (Cohabit)
- •Integrated Discourse Skills Development
- •III. Monologue Discourse Modelling
- •2. Class Activities
- •IV. Dialogue Discourse Modelling
- •2. Class Activities
- •Unit 2. What Makes a Good Parent? Family Discipline and Changes in Parental Authority
- •Focus Vocabulary List
- •Permissiveness: “a Beautiful Idea” that Didn’t Work?
- •Comprehension Check
- •Article Rendering: Basic Structure Build-Up
- •Parents Are Too Permissive with Their Children Nowadays
- •1. Fill in the columns in the chart with the corresponding adjectives and phrases from the list below. Some descriptions may fit into both columns.
- •2. When you have completed the chart, pick out all the (1) synonyms and (2) antonyms to the following characteristics.
- •1. Synonyms 2. Antonyms
- •3. Make use of the completed chart to give a brief sketch of each child/parent type. Use the following questions as a guide.
- •Difficult Children
- •The Monster Children
- •Life Styles: “What Makes a Good Parent”?
- •Ivan sokolov
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •The Power of No
- •Integrated Discourse Skills Development
- •I. Agree or disagree with the quotations below. Be sure to provide solid arguments.
- •II. Monologue Discourse Modelling
- •III. Polylogue Discourse Modelling
- •1. Out-of-class Projecting
- •Debate Techniques
- •Introduction
- •Arguments and Counter-arguments
- •Questions
- •2. Class Activities
- •IV. Monologue Discourse Modelling
- •Individual Argumentative Techniques
- •Project on a Problem Situation
- •Introduction
- •2. Class Activities
- •V. Written Discourse Skills Development
- •Unit 3. Problems of a Young Family
- •Focus Vocabulary List
- •Additional Vocabulary List
- •The Child Care Dilemma
- •Comprehension and Discussion Guide
- •It’s 10:00 a.M.: Do You Know What Your Sitter’s Doing?
- •Smart ways to check on your sitter
- •It’s 4:00 p.M.: Do You Know Where Your Children Are?
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Back to Day Care
- •Что творят с детьми няни (…или Как проследить за процессом воспитания)
- •Integrated Discourse Skills Development
- •I. Written Discourse Modelling
- •2. Class Activities:
- •II. Polylogue Discourse Modelling
- •III. Monologue Discourse Modelling
- •Unit 4. Hazards of Teenage Sex
- •Focus Vocabulary List
- •Teenage Sex: Just Say “Wait”
- •Lower the Age of Consent
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Дочки-матери
- •Integrated Discourse Skills Development
- •I. Polylogue Discourse Modelling
- •III. Dialogue Discourse Modelling
- •2. Class Activities
- •Unit 5. Problems of a Young Family Young Adults: Living in Parental Homes or Living Away?
- •Focus Vocabulary List
- •Show Me the Way to Go Home
- •Comprehension and Discussion Guide
- •Back to Mum After All This Time
- •Could You Throw Out Your Child?
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Is Your Nest Too Full?
- •Bit of a Crowd in the Empty Nest
- •Integrated Discourse Skills Development
- •I. Polylogue Discourse Modelling
- •II. Written Discourse Skills Development
- •I. Background Reference Information
- •II. Letter Structure Focus
- •III. Sample Letter Publication Foreword
- •Unit 6. Marriage and Divorce
- •Focus Vocabulary List
- •Vast Majority of Americans Still Believe in the Family
- •Comprehension and Discussion Guide
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •In Great Britain, an Easier Out
- •Divorce
- •Integrated Discourse Skills Development
- •I. Polylogue Discourse Modelling
- •2. Class Activities
- •II. Monologue Discourse Modelling
- •Individual Argumentative Techniques
- •III. Written Discourse Development
- •IV. Monologue Discourse Modelling
- •References
- •Contents
Bit of a Crowd in the Empty Nest
They are the Boomerang Generation, and they cost their parents (1) … . Another term used to describe this phenomenon is Kippers – an acronym for Kids in Parents’ Pockets (2) … Retirement Savings. Although an (3) … survey found that nearly two-thirds of people said they could cover the extra (4) … of feeding a grown-up child or elderly parent moved (5) … in with them, only 54 per cent thought they could face up to the (6) … household bills. And once children or parents have come back, they say they would be unable to make a (7) … of it.
Richard Brown, marketing manager of Birmingham Midshires, said: “In the long (8) … , adults are not well placed to pay for the (9) … of an ageing population or to be financially supportive (10) … children. Low levels of personal savings, (11) … with the (12) … cost of care for the elderly, appear to be the root causes for the (13) … which ‘boomerang’ families across the country are (14) … down with.”
The Guardian
A B C
dearly dear darling
erasing eradicating eroding
in-depth in-case in-posse
cost fee rate
together up back
shrinking soaring sagging
go start move
go move run
upsurge upkeep uplift
to of for
paired coupled twinned
surging scanting scourging
quibbles quarries quandaries
bagged bugged bogged
Ex. 5. Give the English equivalents of the following words and phrases.
Неожиданная удача, находка; непомерные расходы; добиться успеха, преуспеть в чем-либо; поддерживать хрупкое равновесие; увязнуть, погрязнуть в чем-либо; переживать «черную полосу» в отношениях; озарение, ниспосланное свыше; распавшийся брак; последняя капля; собраться с мыслями, прийти в себя; высказаться/пользоваться авторитетом в чем-либо; примириться с чем-либо неприятным/быть готовым встретить что-либо; вновь обрести вкус к жизни; оплачивать семейные расходы; не дать развернуться, подрезать крылья кому-либо; розни, распри по какому-либо поводу; в долгосрочной перспективе; воспротивиться чьему-либо браку; зависеть/зависимый от родителей в жилищном отношении; поддерживать отношения на расстоянии.
Integrated Discourse Skills Development
I. Polylogue Discourse Modelling
Guided Discussion Techniques
Prepare for an analytical class discussion of Texts A, B and C. Follow the detailed instructions outlined in Guided Discussion Techniques (Unit 3, Integrated Discourse Skills Development), p.131.
II. Written Discourse Skills Development
Letter Writing Techniques
Compose a personal letter to the editor of a periodical to cover a certain aspect of the problems tackled in the Unit. Make use of 1) the basic texts in the Unit; 2) the focus vocabulary; 3) supplementary sources. In order to make your letter sound more involved and convincing, feel free in regard to its contents (i.e. optionally, to develop your point of view, pick out a fictitious name and position, provide some background information; reflect and/or comment on any of the articles presented in the Unit).
You can pose your ideas either objectively (applying a variety of analytical, expository and argumentative narrative writing techniques) or, as an alternative approach, add personal touch to the narration by either referring to a specific individual experience, or including a flashback, or projecting an emotional state, etc.
Study closely the following 1) background reference passage; 2) basics of letter structure and layout; 3) sample epistolary piece to assist you in the process of letter-writing.
Letter-Writing Basics