b) I don’t like people who …

c) It realy annoys my mother (dad) when I (my friends, people) …

d) I enjoy …

For ideas: talk too loudly, always arrive late, leave things on the floor, always on the phone, watch sport on TV, driving a car, swimming.

Task 7. Divide the following words into two groups: 1) work 2) hobby ( Can one and the same word go into both groups?)

Swimming, knitting, repairing, reading, dancing, driving a car, working in the garden, translating, computer, cooking.

Task 8. Translate the phrases. Make up sentences with them.

A friend of my aunt, to speak of something, one of them; to operate by hand, to speak by telephone, to sit by the window, a book by Tolstoy; to speak about my family, he is about thirty; to speak to my mother, to write with a pencil, to get on with everybody.

Task 9. Translate the sentences.

1) Моя мама – учитель. 2) Мы с отцом любим футбол. 3) У моей тёти очень много старинных вещей. 4) Аня пошла в мать характером. 5) Моё хобби – компьютерные игры. 6) Моя сестра – экономист. У неё есть малыш. Её свекровь помогает ей с ним. Я тоже люблю моего племянника. 7) Мой дедушка – фермер. 8) Я терпеть не могу готовить на всю семью. 9) Что труднее: зарабатывать деньги или воспитывать детей? 10) Я старшая, поэтому мне приходится улаживать споры. 11) Мы гордимся нашим дедушкой.

a) – Have you got a large family?

– No, my family is rather small: my wife, my only son and I.

– What is your son’s name? How old is he? What is his hobby?

– Not so many questions at once. My son, Alec, is eleven and he is fond of computer games.

b) – Is your family large?

– Not very large. There are four of us: my wife, my two children and I.

– How old are your children?

– My son is fourteen and my daughter is twenty.

– What do they do?

– My son is a schoolboy. My daughter is a student.

– I see.

c) – Do you often see the Browns?

– Yes, I do.

– What do they do?

– Mr Brown is a doctor and works at the hospital all day.

– And what about his wife, Mrs Brown?

– Oh, she isn’t working now. She has a baby.

– I see.

d) – Hi, Mary! Is your son at home?

– Yes, he is. What’s the matter?

– I want to introduce him to my daughter.

– Really? And what does she like doing?

– Well, she likes dancing, singing songs, and going to parties…

– Oh, my son doesn’t like dancing, he doesn’t sing songs and he doesn’t like going out.

– And what does he like then?

– He’s fond of reading, cooking, and working in the garden.

Let me introduce myself. My name is Philip Stanley. I am 40. I am a doctor. I work at a hospital in Liverpool. Liverpool is the biggest city in Lancashire. I like my work very much. I am married. My wife’s name is Linda. She is 32. She is kind and beautiful. She is a teacher at school. Our hobby is working in the garden. Our daughter Nora is 12. She is a schoolgirl. She looks like her mother and takes after her mother in character. Her hobby is dancing.

My parents are farmers. They have got a farm not far from the city. They breed pigs. But best of all they like roses. They have to work from morning till night. I have got many relatives: uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews. We often get together at our parents’ house.

Exercise 1. Read and translate the text.

Use the phrases: You are right (to a certain extent). – Вы правы ( отчасти ).

You are mistaken. – Вы ошибаетесь.

1) Philip Stanley is a farmer.