1 5. Answer the questions on the text.
What nationalities are mentioned in the text?
Which nationalities are the most and least punctual?
Why did the British think that everyone understood their customs?
Which nationalities do not like to eat and do business at the same time?
Who do you normally have to feed and water?
Which nationalities have rules of behaviour about hands? What are the rules?
Why is it not a good idea to…
… say that you absolutely love your Egyptian friend’s vase?
…say “Hi! See you later!” when you’re introduced to someone in Afghanistan?
… discuss politics with your American friend in a McDonald’s?
How do you think if this article is serious or light-hearted? Why?
16. Discuss the following.
Do you agree with the saying “When in Rome, do as the Romans do?” Do you have a similar saying in your language?
What are the “rules” about greeting people in your country? When do you shake hands? When do you kiss? What about when you say goodbye?
Think of one or two examples of bad manners. For example, in Britain it is considered impolite to ask people how much they earn.
What advice would you give somebody coming to live and work in your country?
17 . Look at the pictures and find the English gestures which mean:
А. Everything is all right. E. Goodbye! B. Let's hope for the best. F. Come here! C. I don't know. G. This is exciting! D. Let me think about this. H. Oh, no! Not again! |
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UNIT 5
FAMILY LIFE
What members of the family can you name?
2. Now read the text and check what other members of the family you forgot or found new for yourself? What words are new for you?
When two persons are married, the man is called the husband; the woman becomes his wife. When a child is born in the family, the father and mother of the child are called parents. A family generally consists of a father, a mother and children — sons or daughters or both. The first born child is the eldest, the last born — the youngest. Two children that are born together are called twins.
The father and mother of the husband become the father-in-law and mother-in-law. The husband is the son-in-law; the wife — the daughter-in-law; they have brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.
The other members of the family are the relatives: uncles, aunts, cousins, etc.
The brothers and sisters of any of the parents become uncles and aunts of the children. The children of two married: brothers or sisters or brother and sister are cousins to each other.
In case of a second marriage, we speak of a step-father or step-mother, step-son, step-daughter, etc.
3. Look at the words in the vocabulary box.
1) Put the words in pairs. Two words have no pairs. Which ones are they?
Example: aunt - uncle.