Answer the questions.

1. What’s Betty Smith’s full name?

2. What is she?

3. Are her companions kind and jolly?

4. Who is Betty’s elder sister Helen married to?

5. Does Doctor Sandford have parents?

6. Is Helen a doctor?

7. How old is Betty’s nephew?

8. Is he a good child?

9. What’s he fond of?

10. Is Benny eager to have a dog?

11. Have they dog any animals and birds in the house?

Exercise 1. Choose the necessary word and put it in the sentence below. Use these words:

to be fond of, companions, to help, are, afford, to talk to, household, to be married, to be eager, kind and jolly

1. Who … to have a rabbit?

2. Who can … more than three children?

3. Rich or poor, you needed daughters to help you with a large … .

4. My best … are two girl-friends.

5. They have only each other … .

6. If you were rich, you needed sons … you with your work.

7. Betty’s sister … to Doctor Sandford?

8. Their son … birds and animals.

9. … Betty’s school-mates … and … ?

Exercise 2. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?

1. Years ago only children were important.

2. Britain is a large country where 150 million people live.

3. Young people leave the place where they lived with their parents and take their own families with them.

4. Sometimes people live very close to other people and communicate with them.

5. Many people believe that four children will be ideal for an English family.

6. In Japan people have a lot of children.

7. Nowdays the situation is the same, as it was before.

Exercise 3. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.

1. Большая семья дает ощущение стабильности.

2. Люди не могут иметь большие семьи, когда живут в маленькой стране.

3. В Великобритании семьи становятся все меньше и меньше.

4. Могут ли люди иметь большие семьи, когда живут в маленькой стране?

5. Люди становятся все более изолированными, особенно когда они переезжают жить заграницу.

6. Сын моей сестры – мой племянник. Он любит кататься на роликах.

7. Моей старшей сестре 25 лет, она не замужем.

8. Мой брат очень хочет завести котенка, а я хочу завести собаку.

9. Вы против животных в квартирах?

Exercise 4. Read and study.

Words and word combinations

Members of a family	Члены семьи
family	семья
parents	родители
Mother / Mum	мать / мама
Father / Dad	отец / папа
Son / Daughter	сын / дочь
Sister / Brother	сестра / брат
Grandfather	дед / дедушка
Grandmother	бабушка
Grandson / Granddaughter	внук / внучка
Grandparents	дедушка и бабушка
Grandchildren	внуки
Uncle	дядя
Aunt	тетя
Nephew	племянник
Niece	племянница
Cousin	двоюродный брат / сестра
Husband / Wife	муж / жена
Father-in-law	тесть / свекр
Mother-in-law	теща / свекровь
Son-in-law	зять (муж дочери)
Daughter-in-law	невестка (жена сына)
To be married	быть женатым
To get married	жениться / выйти замуж
Single	неженат / не замужем
Flesh and blood	родственник
To be related to smb	быть в родстве с кем-либо
Second cousine	троюродный брат
an only child	единственный ребенок
five-year-old	пятилетний
far-away	дальний, далекий
in the North of	на севере
as far as	так же далеко, как
come along	пойдем
it’s just the time	как раз пора

Exercise 5. Read, translate and dramatize the dialogue.

Dialogue 1

Jane: Hello, Mary. I haven’t seen you for ages. How are you?

Mary: Hello, Jane. Not bad. I am going to get married next month.

Jane: It’s good news. Have you already got acquainted with your future husband’s family?

Mary: Oh, yes. We had dinner with my father-in-law and mother-in-law last week.

Dialogue 2

A: Are you related to Mary?

B: Yes, I am. She is my niece.

A: Is she married?

B: No, she is not. She is single.

A: Let me introduce her to Mike. He is my second cousine. He is single, too.

B: How old is he?

A: He is thirty-two.

Dialogue 3

Benny: Granny, have I any cousins?

Granny: Yes Benny! You have two.

Benny: Whose children are they? How old are they? Are they boys or girls?

Granny: Not so many questions at once, please, Benny! Your cousins are: a five-year-old boy, Georgie, and a four-year-old girl, May. They are your Aunt Emily’s children. They are in Canada now with their parents: your Aunt Emily, my daughter, and her husband, Mr. Thomas Brown.

Benny: In Canada? What’s Canada, granny? Where is it?

Granny: Canada is a far-away country. It is in the North of America.

Benny: In the North of America? Where is it? Is it as far as London?

Granny: Oh, no Benny! It’s much farther.

Benny: But, granny…

Granny: Come along, my dearest. It’s just the time for your midday milk.

Dialogue 4

A: Granny, have I any cousins?

B: Yes, Mary, you have two.

A: Whose children are they? How old are they? Are they boys or girls?

B: Not so many questions at once. Your cousins are: a five-year-old boy, Mike and a three-year-old girl, Susan. They are your Aunt Emily’s children. They live in England.

A: In England? Where is it?

B: England is a country in Europe.

A: Is it as far as Moscow?

B: Oh, no, Mary! It’s much father.