МІНІСТЕРСТВО ОСВТИ І НАУКИ УКРАЇНИ

ГЛУХІВСЬКИЙ ДЕРЖАВНИЙ ПЕДАГОГІЧНИЙ УНІВЕРСИТЕТ

Розмовні теми до

екзамену з англійської мови

для студентів немовних

спеціальностей

Глухів

2003

CONTENT

About Myself and My Family

Before I start talking about my family let me introduce myself. I am Sveta Petrenko. I am 17. I have left school this year. I was born in Kyiv, so I have been living in Kyiv since my childhood.

And now I am going to tell you about my family. We are a family of five. We think we are a large and friendly family. So we are happy to be living together and are getting on all right.

To begin with, I am going to talk about my father. His name is Sergey Petrovich, he is 45. He works as a surgeon at a hospital. He is neither old, nor young. He is a good-looking man, handsome, rather thin with dark brown hair just beginning to go grey. He is a very sociable person. What I don't like about my dad is that he is always busy. Very often he works overtime. He is a bread-maker in our family. He is fond of going to the country on week-ends, because he enjoys working in the garden.

My mother's name is Galina Nickolayevna. She is three years younger than my father. She works as a teacher at a nursery school. My mother is rather slim and pretty, she is always elegant and smart. In short, she is a pleasant-looking woman of about 40. She always has a lot of work to do both at school and about the house. She is fond of her work and spends a lot of time there. But she has to cook the food for the whole family at home. Shopping and cooking is nearly half a day's work for her. But my granny and I are in a habit of helping her about the house.

Boris is my elder brother. He is six years senior to me. So he is 23 already. He has graduated from the University and he is an economist by profession now. Boris is married. His wife is a journalist. They are three in the family. They have got a child, my nephew. It is a lovely little boy of two with golden hair and dark brown eyes and a spirit that is always bright and happy, full of joy and gaiety.

And finally a few words about my granny. To tell you the truth, she is my best friend. She always listens to my endless stories about my friends and my school life. She is retired on pension now but in her youth and her older age she worked as a teacher in school. I must admit, she is a very understanding person.

Put it into a few words, we are a united and friendly family.

About My Friend

It's nice to have a lot of friends. You can enjoy things together. All my group-mates are good people. But all of them have different characters. Some are courageous, kind hearted, curious, faithful, and thoughtful of others. In my group there are no heartless and selfish young people. I think it's terrible when people are heartless, coward, and cruel. Sometimes we can be idle and a little boastful. But we are always ready to help each other.

A good friend is a friend in need, who is always willing to do something useful for you, who can give a good advice, who can keep secrets. Some of my friends are my neighbors. We live in the same street and go to the same school.

My friends usually obey their parents and teachers. They never complain of anything, they are worried about each other's health. All of them are fond of nature. They like to take care of animals and plants. In summer and in spring they help their grandparents to work in the garden or kitchen garden: to dig the soil, to cut useless branches, sow seeds, water and weed plants. At harvest time they gather crops of corn, fruit and vegetables. They never do harm to birds. They protect their nests, make bird tables and put food on them.

We have a lot of interesting conversations in our group. We discuss different problems. Sometimes discussions are very exciting. In the evening I often talk with my friends over the telephone. When some of my group-mates are ill they have a good reason to ring up their friend and learn what their homework is. We also exchange opinions on different matters. Boys and girls get along well. They don't quarrel. We have a lot in common. A lot of my group-mates enjoy out-of-group activities and traveling. Traveling helps us to become friendlier. Besides we are all full of impressions and excitements.

Now I'd like to describe my close friend. Frankly speaking, I have a lot of friends who are my former schoolmates and boys and girls from my neighborhood. But my bosom friend is Ann. She is a pleasant-looking girl of about 18. Ann is not very tall, but she has a strong attractive body, she is pleasantly plump. She is always very elegant; she wears the clothes of latest fashion. Her features are very delicate and her charm is irresistible. Ann has white curly hair and dark-blue eyes. Her eyelashes are so long and thick, and they seem dark for this reason. Ann's face is oval and she has a turned-up nose. To cut the long story short — she is a pretty girl. But in my opinion, inner beauty is more important than physical one. Ann is a well-bread, jolly and kind-hearted person. She is very tactful, shy and sensitive, emotionally stable and witty, generous and sophisticated. She is a girl of active and cheerful disposition. Ann is a pleasant person to deal with, she never loses her temper. But to my mind, her main feature is that she is a girl of character. Her words are entirely in character with her actions. Ann is an intelligent, bright and quick-witted girl, she has a big soul and a strong will. One of her lovable traits is her readiness to help. She is a helpful person and always tries to do her best to help somebody when he has some problems. She always manages to be amusing and cheerful, energetic and enthusiastic. I must admit, Ann is an easy-going girl, and when sometimes it comes to quarreling, she tries to make it up at once. In а word —my friend has a noble look and bright spirit, she seems a good sort of girl and her character corresponds to her appearance.

The proverb says; "No man is useless while he has a friend".

I think, a person can prove to be a personality by his deeds, not by his words. A proverb says: "Actions speak louder than words." It's not good to promise much by saying nice words. Let other people speak about your job, your deeds.