My family

A few words about myself. My name is Ann. I was born in 1994 in Yekaterinburg. I live here with my family which is not very large: my mother, my father, my sister and I.

I’m seventeen/eighteen. I’m a student of the Ural State Pedagogical University (USPU), I’m going to be a teacher. I like studying here very much, though it’s sometimes difficult.

As you can see, I’m of a medium height and rather slim. My hair is dark, short and straight. I have brown eyes. They say I took after my mother in appearance.

As far as I can see my character is cheerful in general. I’m normally a happy and an optimistic person. I have a good sense of humor and consider myself a good mixer. I think my main shortcoming is that I’m hot-tempered sometimes, but this normally doesn’t affect my relations with people.

As for my preferences, I like watching good films, reading detective and love stories. As for sport I’m not very fond of it.

I try to do all the job about the house. I go shopping, clean the rooms and so on, but it’s not difficult for me. I’d like our home to be clean and tidy. I think home is the nicest place. And I’m sure that there is no place like home and there are no people dearer than your relatives.

My father is a businessman, he is very practical. As for my mother she is a housewife – she keeps house. My younger sister Helen is of school age, she is eleven. She resembles our parents very much. We get together every weekend to go for a walk or simply to talk.

Task 4. Speak about your own family.

The following questions and information will help you.

1. How large is your family?

2. Are you the eldest in the family?

3. Do you have any special duties?

4. Who do you most take after, your mother or your father?

5. Who are you like in character?

6. Who is the head of your family? Why?

Task 5. Use the information about your relatives or friends.

AGE	ВОЗРАСТ
adult, grown-up	взрослый
teenager	подросток
youngster	юноша
baby	младенец
old	старый
aged, elderly	пожилой
middle-aged	средних лет
young	молодой
elder brother / son / sister, etc.	старший брат /сын /сестра и т.д.
at the age of	в возрасте
to be over 20	за 20

JOBS	ПРОФЕССИИ
journalist	журналист
architect	архитектор
doctor / physician	врач / терапевт
nurse	медсестра
surgeon	хирург
dentist	стоматолог
secretary	секретарь
teacher	учитель
waiter / waitress	официант / официантка
cook	повар
engineer	инженер
driver	водитель
worker	рабочий
shop-assistant	продавец
actor / actress	актер / актриса
librarian	библиотекарь
clerk	служащий
musician	музыкант
psycologist	психолог
lawyer	юрист, адвокат
accountant / book-keeper	бухгалтер
office worker	служащий
manager	менеджер

WHERE THEY WORK	ГДЕ ОНИ РАБОТАЮТ
office	контора, учреждение
hospital	больница
school	школа
restaurant	ресторан
factory / plant / works	завод
department store	универмаг
theatre	театр
library	библиотека
bank	банк

Task 6. Make up short situations based on the model.

Model: It’s Robert Brown. He’s 26.

He’s a journalist. He’s American.

He comes from New York.

Name	Age	Job	Nationality	Residence
Mary Smith	18	secretary	English	London
Tom Stuart	20	architect	Irish	Dublin
Jerry Brown	35	doctor	Canadian	Ottawa
Clair Jones	41	mechanic	Australian	Sydney
Robert Grey	45	actress	American	New York
Andrew Smith	33	lawyer	Scottish	Edinburgh
Mark Black	52	driver	Jew	Tel Aviv
Jee Li	26	nurse	Chinese	China
Ivan Smirnov	57	teacher	Russin	Russia