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9) Baltimore is not far from Washington.
10) Be quiet!
11) You knows as much as I do.
12) Who has eaten all the grapes?
LESSON 2
Task 1. Answer the questions.
1) Do you live with your family?
2) Is your family large?
3) How many people are there in your family? Who are they?
4) Do you have any brothers or sisters?
5) Who is the youngest in your family?
6) Who do you look like?
7) Have you got a pet?
8) What is your brother’s (sister’s) hobby?
9) What is your mother’s (father’s) occupation?
Task 2. Interview your groupmates. Find someone in your group whose family is large, ( whose mother’s name is Mary, whose father is a doctor, who has relatives abroad, whose hobby is cooking ).
Use the phrases: – May I ask you a question?
– Yes, certainly
– Have you got… ( What is your …? What is … hobby?)
– Really?
Task 3. Complete the table.
Task 4. Memorize the following words and phrases:
1. relative [?rel?tiv] – родственник; distant/close [?dist?nt] [kl?us] дальний/близкий
2. to be married [?m?rid] – быть замужем (женатым)
3. to get married – пожениться
4. to be single [?singl] – быть не замужем (не женатым)
5. to follow family customs [?k?st?mz] – соблюдать семейные традиции
6. to take after his (her) mother (father) in character – унаследовать характер матери (отца)
7. to look like smb. – быть похожим на …
8. close – дружный
9. to be bossy [bosi] – любить командовать, быть властным
10. old-fashioned [??uld?f???nd] – старомодный, старинный
11. to earn [?: n] money [?m?ni] – зарабатывать деньги
12. to take care [k??] of – заботиться
13. to keep a family – содержать семью
14. to keep house – вести хозяйство
15. leisure [?le??] – досуг; at leisure – на досуге
16. to bring up children – воспитывать детей
17. to spend time (spent, spent) – проводить время
18. mutual [?mju:t?u?l] respect – взаимоуважение; to respect – уважать
19. to make up a quarrel [?kwor?l] – уладить ссору
20. to argue [?a: gju: ] – спорить
21. to be cross with smb. – сердиться на кого-л.
22. to celebrate [?selibreit] a jubilee [??u: bili: ] – праздновать юбилей
23. to have (give) a party – устраивать вечеринку
24. pocket [?pokit] money – карманные деньги
25. to hate doing smth. – ненавидеть (что-либо делать)
26. to enjoy [in??oi] – наслаждаться
27. to be proud [praud] of – гордиться
28. to be missing – скучать
29. family tree – семейное дерево
30. to get on with smb. – ладить, хорошо общаться
31. to annoy – раздражать
Task 5. Finish up the sentences.
1) My mother has got a sister. She is my …
2) I have got a brother. His wife is my …
3) My aunt’s children are my …
4) I have got a sister. Her son is my …
5) My father has got a brother. He is my …
6) My mother has got a father. He is my …
7) My cousin is fond of …
Task 6. Complete the sentences:
a) I hate it when my sister (brother, nephew…) …
b) I don’t like people who …
c) It realy annoys my mother (dad) when I (my friends, people) …
d) I enjoy …
For ideas: talk too loudly, always arrive late, leave things on the floor, always on the phone, watch sport on TV, driving a car, swimming.
Task 7. Divide the following words into two groups: 1) work 2) hobby ( Can one and the same word go into both groups?)
Swimming, knitting, repairing, reading, dancing, driving a car, working in the garden, translating, computer, cooking.
Task 8. Translate the phrases. Make up sentences with them.
A friend of my aunt, to speak of something, one of them; to operate by hand, to speak by telephone, to sit by the window, a book by Tolstoy; to speak about my family, he is about thirty; to speak to my mother, to write with a pencil, to get on with everybody.
Task 9. Translate the sentences.
1) Моя мама – учитель. 2) Мы с отцом любим футбол. 3) У моей тёти очень много старинных вещей. 4) Аня пошла в мать характером. 5) Моё хобби – компьютерные игры. 6) Моя сестра – экономист. У неё есть малыш. Её свекровь помогает ей с ним. Я тоже люблю моего племянника. 7) Мой дедушка – фермер. 8) Я терпеть не могу готовить на всю семью. 9) Что труднее: зарабатывать деньги или воспитывать детей? 10) Я старшая, поэтому мне приходится улаживать споры. 11) Мы гордимся нашим дедушкой.
Task 10. In pairs, act out and translate the dialogues.
a) – Have you got a large family?
– No, my family is rather small: my wife, my only son and I.
– What is your son’s name? How old is he? What is his hobby?
– Not so many questions at once. My son, Alec, is eleven and he is fond of computer games.
b) – Is your family large?
– Not very large. There are four of us: my wife, my two children and I.
– How old are your children?
– My son is fourteen and my daughter is twenty.
– What do they do?
– My son is a schoolboy. My daughter is a student.
– I see.
c) – Do you often see the Browns?
– Yes, I do.
– What do they do?
– Mr Brown is a doctor and works at the hospital all day.
– And what about his wife, Mrs Brown?
– Oh, she isn’t working now. She has a baby.
– I see.
d) – Hi, Mary! Is your son at home?
– Yes, he is. What’s the matter?
– I want to introduce him to my daughter.
– Really? And what does she like doing?
– Well, she likes dancing, singing songs, and going to parties…
– Oh, my son doesn’t like dancing, he doesn’t sing songs and he doesn’t like going out.
– And what does he like then?
– He’s fond of reading, cooking, and working in the garden.
