Прочитайте предложения и перефразируйте выделенные слова по образцу: He is а blond. - He has blond hear

1. What is your friend’s appearance like? 2. My cousin is a blonde. 3. John’s wife was a real beauty. 4 My sister’s husband is a good-looking man. 5. His niece is a brunette. 6. The boxer was broad in the shoulders. 7. A tall man with round facemet us in the doorway. 8. Her pretty face, her golden curls seemed to give delight to all who looked at her.

Creative reading

7. Some people believe you can judge someone’s character from features of their face or body. This is called physiognomy. Read the text quickly, and match each part to one of the headings from ex. 8:

Face to face

a). They often had a pear-shaped head. They are intelligent but can also be absent-minded. They like to spend time at home where they can think in peace and quiet. Most of the time they are either thinking, studying or sleeping. They remain single, or put off getting married till later in life.

b). They are well-built and courageous and they do not lack self-confidence. They are easily insulted and get angry quickly. They are quite hard-working at school or at work, but without overdoing it. They enjoy the simple life. They do not often become rich.

c). They are a bit overweight. They are adaptable and know how to do a good job, though they are not very energetic. They are easy-going and get on well with people. They often do well in business. On the negative side, they can occasionally be self-centered and insensitive towards others.

d). They tend to be thin. They are inflexible and do not change their ideas easily. They are usually honest. They take their time doing things and not learn quickly. Their thin lips suggest a certain coldness or hardness of character. They often make good farmers, engineers or administrators.

e). The full, fleshy lips and the prominent jaw are usually signs of sincerity, warmth and strong emotions of the romantic variety. These types are outgoing and sociable. They often get married young. Although they may not shine, they will do well both at work and at play.

f). The distinguishing feature of this type is that the width and height of the face are roughly the same. They give impression of being melancholy. They are usually red-faced and look healthy. The have large, dark eyes and bushy eyebrows. They have a wide nose and large mouth. These types are tough and determined, even aggressive. They strike first and ask questions later.

g). This type has a triangular face, with a wide forehead and very narrow chin. They usually have even, well-shaped features, except for their mouth, which will be either too small or too big. Their eyes are large and often very dark. Their nose is narrow at the top but has wide nostrils. Their personality is bright and cheerful, but they can also be tense and edgy. They think a lot and take part in a lot of what goes around them.

8) Переведите на русский язык типы темпераментов:

A The passionate type

B The bony type

C The brainy type

D The muscular type

E The criminal type

F The plump type

G The happy type

H The quarrelsome type

9) Прочитайте текст и перескажите его на английском:

About myself

Let me introduce myself. My name is Alex, my surname or last name is Voronin.

I am twenty years old. I was born on the 2^nd of October in 1987 in Orenburg.

It is situated on the Ural – river, it is a very beautiful and modern town. Now let me describe my appearance. I am tall and slim and have fair hair and blue eyes.

I think I am just good-looking. My friends say that I am handsome. I am kind, communicative and funny to be with. I have many friends. They like to spend time with me because I am easy to go along, I can tell a lot of interesting things and give a good advice. I love sport and music. I go in for football and hockey. I love to listen to modern music and dance. I dance a lot and I hope I’m good at it. Last summer I have finished school. I did well in all the subjects but my favourite were Computer Science and Mathematics. I also enjoyed English lessons.

I am very much interested in learning English because I want to be a successful specialist. I think that the knowledge of foreign language helps in everyday life and career. Now I am a first-year student at the Orenburg State Agrarian University. In three years and a half I’ll be an engineer. I think that education is very important nowadays. I’ll try my best to get a good education.

Answer the questions

1. Where and when were you born ?

2. How old are you ?

3. Have you got a family ?

4. How many people are there in your family ?

5. Do you have brothers, sisters, grandparents in your family ?

6. Where do you live ?

7. Did you study well at school ?

8. What school did you finish ?

Vocabulary

Let me introduce myself Позвольте мне представиться

surname (last name) фамилия

to be born родиться

to be situated находиться (располагаться)

to describe appearance описывать внешность

tall / short высокий / низкий (о росте)

slim /stout / plump / fat стройный / коренастый / полный

fair / dark / curly светлые / темные / кудрявые

attractive привлекательный (-ая)

pretty красивая

handsome красивый

to think думать

good-looking хорошо выглядящий

to go in for … заниматься

to be interested in … интересоваться

to do well успевать (хорошо учиться)

to want to be (become) хотеть быть (стать)

to be good at … хорошо получаться

to enjoy … / to like нравиться

first-year student первокурсник

to get an education получить образование

fun to be with веселый человек

to spend time проводить время

easy to go along легкий в общении

merry веселый

funny смешной

quiet спокойный

smart / clever / bright сообразительный / умный

stupid / silly тупой / глупый

boring скучный

impulsive импульсивный

rude грубый

shy скромный

active активный

talkative / communicative / разговорчивый / общительный

to try the best делать всё возможное

successful успешный

10. Ответьте на вопросы:

1) What is your name and surname?

2) Where and when were you born?

3) How old are you?

4) Have you got a family?

5) Where do you live?

6) Where do your parents live?

7) Did you study well at school?

8) What educational establishments (учебные заведения) have you finished?

9) What was your favourite subject?

10) What do you like to read?

11) What sport do you go in for?

12) Do you like cinema? What is your favourite film?

13) What is your hobby?

14) How do you like to spend week-ends?

15) Have you got friends?

16) What is your best feature of character (черта характера)?

17) What is your worst feature of character?

18) What subjects are you interested in?

19) What books are you interesting in?

20) What are you going to be?

21) What characteristics should have an ideal friend?

22) Have your got a dream?

23) What are you dreaming to be in 10 years?

24) What professions are in order (востребованы) today to your mind?

25) What person do you want to be alike (быть похожим)?

Members of the family and relatives – члены семьи и родственники:

parents-родители

father-отец

mother-мать

sister-сестра

brother-брат

son-сын

daughter-дочь

grandfather-дедушка

great- grandchildren-правнуки

uncle-дядя

aunt-тетя

nephew-племянник

niece-племянница

grandparents-дедушка и бабушка

great- grandfather-прадед

great- grandmother –прабабушка

cousin-двоюродный брат и сестра

granddaughter-внучка

grandchildren-внуки

second cousin-троюродный брат и сестра

elder-старший (о членах семьи)

the eldest-самый старший

Relations by marriage – родственники по браку:

husband- муж, супруг wife-жена

father-in-law- свекор, тесть

mother-in law-свекровь, теща

son- in-law-зять

daughter-in-law- невестка, сноха

brother-in-law-1. зять; 2. шурин, свояк, деверь

sister-in-law-1.невестка (жена брата) 2. золовка, свояченица

Step relations – сводные родственники:

stepmother-мачеха

stepfather-отчим

stepchildren-неродные дети

stepbrother- сводный брат

stepsister-сводный сестра

stepson-пасынок

stepdaughter-падчерица

to be single- быть неженатым

1) Supply the missing words:

Mr and Mrs. Dale live in London. They are married. Mr Dale is Mrs. Dale’s…, and Mrs. Dale is Mr Dale is….They have four children: Henry, John, Mary and Jane. Mr Dale is their… and Mrs. Dale is their….Mr and Mrs. Dale are their .... The four children are … and …; Henry and John are the two ... of Mr and Mrs. Dale; Mary and Jane are the two .... Mary is the eldest child, and Jane is the youngest.

Mr Dale's father is very old; his name is George. He lives with the family. George Dale is the ... of the four children.

Mrs. Dale has a mother; she is the … of the four children. Her name is Mrs. Field. Henry and John are the... of old Mr Dale and of old Mrs. Field; Mary and Jane are their ….

Mr Dale has a brother and a sister. His brother's name is Richard Dale, and his ... name is Helen. His sister is married. She married Mr White and so she is called ... White. Richard Dale is the ... of the four children. Mrs. White is the ... of the four children. Her ... Mr White is another uncle of the four children.

Mr Richard Dale has two children: Edward and Rose. These two
children are the ... of Henry, John, Mary and Jane. Edward is a…
and Rose is a …

2) Answer the questions:

1) Have you got a sister or a brother?

2)Have you got an elder sister or a younger sister/brother?

3) Has your cousin a wife or a husband?

4) Do you want to have a son, a daughter or twins?

5) Have you any nephews or nieces? How can you characterize them?

6) What is your aunt?

7) What is your uncle?

8) Have you a second cousin?

9) What is your second cousin's name?

10) You are the eldest child in the family, aren't you?

11) You are the only child in the family, aren't you?

12) What names would you like to give to your son and daughter?

13) What qualities must a perfect wife have? Must she tell you everything?

14) What kind of character should an ideal husband have?

15) Have you got any relations by marriage?

16) Has anybody of your relatives stepchildren?

3) Use the information of the text to answer the following questions:

Translate the following: illegitimacy, remarriage, single parent, Family structure:

The British live longer, marry later, have fewer children and are more likely to get divorced than ever before. Young people leave home earlier, though not necessarily to get married. More women now go out to work and more people, especially the old, live alone. The nuclear family (parents and perhaps two children) has largely replaced the extended family where several generations lived together, but has also been partly replaced by patterns of remarriage where children with different parents may live together as a family for some or all of the time.

Although patterns are changing, most people in Britain still get married and have children and stay together until the end of their lives. People are marrying later: the average woman gets married at twenty-seven to a man who is just over two years older (although it is estimated that 40 per cent of couples live together before getting married). Mrs. Average now has her first child in her late twenties, but she will have only one or two children: one mother in four has more. Eight out of ten married women will have children at some point in their lives. And despite the changes in working habits it is usually the woman who has overall responsibility for domestic life: the traditional division of family responsibilities still persists.

Britain has one of the highest divorce rates in Western Europe approximately one in three marriages ends in divorce, half of them in the first ten years of marriage. As a result more people are getting remarried and there are now over 1.6 million single parents. There has also been a sharp rise in the rate of illegitimacy; by 1999 nearly 40 per cent of babies were born outside marriage.

a) Find four trends in family structure mentioned in the text.

b) At what age do people in Britain get married?

c) What is the difference between a nuclear and extended family?

4) Прочитайте предложение о том, кто есть кто в семье и заполните схему:

Peter is married to Ann. Their daughter^’s name is Laura.

Peter^’s parents are Jack and Rosy.

Ann^, s nephew^, s name is Leo. His mother, Julia, is Ann^, s sister.

Linda is Ann^’ s sister-in-law.

Alan^’s mother- in-law^’s name is Joan.

Jamie is Leo^’s cousin.

Bill is a grandfather of two grandsons and one granddaughter.

Peter

5) Головоломка. Ответьте на вопросы.

1. I am a man. If Larry^’s son is my son^’s father, what relationship am I to Larry?

a) his grandfather

b) his father

c) his son

d) his grandson

e) I am Larry

f) his uncle

2. I am a woman. If Mary is my granddaughter^’s aunt, what relationship am I to Mary?

a) her niece

b) her grandmother

c) her mother

d) her daughters

e) I am Mary

f) granddaughter

3. I am a man. If the nephew of my son^’s son is Will^’s son, what relationship am I to Will?

a) his uncle

b) his father

c) his cousin

d) I am Will
e) his son

f) his grandfather

4. I am a woman. If my son’s brother is Linda^’s husband, what relationship am I to Linda?

a) her aunt

b) her mother

c) I am Linda

d) her sister

e) her mother-in-law

f) her grandmother

5. I am a boy. If my brother^’s father is uncle to Tom’s cousin, what relationship am I to Tom?

a) his cousin

b) his brother

c) his father

d) I am Tom

e) his son

f) his uncle

6. I am a little girl. If my cousin^’s father is Lucy’s daughter’s uncle, what relationship am I to Lucy?

a) her daughter

b) her sister

c) her niece

d) I am Lucy

e) her cousin

f) her granddaughter

Education - Образование

Working day

1. Do you get up early ?

2. Is it easy for you to get up early ?

3. Do you wake up yourself or does your alarm clock wake you up ?

4. Do you do your morning exercises ?

5. What do you prefer: a hot or cold shower in the morning ?

6. How long does it take you to get dressed ?

7. What do you usually have for breakfast ?

8. Some people look through newspapers or listen to the latеst news on the radio while having breakfast. What about you ?

9. When do you usually leave your house ?

10. Do you work? If yes, where ?

11. How long does it take you to get to your University ( Institute ) ?

12. Do you go there by bus/trolley-bus or walk ?

13. Where do you usually have lunch ( dinner ) ?

14. What time do you come home ?

15. How long does it take you to do your homework ?

16. How do you usually spend your evenings ?

17. Do you have a lot of free time ?

18. Do you play any musical instrument ?

19. Are you fond of listening to music ?

20. What kind of music do you prefer ?

21. Do you collect anything ( stamps, records, postcards, coins, matchboxes, etc.) ?

My University