- •My family
- •1. Give a description of your family by answering the following questions:
- •2. Render the story into English.
- •3. Translate the parts of the dialogue into English and reproduce it.
- •5. Self-study tasks
- •3. Refer the sentences to the past and to the future.
- •4. Put the verbs in the correct form.
- •About myself
- •1. Give a detailed description of your family by answering the following questions:
- •2. Render the story into English.
- •4. Translate the dialogue into Russian. Memorize it.
- •5. Translate the parts of the dialogue into English.
- •6. Self-study tasks
- •What to Include in Your cv
- •Don't forget:
5. Self-study tasks
Situations.
You are talking to a fellow student. Tell him/her about your family and ask him to tell you about his.
Your brother is to meet a relative he has never seen before. Give him a detailed description of the relative’s appearance so that he could identify him.
GRAMMAR
Ask questions to which these sentences could be answers.
1. His mother is a teacher. 2. His aunt lives in Germany. 3. No, he doesn’t. My grandfather is a pensioner. 4. Jane is 25. 5. My family consists of 4 people. 6. I like to watch TV. 7. Yes. I do. I have a lot of relatives.
Translate these sentences into English.
1. Моя сестра не замужем, но она собирается выйти замуж летом. 2. Ее жених – врач, ему – 25 лет. 3. Нас в семье 5 человек. 4. Она не изучает японский. 5. Наши родители – музыканты. 6. Мою племянницу зовут Мария. 7. Мои бабушка и дедушка не работают. Они на пенсии. 8. Я интересуюсь современной музыкой. 9. Моя мама ведет хозяйство и заботится о нас. 10. Ты часто ходишь в кино?
3. Refer the sentences to the past and to the future.
1. She is very good at cooking. 2. She lives with us. 3. Do they have much in common? 4. He has a few shelves. 4. Is your family large? 5. We get on very well.
4. Put the verbs in the correct form.
Every evening after work the Hutchinsons (sit) in their sitting-room. They (sit) there now. What (do) Mr Hutchinson? He (read) a book. He (read) a great number of books, and he (write) books for children. He and his wife (sit) by the fire. The Hutchinsons (have) a cat. She (sit) on the arm of Mr Hutchinson’s armchair. She often (sit) there, or on his desk, when he (write) and (watch) him.
SUPPLEMENTARY READING
The Average British Family.
Read the text and say what facts were new for you .
The average British family lives in a semi-detached house with a garden in the South of England. They own their house, which is situated in the suburbs of a large town. The house has three bedrooms. On average they have two children and a pet. The family drives a two-year-old Ford.
The father of the family works in the office of an engineering company for 40 hours a week and earns & 200 per week. He starts at 9.00 in the morning and finishes at 5.30 in the evening. He goes to work by car, which takes him 20 minutes. He doesn’t particularly like his job, there are chances of promotion.
The mother works in a service industry for three days a week and earns about & 100. She works locally and goes there by bus. She quite likes her job as it gets her out of the house, she meets people, and it is close to her children’s school.
The children go to a state school which is a few miles from home. A special bus comes to pick them up every day. They are at school from 9.00 to 3.30.
The most popular evening entertainment is watching television or video. After that, the next most popular activity is visiting friends, going to the cinema or a restaurant, or going to the pub. The most popular hobby is gardening and the most popular sports are fishing, football and tennis.
Tell about a typical Russian family.
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