III. Speaking: About Myself

Exercise 1. Прочитайте і запам'ятайте name [neim] ім'я

family name/surname — прізвище

patronymic [,paetr9'nimik] по батькові

full name [,ful'neim] повне ім'я

e.g. What is your name? - My name is Jack.

We named our baby Jane.

mother ['тлЙз] мати

father [То;дз] батько

e.g. 1 live together with my mother and father, parents ['pearonts] батьки e.g. Everyone has two parents.

Your father and your mother are your parents, grandfather ['graen,fa:53] дідусь e.g. Your father's father is your grandfather.

I call my grandfather Grandpa, grandmother ['graenmiAcb] бабуся e.g. Your father's mother is your grandmother.

Your mother's mother is your grandmother.

too.

I call my grandmother Grandma, brother ['Ьглбз] брат sister ['sista] сестра

SOn [SAn] СИН

daughter r'dD.-ta] дочка

e.g. My parent's son is my brother.

My parent's daughter is my sister, husband ['h/vzbsnd] чоловік e.g. My father is my mother's husband, wife [waif] дружина, жінка child [tfaild] дитина e.g. This girl is a little child, children ['tjlldren] діти e.g. Children go to school, aunt [a:nt] тітка

e.g. My father's sister is my aunt.

My mother's sister is my aunt, too. uncle [,Arjkl] лялько

e.g. This man is my father's brother. He is my uncle.

cousin [клгп] двоюрідний брат, двоюрідна сестра

e.g Bob and Mary are my aunt's children.

Bob is my cousin.

Mary is my cousin, too. niece [ni:s] племінниця, небога e.g. Ann is her aunt's niece.

наступні слова, словосполучення, вирази.

nephew f'nevju:] племінник, небіж e.g. Peter is his uncle's nephew, mother-in-law ['тдд(з)гіпЬ:] мати чоловіка (дружини)

e.g. The mother of my husband (wife) is my mother-in-law.

relatives [rebtivz] родичі

e.g. These are my relatives: father, mother, grand­mother, grandfather, grandson, granddaughter, son, daughter, wife, sister, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew.

in-laws ['inb:z] родичі жінки (чоловіка) e.g. Ail relatives of my wife (husband) are my in­laws.

widow ['widau] удова

widower ['widsua] удівець

grown-up ['graonAp] дорослий

adult ['sedAlt, s'dAlt] дорослий

e.g. He is already an adult.

(to) bring up [brirj'Ap] виховувати

e.g. We must bring up our children.

character ['kaerikta] характер

appearance [a'pbr(9)ns] зовнішність

profession [ргзТе/n] професія

occupation [тзкіо'реіХ(з)п] праця, робота

e.g. What is your occupation⁹

engineer [,епозі'пЬ] інженер

technician [t3k'nij(s)n] технік

designer [di'zains] конструктор; проектувальник;

кресляр; дизайнер clerk [kb:k] службовець driver ['draiva] водій, шофер shop-assistant ['Jppo,sist3nt] продавець book-keeper ['buk,ki:ps] бухгалтер; рахівник accountant [a'kauntent] бухгалтер cashier [kae'Jls] касир housewife ['hauswaif] домогосподарка turner [Чз:пз] токар doctor ['dnkts] лікар worker [Ч\'з:кз] робітник teacher [ liitfe] учитель student ['stju:d(s)nt] студент postgraduate [,p9ust'graedjuit] аспірант laboratory assistant [blx>rot(3)rb'sist3nt] лаборант milling-machine operator ['тіїіптз'Jl:nnpo'reito] фрезувальник

operator of electronic computers — оператор ЕОМ

plant [pla:nt] завод

e.g. I work at the plant.

office ['t)fis] контора, заклад

hospital ['hospital] лікарня

e.g. He works at the hospital.

comprehensive secondary school [ kDmpri'hensiv

'S3k3nd3ri,sku:l] загальноосвітня середня

школа

e.g. I finished a comprehensive secondary school.

Exercise 2. Вивчіть словосполучення.

to work at a plant

to work in a hospital

to work in an office

to finish comprehensive school

to finish specialized school

to finish technical school

to graduate from an institute

to graduate from a university

to be an engineer

to be a student

to be a widow

to be grown-up

to be 18 years old

to be younger

to be older

to know foreign languages to know somebody

specialized school ['spejblaizd,sku:l] училище

technical school ['teknikal,sku:l] технікум

institute f^-institju:t] інститут

e.g. I graduated from Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.

university [,ju:ni'v3:siti] університет

married ['masrid] одружений(а)

e.g. I am married.

single [,sirjgl] неодружений

divorced [di'vo:st] розлучений

orphan ['3:fbn] сирота

працювати на заводі працювати у лікарні працювати у конторі закінчити середню школу закінчити училище закінчити технікум закінчити інститут закінчити університет бути інженером бути студентом бути вдовою бути дорослим бути вісімнадцятирічним бути молодшим бути старшим знати іноземні мови знати кого-небудь

Exercise 3. Побудуйте речення.

			Ukraine.	I		Ukrainian
І			the USA.	He		Russian.
Не	am		England.	She	study(ies)	English.
She	is	from	Canada.	We	like(s)	French.
We	are		France.	You	know(s)	Italian.
You			Italy.	They		Japanese.
They			Japan. Germany.			German.

I

He

She

We

You

They

graduated from finished

comprehensive secondary school, the university, specialized school, technical school, the institute.

Exercise 4. Дайте відповіді на запитання.

1. Is your family big or small? 2. How many people are there in your family? 3. Who are they? 4. How old are your father and your mother? 5. How old are your sisters and brothers? 6. How old are you? 7. What does your mother do? 8. How many children does your aunt have? 9. Is your mother fair-haired? 10. What is your mother's name? 11. What is your profession? 12. Do you have many relatives?

Exercise 5. Доповніть речення, використовуючи слова з правої колонки.

My father's wife is my ....
My parent's son is my ....	aunt
My parent's daughter is my ....	cousin
My mother's husband is my ....	father
My mother's father is my ....	brother
My father's sister is my ....	sister
My mother's brother is my ....	grandfather
My father's mother is my ....	uncle
My mother's sister is my ....	niece
My uncle's son is my ....	grandmother
My aunt's son is my ....	nephew
Peter is his uncle's ....	mother
Ann is her aunt's ....

Exercise 6. а) Вкажіть слова, що відносяться до питань, б) Відтренуйте їх у бесіді, замінюючи слова і питання за зразком. Дайте відповідь.

Address Occupation Place of birth Business phone Place of employment

Where do you work? Where do you live? Where were you born? What do you do?

What's your business phone number?

Model:

• What's your address? -I'm sorry, I don't understand.

• Where do you live?

• Oh, I see. 1415 Concord Avenue, Flat 20.

Exercise 7. Перекладіть українською.

1. He is nine years old. 2. She is sixteen years old. 3. I want to become a doctor like my father. 4. In the evening the family watches TV or listens to the radio. 5. His family consists of six persons. 6. Her family consists of three persons. 7. My brother wants to become an officer like our father. 8. We like our English lessons. 9. They like literature. 10. I want to become a teacher like my mother. 11. She is like her mother. 12. He is like his father. 13. You are like your mother.

Exercise 8. Розіграйте діалоги.

І

Ann: Is your family large?

Betty: It's not very large now: father, mother, my elder brother and his wife and me. A.: So you've got a brother and a sister-in-law. How nice!

B.: Yes. And I have two sisters of my own. Both of them are married and live somewhere in the west.

A.: Have you got any nephews or nieces?

B.: Oh, yes, I've got two nieces. They are my eldest sister's daughters. I have a nephew as well. He is my elder sister's son. But I have never seen them, because they have never come to see me, nor have 1 ever gone to see them.

A.: So you aren't a very good aunt, are you?

B.: Sorry to admit it, but I'm not. However, I'm going to improve as soon as I finish school.

A.: Hell is paved with good intentions, you know. В.: Ha, ha... And what about your family, is it large?

A.: Oh, ours is quite a numerous one: granddad and grannie, dad and mum, brother and sister, and their kids. My brother has a wife and two sons. My sister has a husband and three daughters.

B.: So you've got nephews and nieces, too. I wonder if you are a good aunt, eh? A.: You'd better ask the children about that. B.: Ok, Г1! follow your advice.

2

Alex: Now, I'd like to know about your family

Biair: Oh, my family is a very large one. 1 have a father, a mother, grandparents, two sisters and a brother.

A.: Do you all live together?

B.: Yes, we do, and it's a remarkable thing because we practically never quarrel. A.: Besides your immediate relatives you must also have some uncles and aunts and some cousins.

B.: Yes, several. Every now and then they come to see us at our place or we go to see them.

A.: 1 wonder who does the cooking and looks after the house?

B.: It's all in the hands of my mother. Of course, my sisters help her. Now tell me something about your family.

A.: Well, as a matter of fact there is little to tell. I am an orphan and before I got married I used to live quite alone.

B.: So you are married! You have not told me anything about it! A.: I got married two years ago. Didn't you hear about it? B.: Have you any children?

A.: Yes, we've a fine little girl. Her name is Ann. Come and see us some time. B.: Thank you ever so much. You also by all means come and see us. I'll be so glad to introduce you to all the members of my family.

A.: I'll certainly come. I'll be so glad to know them all.

Exercise 9. Перекладіть англійською.

1. Ваша родина велика? - Так. 2. Із скількох осіб вона складається? - Моя сім'я складається з п'яти осіб. 3. Чи є у вас брати та сестри? - Так, у мене є сестра та брат. 4. Хто веде господарство? - Бабуся. Мама та сестра допомагають їй. 5. Ваш батько робітник⁷ -Ні, мій батько інженер. Він працює на заводі.

Exercise 10. Заповніть анкеїу.