Учебное пособие для студентов 1 курса направлений

Exercise 3
Speak about family life in Great Britain in the past and nowadays.
Use the expression “used to”.
Model: In Victorian times families used to ...
Before the World War II people used to ...
In the past there used to be less ...
Some time ago parents used to ...
Now ...


Exercise 4
a) Carry out a sociological survey. Ask your fellow students:

1. 
   what type of family unit they live in;
   
2. 
   how many children there are in their families;
   
3. 
   if their parents lived in nuclear or extended or any other kind of family;
   
4. 
   who makes money in the family, and if their mothers go out to work;
   
5. 
   who runs the house, and how they share the household chores;
   
6. 
   the place where grandparents live;
   
7. 
   if they have any distant relatives and if they keep in touch with them;
   
8. 
   how often they have family reunions;
   
9. 
   if their parents are very strict with them;
   

Add more questions which might interest you.
b) Make notes and analyse the results of the investigation. Write a short report giving the results of your survey.
Use words and expressions like these:
None of the ... A great many of...
Hardly any of... Some of...
Very few of... A large number of...
Not many of... A lot of,..
The majority of...
Use the following phrases for summarizing or generalizing:
On the whole,..
Apparently,..
Generally,..
At first glance,..
It seems / appears that...
c) Discuss your reports with your fellow students.

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  How can you describe the family life in Russia?
  
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  Do we have extended or nuclear families?
  
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  What patterns of family life exist in Russia?
  
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  Are working mothers unusual in modern Russia?
  
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  Do men and women have equal roles in the family?
  
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  Who looks after the children?
  
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  Are elderly people in Russia happy or miserable?
  
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  Are children free to make their own decisions?
  
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  Is family life in Russia changing for better or for worse?