Тема 1. «семья и взаимоотношения».

I.Инструкции по выполнению тренировочных заданий:

• Прежде чем приступить к подготовке ответа на заданную тему монологического высказывания, освежите свои знания по заданной теме, выполнив ряд предложенных по теме заданий.

• Повторите соответствующую теме лексику.

• Внимательно читайте задания к тренировочным упражнениям. К некоторым заданиям даны ответы, и вы можете сверить свои результаты.

• Диалоги эффективней отрабатывать на занятиях, работая в мини группах и в паре с другим студентом.

• В данной теме предлагается повторить и закрепить в речи фразы речевого этикета из раздела «Приветствие», «Знакомство» и «Прощание».

II. Basic ideas. Основные наброски темы.

Задание 1. Порядок выполнения задания. Составьте план сообщения по теме, и распределите данные ниже слова в соответствии с пунктами вашего плана.

Surname/ family/ second name; forename/ last name; first/ given/ personal/ Christian name; patronymic/ middle name; pseudonym, married/ maiden name; namesake; be christened; give birth (to); married, single, divorced, separated, widowed, bachelor; get married, be married (to), be engaged, divorce; grandmother/ grandma/ granny, grandchildren, granddaughter, grandson, aunt, uncle, nephew, niece; cousin, twins, triplets; husband, wife, spouse, fiancé, fiancée, relative, be related; mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, stepsister, stepbrother, stepparents; teenager, adult, grown-up, generation, middle-aged, elderly; be in one, s early/ mid/ late 40 s; be under/ over 40; at the age of; be/come of age.

III. Training exercises. Упражнения на повторение и закрепление материала.

Задание 1. Порядок выполнения задания. Подставьте слова из приведенного ниже списка в предложения. Некоторые слова можно использовать несколько раз. Убедитесь, что выбранное вами слово, имеет правильную грамматическую форму для данного предложения.

• Approval- attitude- feeling- mood –opinion- spirit –view

1 From my father’s point of _____, there’s nothing more important than being neat and tidy.

2 It’s quite normal for parents’ ______ to be quite different from those of their children.

3 Maria had the ______that her mother wouldn’t take to her new friends.

4 In my _______, someone who talks behind your back cannot be called a true friend.

5 The children were in high ______ as we were travelling to the beach.

6 Being a sociable person, Donna is always in the _____ to meet new people.

7 As Rita’s parents are not narrow-minded, all of her close friends meet with their _______.

8 He is in bad ______ and doesn’t want to speak to anyone.

Ответ: 1) view, 2) attitudes, 3) feeling, 4) opinion, 5) spirits, 6) mood, 7) approval, 8) mood

Задание 2. Порядок выполнения задания. Подставьте недостающие слова в задании (a) и местоимения в задании (b) в пропуски.

Fill the gaps with the proper words.

(a) 1. Andrew’s parents don’t live together. They are … 2. Frank has no parents. So he is an … 3. Her … name was Hope. But after the marriage her name is Dickson. 4. He hasn’t got a family of his own, he is … so far. 5. Are you an … child in the family? - No, I’ve got an elder brother. 6. My grandparents are … already. 7. He is 19. He … of age last year. 8. Children go to school at the … of six in our Republic. 9. He is married now but two years ago he was… 10. He is a native born, but his wife is a …

(b) 1. He is in … late sixties. 2. His daughter is in … midteens. 3. Is Kate a relation of …? – No, we are just friends. 4. Do you have a family of … own? 5. This is Barbara Dickson. She is a colleague of … 6. I’m a namesake of …, Elisabeth. 7. They prefer to live by … 8. Does she live with … parents? 9. He is a dear old friend of …

Ответ: (a) 1. divorced; 2 orphan; 3 surname/ forename/last/family/second name; 4 bachelor; 5 only; 6 pensioners; 7 came; 8 age; 9 single; 10 foreigner

(b) 1 his; 2 her; 3 you; 4 your; 5 mine; 6 you; 7 themselves; 8 her; 9 ours

Задание 3. Порядок выполнения задания. Переведите выражения с предлогами by and of и придумайте свои предложения с данными выражениями. В задании с) объясните сочетания слов, используя выражения, данные ниже.

Translate the following collocations with the prepositions by and of. Use them in the sentences of your own:

a) by name, by birth, by origin, by marriage, by nationality, by profession, by telephone , by himself, by mistake;

b) of your own, of the same age, of the opposite sex, a friend of mine/ his/ ours, a family of his own, at the age of six, a kid of two.

c) Explain the meaning of the following words and word combinations:

to be separated, to be divorced, to remarry, to be related, an immigrant, a foreigner, a widowed woman, to be in one, s twenties.

Model: It’s person who …; It’s period (condition) when …; It’s a place where …