29. family tree – семейное дерево
30. to get on with smb. – ладить, хорошо общаться
31. to annoy – раздражать
Task 5. Finish up the sentences.
1) My mother has got a sister. She is my …
2) I have got a brother. His wife is my …
3) My aunt’s children are my …
4) I have got a sister. Her son is my …
5) My father has got a brother. He is my …
6) My mother has got a father. He is my …
7) My cousin is fond of …
Task 6. Complete the sentences:
a) I hate it when my sister (brother, nephew…) …
b) I don’t like people who …
c) It realy annoys my mother (dad) when I (my friends, people) …
d) I enjoy …
For ideas: talk too loudly, always arrive late, leave things on the floor, always on the phone, watch sport on TV, driving a car, swimming.
Task 7. Divide the following words into two groups: 1) work 2) hobby ( Can one and the same word go into both groups?)
Swimming, knitting, repairing, reading, dancing, driving a car, working in the garden, translating, computer, cooking.
Task 8. Translate the phrases. Make up sentences with them.
A friend of my aunt, to speak of something, one of them; to operate by hand, to speak by telephone, to sit by the window, a book by Tolstoy; to speak about my family, he is about thirty; to speak to my mother, to write with a pencil, to get on with everybody.
Task 9. Translate the sentences.
1) Моя мама – учитель. 2) Мы с отцом любим футбол. 3) У моей тёти очень много старинных вещей. 4) Аня пошла в мать характером. 5) Моё хобби – компьютерные игры. 6) Моя сестра – экономист. У неё есть малыш. Её свекровь помогает ей с ним. Я тоже люблю моего племянника. 7) Мой дедушка – фермер. 8) Я терпеть не могу готовить на всю семью. 9) Что труднее: зарабатывать деньги или воспитывать детей? 10) Я старшая, поэтому мне приходится улаживать споры. 11) Мы гордимся нашим дедушкой.
Task 10. In pairs, act out and translate the dialogues.
a) – Have you got a large family?
– No, my family is rather small: my wife, my only son and I.
– What is your son’s name? How old is he? What is his hobby?
– Not so many questions at once. My son, Alec, is eleven and he is fond of computer games.
b) – Is your family large?
– Not very large. There are four of us: my wife, my two children and I.
– How old are your children?
– My son is fourteen and my daughter is twenty.
– What do they do?
– My son is a schoolboy. My daughter is a student.
– I see.
c) – Do you often see the Browns?
– Yes, I do.
– What do they do?
– Mr Brown is a doctor and works at the hospital all day.
– And what about his wife, Mrs Brown?
– Oh, she isn’t working now. She has a baby.
– I see.
d) – Hi, Mary! Is your son at home?
– Yes, he is. What’s the matter?
– I want to introduce him to my daughter.
– Really? And what does she like doing?
– Well, she likes dancing, singing songs, and going to parties…
– Oh, my son doesn’t like dancing, he doesn’t sing songs and he doesn’t like going out.
– And what does he like then?
– He’s fond of reading, cooking, and working in the garden.