FAMILY

I. Topical vocabulary

Life Story

to be born	родиться
to grow up	расти, взрослеть
to have a happy childhood	иметь счастливое детство
to go to school (to be at school)	учиться в школе
to be a teenager (to be in one’s teens)	быть в возрасте от 13 до 19
to leave school	заканчивать школу
to enter the university	поступить в университет
to graduate from the university	окончить университет
to join the army	пойти в армию
to start work	начать работать
to fall in love with sb	влюбиться в кого-л.
to get engaged to sb	обручиться с кем-л.
to marry sb	жениться на ком-л.,
to get married	выйти замуж за кого-л.. пожениться
to be married to sb	быть женатым на ком-л., замужем за кем-л.
to start a family	начать семейную жизнь
to expect a baby (to be in a family way)	ждать ребенка
to give a birth to a girl / boy (to have a baby)	родить мальчика /девочку/ ребенка
to adopt a child	усыновить, удочерить ребенка
to bring up children	воспитывать детей
to divorce sb (to get divorced with sb)	разводиться с кем-л.
to grow old	стареть
to make a will	составить завещание
to inherit sth	наследовать, унаследовать что-л.
to die	умирать
to be buried	быть похороненным

II. Texts

Text A

Read the text and find English equivalents for the following Russian words and word combinations: 1) имя; 2) фамилия; 3) мама; 4) папа; 5) сестра, 6) брат; 7) родители; 8) племянник; 9) племянница; 10) теща; 11) тесть; 12) зять; 13) тетя; 14) дядя; 15) двоюродные братья и сестры; 16) бабушка и дедушка; 17) состоять в браке.

My Family

I am Steve Jones. Steve is my first name and Jones is my surname. I am seventeen years old. My family is large. We are four in our family: a father, a mother, a sister, a brother and me.

My parents are fine people. My mother’s name is Emma. She is forty-two. She’s tall and slim. My father’s name is Ben. He’s forty-five. He’s often very busy. My sister’s name is Dolly. She is twenty-three. She is married. Her husband’s name is Ted. Dolly and Ted’s son Den is my nephew. Their daughter Ann is my niece. My father is Ted’s father-in-law. My mother is Ted’s mother-in-law. Ted is my parents’ son-in-law. And I am Ted’s brother-in-law. We are close friends. My little brother’s name is John. Johnny is only six. He’s very noisy. His life is easy. My father’s sister Bess is my aunt. My mother’s brother Nick is my uncle.

My aunt and uncle’s children are my cousins. My cousins’ names are Mike and Jane. My grandparents, my parents’ parents are not very old. My two grandfathers are about seventy. My two grandmothers are sixty-five. I am a student. My hobby is music. We are all very happy together.

Say whether these statements are true or false.

1. Steve Jones is fifteen years old.

2. His family is large.

3. They are six in the family.

4. His mother’s name is Sadie and she is fifty-one.

5. His father’s name is Ben.

6. Steve’s sister Dolly is twenty-three.

7. Her husband’s name is Paul.

8. Dolly’s daughter is Steve’s cousin.

9. Steve’s father is Ted’s father-in-law.

10. Ted is Steve’s parents brother-in-law.

Text B