- •Family ties
- •Reading
- •Tasks to the text
- •1 A) Find the English equivalents for the following in the text.
- •2 A) Write out all the adjectives that are used by the author to describe the members of the family (both their appearance and character) and translate them.
- •3 Answer the questions. Make use of words and expressions from ex. 1-2.
- •4 Do you know any interesting stories of your relatives? Share them with your
- •A ctive vocabulary name
- •Origin. Family relations
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •1 Fill in the blanks with the corresponding word(s)
- •2 Express the following in other words using the active vocabulary:
- •3 Name the words and phrases fitting the following definitions:
- •4 Read the passage below. Sally is describing her relationship with people in her
- •5 Use the underlined phrases in the exercise above to best describe the following
- •6 Divide the idiomatic expressions into two groups: people are similar, and people are different. Use these expressions in your own context.
- •7 Translate the sentences:
- •Adventures in conversation
- •8 A) Complete the dialogue using the given words.
- •Birthdays
- •9 B) Ask your partner
- •10 Discuss the following questions.
- •11 Three different families.
- •12 A) Read the following text and say
- •Modern Trends in Family Life
- •13 Interview your partner and find out from him or her
- •Listening
- •14 (To be done in class) families
- •15 (To be done at home) when will americans grow up
- •16 (To be done in class) cheryssa and julia
- •If not, what prevents you from doing it?
- •17 (To be done at home) welcome to julissa’s quinceanera! (Part 1)
- •18 (To be done at home) welcome to julissa’s quinceanera! (Part 2)
- •1 Look at the relationship status updates below. Can you tell whether these people have boyfriends, girlfriends or are married?
- •2 Answer the questions:
- •Reading modern british families
- •Tasks to the text
- •1 A) Find the following ideas expressed in English in the text.
- •2 Answer the questions on the text.
- •3 Speak about a traditional Russian family.
- •Active vocabulary relations by marriage
- •Marriage
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •1 Study Steve’s family tree and complete the statements about his relations.
- •2 Complete the Wedding Crossword.
- •3 Can you solve the puzzle below?
- •4 A) Match the words and word combinations with their definitions.
- •5 Choose the right word:
- •6 A) Read the text about the latest British Royal Wedding.
- •7 Get ready with the report on weddings in the uk and the us. You can find the tasks in the listening section useful for getting the information. Cover the following questions.
- •8 Translate the sentences into English.
- •9 Draw up your own family tree and tell your fellow-students about your relatives.
- •10 A) Complete the dialogues using the given words.
- •Weddings
- •Marriage
- •The mighty has fallen
- •11 Tell your fellow-students about your parents’ wedding or about any wedding you have been to.
- •12 A) Read what three men from the Bennett family say about how life has changed over three generations.
- •Fathers
- •Family Life
- •Love and Marriage
- •13 A) Complete the dialogues using the given words.
- •Pastimes
- •Animals
- •14 A) Here is a list of words that can be used when you speak about someone’s hobbies and pastimes. Think of their Russian equivalents.
- •15 Fill in the blanks with the words from the list. The first letter of each missing word has been given.
- •16 Fill in the correct form of a verb from the list. Have take go do make
- •17 A) Read the following article (a student writes on how to use our leisure time).
- •18 Social chat learning
- •Dialogue d
- •Formal Dialogue a
- •Dialogue b
- •19 Role-play the following situations. Use the active vocabulary you have learnt.
- •Listening
- •20 (To be done at home) dating
- •21 (To be done at home) chelsea clinton’s wedding
- •22 (To be done in class) american weddings (part 1)
- •23 (To be done at home) american weddings (part 2)
- •24 (To be done in class) american weddings (part 3)
9 Draw up your own family tree and tell your fellow-students about your relatives.
10 A) Complete the dialogues using the given words.
b) Listen to the dialogues and check task a).
Weddings
╵set a ╵date en╲gaged ╲married ╲honeymoon ╱wedding ╵met |
A: ╵Guess ╲what! ↘Paul and ↘Susan are __________________!
B: ╱Really? ╵When did ╲that happen?
A: A ╲week ago. They _______╵last ╱ summer - and ╵now, just ╲think... they'll be _________________ soon.
B: Have they _________ for the _______________?
A: \No, ╵not \yet. But ↘Susan says she'd ╵like to get ╵married in No↑vember or De\cember. ╲Then they'll go to Ha╲waii for their ___________.
Marriage
ro↘mantic ╲hesitates ╲sudden at ↑first ╲sight |
A: So ╵Marsha's ╵getting ╱ married?
B: ╲That's what I ╲hear!
A: ╲That's what ╲I hear ╲too.
B: It's ╲kind of _______, ╱isn't it?
A: ╲I thought so. She's ↘only ↘known the ↘guy a ╲month.
B: Re╲minds me of the ╵old ╲saying, "╵Look be╵fore you ╲leap", at ╵least ╲that's what my ╲grandmother always said.
A: >Well, you ╵know how ╲Marsha is. ↘She's been a _______ as ↑long as I've ╲known her, always ╵talking about ↘love ______________.
B: She ↘does ↘tend to ↘act a ↘little ↑too ╲quickly in my ˌjudgment.
A: Of >course she's ╵not getting any ╲younger.
B: ╲True, and ╵as they ╲say, "╵She who _________ is ╲lost". In ╲this case it could be a
╲husband who's ˌlost.
The mighty has fallen
╲married be╲lieve ↑marriage
|
A: ╵Whatever ╲happened to Na╵dene Fitz╲patrick?
B: ╲Oh. ╲Didn't you ╱hear? ╵She ↗moved out ╲West.
A: ╲I didn't know ╱that. ╵When did she ╲leave?
B: I ╵don't re╵member e╲xactly, but I ↘think it was about ↑three ╲months ago.
A: Well, ╵that's ↘certainly ↘news to ╲me.
B: I ╵heard ↑just last ╲week that ↘she got ________.
A: Na/dene ╱married? ‾I ↗can't _______it. Re↘member how she ↘always ↘said that _______________ wasn’t for ╱her?
B: I ╲do, but ╲now apˌparently, the ╵mighty has ╲fallen.
A: Do you ╵have her ad╱dress? I'd ╵like to ╲write her.
B: I ╲have her ╲old adˌdress - the ╵place where she ╵lived be╵fore she got ╲married.
A: ╲Good. Can ╵I ╱borrow it?
c) Explain the meaning of the given sayings. Are there sayings in Russian similar to these ones?
Look before you leap.
She who hesitates is lost.
The mighty has fallen.
d) Act out the dialogues following the intonation from the cassette.
e) Role-play the following situations.
1. You and your partner are two married young women who are talking about their former school-mate’s coming marriage.
2. Your friend tells you that your former school-mate, who never believed in marriage, has just got married.
11 Tell your fellow-students about your parents’ wedding or about any wedding you have been to.
12 A) Read what three men from the Bennett family say about how life has changed over three generations.
Jacob, the grandfather (65)
When I see my son and his son together, I think they have a lovely relationship – it wasn’t like that in my day. My father was very strict, and we had to obey him without question.
At home we didn’t have a television, so we had to make our own entertainment. I spent all my free time outside playing football. But we couldn’t play football on Sundays because we had to go to church.
I left school when I was fourteen and went to work in a bakery. That’s where I met Mabel. We couldn’t bring girlfriends home in those days. We had to meet in public places. I suppose that’s why so many people got married young. I was only nineteen, and Mabel was eighteen.
Michael, the son (44)
When I was growing up, my father was always at work, and when he came home we couldn’t disturb him because he was tired.
Because my father left school very early and regretted it afterwards, he wanted me to do well at school. I had to show him my homework every night and I could only watch television at the weekend.
When I was eighteen I got a place at university. My parents didn’t have to support me financially because the government gave me a grant to study.
I didn’t go home very often, even during the holidays. I preferred spending time with my friends, especially my girlfriends. In my last year of university I met Louise, and we got a place together. We had to get married when Louise found out she was pregnant.
Tom, the grandson (19)
I’ve always had a very close relationship with my dad and I don’t have to hide anything from him.
When I was at school, I had a lot of freedom. When I went out I didn’t have to come home at a certain time – my parents trusted me.
I’m at college now, and my parents have to pay for my studies, but I have to work in the evenings to pay for any luxuries I want.
My girlfriend often stays at my parents’ house, and I sometimes go and stay with her parents. Both our parents think we should get married one day, but we are definitely not in a hurry.
b) Point out and compare what each of the Bennett family said about the following topics.