Lesson № 1 (1-й семестр)

Тема:Я і моя сім`я. Фонетичний курс.

Getting to Know You

• What is your name?

My name is _____________.

• Where are you from?

I am from _______________.

How old are you?

I'd rather not say./I am _____ years old.

• How many are in your family?

There are ________ in my family.

How tall are you?

I am ______ centimetres tall.

Have you a lot of relatives?

What do your parents do?

My mother is ____________

My father is _____________

Where do they live?

They live (in) ___________

What kind of person is your best friend?

What does he/she do?

Have you got any sisters and brothers?

What is his/her hobby? Is he married?

Describe what he/she looks like.

• How do you come to school?

I take __________./I drive./ I walk to school.

• Have you visited a foreign country?

Yes, I have./No, I haven't.

• If you have, Which country/countries?

I have visited ___________________.

• How do you come to school?

I take __________./I drive./ I walk to school.

• Did you watch TV last night?

Yes, I did./No, I didn't.

• Do you play tennis?

Yes, I do./No, I don't, but I play ________.

• Do you know how to type?

Yes, I do./No, I don't.

• How do you come to college?

I take __________./I drive./ I walk to college.

• How many members are there in your family?

There are ________ in my family.

• Do you like to go to movies?

Yes, I do./No, I don't.

• Who is your favourite actor/actress?

I like _____________.

• Do you like soccer?

Yes, I do./No, I don't but I like __________.

• Who is your favourite baseball player?

I like __________./I don't have a favourite player./I don't watch baseball.

• Do you have a driver's license?

Yes, I do./No, I don't./No, I don't but I am going to driving school now.

• Do you have a car?

Yes, I do./No, I don't./No, but I have a motorcycle.

• Do you like English?

Yes, I do./Of course, I do.

Think about your family. Write down 5 things which: everyone in the family does; only you do; only your mother does; only your father does.

I'm Peter Johnson. I'm a teacher of English. I'm 45. I'm married. This is my wife. Her name is Ann Johnson. She is 40. She is an engineer. She usually works on the computer. These are our children Ann and Andrew. Andrew is 20. Ann is 15. Andrew is a student. Ann is a schoolgirl. These are my parents. My father's name is Nick. My mother's name is Mary. They don't work. They are retired.

My family is not very large. There are four of us – my wife, my son, my daughter and I. My wife is rather slender, blue-eyed and dark-haired. She is a good-natured and easy-going person. She is a good engineer and has a senior position at her office. Her hobby is cooking.

My son takes after me. He is tall, dark-eyed and dark-haired. He is fond of sports. He plays tennis. But his hobby is chess.

My daughter is a blue-eyed girl with fair hair. She is rather pretty, a little hot-headed. Her hobby is music. She plays the pi­ano. She is fond of classical music.

My parents are musicians too. My father is a violinist, my mother is a pianist. Now they are on pension.

We have a lot of relatives on my wife's and my side. Some of our aunts, uncles and cousins live in London. My parents-in-law do not live in London. They live in Manchester. My wife's sister is married, she lives in Manchester too. She works for a firm as an accountant. She makes calculations on the computer. Her brother is single. He is a serviceman and he lives in Edinburgh.

My relatives live in Aberdeen. My younger sister is married. She got married 5 years ago. Her husband is an engineer. They live in a small town not far from Aberdeen. We sometimes go there on our days-off. I like to play with my niece and nephew. They are very funny children. My brother is a student of the technical college. He is graduating from it this year.

As for me, you already know that I'm a University teacher. I give lectures, take classes and seminars there. I'm fond of my students. They study International Business. They work in various fields. Some of them are good, others are very talented.