Words and expressions

MY FAMILY

Our family is large (small, not very large). We are the family of seven (two, three, four, five, six): my mother, my father, my grandmother, my grandfather, my sister, my brother and I.

My mother's name is … She is … years old. She is a teacher (a doctor, a worker, an engineer). She is a very nice, kind and clever woman.

My father's name is... He is... years old. He is a worker (a teacher, an engineer, a doctor, a businessman). He is lather tall and strong. He is a man of strong character - and all of us love him very much.

My grandmother's name is... She is... years old. She does not work now, she is a pensioner, but she has a lot of work to do about the house. All of us try to help her.

My grandfather' s name is... He is... years old. He is a pensioner too.

My brother and sister are students (pupils). There names are... They are older (younger) than me.

We are a very good family. We love each other very much. In the evenings, when all the members of our family get together after work and study, we like to watch TV, to read books and newspapers, to talk about different things and to discuss all our problems together. When the weather is good we sometimes go for a walk. We have a small house in the country with a garden and a kitchen-garden. There is much work there and on week-ends we go there and work and have rest all together.

Words and expressions

1. rather — довольно

2. a man of strong character — человек с сильным характером

3. pensioner — пенсионер

4. a lot of work to do about the house — много работы по дому

5. older — старше

6. younger — младше

ABOUT MYSELF

My name is... I am seventeen (sixteen, eighteen). I live in Klintsy. My address is... My telephone number is...

I am tall (not very tall, short, middle-sized). I am thin (not very thin, rather fat). My face is round (square, oval). I have a fair (dark) complexion. My forehead is narrow (broad) and low (high). I have a straight (turned up, crooked, aquiline) nose and a protruding (round) chin. My eyebrows are bushy (pencilled), my eyelashes are thick (thin) and long (short). I have large (small) blue (hazel, black, grey) eyes. My hair is black (fair, dark, blond, chestnut), straight (curly) and long (short, not very long).

I have just left school and now I am going to enter the University (Institute). I am going to be a teacher (a lawyer). I like my future profession and I am going to do my best to become a good specialist.

I live with my family. It is large (small, not very large) and very good. We love each other very much and always try to help each other and to spend as much time together as we can. I have a lot of friends too.

I am fond of reading and playing computer games. My favourite sport is football (swimming, tennis, hockey). My friends and I often get together to play different games, to go for a walk or to the disco or simply to talk.

Words and expressions

I middle-sized - среднего роста

2. thin - худой

3. rather fat — довольно полный

4. fair complexion — светлый цвет лица

5. dark complexion — смуглый цвет лица

6. forehead - лоб

7 narrow — узкий

8. broad - широкий

9. straight — прямой

10. turned up — курносый

11. crooked — искривленный

12. aquiline — орлиный (нос)

13. protruding — продолговатый, вытянутый

14. chin — подбородок

15. eyebrows — брови

16. bushy — густой

17. pencilled — тонкий (о бровях)

18. eyelashes — ресницы

19. hazel — карие (глаза)

20. chestnut —каштановые (волосы)

21. curly — кучерявый

22. to enter — поступать

23. lawyer — юрист

MY SCHOOL

I have just finished school number... My school is (not) very new and modem and (but) it is very conformable and all the pupils like it very much, it is really home for everyone, who studies there. It has three (four, five, two) floors. The classrooms are light and high. There are classrooms for practically all the subjects - English, History, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Geography, Literature, etc. There is a computer class in our school, -where pupils study computing, one of the most important subjects nowadays. There is a school hall in our school, too. Meetings, conferences, concerts and all the celebrations take place there.

Our school has a gymnasium and a sportsground. Many pupils are fond of sport and they have a good opportunity to go in for different sports there.

I am very thankful to my school. When I was only seven years old, I entered it to get some knowledge and I know many things now thanks to my school and my teachers. The teachers in my school are very kind and clever, they give all their knowledge and all their love to the pupils.

There is a good tradition in our school. Every year the school leavers come here to meet their teachers and classmates. Such meetings are very touching and interesting.

I'll never forget my school, my favourite teachers and my classmates. It is my childhood and it is the happiest period in one's life, to my mind. My first friends, my first love and my first achievements and disappointments are all connected with my school life.

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