XII. Дополните предложения, выбрав правильный вариант ответа:

A) 1.Excuse me, Mr Blake, but there is a\an ____ message for you from your wife.

a. vital b. hasty c. important d. urgent

2. If you work for smb, then you are____ .

a. a slave b. unemployed c. an employer d. an employee

3. I was very ____ for all the advice she gave me.

a. glad b. grateful c. in debt d. pleased

4. Mr and Mrs Grove were very ____ when their dog died.

a. anxious b. upset c. confused d. disappointed

B) 1. Don`t tell Jack about John and Mary. You know he can`t ____ a secret.

a. hold b. keep

2.You`ll have to use the stairs. The lift is out of ____ .

a. work b. order

3. May I borrow your pen? I seem to have ____ mine at home.

a. left b. forgotten

4. “Can you tell me where she lives?” ____ the policeman.

a. inquired b. pleaded

XIII. Переведите текст и составьте свои собственные предложения с выражениями, выделенными курсивом: the american family

Belonging to a family is one bond everyone in the world shares, but family patterns vary from country to country. Nine out of ten people in the USA live as members of families and they value their families highly. “Families”, they say, “give us a sense of belonging and tradition, strength and purpose. The things we need most deeply in our lives – love, communication, respect and good relationships – have their beginnings in the family”. Families serve many functions. They provide conditions in which children can be born and brought up. Parents teach their children values (that is, what they think is important) as well as daily skills. They also teach them common practices and customs, such as respect for elders and celebrating holidays. But the most important job for the family is to give emotional support and security”.

A traditional American family is one in which both parents are living together with their children. The father goes out and works and the mother stays home and brings up the children. There are usually two children in the family. But most American families today don`t fit this image. The biggest change is that in many families both parents work. The majority of women say that they work because it is an economic necessity. Certainly, when both parents work, they have less time to spend with their children and with each other. Often families stop eating their meals together and thereby lose an important time to share the events of the day. Nearly half of the children are cared for by grandparents, daycare centers or baby-sitters. Some companies are trying to help working parents by offering flexible work hours.

Another big change in American family life is the increase in the number of families that are headed by only one person, usually the mother. Getting a divorce is quite easy, but is one of the most stressful events in the life of grown-ups. Many divorced men are required by law to help their wives support their children, but not all of them fulfill this responsibility and a lot of mothers have financial difficulties. Some of these difficulties are relieved by government programmes providing help to low-income families, but still, poverty affects the way in which the children in these families grow up.

Many single adult Americans today are waiting longer to get married because they want to graduate from a university or college, others want to become more established in their chosen profession.

The parents` role is finished when they`ve brought up their children to the end of formal education. After their graduation the children often try to achieve complete independence, leaving home and even the native town.