1. Match English phrases from the text with their Russian equivalents. Подберите русские эквиваленты к английским словосочетаниям

1. family life

2. fall in love

3. accept proposal

4. fix the day of the wedding

5. go out

6. honeymoon trip

7. generation gap

8. expect a baby

9. take chidren to kindergarten

10. martenity home

11. do well at sсhool

 

1. семейная жизнь

2. влюбиться

3. принять предложение

4. назначить день свадьбы

5. выйти

6. свадебное путешествие

7. разрыв между поколениями

8. ожидать ребенка

9. отвести детей в детский сад

10. дом престарелых

11. хорошо учиться в школе

2. Match the words from the text and their synonyms. Подберите к данным словам синонимы.

1. surname last name

2. patronymic Christian name

3. pretty beautiful

4. joy enjoyment

5. profession occupation

6. the country land

7. pleasant looking nice

8. grandparents granny and granddad

9. clever smart

10. strong powerful

11. fellow friend

12. lovely nice

13. let allow

 

3. Завершите предложения, выбрав один из предложенных вариантов:

1. My parents have two more children besides me

2. He is married and has a family ….

3. They are lovely little children with golden hair and dark-blue eyes

4. Her dream is to become a pianist

5. He is a clever man but a little unpractical

6. He is at the University and is studying to be a chemist

7. She is a pleasant-looking woman of about forty

8. He is strong, quiet and thoughtful like his father

9. They have a house in the country

10. They are twins

11.

12. Варианты: twins; besides me; of his own; with golden hair and dark-blue eyes; in the country;; and is studying to be a chemist; to become a pianist; of about forty; and thoughtful like his father; a little unpractical.

 

4. Заполните пропуски в предложении:

1. Marriage is an engagement which only a rare person in his or her life avoids.

2. There’s a lot of thing in falling in love with someone.

3. You may arrange the fun and fix the day of the wedding.

4. It is fun for the bride and the groom to escape from the guests.

5. Most single people are “alone but nor lonely

6. True bachelors and spinsters make up only a small percent of the population.

7. The __ guests _______ remain with the fun of gossiping whether you married for love or for money.

8. You are newly-weds and you expect a baby.

9. There is no better fun for a husband than taking his wife to a maternity home.

10. You start discussing with you old friends the problem of the “generation gap

11. Alexander is my first name.

12. They are always full of joy and gaiety.

13. My grandparents are already pensioners but they are still full of life and energy.

14. He is at the university and is studying to be a chemist.

15. Aunt Mary is very practical and full of common sense

16. He is a first-class footballer and a good runner.

Варианты: baby; runner; lonely; joy; name; university; pensioners; gap; sense; maternity; percent; guests; bride; thing; fun; engagement.

 

5. Match the terms and their definitions. Соедините термины и их определения.

1. a scientist who specializes in chemistry. сhemist

2. a doctor whose job is to perform medical operation. surgeon

3. a person who plays the piano. pianist

4. a person who is in charge of or helps to run a library. librarian

5. either one or two children born of the same mother at the same time. twin

6. a person who is studying, esp. at a college or university. student

7. a person who is receiving a pernsion. pensioner

 

6. Восстановите порядок слов в предложениях.

Millions of others family get married because of the fun of life.

7.Восстановите порядок слов в предложениях.

My parents have two more children besides me.