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Sociology of a Family.
The most basic of all social institutions is the family. Every human society has some sort of family system. A stable family unit is necessary because human babies require an extended period of parental attention and socialization in order to survive and become functioning members of their society. A stable family unit is also made more likely by the fact that human sexual relations are not restricted to a breeding season, as in the case with other species.
The structure of the family varies to a great extent from one society to another. The reasons for these variations have to do with other aspects of the culture and the need to fulfill basic needs.
Members of every society generally believe that their particular society’s marriage and family patterns are the most appropriate.
Unlike many other subjects studied at Institutes and Universities, the family is one of the subject students often believe they already know all about. The vast majority of people have the first-hand experience of at least one family. In fact, most people have only limited knowledge of families because their belief about the family is formed largely from their own experience. Their personal background does little to prepare them for the wide diversity of families.
Questions:
1. Do marriages in which the bride is pregnant have a higher risk of divorce?
2. Has love always been the main reason for marriage?
3. Do the majority of children today live with stepparents?
4.Do the majority of adult people live with other relatives besides their spouses and children?
5.What is the stable family?
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6.Does people’s personal background do much to prepare them for the wide diversity of families?
7.Who has limited knowledge of families? Why?
XYI. Make up your own CURRICULUM VITAE according to the plan:
• Personal details Example:
Name Nikolay S. Fomin
Date of birth June, 17, 1989
Address 137, Gorbachova Str., Apt. 45,
Makiyivka, 18600
Telephone (8632) 22-28-36
Gender male
Marital status unmarried
Native language Ukrainian
• Education
September 1995 - Secondary School N 47, Makiyivka
June 2006 (Honour Degree)
September 2006 – Sociology Department of Makiyivka Institute
Present of Economics and Humanities
Major – Sociology of Organization
• Working Experience I have no working experience
• Interest/Activities Computer technology and the Internet; swimming and running; modern foreign music; dancing;
historical novels and poetry.
• Other Information 2005 – completed 2-year Computer Courses.
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ЗМІСТОВИЙ МОДУЛЬ № 3
My Flat. My Home.
Pre-reading activity.
Read and learn corresponding words and expressions on the subject “My home”.
Harbor притулок
Dwelling житло
To render надавати допомогу (послугу)
Basement підвальне приміщення
Garret горище
Frame будова
Shed сарай
Closet комора
Rent платня
Conveniences зручності
Spacious просторий
Separate окремий
Apartment квартира
To pay the rent платити за квартиру
Multi-storeyed building багатоповерхова будівля
Residential area житловий район
Nicely Furnished чудово мебльований
Garbage disposal сміттєпровід
Cellar погріб
Old-fashioned старомодний
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Learn the Famous Proverbs and Expressions about Home:
• There is no place like home.
• East or West, home is best.
• My home is my castle.
• Happiness is sleeping in your own bed and sharing your dreams with your own pillow.
• Every house has its own particular smell that reflects the nature of the people who live there.
• It is always pleasant to come back home.
I. Read the text and render its idea into Ukrainian.
My Flat
My native town is Makiyivka. I live in a new district of the town. My flat consists of three rooms, a kitchen and a bathroom. My flat is full of conveniences such as gas, cold and hot water, central heating, a telephone. My mother, my sister and I do our best to make our flat comfortable and cosy. My duty is to clean the rooms. As all the floor in our flat is covered with carpets my elder sister uses a vacuum-cleaner, when we help our mother on Saturdays. Our furniture is new and modern.
I like music that’s why I have a tape-recorder in my room between my bed and the wardrobe.
My family is fond of reading. We have a good family library. There are many bookshelves in our sitting-room.
The kitchen is a kingdom of our mother. It is rather small but has all the necessary things: a gas-cooker, a refrigerator, a dinner table and cutlery. Our flat is a real harbour for me and for my family after the working day where we can relax and have a rest.
Our flat is near the dwelling of the elderly married couple. They are pensioners. My sister and I study at the Department of Sociology; we are going to
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be sociologists. That’s why we want to understand the needs of these seniors. They face different social problems such as housing, shops, public transport. We try to
render them a real help in difficult situations to change their life for the better. We are sure our future speciality of a sociologist is really important and necessary.
II. Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the text.
1.My flat consists of _____, a kitchen, ________.
2. It is full of ________ such as _________.
3. We do our best to ________ comfortable and _________.
4._______ is to clean _________.
5. My elder sister uses _________.
6. There are many _________ in our sitting room.
7. The kitchen has all the necessary things: __________.
3. Our flat is ________ for me and my family.
4. Our flat is near ________ of the elderly ___________.
5. My sister and I study _________, we are going to be __________.
6. We want to understand __________.
7. They ________ social __________ such as ___________.
8. We try ___________ them _________ in difficult ___________.
9. We are sure _________ of _________ is really __________.
