Учебное пособие для студентов 1 курса направлений

Proverbs, sayings: Like father, like son.
Like master, like man.
They are as like as two peas.
They are as like as chalk and cheese.
look – 1) взгляд: to have a look, “She gave me an angry look. ”
2) выражение лица, глаз: “I knew she didn’t like it by the look on her face. ”
3) облик, внешний вид: “She is beginning to lose her good looks (=her beauty).”


VI. Professions and occupations
to do one’s living as smb
to learn/make/gain/get living as smb
What does he do for a living?
What is he?
What’s his occupation/ profession?
How does he earn / make his living?
to take цр a career (of)/ a job-начать работать (c кем-либо)
to make a career out of smth - посвятить себя профессии
Worker (mechanic, electrician, turner, locksmith, plumber, gold/silversmith, blacksmith, miner, carpenter), farmer, engineer, designer, architect, builder (building contractor, AmE), teacher, child-minder, baby-sitter, nanny, accountant, teller (esp. Am), book-keeper, driver, taxi driver, engine-driver, hairdresser, barber, dressmaker, tailor, fashion-designer, fisherman, sailor, seaman, soldier, serviceman, officer, ensign, private, airline (civil) pilot, flier/flyer, harbour pilot, navigator, doctor, nurse, surgeon, dentist, physician, chemist, pharmacist, physicist, psychiatrist, psychologist, scientist, research worker, typist, secretary, clerk, computer specialist, librarian, lawyer, judge, actor, actress, painter, artist, writer, poet, playwright, journalist, photographer, editor-in-chief, musician, conductor, pianist, composer, singer, salesman, saleswoman(shop-girl), shop-assistant, merchant, businessman, drawer (draughtsman BrE, draftsman AmE), postman/woman, bouncer, firefighter, policeman/police officer, pensioner, housewife.


VII. Family relationships.
We are not a large family.
There are four members in our family. = There are four of us in the family.(inf)= We are four in the family.
We are a united family.
to keep in touch with - Ant: to lose touch with
a family reunion
to get isolated from
to get scattered
tо live close to smb
to see less of smb
to become more independent
to look for /get more freedom
to take care of smb/smth-to take the responsibility for protecting or looking after smb, to look after smb
to take care = to be careful: Take care! (used as a way to say good-bye, especially to family and friends)
to care about = to be worried, anxious (= to think that smth/smb is important):
“She doesn’t care about money.”
to care for: 1. to like (in negative sentences and questions): “I don’t really care for red wine.”
2. (liter) to look after (esp. someone who is old or sick): “Who will care for me when I am old? ”
to take up room
to afford smth.
to get bored/ crossed with smb.
to help with running the household
to be tolerant of smb/smth
divorce rates
to be born outside marriage
to support the family
to bring up children, but: up-bringing of children
to be involved in smth - to neglect (Ant)
to share events, opinions, impressions, etc
day-care centre (Am E), kindergarten, nursery school (Br E)
flexible work hours for working parents
to have a full-time/part-time job
to juggle job and family
to be aware of smth
the latest fads and fashions
to give a good background
a generation gap
sibling rivalry
an only child
curfew = time for a teenager to come home at night
peer pressure = influence on a person by the people of the same age group
to face problems /pressures
to try to escape reality
to turn to alcohol/drugs/crime
drug habit/addiction
teen pregnancy
juvenile delinquency/а delinquent
to commit a crime/a suicide
abuse 1. wrong use of smth
2. bad or cruel treatment of children
motor vehicle accidents
to join anti-drug programmes, organizations
to solve problems
to keep problems from getting too big to