|
Архитектура Аудит Военная наука Иностранные языки Медицина Металлургия Метрология Образование Политология Производство Психология Стандартизация Технологии |
|
|
Архитектура Аудит Военная наука Иностранные языки Медицина Металлургия Метрология Образование Политология Производство Психология Стандартизация Технологии |
Look up the meanings of these words and phrases in a dictionary to understand the recording better.
advantage to share to spoil sociable
II. LISTENING AND COMPREHENSION TASKS
2.1. Listen to the recording and note down the reasons why: A. The speaker thinks it must be awful to be an only child?
B. The speaker supposes there are some advantages, too.
C. The speaker thinks big families are better.
Chose the sentence that doesn’t contradict the sentence from the recording. 1. Some of my friends say he’s good-looking but I don’t know about that. a) The speaker doesn’t find his brother good-looking. b) Roland’s brother has never thought of his brother’s appearance. c) The speaker doesn’t know what good-looking people look like. 2. She had to take her exams again last year – but she passed them second time. a) Ellie didn’t take her exams only once. b) Ellie wanted to take her exams again last year. c) She passed exams twice.
III. AUDITORY MEMORY CHECK Fill in the missing parts of the sentences. 1. _____ I think ____ family size is four. 2. He is ____ now, ____ years ____ than me. 3. He started ____ in our ____ ____ ____. 4. The person in my family who I ____ ____ ____ ____ is my cousin Ellie. 5. She’s ____ height and ____ slim. 6. She’s changed ____ ____ ____. 7. She’s ____ a lot of friends and she ____ ____ a lot ____.
IV. FOLLOW UP ACTIVITES · Do you think your family is big or small? · Write a paragraph about advantages and disadvantages of a big/small family. Taken from Learning to Listen by E. B. Karnevskaya, N. A. Pavlovich, V. V. Lopatko, Minsk, 2002. – P. 21-22.
Relationships NB: relationship (C) with/between sb – used especially to talk about personal relationship between two people. Relation (C) with/between sb – used especially to talk about the public, working relationship between large groups, countries.
I. Look at the texts. Where do you think they are from? Who wrote them? Why? What sort of relationship is being described? a) There was a lot of shouting late last night. The kitchen bin was knocked over and the back door kept being slammed. I wish my parents would be a bit more thoughtful. I have been through an emotional time and I need my sleep. Still I don’t expect them to understand what it is like being in love. They have been married for 14 years.
b) We’ve been married for three years, but my husband’s thoughtlessness gets me down. He never lets me know when he is coming home, and sometimes I have dinner waiting and he simply doesn’t turn up. He always says he met a friend and they sat talking in the bar or he had to work late. We have endless rows about it, and I end up in tears. Most of the weekend he is out doing his hobbies and I get a bit lonely. I’m starting to feel he’s a complete stranger to me.
II. Look at a photo, which is part of a family album. Ask and answer questions fishing for detailed information about each person in the picture (team work or work in groups of two). III. You’re looking through your friend’s family album and asking questions about the people in the pictures.
Speech Functions Developed
Role-Play A Talk with a Psychologist about Family Problems Information sheet Tony and Sue. She is very demanding; he is a busy doctor with no time for her. She has had a string of affairs, the most recent with Martin. Tony complains she wastes his money, she says he is stingy. No children. She is bored, spends her time shopping and in parties. Martin and Rachel. Martin has been having an affair with Sue, which he has made no effort to hide. Rachel still loves him, but is deeply hurt by his selfishness and unfaithfulness. There is one six-year-old child. Martin is an architect, good at his work, a good father. She is a teacher, but her home situation is affecting her work badly.
Jerry and Ada. A rich couple. She has had a mental breakdown, and she is in hospital, but they had decided to separate before this. She is not polite to his business colleagues: this is bad for his career. He married her for good looks, soon regretted it, and has had several discreet affairs.
Bert and Cathy. He is a bus driver, she is a nurse. They are by now on very bad terms, quarrel all the time. He is affectionate and conventional, wants her to be a good housewife. She loves her work, is always at the hospital. No children: he wants, she doesn’t.
Larry and Edith. They have three children, but have been virtually separated (though living in the same house) for two years. Edith is fully occupied being a housewife and mother. Larry is a clerk in an office. The children are disturbed and problematic. Larry has been in love with Ada for many years, but has not tried to approach her, for moral and religious reasons. He is stable, but rather stuffy and conventional.
Nina. Young, attractive, well-dressed, capable, wants to be a lawyer, mainly because of the social status this will give her; but it is doubtful if she has the patience to study.
Will. Aged 30, a widower. He is an explorer, constantly going off on dramatic, rather dangerous expeditions. Would like a wife, but cannot promise any kind of stable home life, doesn’t want children.
Topics for Essays and Compositions - “Many men can make a fortune, but very few can build a family” (J. Bryon). - “Marriage is mutual misunderstanding” (Oscar Wilde). - “All happy families resemble one another, every unhappy family is unhappy in is own way” (L. Tolstoy). - My aunt knows the key to happiness. - Men make houses, but women make homes. - A humorous story about a young father who has to cope with the children while his wife is away. - Write a letter to a friend discussing married life. - There are secrets in all families. - The effect of divorce on children.
Pair Work. Skill Development Make up dialogues on the following situations: - Mother and an old friend of hers – about her daughter’s setback in married life: a) mother backs up her daughter: b) mother backs up her son-in-law. - Your marriage is a failure. A talk with a bosom friend about married life, its joys and pitfalls. - Discuss how domestic chores should be divided between husband and wife or shared by all the members of the family. - You are going to get married. Your Mum is against your marriage. - Discuss the problem of the generation gap. - Teenage marriage. - Leadership in the family.
Become Proficient Phrases and Idioms for Relationships
1. Ted and I get on well with each other (have a good relationship). 2. Andrew and Mary don’t see eye to eye (often argue / disagree). 3. I’ve fallen out with my parents again (had arguments). 4. Tony and Jane have broken up / split up (ended their relationship). 5. Helen is having an affair with her boss (a sexual relationship, usually secret). 6. Children should respect their elders (adults / parents, etc). 7. Let’s try and make it up (be friends again after you’ve had an argument). 8. The two girls were making eyes at the handsome lifeguard (to gaze at sb flirtatiously). Quiz Yourself
I. Some of the phrases and idioms are mixed up with one another. Correct them: 1. Jo and Phil don’t get on eye to eye with each other. 2. I fell up with my parents last night. It wasn’t my fault. 3. We had a quarrel, but now we’ve made it well. 4. Do you think Jim and Nora are making an affair? – I do. 5. I see very well with all my colleagues at work. 6. She should learn to respect her olders. 7. I am sure they will break out very soon.
II. Match the English idioms in the left column with their Russian equivalents in the right column. Use them in a proper context:
III. Explain the meanings of the proverbs given below. Make up five-sentence stories of your own to highlight their meanings. 1. Marriages are made in heaven. 2. Faint heart never won a fair lady. 3. Birds of a feather flock together. 4. Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard. 5. Spare the rod and spoil the child. 6. When children stand still they have done some ill. 7. Like father, like son. 8. A good wife makes a good husband. 9. He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin. 10. A tree is known by its fruit. Joke Time
- My wife has the worst memory I’ve ever heard of. - Forgets everything, eh? - No, remembers everything! w Boy: Do you know, Dad, my teacher says that in some parts of Africa a man does not know his wife until he marries her. Dad: Why single out Africa? w “I’m always very careful”, said Mrs Robinson, “to send the children out of the house before I have a quarrel with my husband”. “How wonderful! ” said Mrs Jones, “They look so healthy spending so much time in the open air”. w Mr Wicks (to a young man) – You say you will not marry my daughter. But it was you who told me a few months ago that you dreamed only of her. Young man (apologetically) – so, I did, sir. Now I am wide awake. w Husband (angrily): What? No supper ready? This is the limit! I’m going yo a restaurant. Wife: Wait just five minutes. Husband: Will it be ready then? Wife: No, but then I’ll go with you. w
Say what you mean!
Very often people pay us compliments which are not really compliments at all. They seem like compliments and in fact they are insults, for example: - Your wife is so nice and sensible! Meaning: Your wife is the most unexciting, unimaginative woman, I’ve ever met! w - You’re still a career girl then, aren’t you? Meaning: So you still haven’t found anyone to marry you!
Guesswork
What are the swiftest means of communication? - Telegraph, telephone and … tell a woman. w What is a secret? - A woman’s idea of keeping a secret is refusing to say who told it.
& HOUSE and FLAT Active Vocabulary house – to leave the house to move to/into a new house to keep house residential area/street detached house semidetached house (duplex – AmE) terraced house bungalow hut basement high-rise building/a high-rise - Syn. multi-storey building multi-storey (multi-storey car park) living room (a front room) bedsitter (in ads) - Syn. a bedsitting room utility room guestroom - Syn. spare room recreation room (AmE) driveway housewarming the flat faces (fronts, gives upon, overlooks) the flat has a south-facing aspect within easy reach of shops / metro stations neighbourhood to be spick-and-span to be in a mess conveniences (latest improvements) rubbish chute (refuse chute) air conditioning (AC) to be fully air-conditioned floor space (U) to do/clean/tidy up the flat to air (heat, furnish, paper) the flat to air out (AmE) spacious - Ant. poky/pokey crammed with/crammed full of furniture a cramped room cosy well (simply, badly) furnished tidy (untidy) to redecorate/to have your flat redecorated to paint to paper to whitewash to polish to furnish sth with sth furniture (U) an article of furniture a suite of furniture to match to fit in flooring patterned (a patterned carpet, wallpaper patterned with…) Additional Vocabulary panelled doors (f. ex. oak-panelled, to be panelled with oak) a waste-bin/wheelie bin – контейнер на колесах на заднем дворе to give a warm colour to the room
Text I Our New Flat I live in Ekaterinburg in a five-storey dwelling house in the centre of our city. Last year our wooden house was pulled down and we moved here into a two-room flat with all modern conveniences. Now we have cold and hot running water, gas, electricity, central heating and a refuse chute. Now we needn’t have a garbage can which we had to empty in the yard twice a day. We live on the top floor and from the balcony we have a good view of the large green park, our block of flats faces. The entrance-hall is rather small. Near the door lies a small doormat. We wipe our feet on it. Against the wall there is a hallstand where we hang our hats coats and a mirror-stand. The study is rather spacious. It’s a simply-furnished room. The floor space is about 15 square metres. It is not overcrowded with furniture. Everything fits in well. Nothing is out of place here. Next to the window there is a writing desk with a lot of drawers and a desk lamp with a yellow lampshade. The bookcase, which is full of books, has sliding glass doors. The curtains of a gay pattern match the wallpaper. On the left there are two comfortable armchairs facing the TV set. The room has an east-facing aspect so it is sunny all day long. In the bedroom we have a dark-brown suite of furniture of the latest model and a thick carpet to match. Beside the divan-bed there is a dressing table with some combs and hair-brushes. In the built-in wardrobe we keep our clothes and bed linen. In the kitchen there is a fridge to store perishable foods (perishables) in, a cupboard, a kitchen table and a gas cooker/stove with an oven. Over the sink there is a plate rack. All the kitchen utensils are close at hand, so it doesn’t take you long to do the cooking. In the corridor there is a built-in closet where we keep our vacuum cleaner (hoover), electric iron and other household objects. In the bathroom with tiled walls there is a bathtub and a shower, a towel rack and a washbasin with a shelf above it. On it we have some toiletries at our disposal: a cake/bar of soap, a toothbrush and tooth powder (toothpaste) and some shaving articles. There is nothing special about our flat, no rich decorations, but we are accustomed to it. It’s much better and more comfortable compared to the old one.
1. Read and retell the text. 2. Describe your flat using the italicized words and word combinations from the text above.
Text II The House
A house may be built of wood, stone, brick, concrete of prefabs. A building may be one, two, three, four-storeyed and higher. There are many multi-storey blocks of flats in our town now. Some American multi-storey buildings are called skyscrapers. London houses have mostly 2 or 3 storeys and only 5% have from 8 to 10 storeys. Our first floor is usually called the ground floor in England and our second floor corresponds to the English first floor. The Americans call the floors as we do: first, second, etc. The house we live in is our home. The house may face a street, a park, a square. It may have a southern, northern, eastern or western aspect (a south-facing aspect). The windows of my room overlook a lane. When people move into a new flat, they usually have a house-warming party. There may be a one-room, a two-room flat, etc. Most of the flats nowadays have all modern conveniences, such as running water, gas, electricity, central heating and a refuse chute. The entrance to the house from the street is called the front door. There is sometimes another entrance, too, leading into the house from the yard – the back door. The staircase leads to the upper floors. We go upstairs or downstairs. The staircase consists of stairs (steps). The steps between two landings are called a flight of stairs, and the door of the flat usually opens on to the landings. When visitors come, they press the bell or knock at / on the door. Then one of the inhabitants answers the door (the bell), and the visitor asks if the person he wants to see is in or out. |
Последнее изменение этой страницы: 2017-03-15; Просмотров: 905; Нарушение авторского права страницы
