Match the words and word combinations.
1. to show an interest in a. смелый и воинственный
2. an upper middle-class family b. очень уютный дом
3. outgoing student c. следовать своей страсти
4. family atmosphere is warm and close d. стать одиночкой
5. to excel in e. благотворительность
6. close relationship with f. выдающийся студент
7. to raise children g. преуспевать в
8. a voracious reader h. воспитывать детей
9. to become a loner I. стать адвокатом
10. to enroll in j. теплая и близкая семейная
атмосфера
11. feisty and combative k. близкие отношения с
12. to become a lawyer l. интеллектуальное достижение
13. intellectual achievement m. средняя аристократическая семья
14. a very cozy home n. ободрять, поддерживать
15.charity o. записывать
16. to pursue one’s passion p. проявлять интерес
17. to encourage r. ненасытный читатель
Answer the questions and tell about your family.
1. When and where were you born? Which family were you born?
2. How many are of you in your family?
3. Tell about your parents (e.g. education, career, marriage).
4. What is the atmosphere in your family?
5. Who do you have close relationships in your family with?
6. What were your excellences at school and not at school? What subjects did you do well at school?
7. What do you devote your free time to? What spheres do you show interest in?
8. Find all the adjectives characterizing a person. Which of them can you apply to describe yourself?
9. Where did you meet your friend? What common enthusiasm bonded you?
10. How different are you with your friend?
11. What do you spend your (with a friend) free time doing?
12. What field are you thinking of a career in?
4. Comment on the statement:
To find oneself at the right place at the right time.
Speak out.
Some kids were asked about their parents and about what makes a good parent
My parents.
What makes a good parent?
Erin: A good parent does things in the best interests of their children.
Megan: A good parent cares about you and what’s happening in your life. A good parent knows what it’s like to be a teenager and sees out point of view.
Rob: I think a good parent is one who helps his or her children. They should teach right and wrong and be able to talk with their children. They should also support you in what you do and praise you for all the good things that you do.
Pain: A good parent is someone who cares but who is strict and wants their children to be successful.
Is there a different between the roles of mother and father?
Mireille: Yes, there is a difference. A mother teaches her child right wrong and manners. A father teaches a child to be strong and confident. This can also be vice versa. Iam describing my parents.
Vicky: Yes, a mother should be the one to comfort and a father should be the one to teach a lesson – the old-fashioned way.
Caitlin: Well, there shouldn’t be but I think there is. Most dads work, so the kids are at home with their mom when they’re little.
Corey: No, because a mother can do everything a father can and vice versa.
Do you ask your parents for advice?
Megan: I ask my dad for advice about math and homework but my mother for advice about school, friends and life. She’s very understanding and I’m really close to her.
Caitlin: Yes. For me, decision are hard to make, so I always ask for their advice.
Anne: Not really. I talk to them, but I usually go to my older sister for advice.
Corey: Something I do and other times it’s too personal.
Kevin: Yes, most of the time they are the only people I can talk to.
Kristen: I talk to my dad about things like boys and school friend problems. He usually gives me good advice.
If you have children, what will you do differently from your own parents?
Kristen: I won’t ground my kids. I’ll take them to concerts and they’ll be allowed to have a separate phone line.
Kevin: I won’t be as strict as my parents. I’ll give my kids more freedom to do what they want.
Pani: I definitely won’t make my kids do their homework before they do anything else.
Mireille: I won’t be as protective as my parents. I’ll trust my daughter to make the right decisions.
Imagine you can choose anyone famous to be your parents. Who will you choose?
Rob: Someone like Anfernee Hardaway. He’s a basketball player. I’d like to live in a big house and go to see all the games.
Anne:Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, because they seem like cool people who really care about children.
Pani: My parents are much better than any famous person.
Kevin: I’d like Bill Clinton and Tyra Banks to be my parents. Bill is very powerful and it might be cool to have the president as a parent. Tyra is very rich.
Erin: I wouldn’t like my parents to be famous.
Should parenting skills be taught in school?
Erik: Yes. Too many young parents don’t know the basics of parenting.
Erin: No. I think parenting is something you learn when you have children, with the help of your parents.
Vicky: Yes, because some kids in my school are “messed up” and they do stupid things.
Mireille: No. It’s not something you just learn. To be a good parent you have to be like a friend.
Vocabulary
point of view точка зрения
support поддерживать
praise хвалить
strict строгий
successful успешный
difference разница
confident уверенный
vice versa наоборот
comfort успокаивать
advice совет
close близкий
decision решение
ground зд. заставлять быть дома (как наказание)
separate отдельный
protective защитный
trust доверять
cool хороший, отличный
powerful могущественный
messed up запутавшийся, совершивший ошибку
- Read and try to remember the additional vocabulary.
old folks at home (old folks) — старики (разг.), родители
son, daughter — сын, дочь
senior son — старший сын
junior son — младший сын
eldest son (daughter) — старший(ая) сын (дочь)
youngest son (daughter) — младший(ая) сын (дочь)
elder brother (sister) — старший(ая) брат (сестра)
eldest brother (sister) — самый(ая) старший(ая) брат (сестра)
younger brother (sister) — младший(ая) брат (сестра)
youngest brother (sister) — самый(ая) младший(ая) брат (сестра)
ancestors [‘asnsistsz] —предки
grandparents — бабушка и дедушка
grandfather (grandpapa, grandpa, grand-dad) — дедушка
grandmother (grandmamma, grandma, granny, grannie) — бабушка
great grandfather (-mother) — прадедушка (прабабушка)
descendants [di’send∂nts] — потомки
grandchildren — внуки
great grandchild — правнук (правнучка)
great grandson (granddaughter) — правнук (правнучка)
relatives — родственники
first cousin [‘kΛzn] — двоюродный(ая) брат (сестра)
second cousin — троюродный(ая) брат (сестра)
father (mother) –in-law [lo:] — свекор, тесть (свекровь, теща)
uncle (aunt(ie) [a:nt] — дядя (тетя)
nephew [‘nevju:] (niece [ni:s]) — племянник (племянница)
son (daughter) –in-law [b:] — зять (невестка, сноха)
husband — муж wife — жена
sister-in-law — невестка, золовка, свояченица
step-father (-mother) — отчим (мачеха)
step-child (step-son (-daughter) — пасынок (падчерица)
step-brother (-sister) (half-brother (-sister) — сводный(ая) брат (сестра)
milk (foster) –brother (sister) — молочный(ая) брат (сестра)
foster-father (-mother) — приемный (ая) отец (мать, кормилица)
foster-child — приемный ребенок
godchild (godson (daughter)) — крестник или крестница
godfather (mother) — крестный, крестная
bachelor — холостяк
widow — вдова
widower — вдовец
divorce, to divorce [di’vo:s] — развод, развестись
to adopt — усыновить
orphan [‘o:fn] — сирота
to descend [di'send] — происходить, быть родом
age [еidз] — возраст
adult, grown-up — взрослый
teenager — подросток
youngster — юноша
baby — младенец
toddler — младенец, начавший ходить
aged, elderly — пожилой
middle-aged — средних лет
at the age of — в возрасте
to be over 30/40 — за 30/40
to be in one’s early/late teens — быть в подростковом возрасте
be in one's early (mid, late) 20s — быть двадцати с небольшим лет (25-26, под тридцать)
Family word scramble.
1. ehfrta 6. rseits 11. maeirdr
2. mehtor 7. nuecl 12. fiew
3. hobrrte 8. tuan 13. dsbahun
4. ons 9. gandetohrrm 14. dntgarfehra
5. tuhgdaer 10. scunoi 15. famiyl
- Give the feminine forms of:
husband, uncle, boy, brother, bridegroom.
- Give the masculine forms of:
daughter, niece, grandmother, old maid.
- Answer the following questions.
What do you call your father’s brother? What do you call your mother’s sister? Your uncle’s son? Your aunt’s daughter? Your sister’s husband? Your brother’s wife? Your brother’s son? Your sister’s daughter? Your father’s father?
- Give expressions for:
the anniversary of one’s birth; the twenty-fifth anniversary of one’s marriage; a woman who has lost her husband; a man who has lost his wife; a child who has lost its parents; the ceremony at which a child receives its Christian name; an unmarried man; an unmarried woman.
- Read the proverbs. Find their analogues in Russian and discuss them.
Govern a family as you would cook a small fish — very gently. (Chinese)
It is easy to govern a kingdom but difficult to rale one’s family. (Chinese)
Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. (Chinese)
A small family is soon provided for. (English)
In a good family the husband is deaf and the wife blind. (French)
The family is like the forest: if you are outside, it is dense; if you are inside, you see that each tree has its own position. (Ghanaian)
Look for the good, not the evil, in the conduct of members of the family. (Jewish)
If the family is together, the soul is in the right place. (Russian)
The family that prays together stays together. (Traditional)