Практика устной речи по английскому языку - Малышева О.Л., Валько О.В., Щёголева Т.П

*What did they have in common and how well do you think they got on?

Name ANDREW APPLEBY Age 29 Name ANNE AMIS Age 25 Occupation: civil servant Occupation: secondary school teacher

How would you describe yourself? How would you describe yourself?

What do you enjoy? Music (all types), What do you enjoy? Reading, art,

Speaking B. Make a report based on your discussion in A, beginning:

·On their first date, Andrew and Anne …

·Although Bill and Brenda …

·Colin and Carole probably …

·Of the people described, the one I’d most like to meet myself is

…because…

Exercise 4. A. Read the passage to find out why and how one of the Reading partners was replaced at this wedding. What is the attitude of the writer to this story? How do you know what his

attitude is?

There was a story in the morning newspaper about a drunken bridegroom. He and his friends had been drinking before the ceremony

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and arrived in an excited condition. The bride’s family were furious, and its senior male representatives went to their counterparts in the bridegroom’s family to protest. The unfortunate bridegroom was sacked on the spot. But both sides needed to save family honour. Fortunately, there were several young single men at the wedding and a likely bachelor on the bridegroom’s side was selected. His income, family background and prospects – and, we can assume, his horoscope, too – were quickly checked by the bride’s family. He fitted the bill and was, moreover, sober. The marriage went ahead with the replacement bridegroom. One can only guess at the feelings of the bride.

(Adapted from India File by Trevor Fishlock)

Meaning B. Find words and phrases in the passage which mean:

*a woman who is about to be, is being or has just been married

*a man who is about to be, is being or has just been married

*equivalents

*dismissed

*future expectations

*was suitable

C. How do you think the following people felt?

*the bride

*the original bridegroom (when he became sober)

*the new bridegroom

Definitions D. Answer the following questions:

i.What differences in meaning and use are there between these words?

* wedding and marriage

*bride and wife; bridegroom and husband

*to marry, to get married, and to be married

*bachelor, single, unmarried and unattached

ii. What do the words below mean?

iii.Which of the following words can be used with wedding to form a compound noun like wedding ceremony?

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Word Use E. Choose the right word to complete the sentences:

7. Her parents have been married for 25 years and today is their ___. a. anniversary b. birthday c. jubilee d. marriage

8. The people in the flat upstairs are always having noisy ____. a. debates b. discussions c. noises d. rows

9. When her mother remarried, she got on very well with her new ____. a. ancestor b. forefather c. foster-father d. step-father

10.A diagram that shows the members of a family and their relationship is called a family _____.

Exercise 5. A. Discuss with a partner where these family relations Meaning shouldbe put on the grid below. Which do you consider

to be close to you and which more distant? Which are normallyolder, and which younger? Do you both agree? If not, why not?

CLOSEST

YOUNGEST OLDEST

MOST DISTANT

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B.Read the following advertisements. What kind of people do you think these are? Who do you find more sympathetic? Why? Do you feel sorry for either of them?

Personal * Good-looking and vivacious widow aged 40, wanting companionship and a lasting relationship, wishes to hear from a funloving but mature bachelor or widower. He should share an interest in modern art and tennis, and to be a considerate nonsmoker. Reply Box Z 351.

*Unattached male divorcee, 55, with custody of three teenage children, wants friendship with a single woman who has no family responsibilities and a willingness to travel far. Reply Box Z 542.

C.Some of the words in the following list are from the ads above. Decide which refer to females, which to males, and which to both. Then complete the sentences below.

a.A woman’s ______ is the man who is engaged to be married to her.

b._____ are people who have been married but have divorced and are now single.

c.A _____ is a woman whose husband has died. A man whose wife has died is called a _____.

d.______ is a formal term for ‘husband or wife’.

e.Someone’s _____ is a person other than their wife with whom they have a sexual relationship.

f.A _____ is a rather old-fashioned and derogatory word for an unmarried woman over forty.

Activate D. * Imagine that you wish to reply to one of the advertisements in exercise B. Write a short letter explaining your own (imaginaryorreal!)situationand suggestingthenextstep.

*Using the words from exercise C, write an advertisement for yourself to attract the type of partner you would like to have.

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Exercise 6. Use a dictionary to help you answer these questions if Quiz necessary.

1.Which two of these words can be used as a verb: father, son, sister, mother, uncle?

2.Which three of these words can take the suffix -less to form an adjective meaning ‘without’: father, son, mother, brother, child?

3.Which of the following: brother-in-law, half-brother, stepbrother, foster brother

a.is someone who your parents are looking after as if he were a member of the family?

b.is related to you through your own or your sister’s marriage?

c.is the child of your stepfather or stepmother but not of your natural mother or father?

d.is the natural child of one of your own natural parents?

4.Which of the word-parts in the box can be used with each of the relations below?

5. a. Which of these words and expressions means ‘a child whose parents have both died’: only child, orphan, unique child, lonely child?

b. What do the others mean?

Exercise7. There are two stories below, one about marriage, and one Vocabulary about divorce. Start in the middle column, which both stories have in common. Then read each story. When you have finished, cover the left-hand and right-hand columns in turn and try to remember the marital

expressions.

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I’ll be in six week’s time when I get a decree absolute.

But I never regretted it. Well, …

Exercise 8. Can you explain these headlines from local papers in Speaking Britain? Choose one of the headlines and make up a

short news report to go with it.

*BRIDESMAID ELOPES WITH GROOM IN CHAUFFERED LIMO

*Handsome Vicar Left Standing at Altar

*‘For Richer, For Poor’ Says Millionaire Bridegroom

*BEST MAN WEDS BRIDE IN LAST MINUTE SWITCH

*Honeymoon Couple Not Married, Says Real Husband

*Coffins as Tables at Undertaker’s ‘Till Death Do Us Part’ Reception

Exercise9. Write an essay about your family: family tree, members, Writing closeand distant relatives, family ties. Describe a relative you admire, or black sheep, if there is / was any.

Say how you see your own position in the family.

Exercise10. Each of the following sentences contains one mistake. Check Yourself It may be a spelling mistake or an incorrect word,

structure, or verb pattern. Find the mistake and correct it.

1.When I picked at the phone her voice sounded strange, so I asked her what the matter was.

2.Dr Dunkin doesn’t usually have time for much more than a sandwich and a coffee among operations.

3.All the Mexican supporters on the terrasses were shouting and cheering on their team; the atmosphere was unforgettable.

4.William is acting like the secretary for the sports club these days, so if you want to order some new equipment you should see him about it.

5.The weather was worsening but the President of the Student’s Union assured to the journalist the demonstration would still take place.

6.It will be my first time in Thailand – what kind of souvenirs would you recommend I will buy?

7.He had hammered all his hopes on getting that job and he was devastated to hear that John had got it.

8.I know the tickets are terribly expensive but I don’t want to miss the occasion to see Tina Turner live in concert.

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9.Please permit me to see the present, Kate! I promise I won’t breathe a word to Sarah.

10.I would like to spend some time to look at the architecture and historical buildings here in Oxford.

11.All the passengers were made leave by the nearest exit, while the crew attempted to put the fire out.

12.Unfortunately, a crucial piece of datum is missing from the statistics.

13.He nibbled over the idea but would not make a definite decision.

14.We went out on a blind date but all he talked about all night was cars – he was a smashing bore.

15.Finishing his studies has given him the chance to prove other interests.

16.She convinced her business partners invest more of their own capital in the project.

17.In the long run it was an excellent decision to give the employs the vote.

18.The company business plan was a well-design, no-nonsense document.

19.As supper was nearly ready, Danielle suggested the children to lay the table before the guests arrived.

UNIT 27. FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Exercise 1. Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions.

Preparation

*In what ways are you similar to or different from other people in your family?

*Do you think parents should be strict or easy-going?

Exercise 2. Listen to the following three interviews and answer the Listening questions:

*What kind of relationships do the children have with their parents?

*Are the parents strict?

*According to the mother, what is it like being a parent and what is a good parent?

Interview with 16-year-old daughter Helen

Interviewer: How do you get on with your parents?

Helen: I think I get on with them very well, really. We don’t always see eye to eye on some things, like boyfriends – they don’t always approve of them – but on the whole they’re very understanding.

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If I had a personal problem, I think I could confide in them, and if I was ever in trouble I know I could rely on them to help me.

Interviewer: How strict are your parents?

Helen: Well, my Dad’s quite strict about staying out late at night, but I can usually get round him. If I’m nice to him, he lets me come home a bit later. My Mum’s always telling me to tidy up my bedroom and put things away after I use them, and I have to do some of the housework. But if I compare them with other parents I know, they aren’t very strict.

Interviewer: And who are you most like in your family?

Helen: Oh, I think I take after my mother. Everybody says we’re both very independent and strong-willed. I like to have my own way a lot of the time, but I’m not spoilt. I don’t always get my own way. And my parents always tell me off if I do anything wrong.

Interview with 17-year-old son David

Interviewer: How do you get on with your parents?

David: I look up to them because I know they’ve worked hard to bring us up properly.

Interviewer: How strict are your parents?

David: They can be very strict at times. I told my Dad I wanted a motorbike, but he said it was out of the question – it was too dangerous. My mother is strict about keeping things tidy. I can’t get out of doing the washing up and things like that, unless I’m very busy.

Interviewer: How do you get on with your sister?

David: I never agree with what she says, so we are always arguing. We’ve never been very close, but I get on all right with her. I think I’m much closer to my mother.

Interview with mother

Interviewer: What’s it like being a parent?

Mother: bringing up children is very difficult. You always worry about them. You have to be very patient and put up with a lot – like noise and even criticism. And you can’t always get through to them – sometimes they just won’t listen. But the advantages of being a parent outweigh the disadvantages. The main thing is to enjoy your children while they are young because they grow up so quickly nowadays.

Interviewer: How strict are you with your children?

Mother: I suppose I’m reasonably strict. They can’t do what they like and get away with it, and I tell them off when they do something wrong.

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Interviewer: And what is the secret of being a good parent? Mother: I think you have to give them confidence and let them know

you love them. And you have to set a good example through your own behaviour, otherwise they won’t look up to you.

Interviewer: And what do you want for your children in the future? Mother: I want them to be happy, and I want them to look back on their childhood as a very happy time in their lives.

Exercise 3. A. Work in pairs. Try to work out from the context the Meanings meaning of the multi-word verbs in the italics in the passage. Then match the verbs with their definitions.

Listening B. Listen and respond to the prompts.

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