My Family and My Life

Практическая работа № 1

Тема занятия: My Family and My Life

Указания: прочитайте текст, переведите и выполните упражнения к  тексту. Затем ознакомьтесь с материалом по грамматике и выполните  упражнения по грамматической теме.

Задание № 1

Read and translate the text

My Family and My Life

My name is Boris. I am 18. I study at the University and do my best to get as  much knowledge as I can. My favourite subject is mathematics. In fact I am very  good at it. I am a regular visitor to University’s library where I spend a lot of time.  When I'm free I enjoy doing different things with my friends and alone. I am fond  of reading interesting books. I am also interested in music, mostly rock-music. I  like sport very much. I go in for basketball and always take part in sports  competitions. As a rule I go to the gym in the evenings.

There is a photo from my family album. This is one of the latest photos. My  whole family is in it. There are four of us. My parents are in the centre. To begin  with, I am going to talk about my father. He is neither old nor young and works as  a businessman at the office. He is a handsome man with dark hair just beginning to  go grey. As he is a bread-winner in the family, he often works overtime. He is  sociable, sincere and reliable. I can rely on him in any situation.

My mother is a few years younger than my father. She looks slim and pretty  in the photo, so she is in life. She is an elegant and an intelligent woman. She loves  my father and the whole family. She does a lot for us. Shopping and cooking for  the family are among her every-day chores. She is a university teacher and is  respected both by her students and colleagues. I must admit, she is a very  understanding person and often is the first to give a helping hand in a difficult  situation.

My parents have been married for twenty-three years. They have much in  common, but they have different points of view on sports and music. For example,  my father is fond of sports and my mother doesn't go in for sport at all.

In front of my parents sits my grandmother, my mother’s mother. I do not  have other grandparents. She is retired now. To tell you the truth, I do not feel the  generation gap between us. She would listen to my endless stories about my  friends and my university life. I do not always follow her advice, but I should say,  my granny is a wise person and an easy-going one. I look similar to her. Maybe,  that’s why I’m sitting near her. Here four of us are happy and smiling.

To cut a long story short, we are a united and friendly family.

Задание № 2

1. Words and expressions to learn and translate:

1. to be fond of

2. to take part

3. a bread-winner

4. to work overtime

5. sociable

6. sincere  

7. to rely on smb., smth.

8. intelligent

9. admit

10. colleague

11. point of view

12. in front of

13. the generation gap

14. wise

15. to look similar to

2. Make up a short story about your family using the words and  expressions from the text (about 250 words).

3. Read the text again and mark the sentences true (T) or false (F). Correct the false sentences.

1. Boris is a pupil of the eleventh form of a secondary school.

2. They are a family of four.

3. His mother is a university teacher.

4. His parents have been married for twenty-five years.

5. His granny is a wise person and an easy-going one.

4. Match the highlighted words and expressions in the text to the  definitions below. Write them in pairs.

1. enjoy

2. slim

3. chore

4. advice

5. easy-going

a. an opinion you give someone about what they should do

b. to get pleasure from something

c. a job that you have to do regularly