Part II

Part I

Now, read the text about the family of Peter and Ann Johnson.

Think about your family. Write down 5 things which: everyone in the family does; only you do; only your mother does; only your father does.

I'm Peter Johnson. I'm a teacher of English. I'm 45. I'm married. This is my wife. Her name is Ann Johnson. She is 40. She is an engineer. She usually works on the computer. These are our children Ann and Andrew. Andrew is 20. Ann is 15. Andrew is a student. Ann is a schoolgirl. These are my parents. My father's name is Nick. My mother's name is Mary. They don't work. They are retired.

My family is not very large. There are four of us – my wife, my son, my daugh­ter and I. My wife is rather slender, blue-eyed and dark-haired. She is a good-natured and easy-going person. She is a good engineer and has a sen­ior position at her office. Her hobby is cooking.

My son takes after me. He is tall, dark-eyed and dark-haired. He is fond of sports. He plays tennis. But his hobby is chess.

My daughter is a blue-eyed girl with fair hair. She is rather pretty, a little hot-headed. Her hobby is music. She plays the pi­ano. She is fond of classical music.

My parents are musicians too. My father is a violinist, my mother is a pianist. Now they are on pension.

We have a lot of relatives on my wife's and my side. Some of our aunts, uncles and cousins live in London. My parents-in-law do not live in London. They live in Manchester. My wife's sister is married, she lives in Manchester too. She works for a firm as an accountant. She makes calculations on the computer. Her brother is single. He is a serviceman and he lives in Edinburgh.

My relatives live in Aberdeen. My younger sister is married. She got married 5 years ago. Her husband is an engineer. They live in a small town not far from Aberdeen. We sometimes go there on our days-off. I like to play with my niece and nephew. They are very funny children. My brother is a student of the technical college. He is graduating from it this year.

As for me, you already know that I'm a University teacher. I give lectures, take classes and seminars there. I'm fond of my students. They study International Business. They work in various fields. Some of them are good, others are very talented.

I have got a lot of friends. One of them is Ben Croydon. He works as an interpreter for a company. His wife Kate is a doctor. They have two children. Their names are Nick and Nelly. Nick is not in London. He is a student of the university and is on vacation now. He is also going to work as an interpreter at some enterprise. He can speak French. Nelly goes to school. She is in the tenth form. She is going to apply to an engi­neering college. I suppose she wants to be a designer.

The Croydons are going to come to our place next Sunday. We are going to celebrate my wife's birthday. A lot of relatives and friends of ours are going to come to congratulate her on her 40th birthday. They are going to bring a lot of flowers and pre­sents. Ann is going to bake our favourite apple-pie and cakes. My mother-in-law will help her to do it.

Peter Skrypnyk is going to come too. He is my colleague. He is from Ukraine, now he is in Kyiv. His family is not in Kyiv. They are in Kirovohrad. He has a wife and three children. His wife's name is Julia. Julia is attractive, slim, fair-haired. His elder son Pavlo is dark-haired, brown-eyed and very tall. Slavik, his younger son, is dark-haired too, he looks like his elder brother. Mary is leaving school this year. She is a pretty girl with a straight nose and blue eyes. As for Peter Skrypnyk, he is good-natured, tall, lean and rather handsome. He is a hard-working and an easy-going person.

J Now, let’s talk about your family! J

How large is your family?

How old are you?

Have you a lot of relatives?

What do your parents do?

Where do they live?

What kind of person is your best friend?

What does he/she do?

Has he/she got any sisters and brothers?

What is his/her hobby? Is he married?

Describe what he/she looks like. When are

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