What’s your family like?

1. What type of family do you come from? What's something unusual or special about your family?

2. What are some rules that people have to follow in your family?

3. How does your family celebrate birthdays?

4. Is there a holiday your family always celebrates together?

5. Who do you talk to in your family when you have a problem?

6. What's the best thing about spending time with your family?

7. What's the worst thing?

8. If you have any brothers or sisters, what things do you enjoy doing together?

9. Do you have a close relationship with the other members of your family?

10. What's an advantage of being close to one's family?

11. Who takes care of the children in your family?

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1) About Myself 2) The Place We Live in 3) The Members of the Family 4) Our Free Time

My family

Our family is neither big nor small. It consists of my father, my mother, my brother, and me. My father, a tall man with dark short hair, is 40 years old. He works as a manager at the firm. He likes his work and spends a lot of time there. My mother, a tall and thin woman with big blue eyes and fair hair, is younger than my father, she is 38. My mother is a teacher at the secondary school. She teaches her students foreign lan­guages: German and English. She also spends much time at school, but she finds time to cook, sew, knit, and even to help my brother and me with our homework. My brother is only 10, and he is a schoolboy.

I am 16. I am a student of the college. My college is far from our house, and it takes me half an hour to get there by bus. We are studying different subjects there, but my favourite ones are History and English. As to my appearance, I am slim and slender. My hair is fair, my eyes are blue. I resemble my mother. I like to dress in a modern style. Music is my hobby. I am fond of dancing at the disco. I like to buy and read English books too. Twice a week, I go to the swimming pool.

Our family is nice, and everybody is easy to get along well with. We take care of each other. We spend much time together. Re­cently, we have bought a car, and now we often go down to the country to have a rest on weekends. In the evening, all mem­bers of our family watch TV, discuss everyday problems. Some­times we go to the theatre or to the concert.

Lessons 9-10 my friend

Ex. 1. Ответьте на вопросы.

1. Have you got a close friend/friends?

2. How did your friendship begin?

3. Where did you meet your friend?

4. How long have you been friends?

5. Can you rely on your friends?

6. Does your friend have the same lifestyle as you?

7. What are your interests? Which of them do you share with your friend?

8. Does your friend always make the same choice as you?

9. Do you have one or two best friends or a group of friends?

10. How important are your friends to you?

11. Whose opinion is more important to you: your parents' or your friends'? Why?

Key vocabulary Nouns

1. good friend

2. close/best friend

3. friendship

4. trust

5. openness

6. affection

7. attitude

8. value

9. confidence

10. gain confidence

11. a date

12. a movie date

to date smb/go out with smb

make a date

11. a girl (boy) friend

хороший друг

близкий друг

дружба

доверие

открытость

привязанность, любовь

позиция, отношение к чему-либо

ценность

уверенность

приобретать уверенность

свидание

пойти с кем-либо в кино

встречаться с кем-либо

назначить свидание

подруга (друг)

Verbs

1. rely (on)

2. share

3. choose

make a choice

4. make friends with smb

5. meet smb

6. fall out with a friend

7. make friends again

8. smth goes wrong

9. get along well

10. have much in common

11. fall in love