Topical vocabulary

2.1 Listen and pronounce the following words and expressions after the speaker.

 

Personal information (data) – личные данные

First/given name – имя

Patronymic/ middle name – отчество

Surname/ family/last name – фамилия

What is your name? – Как Вас зовут?

How do you spell it? – Произнесите это по буквам.

Origin – происхождение

To be from – быть родом из

To come from – приехать из

Where are you from? – Откуда Вы?

Where do you come from? – Откуда Вы приехали?

Birth – рождение

To be born – родиться

When and where were you born? – Когда и где Вы родились?

Marital status – семейное положение

Married – женат (замужем)

Single – одинокий

Divorced – разведен

To be married to – быть женатым на (замужем за)

Sex – пол

Male – мужской

Female – женский

Age – возраст

How old are you? – Сколько Вам лет?

Occupation – род занятий, профессия

Rank – звание

To rank – дать определенную оценку; ranking – рейтинг

Private, Pvt. – рядовой

Sergeant-major, Sgt.-Maj. – старшина

Sergeant, Sgt. – сержант

Junior lieutenant J. Lt.? – младший лейтенант

Senior lieutenant S. Lt. ?– старший лейтенант

Captain, Capt. – капитан

Major, Maj. – майор

Lieutenant colonel, Lt.-Col. – подполковник

Colonel, Col. – полковник

General, Gen. – генерал

Major-general, Maj.- Gen. – генерал-майор

What is your rank? – Какое Ваше звание?

What is your nationality? – Какой Вы национальности?

 

2.2 Fill in the gaps with words from the list.

Swiss, Scottish, Washington D.C., British, Athens, London, Dutch, Danish, French, Egyptian, Berlin, Italy, Belfast, Madrid, Japanese, Beijing, the Norwegians, Welshman, Welshwoman, Israel, Mexican.

 

Country	Adjective	Nationality	Nation	Capital
The USA	American	American	the American
Great Britain:	British		the British	London
England	English	Englishman Englishwoman	the English
Scotland		Scotchman Scotchwoman	the Scots	Edinburgh
Wales	Welsh		the Welsh	Cardiff
Northern Ireland	Irish	Irishman Irishwoman	the Irish
	Jewish	Jew	the Jews	Tel-Aviv
China	Chinese	Chinese	the Chinese
Denmark		Dane	the Danes	Copenhagen
Egypt	Egyptian		the Egyptian	Cairo
France		Frenchman Frenchwoman	the French	Paris
Germany	German	German	the Germans
Greece	Greek	Greek	the Greeks
	Italian	Italian	the Italians	Rome
Japan	Japanese		the Japanese	Tokyo
Mexico		Mexican	the Mexicans	Mexico City
the Netherlands (Holland)		Dutchman Dutchwoman	the Dutch	Amsterdam
Norway	Norwegian	Norwegian		Oslo
Spain	Spanish	Spaniard	the Spanish
Switzerland		Swiss	the Swiss	Bern