My family

Vocabulary

mother - мать

father - отец

daughter - дочь son - сын

grandmother – бабушка

grandfather - дедушка

brother - брат

sister - сестра

aunt - тётя .

uncle - дядя

cousin - двоюродный брат (сестра)

mother-in-law - свекровь, тёща

father-in-law - свекр, тесть

nephew - племянник

niece - племянница

sister-in-law - свояченица, золовка

brother-in-law - шурин, деверь

stepmother - мачеха

stepfather - отчим

stepson - пасынок

stepdaughter - падчерица

teacher - учитель

doctor - врач

engineer - инженер

driver - шофер

book-keeper - бухгалтер

worker - рабочий

lawyer - адвокат, юрист

manager - управляющий

painter - художник

builder - строитель

actor - актер, артист

actress - актриса

cook - повар

architect - архитектор

pianist - пианист (ка)

pilot - лётчик

typist - машинистка

clerk - клерк, служащий

plumber – водопроводчик

banker – банкир

siblings – братья и сестры

secretary - секретарша

policeman - полицейский

saleswoman – продавщица

to meet somebody -познакомиться с кем-либо

to be from some place - быть уроженцем какого-либо места

to live in a hall of residence - жить в общежитии

to rent a room - снимать комнату

to be married to smb. - быть замужем (жена­тым) за кем-то (на ком-то)

to be single - быть незамужем (неженатым)

to be fond of - любить что-либо, нравиться

to be good at smth. - иметь способности к чему-либо

to make coffee (tea) - приготовить кофе (чай)

to switch on (a TV, radio set) - включать (теле­визор, радиоприемник)

to wash up - мыть посуду (после еды)

to cook meals - готовить еду

to do one's room - убирать в комнате

to do housework - делать работу по дому

to leave school - кончать школу

to be ... years old - быть такого-то возраста

I'm twenty - мне двадцать лет

to be one's senior (junior) - быть старше (младше) кого-то

Sorry to say but I don't know this man. - К сожа­лению, я не знаю этого человека

Come and see me, let's say, on Sunday - Прихо­дите ко мне, скажем, в воскресенье.

Read and translate the text. Learn it by heart.

Let me introduce myself. My name is Alexander, Alec for short. My full name is Alexander Sergeyevich Orlov. Orlov is my surname, Alexander is my first name and Sergeyevich is my patronymic. I am not yet nineteen.

At the moment I am a first-year student at the Univer­sity.

My parents have two more children besides me. Thus I have got an older brother and a younger sister. My sister Helen is just out of school. She is seventeen. She is a pretty girl with brown hair and soft dark-brown, eyes. Her dream is to become a pianist.

Мy brother, whose name is Michael, is eight years my senior. He is twenty-seven already. He is a builder. He is married and has a family of his own. They are four in the family. He has a wife and two children — a son and a daughter. They are twins. They are lovely little children with golden hair and dark-blue eyes. They are always full of joy and gaiety. His wife's name is Nina. She is a surgeon by profession. They are not in St.Petersbourg. They are in the Far East.

My parents are not old at all. Father is fifty, and Mother is three years his junior. My grandparents are already pensioners but they are still full of life and energy. They have a house in the country. Aunt Mary is with them.

She is a pleasant-looking woman of about forty. Uncle Nick, her husband, is a librarian. He is a clever man but a little unpractical. Aunt Mary, on the other hand, is very practical and full of common sense.

They have a son. He is my cousin. Peter is nineteen, tall, and a fine manly fellow. He is at the University and he wants to be a chemist. He is a clever, hard-working student, a first-class footballer, and a good runner. He is strong, quiet and thoughtful like his father.