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10.Она их приемная дочь.

11.Брат моей свекрови – водолаз.

12.Стив – мой родной брат. Это видно. Вы похожи, как две капли воды.

13.Ты знаешь, у меня есть крестница. Ей уже за 30, но выглядит она гораздо моложе своих лет. Она стюардесса, а ее муж – программист.

14.Я почти ничего не знаю о предках, но, кажется, кто-то из них жил в Швеции.

15.Он женился на ней только из-за ее внешности. Это была ошибка, и теперь он жалеет об этом.

16.Моя невестка – врач. Она работает в больнице. Ее любят. Она хороший врач.

17.Ему около 40, он вдовец. Жениться еще раз не хочет. У него 3 детей, он со всеми ладит.

18. Теперь он семейный человек. Мы его почти не видим.

А совсем недавно был ребенком и любимцем семьи.

19.Она решила выдать дочь замуж за богатого человека. “Брак по расчету – не так уж плохо”, – думала она.

20.У наших соседей 6 детей, и все – мал мала меньше.

Ex. 16. Answer the questions. Give extended answers.

A.

1.Are you an only child in the family?

2.Are you your father's or mother's pet?

3.Where did you grow up?

4.Who brought you up?

5.Do you take after your parents or any other relatives? In what way? (in looks, temperament, character...).

6.Have you got any close(near)/distant relations?

7.Do you respect your elders? Do you get on well with your parents?

8.Who do you most often turn to for advice: your mum, dad or your friends, or ... ?

9.Are you free to do what you like?

10.Would you like to live alone part of the time - say, a week or a month? Why?

11.Are your parents easy-going?

12.Who shows their feelings more: your mum or dad?

13.Do/Did you and your sister/brother have fights about silly little things?

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14.Do you and your sister/brother see eye to eye?

15.You're a first-year student now. Can you say you have much authority over your younger sister/brother?

16.Do you ever let emotions build up inside you and then express them too strongly?

17.Are you your grandparents’ pet? Do your parents often tell you that you are a spoilt child and it's the grandparents’ fault? Do you think they are right? Give reasons.

18.Your friend tells you he/she is going to get married. What questions would you ask him/her? What advice could you give him/her?

B.

1.Where do people get married?

2.Whom do we call a bride/bridegroom and a fiancé/fiancée?

3.At the wedding the bridegroom has a male friend. What do we call him? What’s his role in the wedding ceremony? What about the bride’s friends?

4.It is traditional for the bride to wear a long white dress, to decorate car with flowers. Can you think of anything else?

5.What should the bride (bridegroom) do and what shouldn’t if she/he wants the wedding day to bring her/him luck? Do you know any signs of luck/bad luck?

Things to do

Ex. 17.

1.Tell a foreigner (your partner) about family relations in Russia.

2.Speak about the wedding ceremony in England and in Russia.

3.Do you know anything about your ancestors? Tell your fellow students about them.

4.a. Say if you agree or disagree with the following statements. Give reasons.

1.Life is made of many disappointments but the individual survives them no matter how great they are.

2.Blessed is a person who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night.

3.The best inheritance a parent can give to his child is a few minutes of his time every day.

4.Life holds many surprises. (Which one is for you, by the way?)

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b. Find out if your fellow students agree with you.

Ex. 18. Comment on the following.

1.The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

2.Housewives should be paid a salary.

3.Husband and children should do some of the housework.

4.Children should be free to choose their own friends.

5.Even young children should get regular pocket money.

6.When children are 15 they should be free to do what they like.

7.If the husband works and the wife stays at home, his working day ends when he comes home from work but hers doesn't.

Ex. 19. Read the text and:

a) say if there is at least one well-matched couple here. Give reasons.

She is demanding, he is a busy doctor with no time for her. She has had a string of

Tony and Sue

affairs, the most recent with Martin. Tony complains she wastes his money, she says he is stingy. She is bored, spends her time shopping and at parties.

Martin has been having an affair with Sue, which he has made no effort to hide. Rachel still loves him, but is deeply hurt by his

Martin and Rachel

selfishness and unfaithfulness. There is one six-year-old child. Martin is an architect, good at his work, a good father. She is a teacher but her home situation is affecting her work badly.

A rich couple. She has had a mental breakdown and is in hospital, but they decided to separate before it. She has depressions and is

Jerry and Ada difficult to live with. She won't give parties or be polite with his business colleagues: this is bad for his career. He married her for her good looks, soon regretted it.

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Young, attractive, well-dressed, capable,

Nina

wants to be a lawyer, mainly because of the social status this will give her; but it is doubtful if she has the patience to study.

Aged 30, a widower, he is an explorer, constantly going off on dramatic, rather Will dangerous expeditions; would like a wife, but cannot promise any kind of stable home

life; doesn't want children.

b) Try to help them, find a well-matched husband and wife. Who are they, maybe Sue and Jerry? or Bert and Edith? or ...? What about Nina and Will? Give reasons for your preference.

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