VI. Describe yourself and your family using active vocabulary.

MY FAMILY, FRIENDS AND ME

In this unit you will:

Listen, read and talk about…

- yourself and your family

- your friend’s character and appearance

- youth life and interests

- relationships with peers and relatives

Learn how to …

- describe people’s appearance and character

- find necessary information quickly

- avoid misunderstanding with peers and relatives

- describe the events in your life

MY FAMILY

I. Read and memorise the following words and word-combinations. Pay attention to the pronunciation of them:

name (first name)	имя
patronymic (middle name)	отчество
surname (second name)	фамилия
namesake	тезка
be born	родиться
birthday	день рождения
birthplace	место рождения
husband	муж
wife	жена
mother-in-law	свекровь, теща
father-in-law	свекор, тесть
sister-in-law	невестка (жена брата)
brother-in-law	зять (муж сестры)
daughter-in-law	жена сына, невестка, сноха
son-in-law	зять (муж дочери)
stepmother	мачеха
stepfather	отчим
a widow	вдова
a widower	вдовец
a bachelor	холостяк
single	неженатый мужчина; незамужняя женщина;
married	женатый; замужняя
aunt	тётя
uncle	дядя
cousin	двоюродный брат, кузен; двоюродная сестра, кузина
nephew	племянник
niece	племянница
twins	близнецы
to take after	пойти в кого либо
to divorce	развод
ex-wife / husband	бывшая супруга / муж
to be proud of smb	гордиться кем-л.
to dedicate	посвящать
diligent	старательный
to introduce	представлять
to be fond of	увлекаться
to take part in	принимать участие в
competition	соревнование
to be good friends with	быть хорошими друзьями
to be good at smth	уметь что либо хорошо делать
fiancée	невеста
fiancé	жених
remote kinsman	«десятая вода на киселе»
to be engaged	быть помолвленными

II. Read the text and pay attention to the active vocabulary given above:

Before I start speaking about my family let me introduce myself. I am Alex Petrov. Alex is my first name and Petrov is my surname. I am seventeen. I have left school this year and I'm going to be a student. I was born in Donetsk, so Donetsk is my native town.

I am not tall, dark-haired and blue-eyed young person. I like to wear jeans and T-shirts. I like pop, rock and classical music. My hobbies are sport and reading.

My family is not large but very friendly. I have got a father, a mother and a sister. I also have grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins.

First I am going to talk about my father. I am very proud of him because he is a sportsman. When he was young he was fond of sports, especially cycling and he decided to be a coach. Now he spends a lot of time with children, teaching them how to get good results and success riding a bicycle. He is a broad-shouldered, tall man with dark hair and grey eyes. His name is Alexander Ivanovich, he is forty-seven. He is very experienced and there are many pupils in his sportschool. There are even some sportsmen in his team who took part in Olympic Games. But we can hardly find him at home because he often has different competitions in other towns. When he is not busy we spend our time all together. We go to the Zoo, cinema, theatre or cafe.

Now a few words about my mother. Her name is Alla Victorovna. She is three years younger than my father. She is a teacher of music at school. My mother is a slim and pretty woman. She has fair hair and blue eyes. She is always elegant. She has a lot of work at school, but she tries to dedicate as much time as possible to me and my younger sister. My mother is very good at cooking and we help her with the housework.

My sister Helen is nine. She is a schoolgirl. My mother spends much time with her, but she is not a naughty child. She always does everything by herself. She is accurate and diligent. But I think she is rather funny. She has golden curly hair and blue eyes and she looks like my mother. We are good friends with my sister. We share our thoughts and have our own secrets.

My parents have been married for twenty-six years. They have much in common but they have different views in music, books and films. As for our education and upbringing they have the same opinion. Sometimes it is difficult for me to get their point of view, I try to prove my idea, but a little later it comes out that they were right. I can't say that my parents are too strict, but nevertheless they always take control of me and my sister. Sometimes it's just unbear­able. But I love my family very much. I think that family is important in a person's life, because there is nobody in the world closer than the family. Come what be, they always help and understand us.

III. Answer the questions:

1. What is your first name? What is your surname?

2. How old are you?

3. What do you look like?

4. Is your family large? Have you got brothers, sisters or cousins?

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

6. Can you describe your father? Your mother?

7. How long have your parents been married?

8. Do you have good relationships in your family?

9. Do you spent a lot of time with your family? What sort of things do you do together?

10. Who runs a house in your house? What are your household duties?

11. Do you think you are an interesting personality? Why do you think so?

12. What makes people interesting to others?

13. What hobby do you have?

14. What do you think about people collecting things? Is it a useful hobby in your opinion?

15. Could people be judged by the hobbies and tastes they have?

16. Do you think every person should have a hobby? Why do you think so?

17. Do you share your parents’ hobbies, interests, tastes, etc.? Why?

18. How much have your principles, hobbies and interests changed since you were a child?

19. If you could speak with any person from the past, who would you chose and what would you ask him/her about?

IV. In each line choose one word that doesn’t belong to the group and explain why you think so:

1) father, mother, sister, brother, cousin

2) mother-in-law, father-in-law, step-father, sister-in-law, son-in-law

3) friendly, efficient, generous, selfish, punctual

4) slim, tall, nervous, broad-shouldered, plump

5) skiing, swimming, sitting, reading, knitting

V. Read and memorise the following words and word-combinations. They will help you to describe people’s appearance. Pay attention to the pronunciation:

attractive	привлекательный
unattractive	непривлекательный
good-looking	интересный
pretty	хорошенькая
charming	очаровательный
common	заурядный
beautiful	красивый
plain	заурядный
handsome	красивый (про чоловіків)
slight, delicate	хрупкий
slim	стройный
solid	плотный
sturdy	крепкий
strong	сильный
stocky	коренастый
neat, graceful	изящный
height	рост
weight	вес
short	маленького роста
middle-sized	среднего роста
tall	высокий
broad shoulders	широкие плечи
fair hair	светлые волосы
red hair	рыжие волосы
blond	блондинка
chestnut	каштановые
auburn	рыжевато-каштановые
brown	шатен
brunette	брюнетка
grey hair	седые волосы
greying hair	седеющие волосы
dark	темные
blue eyes	голубые глаза
brown eyes	темно-карие
hazel eyes	светло-карие
pale eyes	светлые глаза
gray eyes	серые глаза
hazel-eyed	кареглазый

VI. Describe yourself and your family using active vocabulary.

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