2020-10-12
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I think that a family is the most important thing for every person. Relatives are the people that always love you, support you and help you. For me it is impossible to live without my relatives. My family is rather large. There are: my parents, brother, sister and grandparents.
My father is a plastic surgeon; he helps people become more beautiful. He is a professional. My father does his work very well and gets a very good salary. My mother is a housewife. She looks after the house and us, the kids. Mother makes very tasty breakfasts and dinners. Our mother is very kind, but stric t to us. She always check s how we do our homework. Mother arranges our free time, so that we cannot just fool around.
My elder brother, Jason, is a student of the medical faculty. He wants to become a good surgeon, like our father. Besides he is also a member of the local theatre club. He plays main parts in several plays.
My sister, Jenny, is finishing school this year. But she has not yet made up her mind about her future profession. On one hand she loves animals and can become a vet, on the other hand she is very good at mathematics and knows some complex computer programs. Maybe she will have a year off to think over her future possibilities.
As for me, I have always loved music. I can play the guitar and piano very well. I love all kinds of music, but mostly I prefer rock. After school I am planning to enter the music college, because I want to become a professional musician. Parallel with that I want to have my own rock band.
Our grand parents are scientists. Grandfather is a historian and grandmother is a linguist. They give lectures in different universities and write serious books. We all get on with each other very well.
Every one in our family is rather busy, but we always look forward to a possibility to spend some time together. My family means a lot to me.
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Vocabulary:
Relatives -родичі
to support -підтримувати
salary – платня, зарплата
а housewife -домохохяйка
to look after -піклуватися
strict -строгий
to check -перевіряти
а play -п'єса
а vet -ветеринар
possibilities -можливості
to prefer -вважати за краще
а band – група
scientists -вчені
а historian -історик
а linguist -лінгвіст
to get on - ладнати
to look forward to – чекати з нетерпінням
to mean - означати
Topic 5. MY FRIEND.
I have a very good friend. His name is Ivan. Friends are very important in our life. I think one cannot live without friends. The most important thing for being good friends, to my mind, is to be ready to help one another in any situation, nevertheless how difficult it is, to support one another and to solve all the problems together. And never mind, that the friends may have different interests and hobbies, different likes and dislikes. They say that the friend in need is a friend indeed. I think it is really so. My friend and I always do our best to help one another. We discuss all our troubles and try to find the best decision in any situation. My friend is a very good, kind and clever boy. We often spend our free time together. It is not very easy now, because both of us are very busy — we are going to enter institutes and have a lot of work to do.
My friend is going to become a lawyer. Our future professions are different and the subjects we have to study are different too, but we like to work together and to help one another in our study.
When we have some free time, we go for walks, read and discuss books, watch films, go to discos or play computer games. Playing computer games is our hobby. Both of us are fond of sport. We go in for swimming and often go to the swimming pool together. We are football fans and we like to watch and discuss football matches on TV or to go to the stadium. I love my friend very much. I think he is a true friend. Our friendship is very dear to me and I try to do my best to be a good friend too.
Vocabulary:
nevertheless – проте
to support -підтримувати
to solve - вирішувати
the friend in need is а friend indeed – Друзі пізнаються в біді. ( Друг в біді є справжній друг). Друг пізнається в нещасті.
troubles -неприємності, труднощі
the best decision - якнайкраще рішення
Topic 6. HOBBY
Hobby is a favourite occupation of a person in his free time. I have many friends. They are very different and they have different kinds of hobbies. One of my girlfriends, for example, likes to knit very much. In the evening she sits on the sofa and knits a beautiful pullover or a sweater. She also knits for her little sister, her mother and her girlfriends.
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Another girlfriend of mine spends all her time sewing things; skirts, blouses, dresses. She makes it nicely and she always looks good.
One of my friends likes to make everything with his own hands. He can repair an iron, a radio-set or a tape-recorder. I think it's a very good hobby.
Many children and grown-ups are very fond of collecting. Some collect old coins, others collect postcards. As for me, my hobby is collecting stamps. Now I have 5 albums full of stamps, it is more than one thousand of them. I like to sit at a table in the evening and arrange new stamps in the albums, or write in the names other countries, or just look through the stamps.
Each stamp has a story to tell about distant countries and strange people. I see pictures of men and women, birds and animals which I have never seen. Kings and presidents pass before my eyes and I can follow the history of whole nations. My hobby is not only wonderful but very useful, too.
Vocabulary:
a favourite occupation – любимое занятие
different kinds of hobbies – различные виды хобби
to knit -вязать
to spend time – проводить время
own hands – своими руками
to repair -чинить
grown-ups -взрослые
to collect old coins – коллекционировать старые монеты
to collect postcards – коллекционировать открытки
а stamp -марка
wonderful -чудесный
useful -полезный
Exercise 1. Read and memorize the following words:
entertainment розвага
e.g. My sister is fond of entertainments.
(to) collect збирати, колекціонувати
e.g. John used to collect stamps when he was a schoolboy.
collector колекціонер
e.g. I know several collectors of postcards in our city.
coin монета
e.g. Mike has a nice collection of coins.
badge значок
e.g. Roger always buys badges wherever he goes.
label наклейка
stamp марка
crazy (about) дуже захоплений
e.g. He is crazy about reading.
skating кататися на ковзанах
e.g. Our students go in for skating in winter.
Swimming - плавання
painting малювання фарбами; малярство
e.g. Painting is my favourite occupation.
hiking туризм
knitting в’язання
e.g. My aunt took part in knitting competition.
Embroidery вишивка
e.g. Embroidery is very expensive.
sewing шиття
e.g. Sewing clothes occupation is very difficult but interesting.
sailing плаваня під парусом
e.g. John visited many countries thanks to sailing.
rowing (веслування
e.g. Rowing is a good kind of sports for boys. R
ace змагання, перегони
e.g. Horse race is always an exciting thing.
На відкритому повітрі indoor
(to) be fond of - любити, захоплюватися
(to) go in for - займатися
(to) take photos - фотографувати
(to) make a point of - звертати особливу увагу
Exercise 2. Make up sentences:
| Peter | enjoys | swimming. |
| likes | skiing. | |
| Ann | dislikes | teaching. |
| hates | cooking. | |
| Nick | spends the evening | playing chess (tennis). |
| gives up | talking about hobby. | |
| Do you | enjoy | watching football matches? |
| like | learning foreign languages? | |
| Are you | fond of | taking photos? |
| keen on | doing crossword puzzles? | |
| interested in | collecting stamps (postcards)? | |
| listening to records (tapes)? |
Exercise3. Fill in the blanks with the necessary words:
1. I would like to see a figure-skating.... (performance, competition, opera)
2. I... music very much. (would like, prefer, care for)
3. He... washing in cold water. (seems, made a point of, starts)
4. What... of music do you like? (kind, enjoy, show)
Exercise4. Make up questions and let your fellow-students answer them:
| What | is do can | the origin of the word "hobby"? you say about new films? you like to do most? |
Exercise 5. Complete the following sentences:
1. I am keen on....
2. I prefer to go to....
3. Your hobby seems to be....
4. I care for....
5. I made it a point of....
Exercise 6. Translate into English:
1. Яке Ваше улюблене заняття?
2. Як Ви зазвичай проводите Ваші вихідні?
3. Він дуже любить фотографувати.
4. Вона захоплюється фігурним катанням.
5. Мій син тривалий час збирає марки.
Exercise 7. Read and dramatize the following dialogues:
A: What is your hobby? B: My hobby is collecting old coins. A: How interesting! Have you got many in your collection?
B: There are almost eight hundred of them. A: Quite a number, I should say!
A: Is painting your hobby?
B: Why do you think so?
A: Because there are a lot of pictures in this room.
B: It's my elder brother's hobby.
A: I see, but what about you?
B: I prefer stamps.
A: Hello! Where are you going?
B: To the stadium.
A: What for?
B: You know my hobby is football. Will you join me?
A: I'm sorry, but I can't. I'm busy now.
B: Good-bye, then.
A: So long.
A: What is your favourite pastime? B: Fishing, I enjoy fishing very much. A: Do you often go fishing?
B: Well, yes. I make a point of spending a few hours on the river every week-end.
Exercise 8. Give synonyms to the words in bold type:
1. I am fond of modern music.
2. Collecting badges is his hobby.
3. He makes a point of doing morning exercises outdoors.
4. Marry's favourite occupation is knitting.
5. Roger prefers to go in for sports in the open air.
Exercise 9. Read, translate and retell the text:
