2.5. Parents and Children. Family Relations

Vocabulary

a home – дім

parents – батьки

grandparents – дідусь та бабуся

friendly relations – дружні відносини

happiness – щастя

relatives – родичі

kindness – доброта

comfort – комфорт

respect – повага

love – любов

good advice – гарна порада

warm atmosphere – тепла атмосфера

understanding – розуміння

support – підтримка

joy – радість

a helping hand – рука допомоги

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Exercise 2. Translate the following word combinations:

Дружні відносини у сім’ї, поважати батьків, давати гарну пораду, жити у радості, підтримувати своїх родичів, любити дідуся та бабусю, відноситись з розумінням, тепла сімейна атмосфера, протягнути руку допомоги.

Exercise 3. Read and translate the text:

Family Relations

The family plays a very important role in everybody’s life. Labor achievements, mood and what is called happiness depend on family relations. When young people marry, they sometimes think that happiness in their marriage will be created by somebody else, not by themselves. They are mistaken.

To create a happy marriage is a duty. Both husband and wife must create their happiness together. A happy marriage does not mean that husband and wife must have similar characters but the ability to understand each other. It’s really very difficult to keep up a marriage without mutual understanding. When a family is happy, it means that all the members of the family trust each other, tell each other about their joys and sorrows.

The children love, respect and obey their parents. Housework may take a great deal of your time. But if all the members of the family help each other, has his special duties, keeping house won’t be so difficult. So to create a happy family is a difficult problem, but everything depends on us.

Only when each member of the thinks about the happiness of the others the family will be happy. Clever and understanding parents are always ready to help and find the way out. We know there will still be a family to turn to for love, compassion and understanding, the family will remain in our soul forever.