The Family

1 Look at the picture and then put the correct words in the sentences: son, aunt, niece,cousins, husband, daughter, children, sister, nephew, parents, brother.

a) Bill is Vera’s _________, so of course she’s Bill’s _______

b) Di and Don's __________are Kate and Bob.

c) Bill and Vera have two _______, Ray and Kate.

d) Jill and Joe are Di and Don's ___________.

e) Bob is Jill and Joe's_______. Kate is their _____

f) Jill is the ___________of Kate and Bob. Joe is their _________

g) Ray and Amy have a _____, Jill is Joe’s _________

h) Joe is Jill’s and Jill is Joe’s ____________.

2 Instructions as above:

Grandson, grandparents, father-in-law, grandchildren, brother-in-law, grandfather, granddaughter, grandmother, mother-in-law, son-in-law, sister-in-law, daughter-in-law

(a) Sill and Vera have four ___________

(b) Bill and Vera are the ________ of Joe, Jill, Di and Don.

(c) Don is Bill's_________. Bill is Don's.

(d) Vera is Di's_________. Di is Vera's __________.

(e) Amy isn't the daughter of Bill and Vera. She's their__________

(f) Sill is Amy's ______________and Vera is her__________.

(g) Kate isn't Amy's real sister. She's her ________.

(h) Bob is Ray's _____ and he's the of Bill and Vera.

3 Give the following relationships, e.g. Ray and Di = uncle and niece

(a) Di and Don

(b) Bob and Di

(c) Vera and Ray

(d) Don and Joe

(e) Kate and Jill

(f) Ray and Don

Ex. 1. Read the following short passage and compare the wedding traditions in Russia and Great Britain. Say what is different and what they have in com­mon. Speak about interesting wedding ceremonies in other countries.

Wedding Superstitions

In England the wedding preparations, ceremony and feast have all become loaded with ritual practices to ward off evil and bless the marriage with fortune and fertility.

The choice of date is important. May is traditionally un­lucky for weddings. The tradition that the bride's parents should pay for the wedding dates from two or three centuries ago, when wealthy families would pay an eligible bachelor to take an unmarried daughter off their hands in exchange for a large dowry. At most formal weddings, brides still get married in vilginal white — many other colours are considered un­lucky.

A bride will also ensure that her wedding outfit includes "something old, something new, something borrowed, some­thing blue". "Old" maintains her link with the past; "new" symbolizes the future; "borrowed" gives her a link with the present; and "blue" symbolizes her purity.

Even a modem bride will observe the taboos about wearing her dress before the ceremony. The groom mustn't see her in it until she enters the church. The veil should be put on for the first time as she leaves for the church.

It's a lucky omen if the bride should see a chimney sweep on her way to church. Sometimes a sweep is paid to attend the ceremony and kiss the bride - a relic of the idea that soot and ashes are symbols of fertility.

After the ceremony, the couple are showered with confetti. One old custom was for the bride and sometimes the groom to negotiate some obstacle as they left the church — guests would impede them with ropes of flowers, for example, or with sticks that had to be jumped over.

After that the bride is faced with the feast. The most impor­tant item is the wedding cake, whose richness symbolizes ferti­lity, just as it has done since Roman times. Today, the first slice is cut by the bride to ensure a fruitful marriage.

(from "Reader's Digest")

Ex.2. Agree or disagree with the following statements. Give your reasons.

1. The husband should be more intelligent than the wife.

2. Spouses should be alike.

3. Money often keeps people together.

4. Marriage should be compulsory for everybody.

5. The best wife is a housewife.

6. The marriage contract is incompatible with romantic love.

► Use:

For agreement:

I couldn't agree more...

That's just what I was thinking...

You know, that's exactly what

I think...

I agree entirely...

That's a good point...

For disagreement:

Yes, that's quite true, but...

I'm not sure I quite agree...

Perhaps, but don't you think

that...

Well, you have a point there,

but...

I see what you mean, but,..

For more categorical and informal disagreement:

I can't agree with you there.

You can't be serious!

Come off it!

Don't be so silly!

Ex.3. Bring pictures of your close or distant relatives. Show them to the class. Tell the class about a memorable event in the life of your relatives.

Ex.4. Translate the text.

Я ищу себе жену. Какой она должна быть?

Я не требую от неё интересной внешности. Пусть у неё будет только стройная фигура и красивое лицо.

Она должна быть весёлой, когда я шучу. И шутить, когда я прихожу домой навеселе.

Меня не интересует её жилплощадь. Главное — чтобы она была большая.

Не интересует меня и её зарплата. Лишь бы она была больше моей.

А вот расходы на свадьбу — поровну; половину внесёт она, а другую — её родители.

Я уверен: когда мы поженимся, у нас появятся общие интересы. Если, например, она не захочет идти со мной на футбол, то мы останемся дома и будем смотреть по те­левизору хоккей.

Я буду заботиться о её здоровье. Чтобы к ней не попа­дало спиртное, табачное, мучное и сладкое, я буду всё это уничтожать сам.

Она будет у меня одеваться как богиня: просто и недо­рого.

Я возьму на себя часть её работы, если, конечно, она возьмёт на себя всю мою.

Мне не важно, как она будет готовить. Лишь бы это было вкусно. И необязательно, чтобы это была только русская кухня. Здесь у неё полная свобода: сегодня кухня грузинская, а завтра — венгерская утром и китайская ве­чером.

Я ищу себе жену.

Я готов отдать ей полжизни, если она отдаст мне свою целиком.

Если её не будут удовлетворять мои требования, пусть ищет себе нового мужа.

Вот уже много лет я ищу себе жену.

(из "Литературной Газеты")

II. Say what you think of this man looking for an ideal wife. Does he strike you as an ideal husband?

Ex.5. Study the following marriage advertisements and write one of your own.

1. Red-haired green-eyed lovely lady 33, busy social life, lots of friends, is looking for a special man to love and marry with style, sense of fun and who is likely to enjoy the same.

2. Cheerful professional female, 30, seeks intelligent humor­ous, preferably tall male (similar age) for hopefully long-term relationship.

3. Tall, generously constructed attractive woman (36) gradu­ate professional keen on history, music, smoking seeks tall, attractive, cultured man for friendship, perhaps more.

4. Non-boring accountant (39), divorced with two (b + g)* children in house — seeks lady in similar circumstances. Object: to live life to the full.

5. Workaholic professional seeks good woman 25—40 to cure him. 5.5'11 inches unattached, non-smoker, likes travel, lan­guages, music, theatre, sailing, flying. Photograph appre­ciated.

6. Professional male, 24, tall, cheerful, presentable, solvent seeks female for caring and lasting relationship.

Ex.6 Read and translate the text

“The longest married couple celebrate 77 years of marriage”

Fred and Olive Hodges, who have been married for 77 years in April, are about to enter the Griminess Book of Records as the UK's longest married couple. The couple first met in 1915, then were separated by the First World War. They met "again in 1919 and feIl in love. They get engaged and married - but only after six years, when they had saved £600 to buy their first house.

The couple, who are both 102; met in their teens as they skated on a frozen river in Northampton in 1915. Fred had left school at 15 and started work for the local gas company; Olive had left at 14 -and worked in a leather factory.

'I wasn't really interested at the time, I just wanted to have fun on the ice,' said Olive. 'Fred came up behind me and knocked me down. He told me years later that he did it because he wanted to pick me up. But, three years later, when he was 18, Fred joined the army and was soon fighting in France. Many of his comrades were killed. Fred published a book of his memories, Men of 18 in 1918,, in 1988. In his book he described how a sudden silence signaled that war was over. 'Now I knew I was going to have a life after all.'

Back home in Northampton, Fred renewed his friendship with Olive. The couple had a six-year engagement before their marriage. They had two children, John and Brenda. Fred became chief cashier at the gas company. Olive stayed at home while the children grew The couple now have grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren - the latest just two years old. Two years ago they had to leave their own home because of Fred's poor health. They now live together in an old people's home in Wellsborough, Leicestershire.

'We have lots of lovely memories but the birth of our two children is the most special,' said Olive. And the best decade for me was when Fred retired in the 1960s. His retirement just meant we could spend more time together. I love Fred so much. I don't know what I would do without him.'

Their son, John, 73, a retired professor of genetics who lives in Austria, is full of praise for his parents: 'They are completely devoted to each other,' he said. 'And my sister and I could not have more loving parents.'

'My mother gave up her life for her family and home. Our parents opened doors of opportunity for us which they never had themselves and encouraged us to go through them.'

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