Учебное пособие для студентов 1 курса направлений

Thomas, 17, England
‘My family is the centre of my life. Family hierarchy is very important in Jordan and the young show respect to the old at all times. Getting married and having a family is a top priority for me. My marriage will probably be arranged by my father, which is quite common here. I have a large family and my house is often full of relatives visiting us. Indeed, the concept of privacy is alien to us Jordanians!’
Aalia, 17, Jordan
‘The Japanese believe that the strength and support of the family is essential for reaching your full potential in life. Like all Japanese children, I was taught to obey authority and to be very polite, as poor behaviour would reflect badly on my family. Being a parent is considered a very important role. My sister and brother-in-law have just had their first child, so they have started calling each other ‘Otoosan’ and ‘Okaasan’ (Father and Mother) instead of their first names. This is very common here!’


Exercise 8. “Snowball”. A) Repeat each line after the teacher.
B) Translate every sentence.
1. I haven't got a family of my own yet, so I shall speak about my parents' family.
2. I haven't got a family of my own yet, so I shall speak about my parents' family. There are four of us: my father, Sergey Viktorovich, my mother, Irina Pavlovna, my younger brother Anton, and myself Alexandr, Alex for short.
3. I haven't got a family of my own yet, so I shall speak about my parents' family. I haven't got a family of my own yet, so I shall speak about my parents' family. There are four of us: my father, Sergey Viktorovich, my mother, Irina Pavlovna, my younger brother Anton, and myself Alexandr, Alex for short. My parents have been married for eighteen years.
4. I haven't got a family of my own yet, so I shall speak about my parents' family. There are four of us: my father, Sergey Viktorovich, my mother, Irina Pavlovna, my younger brother Anton, and myself Alexandr, Alex for short. My parents have been married for eighteen years. They have much in common, but they have different views on music, books, films, sports.
5. I haven't got a family of my own yet, so I shall speak about my parents' family. There are four of us: my father, Sergey Viktorovich, my mother, Irina Pavlovna, my younger brother Anton, and myself Alexandr, Alex for short. My parents have been married for eighteen years. They have much in common, but they have different views on music, books, films, sports. But my parents have the same opinion about my education and upbringing.
6. I haven't got a family of my own yet, so I shall speak about my parents' family. There are four of us: my father, Sergey Viktorovich, my mother, Irina Pavlovna, my younger brother Anton, and myself Alexandr, Alex for short.
My parents have been married for eighteen years. They have much in common, but they have different views on music, books, films, sports. But my parents have the same opinion about my education and upbringing. My parents are hard-working people.
7. I haven't got a family of my own yet, so I shall speak about my parents' family. There are four of us: my father, Sergey Viktorovich, my mother, Irina Pavlovna, my younger brother Anton, and myself Alexandr, Alex for short. My parents have been married for eighteen years. They have much in common, but they have different views on music, books, films, sports. But my parents have the same opinion about my education and upbringing. My parents are hard-working people. We have got a lot of relatives.
8. I haven't got a family of my own yet, so I shall speak about my parents' family. There are four of us: my father, Sergey Viktorovich, my mother, Irina Pavlovna, my younger brother Anton, and myself Alexandr, Alex for short. My parents have been married for eighteen years. They have much in common, but they have different views on music, books, films, sports. But my parents have the same opinion about my education and upbringing. My parents are hard-working people. We have got a lot of relatives. We are deeply attached to each other and we get on very well.


Exercise 9. Choose one of the names in the family tree below and say how the person is related to other people. Note that the pictures of marriage part­ners are connected with wedding rings.
►Pattern: William Luke is Leon Luke's son, Philip Smith's nephew and Laura White's grandson