Step 2. Answer the questions below.

1. Have you ever tried to trace your genealogy line? Why? Why not?

2. What does your family name mean? How many family names of your ancestors do you know? Have your ancestors’ names ever been changed?

3. Do you know what country or countries your ancestors lived or came from? If yes, tell about them to your partner.

4. What is your family’s background?

5. Are you related to any historical figures or celebrities? If yes, tell about them to your partner.

6. Do you know about any ‘skeleton in the cupboard’ in your family history?

7. Are there any books or films about any member of your family?

8. Did your ancestors take part in any historical events? If you know about any, tell them to your partner.

9. Is it interesting for you to look at old family photographs? Why? Why not?

Step 3. Prepare a 3-minute presentation about your family’s genealogy. Include the answers to the questions in Step 2 into your presentation.

TASK 8. Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place in the passage below.

Part 1

date	approve	mature	attracted	romantic
break off	go out	relationship	drift apart	keen

Ann was a very _________ (1) girl who often dreamed of love and marriage. She was especially_________ (2) to a young man called Michael, who worked in the same office as she did, and he was very _________ (3) on her too. They became friendly, and one day Michael asked her to go out with him. Their first _________ (4) was a visit to the cinema, and they both enjoyed the evening so much that they decided to _________ (5) together regularly. Michael was a bit untidy and rather young, and Ann's parents didn't _________ (6) of him at first, but Ann was a sensible and _________ (7) girl so they had confidence in her. For a year or so everything went well, but then somehow they slowly began to _________ (8), until finally they decided to _________ (9) their _________ (10).

Part 2

bride	engaged	bridegroom	consent	propose
wedding	civil	reception	honeymoon	toast

One evening, although he was nervous, Joe decided to _________ (1) to his girlfriend, Linda. She accepted his proposal, they became _________ (2) and he gave her a ring. After a year they had saved enough money to get married. They were both over 18 so they did not need their parents' _________ (3). Some people have a religious ceremony with a priest, but Joe and Linda decided on a _________ (4) ceremony in a registry office. On the day of the _________ (5) Linda, the _________ (7), was very calm, but Joe, the _________ (6), was nervous. Afterwards, at the _________ (8), speeches were made and the guests drank a _________ (9) to the happy couple, who finally left for a _________ (10) in Spain.

TASK 9. Explain the difference between the following words and expressions.

1. to be fond of and to be in love with

2. to be separated and to be divorced

3. a fiancée/a fiancé and a bride and bridegroom

4. a mother, a step mother, a foster mother, an adoptive mother and a mother-in-law

5. a step child, and adopted child and a foster child

6. ancestors and descendents

7. a pet name and an nick name

8. a cousin and a cousin twice removed

9. a patronymic and a middle mane

10. a pseudonym and a maiden name

11. to be engaged and to be married

12. a love match and a marriage of convenience

13. to court somebody, to go out with somebody and to date with somebody

14. a spinster, a bachelor and a widow/widower, a grass widow

15. middle-aged people, elderly people and old people

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