ВМинистерство образования Российской Федерации
Институт международного права и экономики
Имени А.С. Грибоедова
Н.Ф. Бондарь, Н.С.Галушко
Topics for Discussion
Методические материалы по английскому языку
(для подготовки к курсовому экзамену)
Для студентов юридического и экономического факультетов
&
Москва
2003
My Family
Our family is not very large. I have a father, a mother, a brother and a sister. We all live together in a new flat in one of the sleeping districts of Moscow.
My father Semyon Sergeyevich is 57. He is an engineer at a big plant. He likes his work very much and spends much time there. My father is a tall well-built man with dark hair and grey eyes. By character he is a quiet man of few words unlike my mother who is talkative and energetic.
My mother’s name is Olga Pavlovna. She is a teacher of music at a music college. She plays the piano very well so she sometimes takes part in different concerts. She does a lot of housework. She cooks our meals, makes the house, does the washing and the shopping. She is a busy woman, so we help her when we can. My mother is a beautiful woman of 47 with dark hair, blue eyes, long fingers and a nice voice.
My sister’s name is Anna. Like mother she has dark hair, but her eyes are grey. She is a very good-looking girl. She is younger than my brother and me. She is a schoolgirl. She does well at school and gets only good and excellent marks. She is a gifted girl and wants to be a pianist like our mother. She goes to music school and she plays the piano very well.
My elder brother’s name is Boris. He does not live with us he is married. His wife and his son live in another town. They sometimes come to see us to celebrate family or national holidays.
My name is Tatiana. I am an office worker at the local department of education and a correspondent student at the Vologda Department of the Moscow Law University. I am in my second year. I want to be a good lawyer so I am doing my best at the University. I always get good marks and I am never late with my tests and papers.
We are a friendly family and we like to spend our free time together. In the evening we watch TV, read books, discuss the news and receive guests. We also like visiting our relatives. At the weekends we go to the country, where my grandparents live. They are pensioners and like to live out of town. My great grandmother is alive. She is over 80 and she lives with my grandmother’s family. She is always glad to see us.
I also have many relatives: uncles, aunts and cousins, because my mother has two brothers and my father has three sisters and a brother.
Vocabulary.
| Family семья | parents родители |
| father отец | mother мама |
| son сын | daughter дочь |
| husband муж | wife жена |
| cousin двоюродный брат, сестра | brother брат |
| sister сестра | aunt тетя |
| uncle дядя | niece племянница |
| nephew племянник | grandparents бабушка и дедушка |
| grandmother бабушка | grandfather дедушка |
| great grandmother прабабушка | granddaughter внучка |
| grandson внук | married женат, замужем |
| не женат, не замужем |
Answer the following questions:
How old are you?
Are you married?
Have you got children?
Do you live together with your parents?
Is your family large?
What are your parents?
Are you the only child in your family?
Is your sister / brother older / younger than you?
What does your mother/ father/ brother/ sister do?
Have you got grandparents?
What do they do?
Where do they live?
What do you usually do in the evening?
Do you spend weekends with your parents?
Do you spend your holidays with your parents?
Study this information about the London family. Complete the sentences below:
| John London Polly Love ¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾ ¯ ¯ |
| Patrick London Sally Brown ¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾ ¯ | Patsy London Sam Monday ¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾ ¯ ¯ | |||||||
| Lucy London | Jack London | Dan Monday | Ann Monday | |||||
John London is Polly Love’s... husband/ brother.
John London is Jack London’s... father/ grandfather.
Lucy London is John London’s... daughter/ granddaughter.
Patrick London is Patsy London’s... son/ brother.
Dan Monday is Patrick London’s... son/ nephew.
Lucy London is Jack London’s... sister/ wife.
Dan Monday is Lucy London’s... cousin/ brother.
Ann Monday is Sam Monday’s... daughter/ niece.
Sally Brown is Dan Monday’s … aunt/ mother.
Polly Love is Lucy London’s … granddaughter/ wife.
Make the following sentences in the right order to make the letter and write your letter in answer:
Flat 6, Monument House
Castle Street
Newcastle NE1 2HH
October 12, 2001.
Dear Peter,
and very intelligent too.
I speak Catalan, Spanish and a little French,
They are dark and very good-looking,
We’ve got two children:
I’m Spanish, from Barcelona.
and now I am learning English.
I am tall and dark,
My name is Teresa Riera.
our daughter Rosa who is ten
My husband speaks two foreign languages.
I am twenty-nine,
I am a student at a law school,
and our son Simon who is five.
She is a schoolgirl.
We take him to a nursery school.
Please, write.
and my husband Antonio is an economist. He works for a fashion magazine,
Yours sincerely.
Teresa.
Answer the following questions. Make your story about your family. Add information if necessary:
1. How large is your family?
2. What are your parents?
3. Have you got any parents?
4. Who is the youngest (eldest) in your family?
5. What do you do at the weekends?
6. Who keeps the house and cooks meals?
7. What does your father/ mother like to do in free time?
8. What do you usually do in the evening?
9. Do you spend your holidays with your parents?
My Biography
My name is Petrova Anna. I am Russian. I am twenty-one. I was born in a small town of Totma the Vologda region. Two years ago my family moved to Vologda where I live now with my parents and two sisters.
My father is a doctor. he works at a hospital. My mother is a housewife. She has very much work to do about the house: shopping, cooking, washing, laundry.
I have two sisters. My younger sister’s name is Kate. She is fifteen. She is a schoolgirl. She is in the tenth form. She is a good pupil. She gets only good marks. She likes History and Literature. My elder sister’s name is Olga. She is twenty-three. She is a student at the Polytechnics. She is in her fifth year. After she graduates from the Institute she will work as an economist for one of the Vologda firms. We are a very friendly family.
I am an office worker at a firm. As I am a Law student, I am going to work as a lawyer with this firm. I study at the Moscow International Law and Economics Institute after A.S.Griboyedov. I study by correspondence. When I was at school I wanted to be a lawyer. I liked History and was interested in how different countries were governed. So when I finished school I decided to take entrance examinations to the Law Institute. I passed the exams well and became a student in 1994. Now I am in my second year. My favourite subjects are Law, Criminal Law. I am fond of sports and spend a lot of time playing table tennis. I sometimes take part in competitions.
I am married. My husband is a student too. He is graduating. He is in his sixth year. He works very much. He is also a good student and he helps me. We don’t have children yet. We like to spend our time together.
Answer the following questions:
10.What is your name?
11.Where were you born?
12.When were you born?
13.How old are you?
14.What country are you from?
15.How many persons does your family consist of?
1. What relations do you have in your family (parents, sisters, brothers, grandparents)
2. Where do you live?
3. Where do work?
4. What University do you study at?
5. Do you like sports and reading?
6. What are you going to be?
My Working Day
I am an office worker at the local authorities Department of education and I am also a student at the Moscow International Law and Economics Institute after A.S. Griboyedov by correspondence. In a few years I am going to be a lawyer.
I am very busy, because I often go to other towns on business and have to do a lot of work for my examinations at the University.
I have a husband and a daughter. My husband is a manager of a firm. His name is Peter. He is about thirty. He is very busy. But we are very friendly and do everything together. My daughter is five. Her name is Diana. We take her to the kindergarten: my husband takes her there in the morning; I take her home in the evening.
I get up at 6.30 (half past six), do my morning exercises wash dress and go to the kitchen to cook breakfast for my family and me. We have breakfast and leave home at about 8 o’clock. My working day begins at 8.30. My husband drives me to work and then he takes our daughter to the kindergarten. I take her home in the evening.
I have lunch at 12 o’clock at the canteen in my office. I have some time to do the shopping during the lunch break. Very often I do the shopping after work. But usually I buy everything at the weekend.
My working day lasts till 5.30 (half past 5) in the evening. When I come home I cook the supper, do the laundry. My husband comes home at 7 o’clock and we have supper. After supper my husband plays with our daughter or reads the newspapers and books. My daughter likes to watch TV before going to bed. She goes to bed at 8.30.
When my daughter goes to bed I can spend a few hours on my classes or papers. I usually go to bed after 12 o’clock.
I sometimes go to the library to read up before exams. Then I go to bed later than after mid-night.
We sometimes go to the cinema or theatre. But we cannot do it very often because we have to leave our daughter with my husband’s parents. They do not live with us.
Vocabulary.
| Weekday - рабочий день | day off - выходной день |
| do morning exercises - делать зарядку | cook (make) breakfast - готовить завтрак |
| cook meals - готовить еду | at breakfast - за завтраком |
| to watch news on TV - смотреть новости по телевизору | the latest news - последние известия |
| leave home - выходить из дома | late at night - поздно вечером (ночью) |
| early in the morning - рано утром | at five o’clock in the evening (5p.m.) - в пять вечера |
| right after classes - сразу после уроков | on Monday - в понедельник |
| to walk [ wo:k ] - идти пешком | go by bus - ехать автобусом |
| go to bed ложиться спать | miss classes -пропускать занятия |
| to spend time on - тратить время на … | to be on time for classes - не опаздывать (приходить вовремя) на занятия |
Answer the following questions:
7. When do you get up?
8. What do you do before/ after breakfast?
9. When do you do housework?
10.Who cooks meals in your house?
11.How many meals a day do you have?
12.What time does your work start?
13.What time do your classes start?
14.What time do you go to work?
15.How long does your work last?
What time do you have lunch?
Where do you have lunch?
What time do you come home after work?
3. What do you usually do in the evening?
4. Do you find time to go the library?
5. Do you find time for the cinema, concerts and visiting friends?
Fill in the gaps with the information in the brackets:
I get up at … (7 o’clock/ half past six/ five o’clock) in the morning.
I cook breakfast at … (half past seven/ eight o’clock/ nine o’clock) in the kitchen.
I go to work at … (half past seven/ eight o’clock/ nine o’clock). I go by bus. / I drive to work. I walk to work.
I arrive at work at … (8 o’clock/ 8.30/ 9 o’clock).
I work from … till … (9 – 13; 8.30 – 12.30; 8 – 12) and have lunch.
I have lunch at … (one o’clock/ two o’clock) in a canteen/ at home.
After lunch I work till … (five o’clock/ six o’clock/ half past six) in the evening.
I come home from work at …(seven o’clock/ six o’clock/ half past six
Sometimes I stay at my office after work till … (7; 8; 9) o’clock in the evening.
I have dinner (supper) at …(7; 8; 9) o’clock in the evening. I do my housework or my homework after that.
Make sentences about your usuall day. Use the information in the brackets above.