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14. Role play the following scene with other members of your group. Each person plays a different role in the 
family. Make a decision as a family group: 
A mother has just enrolled into evening language classes. She has a lot of studying to do 
and cannot do all the housework any more. Her husband and two teenage children want 
her to be happy, but they are not used to helping with the housework much. However, 
they do not like TV dinners and dirty clothes. What can they do? 
15. Group discussion. "What are the changes in family life?" 
Sociologists say that the relationship between men and women is changing rapidly 
nowadays. Dating customs are changing. More women are working. Family life is 
changing. Men are helping more in the home. At the same time, the divorce rate is rising. 
More and more single parents are raising children nowadays. Discuss the following: 
What changes are taking place in family life? What are your predictions for the future? 
What changes in behaviour will become acceptable the future? Will more women work? 
Will divorce become more common? Will the size of the average family change? What 
things won't change?

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16. Here are some English proverbs dealing with marriage and family life. Illustrate them with a short story: 
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 
Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard. 
Men make houses, women make homes. 
It's a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock. 
17. Do library research and prepare an essay on one of the following topics: 
1. Major problems young couples face. 
2. The impact of social changes in modem society on family life. 
3. Women's movements in the USA. 

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