5. Ideal family. Complete the sentences with the word from the brackets:

(Insured, temples, advertising, glowing, separate, coiffed)

1. Very often many of us get our family ideals from __________, from the Madison Avenue picture.

2. The picture of American family is with its _____ house, its green lawn, its new car and its shining kitchen.

3. The father is young with the touch of gray at the ________________.

4. The slim and smiling mother/attractively ______ and cosmeticked/ looks like a teenager herself.

5. Their two or three children are _________, healthy, loving and loved.

6. If this family buys the right food, if all are ______ and air-conditioned, they are an ideal American family.

6. Read and translate the text. Find out and explain the differences among American and Ukrainian families:

American families are ‘on the move’ more than ever. It’s not uncommon for families to move two or three times within the same city or to other cities. Children generally move out of their parents’ house at 18 years of age and attend university in another city or state.

The extended family (aunts, uncles, grandparents and cousins) is often scattered all over the country and meets together only at big holidays such as Thanksgiving or Christmas. American families also get together at family reunions which are usually held in the summer and can be very large gatherings with 3 or 4 generations of family members in attendance.

Often at a family reunion you meet with many different types of relatives. Your in-laws are related to you by your own marriage (mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law).

Someone related to you by your parents’ marriage to another person is distinguished with the prefix ‘step’. Your father’s new wife and children are therefore referred to as ‘stepmother’ and ‘stepbrothers and sisters’.

Americans consider the family to be an important institution but often careers, education and money are placed in ahead of the family, possibly contributing to the social problems that face America today.

7. Continue the discussion voicing your opinions on the following problems:

1. Before sending their children to school parents should provide them with preliminary preparation in reading, writing, counting.

2. Children’s attitude to school depends on what their parents say and feel about school, teachers, school administration.

3. Cooperation is the key to constructive relations between school and parents.

8. Group work. In group of three or four consider the following statements, decide whether you agree with them or not and write your arguments or against:

1. Children should only leave home after they are married.

2. Children should always obey their parents.

3. Young people should not get married without their parent’s consent.

4. Families should not have more than two children nowadays.

5. Family life is less important in the present-day world than it used to be in the past.

9. Prove or disapprove the following. Give your examples. The most important qualities for parents are:

Being able to discipline.

Can keep the family together no matter what.

Help the children in times of trouble.

Set good example.

Be able to understand the child’s problem.