UNIT 1. Professional Etiquette

I. Words and word combinations:

first of all	перш за все
to introduce	представляти, знайомити.
surname	прізвище
to be born	народитись
slender	стрункий
good-natured	добродушний
easy-going	безпечний, спокійний, безтурботний
kid	дитина
to be married	бути одруженим
wife	дружина
experienced	досвідчений, кваліфікований.
to attend	відвідувати
to retire	вийти на пенсію
secondary school	середня школа
to pass entrance examinations	складати вступні іспити
successfully	успішно
to enter	вступати
practical class	практичне заняття
to be going	збиратися
to be interested in	виявляти інтерес, цікавитися
to graduate from	закінчити

II. Read the text and be ready to the tasks:

First of all let me introduce myself. I am Olya Orlova. I am Ukrainian. I was born in Kharkiv. My family is neither large nor small. There are five of us – my mother, my father, my brother, my sister and I. We are an average Ukrainian family. Our family is very friendly. My mother is rather slender, blue-eyed and dark-haired. She is good-natured and an easy-going person. She is a teacher of English at the University. My father is an engineer. He is very experienced and has a senior position at his office. He is tall, dark-eyed and fair-haired. He is also handy with many things. My parents are 45. They have much in common, but they have different views on music, books, films and sports. My parents have two more kids besides me. Thus I have an elder brother Konstantin and a younger sister Natasha. My sister is a schoolgirl in the ninth form. She does well at school and gets only good and excellent marks. My brother is five years my senior. So he is twenty-two already. He is married and has a family of his own. He works as a credit inspector at the State Bank. His wife Nina is a telephone-operator. They have a daughter, who was born two years ago and now the pet of our family. My grandparents are have already retired, but they are still full of life and energy. I have many relatives – aunts, uncles, cousins.

At the age of seven I went to the secondary school. After finishing school I entered Kharkiv Trade and Economics College. I successfully passed my entrance exams and now I am a first-year student. І am going to be a technologist. I study many special and general subjects. I attend lectures, seminars and practical classes. I live far away from the college. That’s why I usually get there by subway and trolley-bus. I am interested in books and movies and I watch a lot of films on TV in the evening. Sometimes I go to a dancing or a party where I meet my friends and mates. From time to time I go to the cinema or to the theatre or visit my relatives. In three years I shall graduate from my college and I’ll work in the field of food industry. I think my speciality is very interesting and it is important and necessary for people.

III. Match the given Ukrainian words with their English equivalents:

племінниця husband

дочка twins

вітчим aunt

дядько niece

родич half-sister

тітка uncle

племінник stepfather

чоловік nephew

близнюки relative

зведена сестра daughter

IV. Decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F):

1. We are a family of five.

2. My father works as a surgeon at a hospital.

3. He is a bread-maker in our family.

4. My mother is a pleasant-looking woman of about 40.

5. I have got two brothers and a sister.

6. My grandparents have already retired.

7. My grandparents always listen to my endless stories about my friends and my student life.

8. My hobby is painting and collecting stamps.

9. I am going to be an economist.

10. We are a united and friendly family.

V. Complete the following sentences using the information about your own family:

1. I am…

2. I was born…

3. In my childhood I used to…

4. I didn’t use to like…, but now I think it’s OK

5. My family is… There are…

6. I have got…

7. I am fond of…

8. I study…

9. To be a good specialist it is necessary…

10. In three years I’ll …

VI. Answer the following questions:

1. What is your first name?

2. How old are you?

3. Is your family large? How many of you are there in the family?

4. Have you got any brothers or sisters?

5. What are your parents? Where do they work?

6. Do you spend a lot of time with your family?

7. What sort of things do you do together?

8. What are you interested in?

9. What are you going to be?

10.Have you ever wanted to be an only child in the family? Why? Why not?

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