Family Life Proverbs and phrases - раздел Философия, Family Lifestyle and Socializing Task 8.Match The Two Halves Of The Proverbs About Family ...
Task 8.Match the two halves of the proverbs about Family Life. Can you explain their meaning? Is there any equivalent in your native language?
1. A chip of
a. than water.
2. Like father,
b. fall far from the tree.
3. To be tied to
c. of the family
4. Black sheep or Bad egg
d. like son.
5. The apple doesn't
e. one’s mother’s apron strings.
6. Blood is thicker
f. the old block.
Task 9.Write down a short context situation where it is possible to use one of these proverbs.
e. g. Tom’s father has never had any working experience. Now Tommy has no intention to apply for a job, even though he has graduated from University. No wonder, a chip off the old block!
Task 10.Match the Idioms to describe types of people on the left with the correct definition on the right.
1.The apple of someone’s eye
a. Someone who spends a lot of time sitting and watching television
2.A bighead
b. Someone who turns up at parties without being invited to them
3.A blackleg
c. The minimum number of people that can run an office successfully
4.A busybody
d. A person who loves taking dangerous risks
5.A chatterbox
e. The person someone loves most and is very proud of (e. g. a grandchild)
6.A couch potato
f. Someone with lots of modern ideas, energy and enthusiasm and who achieves a lot while still young
7.A daredevil
g. A person who talks a lot especially about things that are unimportant
8.A figurehead
h. Someone who continues to work when their fellow workers are on strike
9.A gatecrasher
i. Someone who is the leader of a country or organization, but in name only. He or she doesn’t have any real power.
10.A pain in the neck
j. Someone who always wants to know about other people’s private lives
11.A skeleton staff
k. Someone who is very conceited, vain or boastful
12. A whizz kid
l. A person who is very annoying
(taken from Peter Watcyn. Test your idioms. Penguin English Guides, p. 21)
Task 11.Draw your family tree.Choose the idioms from the Task 10 to describe your family members and relatives.
Task 12.Read the following description of a person. Underline all the adjectives and phrases that describe personality.
I remember visiting my grandfather Edward when I was a small child. We lived in the same neighbourhood, so I had the chance to see him quite often.
Grandfather Edward was cheerful, outgoing and had a good sense of humour; he told jokes and smiled a lot. When I was a child, he was always patient with me. He never scolded me, even when I was naughty or made a mess. He was a persuasive person. It was his style to reason with people and they usually came around to his point of view. In difficult times he was reliable and a tower of strength for his family, providing support and encouragement.
I definitely could not call him a coach potato. My grandfather always kept himself busy. In his spare time he would go fishing with his friend Bill, work in his garden, and repair small items in his workshop.
Now that my grandfather has passed away, I miss chatting with him and laughing at his clever humour. But I will always remember his quiet wisdom, his affectionate touch, and his love of life.
(based on Mission: FCE 2, p. 27)
Task 13. Write an essay about “Your family members”. Describe their features of character, the way they look like and their values (200 words).
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Family Lifestyle and Socializing
Учебное пособие
по общему английскому языку
для студентов I курса
(квалификация бакалавр)
Севастополь
УДК 811.111 (075.32)
CONTENTS
Chapter 1. The Concept of Family
Ø The Concept of “Family”
Ø Vocabulary: Family members
Ø Reading: Different Types of Families
Ø Phrase
Chapter 1
THE CONCEPT OF “FAMILY”
Task 1. Look at this unit key word“F – A – M – I – L – Y”.Use the initial letters of the given word to
Task 7. Mingling Activity
Think and write down six questions you would like to ask your groupmates about their Family Life. Walk around the class and ask as many people in your group as possible to give you their answers
Reading
Task 9.Read the article about “Different Family types” existing nowadays. Find the answers to the following question in the given text:
1) What springs into
Phrases and Idioms for Relationships
Task 12. Match the example sentences from the column A containing an idiom or phrase for describing relationship with their corresponding meaning from th
Marriage and Wedding Ceremony
A) Work in small groups. Brainstorm words for this timeline table. Use dictionaries if necessary.
Preparations for wedding
At the wedding
English Wedding traditions
Wedding ceremonies in the UK have some wonderful traditions.
First of all, you will definitely notice a lot of flowers. Wedding flowers are scattered by a small girl preceding the English
SETTING UP YOUR FAMILY FINANCIAL STABILITY
Task 1. Job Game.
Stand In small circles. The person, who starts, names a job and the workplace for that job, e.g. A pilot-plane, then addresses or
MONEY QUIZ
Task 10.Study Appendix(Chapter 2, Key vocabulary “Money terms”) and complete the following task.Give the names for the defined money expressions.
Money proverbs and idioms
Task 15.Join two halves of the proverbs or idioms below.
1. Better an empty purse
a) of all evil
2. A
Parents as Role Models
Parents and other family members are the most significant models for young children. Society often blames the family for the problems of their individual members but social problems such as economi
The qualities we prize in our children
A recent international study has shown some surprising and apparently contradictory results on the question of the priorities parents around the world have when raising their children. While the s
Task 2.
A) Look at the following table. Tick the frequency of your spare time activities you are engaged in together with your family members.
B)Work with a partner. Ask him / her quest
Sharing Family Traditions
1. Every family has unique and treasured family traditions and stories. The oldest members of extended families are often the keepers of these riches and pass them from generation to generation. Th
Task 9. Idioms to do with emotions.
Below are thirty-two idioms, each of which can be associated with one of the headings in the task. Translate and place each idiom under the appropriate heading- four under each.
Task 11. Writing.
A) Read the following part of an essay about family traditions. Answer the following questions:
· What does the person write about?
· Why does she cherish this tradition?
Holidays Quiz
Part 1. Which day do you associate the following items with? Match the celebration attributes from column A with the corresponding Holiday from column B.
A
Reading
Task 4.
A) Read the following text about the way to celebrate Christmas.
B) Complete each column in the following table with the words and usefu
Task 5.
A) Read the following extract about Christmas celebrating traditions in Ukraine. Choose the best option.
B) Take any word from the text referring to the names of dishes or produc
Idioms to do with food
Task 7.Look through the following idioms to do with food. Try to explain their meaning. Give the equivalent in your language.
1.To be in a
Christmas cards
A) Read and translate a list of things and tips you can write in your Christmas cards.
B) Try to think of an additional example for each one.
Additional Reading
Task 1.Read the article about different family types existing nowadays. Decide whether the following statements are Trueor False:
Additional Family Types Classification
Today nearly half of all families do not meet the definition of nuclear family. We have stepfamilies; single-parent families; families headed by two unmarried partners, either of the opposite sex o
Chapter 2.
Key vocabulary “Money terms”
Read, transcribe and translate or find the meaning of the following words and expressions. Learn them by heart.
Huge discounts in New Year sale
Shoppers around the world are snapping up bargains in post-Christmas sales. Stores are trying to lure bargain hunters with discounts of up to 75 per cent. The run-up to Christmas is usually the bes
Chapter 3.
Key Vocabulary “Personality Traits or Features of Character”
Read, transcribe and translate or find the meaning of the following words and expressions. Learn them by he
How to become a perfect role model for your child
Read the text. Choose the correct alternative.
While television and other media have made it a practice to impose well-known celebrities as positive 1. a) role models; b) fe
Chapter 4.
Read, transcribe and translate or find the meaning of the following words and expressions. Learn them by heart.
Leisure time activity
Chapter 5.
Key Vocabulary “Celebrations”
Read and translate the following words and phrases.
holiday spirit
Easter
Resource bank
1. Stuart Redman & Ruth Gairns. Test Your English Vocabulary in Use (pre-intermediate & intermediate). Cambridge University Press.
2. Peter Watcyn-Jones & Olivia Johnston. Test
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