- •Астраханский государственный технический университет
- •Contents
- •Unit 1. Appearance.
- •General appearance
- •How Important Is Your Appearance?
- •Checkmate.
- •Unit 2. Character and disposition.
- •Character
- •Intellectual ability
- •8. Reveal your attitude to the types of people described.
- •Intelligence.
- •Revealing Faces.
- •Unit 3. Family life topical vicabulary
- •Mr Know-It-All
- •Unit 4. Parents and children
- •The Bell Family Charter
- •The abc’s of Happiness (by r. Vallet)
- •11. Points to ponder.
- •The Sitting of the Teachers’ Council.
- •Unit 5. Friends and friendship
- •Unit 6. Customs and traditions
- •The Field of Folklore
- •2. Discuss the following problem questions.
- •3. Read the short passages and answer the questions giving your impressions to the point.
- •Problems for Discussion.
- •Unit 7. Choosing a career. Jobs and employment.
- •3. Say what job these can belong to. Continue the list.
- •Imagine you are Andrew Foster (ex. 14) and you are looking for a new position. Fill in the job application form below. Job application form Private and Confidential
- •Unit 8. Crime and punishment
- •3. Read the text and comment on it. Methods and Measures.
- •4. Answer the following questions.
- •5.Comment on the following quotations.
- •6. Use the following proverbs in situations of your own. Give Russian equivalents if possible.
- •Unit 9. Man and arts
- •Man and arts. Painting.
- •Impression and judgement
- •Genre paintingis a painting, which represents scenes from everyday life in a more or less realistic way.
- •Man and arts. Music.
- •For or Against Pop Music
- •Man and arts. Theatre.
- •Imagine that you are in London and you have a free evening. You’d like to go to the theatre. Study the information how to book your theatre tickets in London. How to Book Your Theatre Tickets
- •The Green Table.
- •Unit 10. Women and their role in the society.
- •1.Use the proper word.
- •2. Which is the odd word out.
- •3. Complete the following.
- •Sex Roles In America
- •Imagine the life of women in the following century.
- •Unit 11. Mass media
- •Mass media. Television.
- •Major British and American Broadcasting Companies, Networks, News Agencies
- •Television Questionnaire.
- •Mass media. Press.
- •The British and American Press
- •4. Fill in the gaps.
- •Mass media. Internet.
- •The Internet – a Brilliant Source of Information or a Menace to Our Health?
- •Unit 12. Man and nature. Environmental protection.
- •What Must We Care About to Prevent Disaster?
- •Supplement conversational expressions
- •Sources
Unit 4. Parents and children
TOPICAL VOCABULARY
A happy child is
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-kind-hearted; -good-natured; -loving; -friendly; -affectionate; -confident; -balanced; -secure; getting along with others; -gregarious; -sociable; communicative; -outgoing; unselfish; -hard-working; |
-industrious; -self-disciplined; -self-possessed; -alert; -motivated; -conscientious; -active; -preserving; -enthusiastic; -polite; -courteous; -considerate; -thoughtful; -helpfully able to cope with difficulties and problems; |
An unhappy problem child is
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-obedient; -prone to obey; -submissive; -repressed; -depressed; -distressed; -mixed-up; -confused; -frustrated; -disturbed; -neglected; -self-centered; -unsociable; -lonely; -timid; -shy; -fearful; -sulky; -indifferent; -impersonal; -listless; -irresponsible; -insensitive; -hurt; -humiliated; -stubborn; -uninterested; -unmotivated; -dull; |
inactive; -bored; -unable to cope with difficulties; -irritable; -annoyed; -anxious; -restless; -naughty; -inconsistent; -impulsive; -undisciplined; -unruly; -misbehaving; -disobedient; -resentful; -arrogant; -insolent; -impudent; -inconsiderate; -intolerant; -disrespectful; -unrestrained; -destructive; -belligerent; -rude; -rough; -offensive; -wrong-doing; -delinquent; |
A happy parent is
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-loving; -caring; -affectionate; -kind; -kind-hearted; -good-natured; -friendly; -approving; -reassuring; -responsive; -thoughtful; -considerate; -sympathetic; |
-sensible; -reasonable; -self-restrained; -patient; -tolerant; -open; -outgoing; -firm; -consistent; -just; -understanding; -sensitive;
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An unhappy difficult parent is
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-impulsive; -indulging; -pampering; -babying; -unreasonable; -selfish; -self-indulging; -self-interested; -self-willed; -inconsistent; -sentimental; -permissive; -loveless; -indifferent; -impersonal; -insensible; -disapproving; -unjust; -moralizing; -uncompromising; -tough; |
-unfair; -impatient; -intolerant; -insensible; -unreasonable; -unwise; -inconsistent; -nagging; -fussy; -cold; -hard; -harsh; -cruel; -bullying; -aggressive; -destructive; -violent; -repressing; -demanding; -restraining;
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Answer the following questions.
What is the best way to punish a child?
Do you think it is easier to be a father or a mother?
Do you think you could put an aging parent into an old-age house?
Do you think grown-up children and parents should live together?
What problems face single-parent families?
What are the main reasons for the conflict between different generations?
Did you or any of your family have to be away from each other for any length of time? Did you miss each other?
Below are the statements expressing different opinions. Imagine that you are expressing these opinions, try to make them sound convincing.
The parents’ permissiveness breeds contempt in children.
The child is born selfish and he will need the best part of his life to get over it.
Popularity and success in life seldom come to totally self-centered people.
Enjoying things is essential to a child’s development.
True enjoyment comes mostly from using skills for real achievement.
Enjoyment may come not only from personal experience but also from passive enjoyment.
Read the text.