Vocabulary:

junior – молодший younger- молодший

senior – старший older, elder - старший

hard-working – трудолюбивий to be born - народитися

lazy – лінивий a dream - мрія

to become a lawyer – стати юристом to look like – мати вигляд, бути схожим

a united family – дружна сім’я

Remember:

In English we usually say 'my uncle's daughter' (not the daughter of my uncle) or 'Ann's sister' (not – the sister of Ann).

Exercise 7. Answer the questions:

1. What is the boy’s name?

2. Where is he from?

3. How old is he?

4. When and where was he born?

5. Where does he live?

6. Where does he study?

7. What is his hobby?

8. How many members are there in his family?

9. How old are they?

Lesson 3. Parents and Children. An Indefinite Article.

(Батьки та діти. Вживання означеного артикля.)

Exercise 1. Practice reading the following words and word combinations. Improve your spelling skills. Translate them into Ukrainian:

Relatives by Birth

a family, parents, a mother /mum, a father /dad, a son, a daughter ['do:tə], a sister, a brother, a grandfather, a grandmother, a great-grandfather, a great-grandmother, a grandson, a granddaughter, grandparents, grandchildren, an uncle, an aunt, a nephew ['nevju:], a niece, a cousin.

Relatives by Marriage

a husband, a wife, a father-in-law, a mother-in-law, a son-in-law, a daughter-in-law,

a brother-in-law — дівер (чоловік сестри), a sister-in-law — зовиця (дружина брата)

a stepfather, a stepmother, an adopted child, an orphan [ ́o:fən] — сирота, a widower — удівець, a widow — вдова, twins, to be married to.

Exercise 2. Practice reading the following new words and word combinations.

Learn them by heart:

to get married — одружуватися, оженитися

divorce [dl vo:s] — розлучення; розлучений

divorcee [divo: ́́sei] — розлучена

single — неодружений, незаміжня

descendant [di'sendənt] — нащадок

direct descendant — прямий нащадок

hereditary [hi'reditəri] — родовий, спадковий

heir [eə] — спадкоємець

progeny [ ́ргоd3іnі] — генерація, потомство

relatives — родичі

flesh and blood — родич

to introduce oneself — знайомити з кимось

to leave school — закінчувати школу

to graduate from the University — закінчувати уні­верситет

handsome [ hæŋsǝm) — вродливий (про чо­ловіка)

pretty [ ́priti] — симпатична, вродлива (про жінку)

elegant [ ́eligənt] — елегантний

smart [sma:t] — добре вдягнений, модний, ви­шуканий

sociable ['sjutǝbl] — комунікабельний

slim [slim] — стрункий, зграбний

to work overtime — працювати понаднормово

breadwinner — годувальник

to be fond of — подобатися, вподобати

to be in /to have the habit of doing smth. —мати звичку поратися

gaiety [ geiǝti] — веселість

endless — нескінченний

to be on a pension — бути на пенсії

Exercise 3. Answer the following questions:

1. What is your name? 2. How old are you? 3. When and where were you born? 4. Is your family large or small? 5. How many people are there in your family? 6. What are they? 7. What is your mother’s name? 8. What is she by profession? 9. What is she fond of? 10. How old is your father? 11. What does he look like? 12. What is he interested in? 13. Have you brothers and sisters?

Exercise 4. Choose the right word:

1. She is (pretty, handsome). 2. I study (hard, good, well, badly) at school. 3. He is two years his (younger, older, senior, junior). 4. She is (younger, elder, older, senior, junior) than me. 5. I have a (an) (younger, elder, older, senior, junior) brother.

Exercise 5. Translate into English:

1. У мене є старша сестра. 2. Їй 19 років. 3. Вона старша від мене на два роки. 4. Анна мріє стати юристом. 5. Історія - улюблений предмет Анни в університеті. 6. Я маю намір стати економістом, як моя мама.

Exercise 6. Practice reading the following words and word combinations. Learn them by heart: