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FAMILY LIFE

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FAMILY LIFE

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INTRODUCTORY READING AND TALK

Marriage is a thing which only a rare person in his or her life avoids. True bachelors and spinsters make up only a small percent of the population; most single people are “alone but not lonely”.

Millions of others get married because of the fun of family life. And it is fan, if one takes it with a sense of humour.

There’s a lot of fun in falling in love with someone and chasing the prospective fiancee, which means dating and going out with the candidate. All the relatives (parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, brothers and sisters, cousins, aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews, stepmothers and stepfathers and all in-laws) meanwhile have the fan of criticizing your choice and giving advice. The trick here is not to listen to them but propose to your bride-to-be and somehow get her to accept your proposal. Then you may arrange the engagement and fix the day of the wedding.

What fun it is to get all those things, whose names start with the word “wedding” – dress, rings, cars, flowers, cakes, etc.! It’s great fun to pay for them.

It’s fun for the bride and the groom to escape from the guests and go on a honeymoon trip, especially if it is a wedding present from the parents. The guests remain with the fun of gossiping whether you married for love or for money.

It’s fan to return back home with the idea that the person you are married to is somewhat different from the one you knew. But there is no time to think about it because you are newly-weds and you expect a baby.

There is no better fan for a husband than taking his wife to a maternity home alone and bringing her back with the twins or triplets.

And this is where the greatest fan starts: washing the new-born’s nappies and passing away sleepless nights, earning money to keep the family, taking children to kindergarten and later to school. By all means it’s fan to attend parents’ meetings and to learn that your children take after you and don’t do well at school.

The bigger your children grow, the more they resemble you outwardly and the less they display likeness with you inwardly. And you start grumbling at them and discussing with your old friends the problem of the “generation gap”. What fan!

And when at last you and your grey-haired spouse start thinking that your family life has calmed down, you haven’t divorced but preserved your union, the climax of your fan bursts out!

One of your dearest offsprings brings a long-legged blonde to your house and says that he wants to marry. And you think: ‘Why do people ever get married?’

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Exercise 1.

a)Repeat the successions of words after the teacher/partner.

b)Translate them by ear.

c)Find the odd word in each line. Why are they odd?

1) aunts – cousins – nieces – nephews – boy-friend – grandparents – par-

ents;

2)dress – bachelors – rings – flowers – cakes – honeymoon – cars;

3)maternity home – new-ЛШЫЧ’Ь ЧКppТОЬ – twins – spinsters – triplets;

4)dating – engagement – bride – divorce – proposal – fiancée – bride-

groom.

Exercise 2. “Snoаball”. Work in a group. Every student names one item of family life, the others repeat the previous and add one more item. Continue working until the students can remember the succession of words.

Exercise 3. Read the following word-combinations as quickly as possible. Translate them, switching from Russian into English and vice versa.

Exercise 4.

a) Repeat the members of the family with additional information after the teacher/partner.

Cousins 5 and 12, aunt 45, nephew 1991, niece 23 August, grandparents

65and72.

b)Translate the text by ear.

The smile is a magic gift. It warms everybody without exception, cheers up, makes to feel happy. It is so pleasant to see a smiling person, especially, when your mum smiles. And my mum who is the dearest person in the world smiles so tenderly, sincerely and openly. It becomes lightly from her smile in the whole house. So, you want to sing with joy!

Exercise 5.

a) Repeat the items of the wedding after the teacher/partner.

Bride, proposal, engagement, groom, guests, honeymoon trip, wedding present, gossiping, newly-weds.

b)Translate them by ear.

c)Find the odd word in each line. Why are they odd?

1) guests – parents – teachers;

2) newly-weds, divorced, honey-moon;

3) presents, flowers, students.

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Exercise 6. Sum up the following text in 5 sentences.

Families evacuated during a large blaze on Anglesey on Friday morning have begun to return to their homes.

Nine families had been temporarily re-housed in a primary school after the flames forced 22 homes on Nant y Felin estate to be evacuated.

It broke out at a petrol station in Pentraeth at about 04:50 BST on Friday. The A5025 road between Menai Bridge and Amlwich has been reopened

after being closed due to the fire, police have confirmed.

Sandra Robinson Clark, who lives behind the petrol station, said the fire was so close to her house as she could feel the heat from the blaze.

“I was woken by police at around five o’clock in the morning and went into a bit of a panic,” she said.

‘Huge flames’

“I could see huge flames from my bedroom window. It was horrendous.” “I was concerned that the petrol station would explode.”

“The smell of the smoke is terrible but I’m hoping we will be able to return home soon.”

Media caption Firefighter Gary Brandick, said a shop and workshop have been badly damaged

North Wales Fire and Rescue Service warned the public to stay away. Crews are expecting to be damping down the site for much of the day and

could not say when the families could return to their homes.

Gary Brandick, senior fire safety manager at the fire service, said: “Our firefighters have done a good job here this morning keeping the fire contained, especially given the close proximity of other premises.”

The cause of the fire is being investigated.

Exercise 7.

a)Listen to young people speaking about family life in their countries. Translate the texts.

b)Produce the main idea.

c)Reproduce the sentences as a whole adding as many details as you can.

Cheung, 16, China

In 1979 the government in my country introduced a one-child-per-family policy to control CСТЧК’Ь population explosion. In the countryside, several generations often live under one roof! In urban areas, however, housing is small and can only accommodate a nuclear family, so I live with just my parents. All my relations

live close by. We care for and help each other and spend a lot of time together. Family honoЫ ТЬ ЯОЫв ТЦpШЫЭКЧЭ ТЧ CСТЧОЬО ЬШМТОЭв, КЬ ТЬ ЫОЬpОМЭ ПШЫ вШЮЫ ОХНОЫЬ.’

Natasha, 15, Russia

‘I КЦ КЧ ШЧХв МСТХН КЧН I ХТЯО аТЭС Цв pКЫОЧЭЬ КЧН Цв РЫКЧНЦК, ШЫ ‘Лa-

ЛЮЬСФК’ КЬ аО ЬКв СОЫО ТЧ Russia. My grandpa passed away last year so Babushka left her house in the country to come and live with us here in the city. When I

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was young I lived with my grandparents at their dacha and in many ways they

аОЫО ХТФО pКЫОЧЭЬ ЭШ ЦО. I НШЧ’Э ЬОО Цв pКЫОЧЭЬ as much as I would like, as they

аШЫФ ХШЧР СШЮЫЬ. SЭТХХ, аО’ЯО ХОКЫЧЭ ЭШ ЦКФО ЭСО ЦШЬЭ ШП ШЮЫ ЭТЦО ЭШРОЭСОЫ, ЬШ ЭСОЫО’Ь ЧОЯОЫ К НЮХХ ЦШЦОЧЭ ТЧ ШЮЫ СШЮЬО!’

Sylvia, 19, Italy

‘Mв pКЫОЧЭЬ ЛШЭС МШЦО ПЫШЦ ХКЫРО ПКЦТХТОЬ, ЛЮЭ ТЧ ШЮЫЬ ЭСОЫО’Ь just my brother and I. Although the birth rate has dropped a lot here in recent years, family still takes priority. My parents make us feel special. We can express ourselves openly and have our opinions listened to. We have lots of family celebrations and we often share Sunday lunch with my grandparents, aunts and cousins.

Meal times are really important to us, as they are to most Italians. After dinner, we often dress up and go out for an ОЯОЧТЧР ЬЭЫШХХ.’

Thomas, 17, England

‘Mв pКЫОЧЭs are separated, so my sister and I live with our mum. We

ЬpОЧН ЦШЬЭ аООФОЧНЬ КЭ ШЮЫ ПКЭСОЫ’Ь pХКМО, though as our parents think it is im- pШЫЭКЧЭ ЭСКЭ ЭСОв ЛШЭС ЫОЦКТЧ К ЛТР pКЫЭ ШП ШЮЫ ХТЯОЬ. I НШЧ’Э ЬОО ЦЮМС ШП ОТЭСОЫ ШП

my grandparents as they live in different cities. I am very close to my maternal

РЫКЧНЦШЭСОЫ ЭСШЮРС, КЧН I ЬpОКФ ЭШ СОЫ ШЧ ЭСО pСШЧО К ХШЭ.’

Aalia, 17, Jordan

‘Mв family is the centre of my life. Family hierarchy is very important in Jordan and the young show respect to the old at all times. Getting married and having a family is a top priority for me. My marriage will probably be arranged by my father, which is quite common here. I have a large family and my house is often

full of relatives visiting us. Indeed, the concept of privacy is alien to us Jordani-

КЧЬ!’

Takumi, 18, Japan

‘TСО JКpКЧОЬО ЛОХТОЯО ЭСКЭ ЭСО ЬЭЫОЧРЭС КЧН ЬЮppШЫЭ ШП ЭСО ПКЦТХв ТЬ ОЬЬОn- tial for reaching your full potential in life. Like all Japanese children, I was taught to obey authority and to be very polite, as poor behavior would reflect badly on my family. Being a parent is considered a very important role. My sis-

ter and brother-in-law have just had their first child, so they have started calling

ОКМС ШЭСОЫ ‘OЭШШЬКЧ’ КЧН ‘OФККЬКЧ’ (FКЭСОЫ КЧН MШЭСОЫ) ТЧЬЭОКН ШП ЭСОТЫ ПТЫЬЭ ЧКЦОЬ. TСТЬ ТЬ ЯОЫв МШЦЦШЧ СОЫО!’

Exercise 8. “Snoаball”.

a)Repeat each line after the teacher.

b)Translate every sentence.

1.I haven’t got a family of my own yet, so I shall speak about my parents’ family.

2.I haven’t got a family of my own yet, so I shall speak about my parents’ family. There are four of us: my father, Sergey Viktorovich, my mother, Irina Pavlovna, my younger brother Anton, and myself Alexandr, Alex for short.

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3.I haven’t got a family of my own yet, so I shall speak about my parents’ family. There are four of us: my father, Sergey Viktorovich, my mother, Irina Pavlovna, my younger brother Anton, and myself Alexandr, Alex for short. My parents have been married for eighteen years.

4.I haven’t got a family of my own yet, so I shall speak about my parents’ family. There are four of us: my father, Sergey Viktorovich, my mother, Irina Pavlovna, my younger brother Anton, and myself Alexandr, Alex for short. My parents have been married for eighteen years. They have much in common, but they have different views on music, books, films, sports.

5.I haven’t got a family of my own yet, so I shall speak about my parents’ family. There are four of us: my father, Sergey Viktorovich, my mother, Irina Pavlovna, my younger brother Anton, and myself Alexandr, Alex for short. My parents have been married for eighteen years. They have much in common, but they have different views on music, books, films, sports. But my parents have the same opinion about my education and upbringing.

6.I haven’t got a family of my own yet, so I shall speak about my parents' family. There are four of us: my father, Sergey Viktorovich, my mother, Irina Pavlovna, my younger brother Anton, and myself Alexandr, Alex for short. My parents have been married for eighteen years. They have much in common, but they have different views on music, books, films, sports. But my parents have the same opinion about my education and upbringing. My parents are hardworking people.

7.I haven’t got a family of my own yet, so I shall speak about my parents’ family. There are four of us: my father, Sergey Viktorovich, my mother, Irina Pavlovna, my younger brother Anton, and myself Alexandr, Alex for short. My parents have been married for eighteen years. They have much in common, but they have different views on music, books, films, sports. But my parents have the same opinion about my education and upbringing. My parents are hardworking people. We have got a lot of relatives.

8.I haven’t got a family of my own yet, so I shall speak about my parents’ family. There are four of us: my father, Sergey Viktorovich, my mother, Irina Pavlovna, my younger brother Anton, and myself Alexandr, Alex for short. My parents have been married for eighteen years. They have much in common, but they have different views on music, books, films, sports. But my parents have the same opinion about my education and upbringing. My parents are hardworking people. We have got a lot of relatives. We are deeply attached to each other and we get on very well.

Exercise 9. Choose one of the names in the family tree below and say how the person is related to other people. Note that the pictures of marriage partners are connected with wedding rings.

►Pattern: William Luke is Leon Luke’s son, Philip Smith’s nephew and Laura White’s grandson.

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Exercise 13. Study Topical vocabulary. Paraphrase the sentences, using

as many different constructions as possible.

E.Р. HО ТЬЧ’Э ЬОЯОЧЭООЧ вОЭ. – He is under seventeen.

HО СКЬЧ’Э МШЦО ШП КРО вОЭ.,ОЭМ.

1.She is not twenty yet.

2.He is a little over thirty.

3.My cousin and I are both seventeen.

4.She is over fifty.

5.The boy is fifteen or sixteen.

6.He is almost seventy.

7.The girl is eighteen or nineteen.

8.The woman is between forty and fifty.

9.She is not eighteen yet.

10.He is already eighteen.

Exercise 14. Complete the following sentences using Topical vocabulary.

1.I’Ц КЛШЮЭ 20, Цв ЛЫШЭСОЫ ТЬ 22, ЬШ СО ТЬ … .

2.My cousin is married, so she has … .

3.NТЧК ТЬ К НТЬЭКЧЭ ЫОХКЭТЯО ШП вШЮЫЬ, ТЬЧ’Э ЬСО? – No, she is … .

4.Mв ПКЭСОЫ ТЬ ЦКЫЫТОН ПШЫ ЭСО ЬОМШЧН ЭТЦО, ЬШ СТЬ аТПО ТЬ Цв … .

5.HОХОЧ КЧН вШЮ КЫО ЛШЭС ОТРСЭООЧ, ЬШ … .

6.HТЬ ПКЭСОЫ ТЬ 65, ЬШ … .

7.John is my second cousin. He is my … relative.

8.HО ТЬ МКХХОН RОН, ТЭ’Ь СТЬ … .

9.OЮЫ ПКЦТХв ЧКЦО ТЬ SЦТЭС, I НШЧ’Э ФЧШа Цв ЦШЭСОЫ’Ь … name.

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10.АО МКХХ ШЮЫ ЛКЛв “DЮМФв”, ТЭ ТЬ СТЬ … .

Exercise 15. Study Topical vocabulary. Give words or phrases for the following definitions.

1.To win the affections with a view of marriage.

2.Unsuitable marriage.

3.A woman whose husband died.

4.A woman, who has never been married.

5.A second wife ШП ШЧО’Ь ПКЭСОЫ.

6.A МСТХН ШП КЧ ОКЫХТОЫ ЦКЫЫТКРО ШП ШЧО’Ь ЬЭОpПКЭСОЫ ШЫ ЬЭОpЦШЭСОЫ.

7.TШ ЭКФО К МСТХН ТЧЭШ ШЧО’Ь ПКЦТХв (КЬ К ЫОХКЭТШЧ).

8.A man, who has never been married.

9.To educate, to raise children.

10.To put an end to a marriage by law.

11.The man (woman) to whom one is engaged. 12.ВШЮЫ ПКЭСОЫ’Ь (ЦШЭСОЫ’Ь) pКЫОЧЭЬ.

13.A jubilee after 25 years of marriage.

14.A circular band (often of gold) given as a token of love.

15.A ЬШМТКХ ЦООЭТЧР ЛОЭаООЧ К ЛШв КЧН К РТЫХ аСШ СКЯОЧ’Э ЦОЭ ЛОПШЫО.

Exercise 16. Translate into English using Topical vocabulary.

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Text

HOME

(Story by S. Maugham)

The farm lay in a hollow among the Somersetshire hills, an old-fashioned stone house, surrounded by barns and outhouses. Over the doorway the date when it was built had been carved, 1673, and the house, grey and weatherbeaten, looked as much a part of the landscape1 as the trees that surrounded it. An avenue of splendid elms led from the road to the garden. The people who lived here were as stolid, sturdy and unpretentious as the house. Their only boast was that ever since the house was built from father to son they had been born and died in it. For three hundred years they had farmed the surrounding land.

George Meadows was now a man of fifty and his wife was a year or two younger. They were both fine, upstanding people in the prime of life2 and their children, two sons and three girls, were handsome and strong. I have never seen a more united family. They were merry, industrious and kindly. Their life was patriarchal. They were happy and they deserved their happiness.

But the master of the house was not George Meadows; it was his mother. She was a woman of seventy, tall, upright and dignified, with grey hair, and though her face was much wrinkled, her eyes were bright and shrewd. Her word was law in the house and on the farm; but she had humor, and if her rule was despotic it was also kindly. People laughed at her jokes and repeated them.

One day Mrs. George3 stopped me on my way home. She was all in flutter4. (Her mother-in-ХКа аКЬ ЭСО ШЧХв MЫЬ. MОКНШаЬ аО ФЧОа: GОШЫРО’Ь аТПО

was only known as Mrs. George.)

“АСШ НШ вШЮ ЭСТЧФ ТЬ МШЦТЧР СОЫО ЭШНКв?” ЬСО КЬФОН ЦО. “UЧМХО GОШЫРО

Meadows. You know, the one that was in CСТЧК.” “АСв5, I ЭСШЮРСЭ СО аКЬ НОКН.”

“АО КХХ ЭСШЮРСЭ СО аКЬ НОКН.”

I had heard the story of Uncle George Meadows a dozen times, and it had amused me because it was like an old ballad: it was touching to come across it in real life. For Uncle George Meadows and Tom had both courted Mrs. Meadows when she was Emily Green, fifty years and more ago, and when she married Tom, had gone away to sea.

They heard of him on the China coast6. For twenty years now and then he sent them presents; then there was no news of him. When Tom Meadows died his widow wrote and told him, but received no answer, and at last they came to

conclusion that he must be dead. But two or three years ago to their astonish-

ЦОЧЭ ЭСОв СКН ЫОМОТЯОН К ХОЭЭОЫ ПЫШЦ ЭСО ЦКЭЫШЧ ШП ЬКТХШЫ’Ь СШЦО7 at Portsmouth saying that for the last ten years George Meadows, crippled with rheumatism, had been living there and feeling that he had not much longer to live, wanted to see once more the house in which he was born. Albert Meadows, his great nephew, had gone over to Portsmouth in the car to fetch him and he was to arrive that afternoon.

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“JЮЬЭ ПКЧМв,” ЬКТН MЫЬ. GОШЫРО, “СО’Ь ЧШЭ ЛООЧ СОЫО ПШЫ ЦШЫО ЭСКЧ ПТПЭв вОКЫЬ. HО’Ь ЧОЯОЫ ОЯОЧ ЬООЧ Цв GОШЫРО, аСШ’Ь ПТПЭв-ШЧО ЧОбЭ ЛТЫЭСНКв.”

“AЧН аСКЭ НШОЬ MЫЬ. MОКНШаЬ ЭСТЧФ ШП ТЭ?” I КЬФОН.

“АОХХ, вШЮ ФЧШа аСКЭ ЬСО ТЬ. SСО ЬТЭЬ ЭСОЫО КЧН ЬЦТХОЬ ЭШ СОЫЬОХП. AХХ ЬСО ЬКвЬ ТЬ, “HО аКЬ a good-looking young fellow when he left, but not so steady as his brother.” TСКЭ’Ь аСв ЬСО МСШЬО Цв GОШЫРО’Ь ПКЭСОЫ. “BЮЭ СО’s probably quiОЭОЧОН НШаЧ Лв ЧШа,” ЬСО ЬКвЬ.

Mrs. George asked me to look in and see him. With the simplicity of a country woman who had never been further from her home than London, she thought that because we had both been in China we must have something in common. Of course I went to see him. I found the whole family assembled when I arrived; they were sitting in the great old kitchen, with its stone floor, Mrs. Meadows in her usual chair by the fire, very upright, and I was amused to see that she had put on her best silk dress, while her son and his wife sat at the table with their children. On the other side of the fireplace sat an old man. He was very thin and his skin hung on his bones like an old suit much too large for him; his face was wrinkled and yellow and he had lost nearly all his teeth.

I shook hands with him.

“АОХХ, I’Ц РХКН ЭШ ЬОО вШЮ’ЯО РШЭ СОЫО ЬКПОХв, MЫ. MОКНШаЬ,” I ЬКТН. “CКpЭКТЧ,” СО МШЫЫОМЭОН.

“HО аКХФОН СОЫО,” AХЛОЫЭ, СТЬ РЫОКЭ ЧОpСОа, ЭШХН ЦО. “АСОЧ СО РШЭ ЭШ ЭСО РКЭО СО ЦКНО ЦО ЬЭШp ЭСО МКЫ КЧН ЬКТН СО аКЧЭОН ЭШ аКХФ.”

“AЧН ЦТЧН вШЮ8, I’ЯО ЧШЭ ЛООЧ ШЮЭ ШП Цв ЛОН ПШЫ ЭаШ вОКЫЬ.

They carЫТОН ЦО НШаЧ КЧН pЮЭ ЦО ТЧ ЭСО МКЫ. I ЭСШЮРСЭ I’Н ЧОЯОЫ аКХФ

again, but when I saw those elm-trees, I felt I could walk. I walked down that drive fifty-ЭаШ вОКЫЬ КРШ аСОЧ I аОЧЭ КаКв КЧН ЧШа I’ЯО аКХФОН ЛКМФ КРКТЧ.”

“SТХХв, I МКХХ ТЭ,” ЬКТН MЫЬ. MОКНШаЬ.

“IЭ’Ь НШЧО ЦО РШШН. I ПООХ ЛОЭЭОЫ КЧН ЬЭЫШЧРОЫ ЭСКЧ I СКЯО ПОХЭ ПШЫ ЭОЧ вОКЫЬ. I’ХХ ЬОО вШЮ ШЮЭ вОЭ9, EЦТХв!”

“DШЧ’Э ЛО ЭШШ ЬЮЫО,” ЬСО КЧЬаОЫОН.

I suppose no one had called Mrs. Meadows by her first name for a generation. It gave me a little shock, as though the old man were taking the liberty10 with her. She looked at him with a shrewd smile in her eyes and he, talking to her, grinned with his toothless gums. It was strange to look at them, these two old people who had not seen one another for half a century, and to think that all that long time ago he had loved her and she had loved another. I wondered if it

seemed to him strange now that because of that old woman he had left the home of his fathers, and lived an exiХО’Ь ХТПО.

“HКЯО вШЮ ОЯОЫ ЛООЧ ЦКЫЫТОН, CКpЭКТЧ MОКНШаЬ?” I КЬФОН.

“NШЭ ЦО,” he answered with a grin. “I know too much about women ПШЫ ЭСКЭ.” “TСКЭ’Ь аСКЭ вШЮ ЬКв,”11 ЫОЭШЫЭОН MЫЬ. MОКНШаЬ. “IП ЭСО ЭЫЮЭС аКЬ ФЧШаЧ

I ЬСШЮХНЧ’Э ЛО ЬЮЫpЫТЬОН12 to here that you had half-a-dozen black wives in your

НКв.”

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“TСОв’ЫО ЧШЭ ЛХКМФ ТЧ China, Emily, you ought to know better than that13,

ЭСОв’ЫО вОХХШа.”

“PОЫСКpЬ ЭСКЭ’Ь аСв вШЮ’ЯО РШЭ ЬШ вОХХШа вШЮЫЬОХП. АСОЧ I ЬКа вШЮ, I ЬКТН ЭШ ЦвЬОХП, аСв, СО’Ь РШЭ УКЮЧНТМО.”

“I ЬКТН I’Н ЧОЯОЫ ЦКЫЫв КЧвШЧО ЛЮЭ вШЮ, EЦТХв, КЧН I ЧОЯОЫ СКЯО.”

He said it very simply, as a man might say, I ЬКТН I’Н аКХФ ЭаОЧЭв ЦТХОЬ

КЧН I’ЯО НШЧО ТЭ.” TСОЫО аКЬ К ЭЫКМО ШП ЬКЭТЬПКМЭТШЧ ТЧ СТЬ ЬpООМС. “АОХХ, вШЮ ЦТРСЭ СКЯО ЫОРЫОЭЭОН ТЭ ТП you had14, she answered.

I talked a little with the old man about China.

“TСОЫО’Ь ЧШЭ К pШЫЭ ТЧ CСТЧК ЭСКЭ I НШЧ’Э ФЧШа ЛОЭЭОЫ ЭСКЧ вШЮ ФЧШа вШЮЫ МШКЭ pШМФОЭ. АСОЫО К ЬСТp МКЧ РШ I’ЯО ЛООЧ. I МШЮХН ФООp вШЮ ЬТЭЭТЧР СОЫО КХХ НКв ХШЧР ПШЫ ЬТб ЦШЧЭСЬ КЧН ЧШЭ ЭОХХ вШЮ СКХП ЭСО ЭСТЧРЬ I’ЯО ЬООЧ ТЧ Цв НКв.”

“АОХХ, ШЧО ЭСТЧР вШЮ’ЯО НШЧО, GОШЫРО, КЬ ПКЫ КЬ I МКЧ ЬОО,” ЬКТН MЫЬ. MОКНШаЬ, ЭСО ЬЦТХО ЬЭТХХ ТЧ СОЫ ЛХЮО ОвОЬ, “КЧН ЭСКЭ’Ь ЭШ ЦКФО К ПШЫЭЮЧО.”

“I КЦ ЧШЭ К ЦКЧ ЭШ ЬКЯe money15. MКФО ТЭ КЧН ЬpОЧН ТЭ; ЭСКЭ’Ь Цв ЦШЭЭШ.

But one thing I can say for myself: if I had a chance of going through my life

КРКТЧ, I’Н ЭКФО ТЭ. AЧН ЧШЭ ЦКЧв ЦОЧ МКЧ ЬКв ЭСКЭ.” “NШ, ТЧНООН,” I ЬКТН.

I looked at him with admiration and respect. He was a toothless, crippled, penniless old man, but he had made a success of his life16, for he had enjoyed it. When I left him he asked me to come and see him again next day. If I was interested in China he would tell me all the stories I wanted to hear.

Next morning I thought I would go and ask if the old man would like to see me. I walked down the beautiful avenue of elm-trees and when I came to the garden saw Mrs. Meadows picking flowers. I said good morning and she raised herself. She had a huge armful of white flowers. I glanced at the house and saw that the blinds were drawn: I was surprised, for Mrs. Meadows liked the sun

shine.

“TТЦО ОЧШЮРС ЭШ ХТЯО ТЧ ЭСО НКЫФ аСОЧ вШЮ’ЫО ЛЮЫТОН,” ЬСО КХаКвЬ ЬКТН. “HШа’Ь CКpЭКТЧ MОКНШаЬ?” I КЬФОН СОЫ.

“HО КХаКвЬ аКЬ К СКЫЮЦ-ЬМКЫЮЦ ПОХХШа,” ЬСО КЧЬаОЫОН. “АСОЧ LТггТО

ЛЫШЮРСЭ СТЦ К МЮp ШП ЭОК ЭСТЬ ЦШЫЧТЧР ЬСО ПШЮЧН СО аКЬ НОКН.” “DОКН?”

“ВОЬ. DТОН ТЧ СТЬ ЬХООp. I аas just picking these flowers to put in the

ЫШШЦ. АОХХ, I’Ц РХКН СО НТОН ТЧ ЭСКЭ ШХН СШЮЬО. IЭ КХаКвЬ ЦОКЧЬ К ХШЭ ЭШ ЭСО MОКНШаЬ ЭШ НШ ЭСКЭ.”

They had had a good deal of difficulty in persuading him to go to bed. He had talked to them of all things that had happened to him in his long life. He was happy to be back in his old home. He was proud that he had walked up the drive without assistance, and he boasted that he would live for another twenty years. But fate had been kind: death had written the full stop in the right place.

Mrs. Meadows smelt the white flowers that she held in her arms.

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“АОХХ, I’Ц РХКН СО МКЦО ЛКМФ,” ЬСО ЬКТН. “AПЭОЫ I ЦКЫЫТОН TШЦ MОКНШаЬ КЧН GОШЫРО аОЧЭ КаКв, ЭСО ПКМЭ ТЬ I аКЬ ЧОЯОЫ qЮТЭО ЬЮЫО ЭСКЭ I’Н ЦКЫЫТОН ЭСО ЫТРСЭ ШЧО.”

Exercises

Pre-reading Tasks

1.HШЦО ТЬ ЭСО pХКМО аСОЫО ШЧО ХТЯОЬ, ОЬpОМТКХХв аТЭС ШЧО’Ь ПКЦТХв. АСКЭ is home and family to you? Do you know any proverbs about home and family? Write them down if you do.

2.Practise the pronunciation of the words from the story.

Somersetshire, landscape, avenue, unpretentious, Meadows, handsome, patriarchal, shrewd, dozen, matron, rheumatism, jaundice, harum-scarum.

Vocabulary and Grammar Task

2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.

3.

to go to sea, to have smth in common, as far as I can see,

to deserve, to come to the conclusion, to grin, to boast, to court

1)They were happy and they __________ their happiness.

2)When Emily Green married Tom, George __________ .

3)At last they __________ that he must be dead.

4)She thought that because we had both been in China we must _______.

5)He, talking to her, __________ with his toothless gums.

6)АОХХ, ШЧО ЭСТЧР вШЮ СКЯОЧ’Э НШЧО, GОШЫРО, ИИИИИИИИИ , КЧН ЭСКЭ’Ь ЭШ

make a fortune.

7)He __________ that he would live for another twenty years.

8)George Meadows and Tom __________ Mrs. Meadows when she was Emily Green.

4. Say the opposite of: lazy

dull unbalanced

to do smb harm to go broke.

to spend money

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5. Choose the right word and use it in an appropriate form. landlady

the master of the house a hostess

1)He owned his ________ К ЦШЧЭС’Ь ЫОЧЭ.

2)As Mrs. Hill was away, Jane, the eldest daughter, acted as ________ at

the dinner party.

3)But the ________ аКЬ GОШРЫО’Ь ЦШЭСОЫ. to court

to take care of

4)George Meadows and Tom both ________ Mrs. Meadows when she was Emily Green.

5)The officers ________ Loise as though they were all her husbands.

to be interested to wonder

6)He will ________ to know what the old man has seen in his life.

7)I ________ if they remembered what they had felt then and what they had said to one another.

to persuade to convince

8)They had a good deal of difficulty in ________ him to go to bed.

9)TСО ШХН ЦКЧ’Ь аШЫds ________ him that he made a success of his life.

6. AЬФ “НШ вШЮ ЭСТЧФ qЮОЬЭТШЧЬ” КЬ ТЧ ЭСО ОбКЦpХО:

EXAMPLE: Who do you think is coming here today?

1)They deserved their happiness. (general)

2)Mrs. Meadows was the master of the house. (Who?)

3)They remembered what they had said to one another. (What?)

4)HО НТНЧ’Э ЦКФО К ПШЫЭЮЧО. (АСв?)

5)FШЫ ЭСО ХКЬЭ ЭОЧ вОКЫЬ СО СКН ЛООЧ ХТЯТЧР ТЧ ЭСО ЬКТХШЫ’Ь СШЦО. (АСОЫО?)

6)He would tell all the stories I wanted to hear. (What?)

7)Fate was kind to him. (general)

8)“I’Ц РХКН СО МКЦО ЛКМФ,” ЬСО ЬКТН. (АСв?)

Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks

1. Answer the following questions:

1)What was the farm like?

2)What kind of people lived in the house and farmed the land? What was their only boast?

3)Who was the master of the house? What did she look like? What was

she like?

4)What was the story of George Meadows? Why had he gone to sea?

HШа СКН СО ЬpОЧЭ ПТПЭв вОКЫЬ ШП СТЬ ОбТХО’Ь ХТПО?

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5)АСв СКН ЭСО ЦКЭЫШЧ ШП ЭСО ЬКТХШЫ’Ь СШЦО аЫТЭЭОЧ ЭШ ЭСОЦ?

6)What did the old man look like?

7)How had he got to the house? Why was he proud he could walk?

8)Why was it strange to look at the old people, Emily Meadows and George Meadows?

9)Why had the old man never married?

10)АСв СКНЧ’Э СО ЦКНО К ПШЫЭЮЧО?

11)Why did the author look at the old man with admiration and respect? 12)What did the author see when he came the next morning?

13)Why does the author say fate was kind to the old man? 14)What was Mrs. Meadow never quite sure of?

2. Match the adjective on the left with the nouns on the right according to the story. Say which character of the story each word combination refers to:

3. Tell the story of George Meadows according to the outline below:

1)The old man and his home.

2)The old man and Emily Meadows.

3)TСО ШХН ЦКЧ КЧН СТЬ ОбТХО’Ь ХТПО.

4)The old man back home.

4. Discuss the following:

1)Why does the author call the life of the Meadows patriarchal? What kind of life is patriarchal to you?

2)Why do you think they were a happy family? What makes a family

happy?

3)Why do you think George Meadows had gone to sea?

4)Do you think he was a one-woman man? What do you think there was

about Emily Meadows that he would never marry anyone but her?

5)АСв СКН СО ЧОЯОЫ ЯТЬТЭОН ЭСОЦ НЮЫТЧР СТЬ ОбТХО’Ь ХТПО?

6)Make guesses about the things he had seen in his day.

7)What is your main impression of the story?

8)Read out the proverbs you wrote down in the pre-reading task. Do you remember the proverbs:

East or West – home is best.

TСОЫО’Ь ЧШ pХКМО ХТФО СШЦО?

Comment on the proverbs with reference to the story.

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