My Aunt Emily

Of all my relatives, I like my Aunt Emily the best. She’s my mother’s youngest sister. She has never married, and she lives alone in a small village. She’s in her fifties, but she is still quite young in spirit. She has a fair complexion, thick brown hair which she wears short, and dark brown eyes. She has a kind face, and when you meet her, the first thing you notice is her lovely, warm smile. Her face is a little wrinkled now, but I think she is still rather attractive. She is the sort of person you can always go to if you have a problem.

She likes reading and gardening, and she goes for long walks over the hills with her dog. She’s a very active person. Either she is making something, or mending something or doing something to help others. She does the shopping for some of the old people in the village. She’s extremely generous, but not very tolerant with the people who don’t agree with her. I hope that I am as happy and cheerful as she is when I’m her age.

1) Go through the text again and find:

a) the sentences which describe her physical appearance;

b) the sentences which describe her character;

c) the sentences which describe her habits.

2) Think of someone in your family. Write a similar description of a member of your family. Include the following: your opinion of the person, ­ physical description, ­ his or her character, habits, likes and dislikes, why you chose that person

XVIII. In the following dialogue, a police officer is questioning an eye-witness. After you have read it, look at the drawings and pick out the person you think the witness is describing.

Police officer: How old do you think he was?

Witness: Well, he was quite young. In his late twenties, I'd say.

Police officer: And was he tall?

Witness: Yes, quite tall; taller than me, anyway. I'm 160 cm so he must have been about 175 to 180.

Police officer: What about his build?

Witness: Well, he was fairly slim. Not a bit muscular. Maybe even a bit skinny.

Police officer: And what did he look like?

Witness: Not very handsome. He had dark hair, but I can't really remember if it was long or short. But it was swept back. He didn't have a fringe or anything.

Police officer: And did you notice what he was wearing?

Witness: Oh yes! He was wearing jeans and this horrible striped sweater. Oh, and he had white trainers too.

Police officer: Anything else?

Witness: No, I don't think so. Oh, wait! He had an earring. In his left ear, I think.

Police officer: Right, thank you. You've been very helpful.

Now make up and act out your own dialogues, using the given pictures. Whoever takes the part of the policeman must ask the questions and pick out the person he or she thinks the witness is describing. When you have done it once, change parts and do it again.

Here are the questions the police officer asks:

How old was (s)he?

Was (s)he tall/short?

What about his/her build?

What did (s)he look like?

What was (s)he wearing?

Anything else you can remember?

XIX. Give plural forms of the following nouns: child, family, fish, foot, life, leave, wife, toy, tooth, furniture, man, woman, country, hobby, niece, bookshelf.

XX. Open the brackets.

1. This pair of sunglasses (be) really expensive. I'm not paying that much!

2. These scissors (be) blunt. Get me another pair.

3. That jacket you're wearing is really nice but those green jeans (be) horrible.

4. Physics (be) the study of the natural world.

5. A lot of the news we hear on the TV (be) bad. It's so depressing.

7. People (be) are always likely to tell lies to protect themselves.

8. Think carefully before you spend that amount of money. A thousand pounds (be) a lot!

XXI. Give the correct genitive form.

1) This is ___ book. (Peter)

2) Let's go to the __ (Smiths)

3) The __ room is upstairs. (children)

4) __ sister is twelve years old. (John)

5) __ and __ school is old. (Susan - Steve)

6) __ shoes are on the second floor. (men)

7) My __ car was not expensive. (parents)

8) __ CD player is new. (Charles)

9) This is the __ bike. (boy)

10) These are the __ pencils. (boys)

XXII. Open the brackets.

1) I (go) to the library twice a week.

2) He always (play) football well.

3) We often (travel) to Spain in winter.

4) Listen! Our aunt (speak) German.

5) Their parents (work) in a bank.

6) Look! She (smoke).

7) Her stepbrother (like) literature.

8) His uncle (have) a BMW.

9) They (dislike) foreign languages.

10) My nephew (cook) Chinese food at the moment.

XXIII. Render into English.

1) У мене є тітка і дядько. Вони стоматологи. Зараз вони лікують зуби своїм пацієнтам. Вони не працюють у суботу і неділю.

2) У мене є племінник. Йому за 20. Він офіціант. Він подає їжу і напої у ресторані в даний момент. Він дуже захоплюється музикою.

3) У мене є два дідусі. Їм між 60 і 65 роками. Вони - моряками. Вони цікавляться кораблями.

4) Його дядько таксист. Він має старий автомобіль. Він працює 5 днів на тиждень. Зараз він веде новий автомобіль.

5) Мій вітчим захоплюється автомобілями. Він часто ремонтує свій автомобіль. Якраз зараз він знову займається ремонтом.

6) Вона хірург. Вона людина середнього віку. Вона робить операції щотижня. Зараз вона проводить дуже складну операцію.

7) Моя невістка секретар. Вона друкує листи і організовує зустрічі. Вона і мій син мають новонароджену дитину.

8) Хто ти за професією? – Я поліцейський. – Тобі подобається твоя робота? – Так. Я ловлю злочинців і захищаю людей.

9) Ми не палимо. Ми цікавимося спортом і музикою. Зараз ми займаємося дайвінгом.

10) Ти захоплюєшся музикою? – Так. Інколи я пишу пісні і музику. Зараз я працюю над новою піснею.

11) Моя племінниця не грає у футбол. Їй подобається теніс.

12) Вони часто проводять час із своїми дідусем і бабусею.

13) Моя родина має багато родичів і друзів. Зараз ми організовуємо пікнік.

14) Моя сестра неповнолітня. Вона відвідує пансіонат. Вона не любить історію. Вона знаходить її нудною.

15) Її другий чоловік комп’ютерний програміст. У нього є дочка. Вона любить свою падчерку. В даний момент вони читають цікаву книгу.

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