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  1. In groups discuss the following and give the reasons.

a) What does marriage mean to you: just a piece of paper or a deeper and more secure relationship?

What are the main reasons for getting married and what are the drawbacks?

What is the best age to get married? Why?

Is there too much social pressure on people to get married? Should other kinds of partnership be more acceptable?

Should weddings be religious?

Is it acceptable to have more than one partner at the same time?

Why do people get divorced? Is it too easy?

What problems are there when people decide to get divorced?

b) You have been going out with someone for a while and have decided to live together. But before you do so you wish to draw up a personal contract. In groups discuss the kinds of things you think it is a good idea to include in such a “contract”. Things to think about might include: when to use the bathroom, who cooks the meals and when, what happens if you want to go out with other people. A person from another group will be your “partner”.

Personal contract

This contract between__________ and ____________

Was made on ________________________________.

Both parties agree on the following arrangements:

  1. Each of us will be responsible for our own washing and ironing.

  1. Write an essay “Families in my country”. Use the questions given below as a plan.

What do people consider to be the “normal’ family in your country?

What is the average size of household?

What is the general attitude to family life?

What role do discipline and moral standards have in your country?

What child care facilities exist for pre-school children?

Write about the problems facing working mothers.

List the possible reasons for the divorce rate rising sharply in your country.

What is the major problem facing one-parent families?

Test yourself 2

  1. Family vocabulary. Complete the sentences.

1 My father’s brother is my_____________

2 My mother’s daughter is my___________

3 My sister’s son is my _________________

4 My father’s father is my_______________

5 My wife’s mother-in-law is my__________

6 My son’s daughter is my_______________

7 My aunt’s daughter is my_______________

8 My father’s sister is my_________________

  1. Relationships. Complete the questions with these words:

Divorced, fancy, fallen in, married, out with, love, split up, on with, argue

1 What is the longest you have ever been _______ anyone?

2 Would you ever get _______from your husband or wife?

3 Do you get ________ your parents?

4 Do you believe in_________?

5 How many times have you ________ love?

6 Have you ever ________with your boyfriend or girlfriend?

7 Who would you most like to get _______ to?

8 Who did you _________ when you were younger?

9 Who did you ________ most with?

  1. Match the questions above with these answers.

a My teacher, Mrs Haddock. Unfortunately she was married and fifteen years older than me.

b Only if there was no alternative. First, I would try to save the relationship.

c More times than I can remember.

d Yes, but only when I don’t see them.

e Yes. When I was younger, I wasn’t very good at staying with one person for long.

f. My sister, but we’re always good friends afterwards.

g I’m already married!

h About three years, and then we got married.

i Yes, 100%.

  1. Look at the table and make sentences about Mike, Tina, and yourself.

Mike

Tina

you

1 get up/7.00a.m.

usually

often

2 work/office

never

always

3 have a beer/ before dinner

always

sometimes

4 eat out/ restaurant

occasionally

often

1 Mike usually gets up at 7 a.m. 3 Mike_____________

Tina often _________ Tina_________________

I ___________________ I______________________

2 Mike _________________ 4 Mike_________________

Tina____________________ Tina___________________

I _________________________ I______________________