Читай и говори пособие 1 курс

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II. Form sentences incorporating the definitions given below:

Model: your mother’s father

My mother’s father is my grandfather.

1.your parents’ parents

2.your children’s children

3.your mother and father

4.your father’s late wife ( not your natural mother)

5.your husband’s daughter by a previous marriage

6.the son of your mother’s later husband

7.your father’s brother

8.your father’s sister

9.your sister’s son

10.your sister’s daughter

11.your aunt’s son

12.your aunt’s daughter

13.your husband’s mother, father, brothers and sisters (collectively)

14.your husband’s mother

15.your husband’s father

16.your daughter’s husband

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17.your son’s wife

18.your wife’s brother

19.the girl you are engaged to

20.the man you are engaged to

21.the man you are married to

22.the woman you are married to

23.the date on which you were born

24.the annual return of the date on which you were born

25.the annual return of the date on which you got married

III. Give a word or expression for the following:

Model: a child who is ten years old –

aten-year-old child

1.those to whom one is connected by ties of marriage and birth

2.a child whose parents are dead

3.a brother who is older then you

4.an unmarried man

5.to enter into an agreement to smb.

6.an office where births and deaths are registered and marriage ceremonies performed

7.a marriage ceremony and the celebrations connected with it

8.a ring worn to show that one is married

9.a woman on her wedding day

10.a man and woman who have recently got married

11.the holiday spent by a man and a woman who have just got married

12.two children born at the same time of the same mother

13.to bring one’s marriage to an end by law

14.a woman whose husband is dead

15.a man whose wife is dead

16.a place where small children are looked after while their parents are at work

17.a child who has no brothers and sisters

18.to rear and educate a child

19.a boy or a girl between the ages of thirteen and nineteen

20.the period between childhood and maturity

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21.a person who has reached his or her full size and strength

22.the time of life between youth and old age

23.a person over 60 or 65 years of age who receives a pension

24.a written statement in which a person lays down how his property shall be distributed after his death

25.a name given instead of, or in addition to, the real one

26.a brief written account of one’s life and career, used when applying for a job, a place at university, etc.

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Text 1A . AN INTERVUE

Read the text and do the exercises

(Mr. Leonard Morris, an Englishman in his mid thirties, is sitting in his room on the third floor of the hotel «Rassia» in Moscow writing postcards. He is tall and thin and has a rather long, narrow face, pale-blue eyes and blond, curly hair. He is wearing a brown jacket, dark-gray trousers. There is a knock at the door.)

Morris: Come in!

(A young man in his early twenties enters. He is of medium height but heavily built. He has green eyes and reddish hair, which is cut shot and worn without a parting. He wears thick, horn-rimmed glasses. He is dressed in a green sports jacket, light -gray trousers, an open -necked shirt and light-brown sandals.)

Smirnov: Excuse me, are you Mr. Morris? Morris: Yes, I am. Can I help you?

Smirnov: I hope so. An acquaintance of yours, Mr.Smolin, said he thought it would be all right if I came to see you here. But first of all I’d better introduce myself. My name is Ilya Smirnov. I’m a reporter.

Morris: I beg you pardon, I didn’t quite catch your surname. Would you mind repeating it?

Smirnov: Smirnov.

Morris: How do you spell it?

Smirnov: S, M, I, R, N, O, V. I must apologize for disturbing you like this, Mr. Morris.

Morris: Oh, that’s all right, Mr. Smirnov. I’m pleased to meet you. Won’t you sit down and tell me what I can do for you?

Smirnov: I’ve just finished translating the article you wrote for our paper on the English education system. Your article will appear next week, and the editor would like to add a brief biographical sketch of the author. Would you mind answering a few questions about yourself?

Morris: Not at all.

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Smirnov: That’s very kind of you. When can you spare the time? Would today be convenient?

Morris: I’m afraid I’ve only about three-quarters of an hour to spare now. Will that be long enough?

Smirnov: I should think so. I’m very grateful to you for your help. Morris: Don’t mention it. Shall we begin then?

Smirnov: What’s your full name, and where and when were you born? Morris: My name is Leonard Stephen Morris. I was born in 1965 in Exford, an

industrial town in the Midlands of England.

Smirnov: By the way, is it usual for British people to have two first names? Morris: Oh, yes. In fact, some have as many as three or four Christian names,

and lots of people have a nickname too - especially teachers. Smirnov: What sort of place is Exford?

Morris: It’s a town of about 70,000 inhabitants. Its chief industries are engineering, shoe manufacturing and coal mining, though the mining industry has declined rapidly in recent years and over half the pits have been closed.

Smirnov: Are your parents both alive?

Morris: Yes, they are. They live in Exford - like most of my near relations. Smirnov: What does your father do for a living?

Morris: He’s an electrician at a big electrical engineering works. Smirnov: Does your mother go out to work?

Morris: Yes, but only part time. She’s a nurse. Smirnov: Are your parents active in labour movement?

Morris: Yes, they are. They’re both members of the Labour Party. But they are not as active as they used to be. My father is very disillusioned with the Labour Party. He concentrates most of his energies on his trade union work nowadays.

(At this moment Mr. Morris’s wife comes into the room. Mrs. Morris is in her late twenties. She is small, slim and well-proportioned. She has black, wavy hair, brown eyes and a dark complexion. She is wearing a smart navy-blue costume, a white blouse with lace cuffs, and white high-heeled shoes. Morris introduces Smirnov to his wife. Mrs. Morris says that she has to go to the bookshop to collect a book she has ordered as a birthday present for a friend of hers and reminds her husband that they will have to be leaving in about half an hour to attend a wedding reception. She leaves and Mr. Morris and Mr. Smirnov continue their talk.)

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Smirnov: Have you any brothers or sisters?

Morris: Yes, one brother and one sister. They’re twins, by the way. My brother is a bachelor and lives with my parents. He’s the manager of a big Co-op supermarket in Exford.

Smirnov: Is your sister single too?

Morris: No, she’s married and has two children. My nephew, David, is five years old. He starts school this September. My niece, Margaret, is three.

Smirnov: Does your sister go out to work?

Morris: No, she’s a housewife. She used to work as a typist but now she has to stay at home and look after the house and the children.

Smirnov: What does your brother-in-law do?

Morris: He’s a draughtsman. He works for a big American electronics company which has a number of factories in Britain.

Smirnov: Well, I think that’s enough about your family. Let’s turn to you once more. You attended school in your home town, I suppose.

Morris: Yes, I went to a state primary school from the age of five to eleven. I was fortunate enough to pass the eleven plus and went on to the local grammar school. I took and passed the usual examinations - General Certificate of Education O and A levels - and then in 1984 I went to the University of Leeds. I studied English, with French and History as subsidiary subjects in the first year. I graduated in 1987 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours. I stayed on as a postgraduate and got the Master of Arts degree in 1989. Then I did a one-year course in Education and became a teacher.

Smirnov: What special interests did you have outside your studies? Morris: My main interests were cultural and political. I was a member of a

number of students’ clubs or societies - the Film Club, Jazz Club, English Society, and so on. I also played cricket and tennis occasionally.

Smirnov: Did you get a grant while you were studying? Morris: Yes, I did.

Smirnov: Was it enough to live in?

Morris: Just about. My parents helped me, of course, and I worked during the vacations. At Christmas I worked at the Post Office as a temporary postman; in summer I did various jobs: I worked as a clerk in an office, a shop assistant in a greengrocer’s, a labourer in an engineering factory, and a bricklayer’s mate on a building site.

Smirnov: What’s your present job exactly?

Morris: I’m a deputy headmaster of a comprehensive school in Coventry.

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Smirnov: Is your wife a teacher too?

Morris: Yes, she is. She teaches French and Russian at the same school. We got married in 1990 and spent our honeymoon in St. Petersburg, by the way.

Smirnov: So this isn’t your first visit to Russia.

Morris: Oh no, my wife and I have been here several times. The first time was in 1988. My wife - or rather my fiancee, for we were only engaged then - had to interpret every word for me, but I’ve picked up enough Russian for everyday needs in the meantime.

Smirnov: Have you any children?

Morris: Yes, two boys. One six and the other seven and a half. Smirnov: Have you brought them with you?

Morris: No, they’re staying with my mother-in-law in Coventry. She’s a widow and an old-age pensioner and loves looking after her grandchildren, even if it is rather strenuous.

Smirnov: Well, Mr. Morris, I think I’ve taken up enough of your valuable time. Thank you very much for being so helpful.

Morris: Oh, that’s all right. It’s been a pleasure.

Smirnov: Good-bye, Mr. Morris. Give my best wishes to your wife and, once more, many thanks.

Morris: Good-bye.

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EXERCISES:

I. Replace the adjectives in italics by the adjectives which are opposite in meaning.

Mr. Jenkins is in his late thirties. He is small and thin. His thick, dark, straight hair is always extremely untidy. Today he is wearing dark-grey trousers, a white nylon shirt, a bright-green pullover and brown shoes with very thin soles.

His wife has a rather wide face, deep-brown eyes, black hair and a fair complexion. Today she is wearing a shabby green costume and low-heeled shoes.

II. Fill in the blanks in the sentences using the appropriate words and word combinations from the following list:

(main (-ly); medium; reddish; brief (-ly); convenient (-ly); grateful (-ly); industrial (-ly); rapid (-ly); part-time; single; ordinary (ordinarily); fortunate (-ly); local (-ly); subsidiary; occasional (-ly); spare; temporary (temporarily); several; everyday; strenuous (-ly); helpful (-ly):

1.I’d like to talk to you. Would tomorrow afternoon be ...? 2.I wrote him a ... note explaining why I wasn’t there.

3.My sister-in-law only works ... because she has three children.

4.The old-age pensioner smiled ... at the man who helped her off the bus. 5.The ... industry in my hometown is steel making.

6.The electronics industry has developed ... in the last few years. 7.The new shop assistant has ... hair.

8.I’d like a ... -sized packet of frozen pears, please.

9.His father is the editor of the ... newspaper.

10.When he was ... he could afford to spend much more money on clothes.

11.In England it is a ... sight to see children delivering newspapers.

12.The car skidded and hit a tree, but ... no one was hurt.

13.Rowing is one of the most ... sports I know.

14.Many women students get ... jobs at big department stores during the vacations.

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15. ... people have recommended me to try the new greengrocer’s in Sloan Street.

16.I usually buy bread at the supermarket but ... I get it at a bakery in town.

17.The staff at the travel agent’s are very ... .

18.She spends most of her ... time training in the gymnasium.

19.All students have to take at least two ... subjects in their first year.

20.It was ... that there was no one in the school when the fire broke out.

21.This stretch of motorway is under repair and is ... closed to all traffic.

III.Answer the questions on the text:

1.How old is Mr. Morris?

2.What is he doing when he hears a knock at the door?

3.What does Mr. Morris look like?

4.What is he wearing?

5.How old is Ilya Smirnov?

6.What does Mr. Smirnov look like?

7.How is he dressed?

8.What’s Mr. Smirnov’s job?

9.What is Mr. Morris’s newspaper article about?

10.What does the editor want to publish together with the article? 11.When was Mr. Morris born? Is it usual for English people to have two

Christian names/ first names?

12.What are Exford’s chief industries?

13.What does Mr. Morris’s father do for a living? 14.Does Mr. Morris’s mother go out to work? 15.What does she do?

16.What does Mrs. Morris look like? 17.What is she wearing?

18.What does she collect from the bookshop? 19.Has Mr. Morris any brothers and sisters? 20.Is Mr. Morris’s brother married? 21.What is his job?

22.Is Mr. Morris’s sister single? 23.Does she go out to work?

24.When do children start school in Britain?

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