Supplementary material for the third - year students. Учебное пособие

8.A had a medical in April and passed…I keep myself pretty fit.

9.He had a heart bypass at 63! Can you imagine? If I were in his position at that age, I’d just…

10.I think you’re perfectly right, you’ve…If you give people decent conditions they react decently.

11.Concorde, the only…ever to fly, was a monstrously uneconomic project.

12.Detectives armed with metal detectors spent weeks searching the grounds of the estate for the treasure but…

13.On a glorious summer’s day, with a calm sea, the ferry will…any ride-for- pleasure contest…

14.He asked me to write a story for his magazine. If I can it will be…my…

15.This is the man who – after four albums – recons he’s finally…in terms of getting to the point with his lyrics.

16.…has been…hotels and guest houses for several years but now, suddenly, everyone can read.

17.Last night she came through a marathon 16-hour transplant operation at the local Children’s Hospital…

18.‘I’ll get the Republican nomination, it’s…,’ he assured me. It was not, and he’d have to wait eight long years before obtaining it.

CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY

Ex. 1. Complete the horoscopes, using letters instead of dots. Do they describe people you know?

Ex. 2. Discuss and write answers to these questions:

1.How do you say your national character is different from that of people in the immediately neighbouring countries?

2.How do you think your character has changed or developed over the years?

3.Are there any aspects of your personality you still don’t like?

4.Choose two of the star-signs and write a paragraph for each, analysing personality as if for a magazine.

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5. The weaker sex? The fairer sex? Not any more! Write an article of 250-300 words contrasting the image of women today with that of a few hundred years ago.

MOODS

Ex. 1. Here are some of the most common adjectives we use to describe the way we feel. Each one has a clue with it, to help you understand the mood, and to allow you to test yourself later. Some of the clues contain useful phrases about the weather. Have you ever had a year like this? Read on.

You will notice that amongst the clues above you have the most common expressions relating to the weather - an important topic in England!

SPEAKING

1.Types of Personality

2.A Family Horoscope

WRITING

1.A Sense of Humour is a Virtue

2.My Ten Happy and Ten Unhappy Days

MODULE VI RELATIONSHIPS AND MARRIAGE

Ex. 1. Study the idioms describing relationships

go round in circles, on the rocks, heart is in the right place, split up with, love at first sight, fall out about sth, go off the deep end, go out together; a pain in the neck, to keep the hair on, to be off one’s head, to put the foot down, to be out of hand, to make eyes at sb, to turn one’s back on sb, to get up sb’s nose, not to have a leg to stand on, a slip of the tongue.

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Ex. 2. Explain the difference: 1wedding - marriage 2 be infatuated – fall in love 3 get engaged – get married 4 get pregnant – have a baby 5 have an anniversary

– have a birthday 6 have rows – have discussions 7 chat – flirt 8 get a divorce – split up 9 wife – bride 10 bachelor-single-unmarried-unattached-widowed

Ex. 3. Discuss pros and cons of different types of marriage: monogamy, bigamy, arranged, plural/polygamy, elopement

Ex. 4. Define and discuss the significance of each word: a wedding, a registry office, a church, the aisle, a vicar, the bride, the bridegroom, the best man, the bridesmaids, the ring, the reception, the organist, the choir, a bouquet, a veil, a honeymoon.

Ex. 5. Give your story of an upset wedding. Use the words: the vicar, the groom, the wedding guests, the bride, the bride’s mother, the best man, the bride’s parents, the bride’s uncle, the organist, the groom relations.

Use the sentences: 1 They arranged the wedding. 2 Most of them were from… 3 He was looking very handsome. 4 They were extremely surprised. 5 She fainted. 6 he shouted in church. 7 They were all talking to one another. 8 He was feeling very insecure. 9 He had had too much to drink. 10 He asked the same question twice. 11 He changed his mind. 12 She hooked him. 13 He was sacked on the spot. 14 He was under her spells.

Ex. 6. Write a story about the last wedding you went to. What happens when people get married in our country? Are there any special activities or customs?

Ex. 7. Speak about marriages in our country.

1. At what age do most men/women get married? 2. How do most people meet their future wives/husbands? (through the family, at parties/discos/clubs, at work or college) 3. Do parents have to approve the choice of partner? 4. Do parents ever choose the partner for their children? 5. Do people get engaged? If so, how long does the engagement last?

Ex. 8. Complete the sentences: widow, bachelor, spinster, lover, fiancée, spouse, mistress, fiancé, divorcee, widower.

1 A woman’s (a) is the man who is engaged to be married to her. 2(b) are people who have been married but have divorced and now are single. 3 A (c) is a woman whose husband has died. A man whose wife has died is a (d). 4 (e) is a formal term for ‘husband or wife’. 5 Someone’s (f) is a person other than their wife with whom they have a sexual relationship. 6 A(g) is a rather old-fashioned and derogatory word for an unmarried woman over forty.

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Ex. 9. Insert the words into their places: partners, mature, mutual, platonic, compatible, idolize, flirtation, one-sided, complement, infatuation, hero-worship, stable.

LOVE

Youngsters in their teens or even earlier sometimes (a) film stars or other celebrities with a kind of blind, devoted (b). The objects of such adoration are regarded as gods by their smitten worshippers. How sad that such devotion is almost always unrequited (though pop-stars have been known to marry their fans). Young people also sometimes develop an irrational obsession for another, often older, person which is not an adult, (c) feeling but simply a youthful (d). At parties a boy may playfully try to attract a girl, or vice versa, without intending any serious, lasting relationship. This is just a (e). A relationship which gives a deep and lasting happiness to both (f) must not be (g) (felt more strongly by one of the pair than by the other). It should be based on a (h) love and respect, felt equally by each of the two. Of course it can take many forms. It might be very deep but entail no physical desire, in which case it is described as (i). Certainly, for any relationship to be (j), the two people involved must be (k) (they must get on well together). This does not necessarily mean they must have attitudes and interests in common, for partnerships of opposites can work very well. The different characters of the two people somehow (l) each other.

Ex. 10. Choose the best alternative.

An Arranged Marriage

Shamin is a Muslim living in Birmingham. She married Ali two years ago when she was 23, six weeks after (1) him once. “I didn’t go out on (2) with boys. Although my parents have adopted some aspects of western (3), and my father wanted me to have a career and be financially (4), he considered it his responsibility to find me (5) husband. But he would never have arranged my marriage (6). My parents organized the introductions, but the (7) decision was mine.

I (8) on someone with a good family (9), higher education, a (10) of humour and the ability to communicate. These things (11) forever, while romance and physical attraction soon fade! My father thought I was being unrealistic! ‘This is a fairy tale’, he said. ‘Mr Wonderful isn’t going to drive up here in a white Mercedes.’ But I couldn’t learn to (12) for anyone ordinary.

“I had seen several men when Ali was introduced to me. We (13) well immediately and I knew I wanted to (14) my life with him. Neither of us had ever been with anyone else, so we didn’t need to feel (15) of previous relationships. Love grew as we got to know each other. I definitely (16) the right choice when I picked Ali.”

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Ex. 11. Form the word of the suitable part of speech.

My Real Parents

People tell me I take after my mother. We have (exact) the same blue eyes. Actually, I don’t know whether there is any (similar) between my birth mother and me. I have no (know) of her because I was adopted as a baby. The fact that I am adopted is of no (important) to me. I don’t want to look for (inform) about my birth parents. Your real parents are the ones who love and look after you – that’s what I (belief). My mother is a (law); she works very hard and often comes home late. She sometimes worries (necessary) that this makes her a bad mother. She says her children (bright) her life and she would like to spend more time with us. My father is a (profession) artist and works at home. They are the best parents in the world. It was the (luck) day of my life when they adopted me.

Ex. 12. Complete the text using only one word.

Modern marriages are in chaos. Most men and women seek a relationship (1) a member of the opposite sex and we still have (2) idea of a perfect partner. But that won’t immunize you against the fact (3) married life is difficult in the late 20th century. Society today no longer has a clear concept of (4) marriage means. Most people would never enter a marriage (5) they didn’t think there was something mystical in it. The trouble (6), we have overplayed the romantic notion and ideal of love. Modern couples talk about marriage (7) togetherness. Men and women use the same word but very often they mean different things and they may want different things. Women want togetherness (8) the sense of doing things together.

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