Work in pairs. Make up a dialogue about your family. Try to get as much information about the family of your partner as you can.

Look here! / I say! – Послушай!

As for… – Что касается…

By the way. – Между прочим.

Really? – Неужели?

All right! – Ладно! Хорошо!

After all. – В конце концов, в конечном счете.

I doubt it. – Сомневаюсь.

And what about… (your son)? – А как насчет … (вашего сына)?

Tell me… – Скажите…

I should say… – Я бы сказал…

I shouldn’t say so… – Я бы не сказал…

You see… – Видите ли…

How very interesting! – Как интересно!

You don’t say so! – Что вы говорите! (удивление)

I see. – Ясно. (Понятно).

23. Do the quiz. Guess the names of the people described below:

1) said: “All I need to make a comedy is a park, a pretty girl and a policeman”

was born: in England

lived: in the USA

died: in Switzerland

2) said: “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country”.

came: from one of America’s richest families

was assassinated: in 1963

3) said: “All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players”

was born: in the sixteenth century, in Stradford-on-Avon

wrote: 37 plays and an enormous amount of poems

4) was born: in Hollywood

became: one of America’s most famous film stars

acted in: Gentlemen prefer Blondes

committed suicide: in 1962

5) were: great British musicians

work: started their musical career in Liverpool, made a great many songs, became world famous.

6) was: a USA citizen, but lived some years in Cuba

wrote: Farewell to Arms, The Old Man and the Sea, many other novels and stories.

died: in 1960s

7) said: “I’m not a citizen of Greece, but of the world”.

wrote: nothing himself, all we know was written by his followers

suicide: was made to drink poison by the government

died: in Switzerland

8) said: “God is really only another artist”

was born: in Spain

lived: in Paris

painted: “Guernica”

Translate into English.

1. Как Вас зовут? 2. Как Ваша фамилия? 3. Меня зовут Андрей, фамилия Лавров. 4. Вы находитесь в родстве с Анной Лавровой? – Да, мы брат и сестра. 5. Сколько Вам лет? – Мне 22 года. 6. Когда Вы родились? – Я родился
26 июля 1975 года. 7. Сколько лет Вашим родителям? 8. Где Вы родились? –
Я родился в Канаде, но мои отец и мать британцы. 9. Сколько лет Вашему племяннику? Он выглядит очень молодо. – Он на пять лет старше меня.
10. Ваш сын уже женат? – Нет, он еще холост. 11. Кем Вы приходитесь Анне Лавровой? – Я ее тетя. 12. Кто Вы по профессии? – Я экономист. 13. Где Вы работаете? – На заводе. 14. Кем работают Ваши родители? – Они уже пенсионеры. 15. Сколько лет они женаты? – Они женаты 25 лет. 16. Чем Вы увлекаетесь? – Я очень люблю путешествовать. 17. Как Ваша сестра предпочитает проводить свободное время? – Она любит читать книги по вечерам. 18. У Вас большая семья? – Нет, не очень. Нас трое: я, жена и ребенок.

25. Look at the chart of events in the life of an English writer Miriam Field and make a brief biographical account. You may start with the phrases:

· At the age of six …

· While she was at the university …

· After the publication of …

· After her mother died …

· During this period …

Age	Events
	wrote short stories about animals
	published a collection of poems, visited France and Germany
	wrote her first novel (unpublished)
	mother died, visited Italy
	university
	first marriage
	published a novel Mr. Bigwig
	birth of a child
	published a novel Not the Right Time
	divorce; visit to India and the Far East
	published a novel Hello, Henry, visited America
	second marriage
	moved to present home in Hastings
	began her autobiography

26. Find the Russian equivalents of the following proverbs:

1) as the tree, so the fruit;

2) many a good father hath but a bad son;

3) too many cooks spoil the broth;

4) he is tied to his wife’s apron strings.