Unit 1
Me and the World I Live in
Reading Practice
About Myself
My Family
My Friend
Grammar Points
Имя существительное
Притяжательный падеж
Additional Texts
Introducing Yourself
About Myself
My Family
Reading Practice
About Myself
My name is Oleg, my surname is Petrov. I am fourteen years old. I was born on the 25th of October, 1994. I am Russian. I was born in Kurgan and this is my hometown. When I was a child, I went to a kindergarten. I learnt how to draw, read and write letters and words. We learnt Russian alphabet too.
When I was seven my parents moved to Shadrinsk. We have lived in this town for seven years already. My family is not very big: I have got a mother, a father and an elder brother.
I am a college student. I am a second year student. I go to a polytechnical college. I like studying. My favourite subjects are English, Mathematics and Mechanics. I want to be a technician like my father. I am very good at English. I want to learn Spanish and French, too.
My teachers and parents say that I am hard-working and clever. Sometimes I like spending time at home, listening to music or watching TV. I also like reading, playing computer games and drawing. Sometimes I play football with my friends and my brother. My favourite music genre is rock music and I always argue with my brother who likes popular music.
When I was a child, I had a lot of hobbies, but now I do not have much time for them. I used to collect badges and stamps, but I gave it up, too. Now my major hobby is English, so I try to read English books and watch films in the English language.
Active Words and Word Combinations
to be born – родиться
hometown – родной город, родина
kindergarten – детский сад
alphabet – алфавит
move – переезжать
technician – техник
to be good at – быть способным к …, преуспевать в чем-либо
hard-working – трудолюбивый
genre -жанр (музыки)
argue – спорить
badge – значок
stamp – марка
major – основной, главный
Exercises
1. Translate the following words and word combinations into English using the text “About Myself”.
Я родился; родной город; писать буквы и слова; родители переехали в…; старший; студент второго курса; любимый предмет; как мой отец; быть способным к …; трудолюбивый; играть в компьютерные игры; музыкальный жанр; для них; привык коллекционировать; бросил это; значки и марки.
Answer the following questions.
1. What is your name?
2. What is your surname?
3. Where are you from?
4. Do you have a family? Is it big?
5. Are you a student? Where do you study?
6. What do you like doing in your free time?
Make up 10 questions of your own on the text.
Combine words into sentences and translate them into Russian.
1. I, college, a, am, student.
2. Is, my, not, family, big, so.
3. Shadrinsk, my, moved, parents, to.
4. My, was, school, subject, favourite, at, English.
5. At, home, sometimes, spending, time, I, like.
6. Stamps, to, collect, I, and, used, badges.
7. Father, I, be, want, a, like, to, technician, my.
My Family
I want to tell you about my family. It is not very big. I have got a mother, a father and a brother.
My mother's name is Elena. She is 42. She is a teacher of English. She works at Shadrinsk Pedagogical Institute. She is a very good teacher, students like her a lot. My mother likes reading books and magazines and she knows a lot of interesting things. She is always ready to help me with my homework if I have problems.
My father's name is Oleg and he is 44 years old. He is an architect. He works for a construction firm. He is very good at Maths and Physics. He draws schemes and plans of buildings and I like to look at them. My father is also very good at sport. I like to go skiing and play football with him! My father cooks well too. He always makes up new dishes and they are very tasty.
My elder brother Vlad is 21. He is a student already and he studies in Kurgan State University. He is in his fourth year. He is going to be an economist. Sometimes he helps me with my homework when he is at home, but he doesn't like doing it. He says that I must study myself. I think my brother is very nice. I like talking and discussing different things with him. He also plays the guitar very well and sometimes we sing together.
My grandparents live in the country. Every summer we go there to visit them. I like my grandparents and their village. My grandmother Anna is 65. She bakes wonderful. My grandfather is 67. In the country I usually swim and sunbathe. My parents and my brother join me. We usually go to the forest together and pick up berries and mushrooms.
I love my family very much. I think it's the best in the world.
