- •Family ties
- •Reading
- •Tasks to the text
- •1 A) Find the English equivalents for the following in the text.
- •2 A) Write out all the adjectives that are used by the author to describe the members of the family (both their appearance and character) and translate them.
- •3 Answer the questions. Make use of words and expressions from ex. 1-2.
- •4 Do you know any interesting stories of your relatives? Share them with your
- •A ctive vocabulary name
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •1 Fill in the blanks with the corresponding word(s)
- •Origin. Family relations
- •2 Express the following in other words using the active vocabulary:
- •3 Name the words and phrases fitting the following definitions:
- •4 Read the passage below. Sally is describing her relationship with people in her
- •5 Use the underlined phrases in the exercise above to best describe the following
- •6 Divide the idiomatic expressions into two groups: people are similar, and people are different. Use these expressions in your own context.
- •7 Translate the sentences:
- •Adventures in conversation
- •8 A) Complete the dialogue using the given words.
- •Birthdays
- •9 B) Ask your partner
- •10 Discuss the following questions.
- •11 Three different families.
- •12 A) Read the following text and say
- •Modern Trends in Family Life
- •13 Interview your partner and find out from him or her
- •Listening
- •14 (To be done in class) families
- •15 (To be done at home) when will americans grow up
- •16 (To be done in class) cheryssa and julia
- •If not, what prevents you from doing it?
- •17 (To be done at home) welcome to julissa’s quinceanera! (Part 1)
- •18 (To be done at home) welcome to julissa’s quinceanera! (Part 2)
- •1 Look at the relationship status updates below. Can you tell whether these people have boyfriends, girlfriends or are married?
- •2 Answer the questions:
- •Reading modern british families
- •Tasks to the text
- •1 A) Find the following ideas expressed in English in the text.
- •2 Answer the questions on the text.
- •3 Speak about a traditional Russian family.
- •Active vocabulary relations by marriage
- •Marriage
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •1 Study Steve’s family tree and complete the statements about his relations.
- •2 Complete the Wedding Crossword.
- •3 Can you solve the puzzle below?
- •4 A) Match the words and word combinations with their definitions.
- •5 Choose the right word:
- •6 A) Read the text about the latest British Royal Wedding.
- •7 Get ready with the report on weddings in the uk and the us. You can find the tasks in the listening section useful for getting the information. Cover the following questions.
- •8 Translate the sentences into English.
- •9 Draw up your own family tree and tell your fellow-students about your relatives.
- •10 A) Complete the dialogues using the given words.
- •Weddings
- •Marriage
- •The mighty has fallen
- •11 Tell your fellow-students about your parents’ wedding or about any wedding you have been to.
- •12 A) Read what three men from the Bennett family say about how life has changed over three generations.
- •Fathers
- •Family Life
- •Love and Marriage
- •13 A) Complete the dialogues using the given words.
- •Pastimes
- •Animals
- •14 A) Here is a list of words that can be used when you speak about someone’s hobbies and pastimes. Think of their Russian equivalents.
- •15 Fill in the blanks with the words from the list. The first letter of each missing word has been given.
- •16 Fill in the correct form of a verb from the list. Have take go do make
- •17 A) Read the following article (a student writes on how to use our leisure time).
- •18 Social chat learning
- •Dialogue d
- •Formal Dialogue a
- •Dialogue b
- •19 Role-play the following situations. Use the active vocabulary you have learnt.
- •Listening
- •20 (To be done at home) dating
- •21 (To be done at home) chelsea clinton’s wedding
- •22 (To be done in class) american weddings (part 1)
- •23 (To be done at home) american weddings (part 2)
- •24 (To be done in class) american weddings (part 3)
Tasks to the text
1 A) Find the English equivalents for the following in the text.
1. в расцвете лет _____________________________________________________
2. дружная семья _____________________________________________________
3. заслужить счастье __________________________________________________
4. её слово было в семье законом _______________________________________
5. ухаживать за кем-либо (с целью женитьбы) ____________________________
6. вдова _____________________________________________________________
7. внучатый племянник ________________________________________________
8. звать по имени _____________________________________________________
9. поколение _________________________________________________________
b) Complete the sentences with the words from a)
1. The Meadows were happy and they ________________ their happiness.
2. I have never seen a more __________________ family.
3. When Tom Meadows died, his ________ wrote to George and told him, but received no answer.
4. Mrs. Meadows’s word _________________ in the house, but she had humour.
5. George Meadows and his younger brother Tom had both ___________ Mrs. Meadows fifty years ago.
6. No one had called Mrs. Meadows by ___________ for a ________________ .
7. George Meadows and his wife were both fine people ________________ life.
2 A) Write out all the adjectives that are used by the author to describe the members of the family (both their appearance and character) and translate them.
b) Which of these adjectives express the following meanings:
1. always working very hard ___________________________________________
2. deserving respect because of being controlled, serious and calm _____________
3. strong and not easily hurt or affected by what happens ____________________
4. behaving in a kind way towards other people ____________________________
5. reliable, sensible, and able to make good decisions _______________________
6. using power in an unreasonable way __________________________________
7. able to judge people and situations very well ____________________________
8. straight and tall _____________________________________________________
3 Answer the questions. Make use of words and expressions from ex. 1-2.
1) What kind of people were the Meadows?
2) Why did they deserve to be happy?
3) Was George Meadows the real master of the house?
4) How old was George’s mother?
5) Describe Emily Meadows’s appearance and character.
6) Who had courted Mrs. Meadows when she was Emily Green?
7) Why had Emily married Tom, not George?
8) Why had George gone to sea?
9) For more than fifty years the Meadows had not heard much of George, had they?
10) Why did George want to see once more the house in which he was born?
11) What did Uncle George look like? How did he feel back home?
12) Why had Captain Meadows never married anyone?
4 Do you know any interesting stories of your relatives? Share them with your
fellow-students.
A ctive vocabulary name
1. first name/forename (fml)/
given name (AmE)/Christian name имя
2. middle/second name отчество
Cultural Note
It is common in both the UK and the US for people to have one or more middle names,
though they usually do not use these names. When people sign their name, they may just write the first letter of their middle name in their signature. Some people give their children middle names that are the same as the first name of someone else in the family, for example a grandparent. Some people have more than one middle name.
3. surname/family name/
last name (AmE) фамилия
4. the Smiths/the Smith family семьяСмитов
5. maiden name девичья фамилия
6. initials stand for инициалы обозначают
His initials are PFW, they stand for Peter Francis White.
7. call smb. by his/her first name называть по имени
8. be on first name terms with smb. быть с кем-либо “на ты”
9. nickname прозвище, кличка
10. be named after smb. быть названным в честь кого-то
11. namesake тёзка
12. pet name уменьшительно-ласкательное имя
13. false name/pseudonym [′sju:dənım] псевдоним
14. one’s middle name (infl) главная черта характера
E.g. Generosity is her middle name.
AGE
1. newborn baby/newborn новорожденный
2. toddler ребенок начинающий ходить
3. child/kid (infml) малыш, ребёнок (5-13 лет)
4. be in one’s teens быть подростком
5. adolescence [ˌædə′lesns] юность
6. youth, in one’s youth юность, в юности
7. be under age быть несовершеннолетним
8. come of age достигнуть совершеннолетия
9. at the age of 20 в возрасте двадцати лет
10. twentieth birthday двадцатилетие
11. be over 20 за 20/20 с лишним
12. be in one’s mid (middle) twenties около двадцати пяти лет
13. adult (n, a)/grown up (n, a) взрослый
14. mature зрелый
15. be a (wo)man of 30/be 30 years of age быть в возрасте тридцати лет
/be a 30-year-old (wo)man
16. be in one’s early forties чуть более сорока
17. be in one’s prime быть в расцвете лет
18. be in one’s late forties около пятидесяти
19. middle aged/elderly lady/man пожилая женщина/пожилой мужчина
20. pensioner/retired (wo)man пенсионер
21. look/not look one’s age выглядеть/не выглядеть на свой возраст
22. retirement выход на пенсию/ в отставку
23. ancestors предки
24. die of old age/of an illness умереть от старости/ от болезни
Cultural Note
Many people in the UK and the US feel uncomfortable talking about death, and when someone has died, people sometimes say that they have ‘passed away’ or ‘passed on’ to avoid mentioning death directly. People also say that someone is ‘gone’ or ‘no longer with us’ to mean that they have died.
23. generation поколение
24. be (of) the same age as быть одного возраста
25. be 5 years older/younger than/ быть на 5 лет старше/младше кого-либо
be 5 years one’s senior/junior
26. be a year apart с разницей в возрасте в один год
27. be twice/double smb’s age быть вдвое старше кого-либо