I. Transcribe and translate the following:

Sergeant, immaculate, exhausted, exacerbate, negotiate, nurture, mature, spouse, harmonious, forge, impasse, psychologist, marital, bounce, smear, laundry.

II. What do we call:

1) The work that is recognized and appreciated?

2) A fully -grown and developed individual?

3) Something that is untidy?

4) A person having feelings of annoyed disappointment or dissatisfaction?

5) A kind of small railway with sharp slopes and curves popular in amusement parks?

6) A husband or wife?

7) Circumstance that is very important and decisive?

8) The occasion when we go out?

9) Clothing worn next to the skin under other clothes?

III. Guess the words from the explanations given.

1) to gain advantage from smth.

2) to have share in smth.; help in bringing about smth.

3) to finish(fulfill) smth. successfully

4) to quickly understand

5) to cut grass especially with a lawm-mower

6) to exchange smth. for smth. else.

IV. Translate the given word combinations, recall the episodes with them.

1) to be desperate for

2) to establish a relationship

3) to keep things at an even keel

4) to slack off

5) to take smth. for granted

6) to bring smth. out in smb.

7) to negotiate a package

8) to play into smth.

V. Support or deny the given statements.

1) Mike, 32, a busy architect sees eye to eye with his wife confessing that after work he slacks off and is unable to do his share of household duties.

2) Statistics say that among dual-income couples, the man contributes 2/3 of the total family time spent on housework.

3) In the course of protecting, nurturing, worrying about, disciplining and rejoicing in their children husband and wife are driven apart.

4) Child care is totally unrewarding.

5) Steven Moss finds cooking relaxing and creative.

6) Dividing up household chores with a spouse doesn’t present any difficulty.

7) Nagging brings out the worst in everybody.

8) Equals should make demands rather than requests when they want to see the housework done.

9) It really makes a big difference when you state what you would like in an non-angry way.

10) Compromising, you may add fuel to the fire.

11) Brooks and Karen couldn’t agree on what to prioritize: Karen goes crazy over the Dreamland jobs and Brook feels that there are more important things than an immaculate house.

12) Many women want their husbands to shoulder responsibility but have trouble letting go.

13) Never back off if you don’t want your spouse to manipulate you.

VI. Ask your partner:

1) Why men benefit greatly from household duties.

2) Why child care is an emotional roller –coaster.

3) How Dan Kent’s occupation influences his private life.

4) What type of communication may help spouses to avoid clashes over housework division.

5) What minimum standard couples should agree on and what problem arises if they don’t.

6) Why women hesitate when their husbands volunteer to tale responsibility.

7) What the “don’t know how” game means and how to get around the incompetence defense.

8) What is the key factor in forging happy working relationships.