Topical vocabulary

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

 

Personal information (data) – ëè÷íûå äàííûå

First/given name – èìÿ

Patronymic/ middle name – îò÷åñòâî

Surname/ family/last name – ôàìèëèÿ

What is your name? – Êàê Âàñ çîâóò?

How do you spell it? – Ïðîèçíåñèòå ýòî ïî áóêâàì.

Origin – ïðîèñõîæäåíèå

To be from – áûòü ðîäîì èç

To come from – ïðèåõàòü èç

Where are you from? – Îòêóäà Âû?

Where do you come from? – Îòêóäà Âû ïðèåõàëè?

Birth – ðîæäåíèå

To be born – ðîäèòüñÿ

When and where were you born? – Êîãäà è ãäå Âû ðîäèëèñü?

Marital status – ñåìåéíîå ïîëîæåíèå

Married – æåíàò (çàìóæåì)

Single – îäèíîêèé

Divorced – ðàçâåäåí

To be married to – áûòü æåíàòûì íà (çàìóæåì çà)

Sex – ïîë

Male – ìóæñêîé

Female – æåíñêèé

Age – âîçðàñò

How old are you? – Ñêîëüêî Âàì ëåò?

Occupation – ðîä çàíÿòèé, ïðîôåññèÿ

Rank – çâàíèå

To rank – äàòü îïðåäåëåííóþ îöåíêó; ranking – ðåéòèíã

Private, Pvt. – ðÿäîâîé

Sergeant-major, Sgt.-Maj. – ñòàðøèíà

Sergeant, Sgt. – ñåðæàíò

Junior lieutenant J. Lt.? – ìëàäøèé ëåéòåíàíò

Senior lieutenant S. Lt. ?– ñòàðøèé ëåéòåíàíò

Captain, Capt. – êàïèòàí

Major, Maj. – ìàéîð

Lieutenant colonel, Lt.-Col. – ïîäïîëêîâíèê

Colonel, Col. – ïîëêîâíèê

General, Gen. – ãåíåðàë

Major-general, Maj.- Gen. – ãåíåðàë-ìàéîð

What is your rank? – Êàêîå Âàøå çâàíèå?

What is your nationality? – Êàêîé Âû íàöèîíàëüíîñòè?

 

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