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11. Give Russian equivalents of the following words and make sure you pronounce them correctly.

Heir, heiress, heirloom, heredity, hereditary, heritage, heritable, to inherit, inheritance, legacy.

12. Explain the difference between: heredity – heritage – inheritance – legacy. Fill in the gaps in the sentences below with the most suitable word.

1) Dan got a nice little ____ from his aunt.

2) Prince Charles is the ____ to the British thrown.

3) The doctor presumed the child had a rare ____ disease.

4)You can’t deny that his pictures are a part of our national ____.

5) I’ll never sell this wonderful fruit bowl. It’s our ____.

6) Being his only child and ____, Margaret was the apple of John’s eye.

7) ____ is a factor which may have a crucial influence on a person’s health.

8) Baronet is a British knight of the lowest rank, whose title is ____, i.e. can be passed on to his son when he dies.

9) If a person dies without making a will, his closest relatives will ____.

10) He will be able to dispose of the money as he’ll think it fit as soon as he comes into ____. But I suppose the ____ tax will be very high.

13. Comment or expand on the following sentences. Make use of your active vocabulary.

  1. He was unlike me both physically and temperamentally.

  2. A benign forgetfulness makes life easier…

  3. Even after I believed Samson to be forgiven … I could have done without the daily reminders of that past trauma.

  4. No doubt all manner of guilty feelings were at work below the surface of her mind.

  5. He began to misbehave, partly to grab my attention and partly to pay me back for favouring the cuckoo in the nest.

  6. I was very afraid that my relationship with Charley … would be damaged beyond repair by this potentially devastating assault from the past.

14. Discussion

1. How will you interpret the notion of a conscientious parent?

2. Sum up everything you know about the two sons in the family?

3. Why do you think the narrator considered the situation in the family complicated? Describe the relationships in the family: between the husband and wife, the parents and their sons, the two brothers.

4. What was the crucial factor that aggravated the family trouble?

5. Why did the father wish he hadn’t divulged to his sons the secret of Charley’s birth? Why did he try to delay it till the last possible moment? Do you think it was wise of him?

6. Do you share Lyle’s opinion that they had the right to steam the letter open? Why do you think her husband didn’t stop her? How can you account for his fear and resentment?

7. How will you interpret the author’s phrase “the lottery of genetics”? Which factor do you think comes first in good parent-child relationships: heredity, resemblance or spiritual kinship? Give illustrations to support your arguments.

15. Read the article THE INSTANT FAMILY THAT FELL APART (Reader) and do the following assignments.

1) Find in the text and translate the following words and expressions into Russian. Be ready to use them while discussing the article.

For the best of motives; to do smth with zeal; to take refuge from smb/smth; to spark a row; to have (no) social life; for fear of the consequences; emotionally-scarred children; to bond with one’s birth/ adoptive parents; to base one’s relations with smb on smth; to grow out of some problems/ behaviour; domestic violence; to dismiss a problem; to compensate for smth; to traumatize smb, recover from a trauma; to do smth under (the) strain (of smth); to have an insight into (the depth of) smth.

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