ACTIVE VOCABULARY
to introduce smb to smb to be a well-educated man
to be named after smb a person with a broad outlook
to be proud of smb/smth to appreciate smth
to be born the achievements of modern
to descend from the family of computer industry
to be the only child to encourage smb in one's desire
to be the pet of smb to become an applicant for entry
to leave school to the University
secondary comprehensive school the faculty of Physics and Mathe-
to do well at school matics
to learn with great interest the department of Сomputer Science
to have a lot of spare time to pass entrance exams
to take an active part in smth to pass exams with excellent marks
to attend sport sections
to be a first-year student
subject circles to be patient
to be assiduous to. be busy
to master the course of to be on friendly terms with smb
Exact Sciences to be fond of
texts on Electronics to be interested in
the subjects of the future speciality
I. Answer the questions:
1. What is your name?
2. Where and when were you born?
3. How old are you?
4. Have you got a family?
5. How many persons does it consist of?
6. What relations do you have in your family (parents, sisters, brothers,
grandparents)?
7. Where do you live?
8. Do you work? Do you earn additionally?
9. What school did you leave?
10. How well did you do at school?
11. What was your favourite subject at school? and now?
12. Do you like to read?
13. Who is your favourite writer?
14. What sport do you go in for?
15. What are you going to become after school?
16. Do you know about the difficulties of your future profession?
17. Do you like children?
II. Read and translate the dialogue:
N.: Pleased to meet you. My name is Nick and yours?
P.: My full name is Peter Popov. I am very glad to share a room
with you in the hostel. I think we'll get on well, shan't we?
N.: I hope so. What year student are you.?
P.: I'm a first-year student of the Law faculty, I'm only 17. And you?
N.: I am a second-year student. You see, I entered the University after the Army, so I'll be 22 in two days.
P.: My best congratulations, Nick. You were born in 1984, the same as my elder brother. His birthday is on September 25. And what place do you come from?
N.: I was born in Brest region. It's rather far from here. My family lives in the country. And what about your family?
P.: My parents live in Kurchatov. It's not far from Kursk. It takes me an hour and a half to get there by bus. My father is a technician and my mother is a book-keeper. I am the only child in our family. And have you got brothers or sisters?
N.: Oh, my family is very large. I have both parents, grandparents, two sisters and a brother.
P.: Do you all live together?
N.: Fancy that! We all live in a big private house. The remarkable thing is, that we practically never quarrel. Come andsee us. I'll be glad to introduce you to my family.
P.: All right. I'll be glad to know them all.
III. Read and translate the text. Make up a story about yourself
Text B: MY BIOGRAPHY
Now I'd like to tell you some words about myself. My name is Ivanova Anna. I am a first-year student of the faculty of Philology, the department of Journalism, group N14.
I have entered the Kursk State University thisyear. I hope to become a professional in the field of Periodical Press. I am fond of observing the current events in the cultural, literary and even political spheres of people's life. Sometimes they say I managed to give a very interesting interpretation of some facts from our everyday life. I believe my age is not an obstruction for that. The point is. I am just 18 years old.
I left school No25 in 2007. I have been working as a librarian in our University reading-hall for a year before entering the faculty of Philology.
It gave me an opportunity to read a lot of interesting books and magazines and to look through many various periodicals from Russian and foreign press. Besides, I worked hard to improve my knowledge of the theory of Russian language and literature. All of my friends as well as my parents helped me to gather a small home library of books on Modern Russian literature and a collection of interesting press cuttings. I am very thankful to them especially to my parents – my mother and father.
My mother's name is Anna too. I was named after her and I am very proud of it. She is an economist at one of the Kursk factories. She is 42, but all my friends find her very pretty and good-looking. My father is a worker at the same factory. We are very friendly.
I have forgotten to tell you about my brother, Nick by name. He is a school-boy of the 11th form. Our family lives in Marata Street № 27. It's just the center of our town.
You see it's my biography. I can only add that I'm interested in Music. I finished Musical school № 4 of our town. I can play the piano a bit, but not as a professional. I must disappoint you I'm not a young Richter though I appreciate my musical skills, they help me to be at a certain cultural level. I suppose, that's all I wanted to tell you about my "bright" personality.
Text A: MY FAMILY.
I am Alex Lebedev. Alex is my first name and Lebedev is my surname. I am seventeen years old. I want to tell you a few words about my family. My family is large. I have got a mother, a father, a sister, a brother and a grandmother. There are six of us in the family.
First of all, some words about my parents. My mother is a teacher of Biology. She works in a college. She likes her profession. She is a good-looking woman with brown hair. She is forty-four, but she looks much younger. She is tall and slim.
My father is a computer programmer. He is very experienced. He is a broad-shouldered, tall man with fair hair and grey eyes. He is forty-six. My father often sings and when we are at home and have some free time, I play the guitar and we sing together. My father knows all about new radio sets and likes to repair the old ones. He is also handy withmany things. When he was small, he liked to take everything to pieces. My grandmother told me a story that once my father tried to repair their kitchen clock. He managed to put all the wheels and screws back again, but the clock did not work. They had to give it to a repairman. But that happened a long time ago. Now he can fix almost everything: a vacuum cleaner, a washing machine, a fridge and what not. He's got a few shelves where he keeps everything he needs. On the table there is always a radio in pieces.
My parents have been married for 26 years. They have much in common, but they have different views on music, books, films, sport. For example, my father likes horror films and my mother likes soap operas. My father is fond of tennis. My mother doesn't go in for sport. But my parents have the same opinion about my education and upbringing.
My parents are hard-working people. My mother keeps the house and takes care of me and my father. She is very good at cooking and she is clever with her hands. She is very practical. My father and I try to help her with the housework. I wash the dishes, go shopping and tidy our flat.
My grandmother is a pensioner. She lives with us and helps my mother to run the house. She is fond of knitting.
My sister Helen is 25. She is married and has a family of her own. She works as an accountant for a joint venture company. Her husband is a scientist. They have got twins: a daughter and a son. They go to a nursery school.
My brother Boris is eleven. He is a schoolboy. He wants to become a doctor but he is not sure yet. Three months ago he dreamed of being a cosmonaut.
I am proud to be a student. I study at the Foreign Language Faculty of the Kursk State University. I think I took after my father. I'm tall, fair-haired and even-tempered. I always try to be in a good mood.
We have got a lot of relatives. We are deeply attached to each other and we get on very well.
ACTIVE VOCABULARY
first name, middle name to be broad-shouldered
last name/surname with fair hair and grey eyes
to be 17 years old to play the guitar
first of all to play the piano
to work in a college to repair old radio sets
to like one's profession to be handy with many things
to be a good-looking woman to take everything to pieces
to look much younger to put all the wheels and screws back
to be tall and slim to give smth. to a repairman
to be experienced to fix almost everything
a vacuum cleaner to keep the house
a washing machine to run the house
a fridge to help smb with the housework
a radio in pieces to help smb about the house
to be married for 26 years to take care of smb
to have much in common to be good at doing smth
to have different views on smth to be clever with one's hands
horror films and "soap operas" to be practical
to be fond of smth to go shopping
to go in for sport to tidy /to clean one's flat/
to have the same opinion about smth to be a pensioner
education and upbringing to have a family of one's own
to be hard-working people to work as (an accountant)
to be even-tempered to go to a nursery school
to be in a good mood to be not sure of smth
to be deeply attached to smb to dream of being a cosmonaut
to get on very well foreign languages
to take after smb
to work for a joint-venture company
I. Answer the questions:
1. How old are you?
2. Are you married?
3. Have you got a family of your own?
4. Do you live together with your parents?
5. Is your family large or small?
6. What are your parents?
7. Are you the only child in the family?
8. Is you sister (brother) older or younger than you?
9. What is your sister's (brother's) occupation?
10. Do you help your mother to keep the house?
11. Have you got grandparents?
12. Where do they live?
13. Have you any other close relatives?
14. Do you often visit them?
15. What do you usually do in the evenings?
16. Do you spend your week-ends together with your parents or with your friends?
