Exercises

*Task I Find in the text English equivalents for: Мистецтво розмови, приймати правила, бути причиною нудьги та роздратування; плітки; суперечити,переривати хід розмови; "встрявати в розмову», неписане правило; переварювати і оцінювати.

*Task II Choose the words out of column to make up word-combinations

To practice

To avoid

To guide

To make a talk

To roar

To grow

To find

To change

To pause

To show

To mark

To pay

a good talk restless a moment sympathy

the art of conversation a delightful game points of agreement an active interest with laughter friction the subject the dull spots

*Task III. Say whether it is polite or impolite in the course of the conversation:

To dilate on one's health or troubles: to monopolize the conversation; to roar with laughter: to yarn: to seek to find points of agreement: to appreciate ideas: to jump into the conversation; to show an active interest; to fiddle fingers: to study the picture on the wall: to pay sympathy.

**Task IV. Answer please:

1. Is it a good idea to meet with your friends and practice the art of conversation?

2.What should be the basic principle like in one's talk?

3. What subjects should be avoided in the conversation? Why?

4. How is it possible to make a talk delightful?

5. Why is contraction undesirable?

6. What is the talk like if you throw a grace notes into it?

7. How would you characterize the unwritten rule?

8. Does nonverbal language play any role in the conversation?

***Task V Describe the talk at some party which is still in your memory.

WHY SO MANY ONE-CHILD FAMILIES?

Over half of Ukrainian urban families have only one child, and around a third have two.

Meanwhile every new child takes up more time, and care, affecting parents' ability to meet their cultural and intellectual requirements and participating in public life. As a result, the desire to have more children recedes to the background.

Statistics show that in families with one child relations are less stable than in families with several. Of course, it would be wrong to suggest that all marriages with one child will necessarily end in divorce, while couples with several children are immune.

An only child can also get accustomed to being spoilt, which can develop into selfishness.

All that is left for the child-oriented parent is the prospect of becoming a grandparent. This is merely an opportunity to make the same mistake again. It is true that a grandmother is sometimes the answer to the baby-sitter problem.

The large family of five or more is not, however, generally desirable. While it may offer a good upbringing to the children this is only by a sacrifice of the parents.

But the theory that parents should always live for their children is absurd. That the child "might" be an Isaac Newton is true, but the father "might" be Johann Sebastian Bach. The conditions must be created that will make a family want to have more children.

***Task VI. Express your attitude to the problem

***Task VII. Tell about problems mostUkrainian families have.

**Task VІІ. Is everything exactly so as it is told in the text?

***Task ІХ. Give advantages and disadvantages of one-child and many-children families.

Try to use the following:

I've never heard anything like this before...

It's worth telling,,,

I find it..,

In comparison with.,.

The main difference between...lies in...

Summing up... Finally....

**Task Х. Complete Mandy's account of an interview with the verbs from the poster: Put on, go out, write down, find out, turn up, take down, sit down, get up, make up, make out, go into, speak up, sit up

" Yesterday, I had an interview for a holiday job at a summer camp for children.

Unfortunately. I didn't have much time to- about the organization, but I

did all the things I'm good at, like doing video games! In the morning I

woke up late and quickly some jeans and a T-shirt. I at the

office five minutes late, so I walked straight in and . I couldn't

what the interviewer was saying and I asked her to .

She asked about my experience with children, so I a lot of detail about

my younger brother. Then she asked me to tell her about my work experience and

I a story about some voluntary work with a youth club. She

stopped asking questions, so I and of the room. I think I've got a good chance of getting the job. What do you think?

**Task ХI Complete the dialogue with the words from the list.

Certainly, enjoy, getting in touch, important thing, just one thing, qualities,

take a' seat, thank you, work experience

JOB INTERVIEW