Unit 7. Youth Problems The Glossary

Namesake

Nickname

Patronimic

Pet name

Call smb after smb

Siblings

Generation

Household chores

Get along well

Fight

Quarrel

Bicker

Tease

Argue with

Lie, tell lie

Compete with smb. for smth.

Treat smb.

Share smth.

Be divorced

Punish

Feel hurt

Resemble smb.

Teenager

Relatives

тезка

прозвище

отчество

ласкательной имя

назвать в честь к.-л.

братья и сестры

поколение

домашние хлопоты

хорошо ладить

ссориться, драться

ссориться

спорить, пререкаться

дразнить

спорить с к.-л.

лгать

конкурировать

обращаться с к.-л.

делить ч.-л.

быть в разводе

наказывать

обижаться

быть похожим на к.-л.

подросток

родственники

Exercise 1. Choose and fill in proper words from the glossary

1. My friend's name is also Mike. He is my ...

2. I get along very well with my brother We never ...

3. My ... (brothers and sisters) are my best friends.

4. She is thirteen, she is a ...

5. I have many uncles and aunts, so I have a lot of...

6. Mary has funny freckles on her nose, but nobody ... her. We all like her.

7. There are only three rooms in out flat, so I have ... a room with my brother.

8. Sometimes I... with my brother about computer time.

9. Small families , so-called ... are very popular in Europe now.

10. If a marriage ends with a ..., children are often left with fathers or mothers only.

Exercise 2. There are several types of families: an extended family, a nuclear family, a family, having many children, a single-parent family. Read the sentences below. Decide which sentence goes with each family type. More than one answer is possible. In your answers use the following: I think..., in my opinion..., to my mind..., it can be..., I don't think.

1. All the members of my family have close relations. We live together.

2. The only child is the center of attention.

3. We are many. We share our parents' attention.

4. In a big family we have much love and support.

5. We enjoy doing many things together.

6. We love to celebrate holidays together. We have a lot of great parties.

7. There are only two of us. We do everything together.

8. I have my own room. I have a lot of privacy.

9. When I have a problem, I can always find a person to discuss it frankly.

1. Sometimes I feel lonely, I wish I had a brother/sister.

2. Sometimes I feel lack of one parent badly.

3. The advantage of having a big family is that you always have a baby-sitter in the house.

4. I'm a twin. It's an advantage. We are very close.

5. The problem of being the oldest child in the family is that you should take care of the younger ones.

6. Mother/father is my best friend.

Exercise 3. Translate into English.

1. Наша семья очень дружная. Мы никогда не ссоримся.

2. Моя мама очень сердится, когда я с ней пререкаюсь.

3. Не дразни свою сестру, Роджер!

4. Вы с братом не должны конкурировать, нужно помогать друг другу.

5. Мы с сестрой очень близки, мы делимся всеми своими секретами.

6. Меня назвали в честь дедушки, я на него похож.

7. Мой тете примерно 35 лет, она на 10 лет моложе мамы.

8. У мамы много домашних забот, никто не хочет их с ней разделить.

9. Мои родители в разводе 10 лет, них обоих новые семьи, но я хорошо с ними лажу.