6. Fill in the gaps in the sentences with proper prepositions:

1. Hello, I’m Alice Johnson. I’m … Pittsburg. I am a lawyer. I am interested … economics. I am fond … sports. I am keen … tennis. I am brave but I am afraid … black cats.

2. Hello, this is my cousin James Brown. He’s … Vancouver. He’s a dentist. He’s interested … music. He’s fond … jazz. He’s keen … golf. He isn’t a coward but he is afraid … height.

3. Hello, this is my elder sister. Her name is Ann Lyndon. She is … Seattle. She is an accountant. She is interested … classical music and fond … jazz. She is keen … accounting and she is afraid … public speaking.

4. Let me introduce my younger brothers, Steve and Bob. They are twins. They are college students. They are interested … different kinds of sports. Steve is keen … American football and Bob is keen … soccer. They both are fond … Metallica. And they are afraid … nothing.

5. I want you to meet Andy. He is my best friend. He is an IT specialist. He is fond … computers. He is keen … information technology. He is interested … methods of fighting computer viruses. I think he is a little afraid … crowded places.

7. Translate from Russian into English.

1. Мы – одногрупники. Вы одногрупники? Мы соседи по комнате. Они соседи по комнате? Вы соседи по комнате? Он из твоей группы? Мы из разных групп. Мой брат – первокурсник ДВГУПС. Её сестра – второкурсница. Вы на первом курсе? Они на третьем курсе? Они выпускники?

2. Мы – родственники. Они – мои родители. Они – муж и жена. Они – не муж и жена. Мы – их родители. Она была его женой. Он был ее мужем. Они были мужем и женой. Вы будете мужем и женой. Они не будут мужем и женой. Они будут твоими свекром и свекровью. Они будут супругами? Вы были супругами? Вы – мои дядя и тетя. Они – мои племянники. Вы мои племянницы. Вы мои родители?

3. Мы – соседи. Они тоже соседи. Они наши соседи. Они были нашими соседями. Он – мой сосед. Они – близкие (close) друзья. Мы будем соседями. Он твой сосед? Они были вашими соседями? Ты будешь его соседом? Мы не ваши соседи. Мы не будем вашими соседями.

4. Вы будете коллегами. Она – моя коллега. Они были коллегами. Я его коллега. Мы не коллеги, мы друзья. Он твой коллега? Они твои коллеги? Он не был моим коллегой, он был коллегой моего отца (father’s).

What are we like? what do we look like?

8. Read the text and translate it into Russian. What Makes People Different?

Just look around – there are a lot o faces around: fair, friendly, handsome, plain or thoughtful. It is obvious that we look different and it is very good – otherwise how would we distinguish ourselves from one another? The first thing we remember about new people in our life is what they look like. We try to remember their appearance to recognize when we see them next time. But different looks are not the only thing that make us different – we behave differently because we have different characters.

If we were asked to rank how happy we are from a scale of 1 to 10, the numbers would differ across the group. People are very interested in what makes us different from the person sitting next to us. Our success and failure in life is also very interesting. You don’t have to ask people. We can look at our relationships, how they begin, how they end and our job satisfaction.

Psychologists are sure that the root of all human differences is personality. One way to characterize personality is in terms of people’s style with dealing with the world and particularly with other people. Take a simple character you know of and you can talk about that person’s personality.

You can talk about it in terms of being impulsive, irresponsible, sometimes lazy, or good hearted. You can compare one person’s personality with other people’s personalities such as your colleagues or neighbours. “She is wonderful” or “He is responsible and reliable and very kind and different from his brother”.

When we talk about personality we are talking about traits of character – something that we carry with us across situations and time. There is no shortage of personality tests. You can get them everywhere including the web – like “which superhero are you?” (Superman, Spiderman or Captain America?) and find out that “you are Batman, dark, eager to help the innocent and love gadgets”. Or you can try to make out whether you are “cool” or not. Some people take the tests seriously, and some people don’t.

And what about you?

Adapted from: http://lingualeo.ru/jungle

9. Vocabulary Pages 3 and 4 “Appearance” and “Personal Traits” contain lists of words and word combinations used for describing people. Study the vocabulary and use it in descriptions of your friends, group-mates or relatives. The sample descriptions below may be of help:

1. My roommate July is about 18 – well, she is in her late teens. She’s pretty tall with really good figure. She has a kind of pretty oval-shaped face with a little turned up nose and long wavy dark hair. She is quick-witted and sociable.

2. My grandpa is a terrific person. He’s elderly but not really old. He is in his early sixties. I should say he bears his age well. He is cheerful, friendly and helpful. He has white hair and beard. He has kind grey eyes and a lot of wrinkles. But they are not frown lines? They are smile lines. He wears glasses.

3. My friend is a broad-shouldered sporty guy. He is in his early twenties but looks a bit older. He has a long face with a scar on the forehead. He has dark curly hair and wears it short. He is well-mannered and trustworthy but sometimes stubborn and tough.

4. My teacher is very sophisticated. She is always well-dressed and attractive. She is in her late forties or early fifties, but looks much younger. Her face is always slightly made up and her straight hair is always neat. She is smart, tactful and outgoing.

5. Our neighbor Mrs. Swartz is in her late sixties but she has an imperial bearing. She always wears dark clothes. Her grey curly hair is dyed a pale blue colour and she wears it short. Her pale face is covered with deep wrinkles. Sometimes it seems to me that these are the wrinkles of grief. Her eyes behind thick glasses look suspicious. She seems a stubborn and quarrelsome person and all residents of the house try to avoid her but I think she is simply very lonely.