Mind the pronunciation of the following words.

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VOCABULARY
  living cell of society – живая ячейка общества to share smth. – делить что-то, делиться чем-то responsibility – ответственность, обязанность to start a fa

Step-brother
to marry smb. – жениться (на ком-л.); выходить замуж (за кого-л.); вступать в брак to acquire a new family – обзаводиться новой семьей nuclear family – малая семья; семья, состоящ

Mind the pronunciation of the following words.
  daughter [ˈdɔːtə ] fiancé [ fiˈɑ:nseɪ ] widow [ ˈwɪdəʊ ] niece [ niːs ] fiancée [ fiˈɑ:n

Fill in the missing words and word combinations from the list below.
1. I ___________ with my parents and all of us ___________ of each other. 2. My ___________ are my best friends and we never ___________. 3. He is a bad father, he doesn’t feel ___________ for his

Match the phrases in column A with those in column B. More than one answer is possible.
Model: I am the youngest in my family. It’s a disadvantage. Everyone tells me what to do. Would you prefer to be the only child or one of two or three children?

Answer the questions.
1. How big is your family? What type of family is it? Are you married? 2.Do you have any brothers or sisters? Are you the oldest among your siblings? How old are they? 3. Do you ha

Open the brackets. Put the right forms, active or passive, of the verbs.
1. Family ___________ (to be) a group of people who live together. 2. Mood and what ___________ (to call) happiness depend on family relations. 3. If one's mother is not the only child, her son or

For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. There is an example at the beginning.
Example: 0. A) long time B) sometimes C) ages D) lately Dear Trevor, I know it's been C (0) I wrote to you but I've been very busy ___ (1) we

Household chores
There are stereotypical responsibilities of the husband, the wife, and the children in a family. They say that the wife’s responsibilities are, basically, to do everything, as far as I can see … to

Read and translate the text. Headline it.
  Nowadays, I don’t have very close contact with my father and mother, and I hear news from my brother. Sometimes I get a letter from my grandmother as well. Also, occasionally, we te

My Own Rules for a Happy Marriage
(abridged) by James Graver Thurber Nobody, I hasten to announce, has asked me to formulate a set of rules for the perpetuation of marital bliss and the preservatio

Match the words from the text with their synonyms.
  disparage customary, usual beaux plant disease mug be in a hurry

The Observer
  Amy Chua claims that soft western parenting fails because it stops children from fulfilling their potential, whereas her hardline Chinese approach gets results. Journalist Toby

Children after School
What do American children do if they don't stay after school for extracurricular activities but come home to an empty house? It is actually not only an American problem, it is a universal problem b

Обращение.
Форма обращения в письме зависит от степени знакомства или родственных связей с лицом, которому вы адресуете письмо. Так, к друзьям или хорошо знакомым вы обращаетесь:   Dear

Vocabulary
It doesn’t matter what your home is like – Не имеет значения (неважно), какой у Вас дом country mansion – большой загородный дом (особняк) modest – скромный detached hous

My Flat
It does not matter what your home is like — a country mansion, a more modest detached or semi-detached house, a flat in a block of flats or even a room in a communal flat. Anyway, it is the place w

Use the required word in each gap.
1. A _________ helps us to move from one floor to another. 2. A _________ contains generally a bed, a desk and a chest of drawers and a wardrobe. We use it to sleep. 3. We usually

The House of My Dream
People always want to make their dwelling a place, where one feels comfortable and ________ . A dwelling of my dream is not a _________ but a two-storeyed mansion. And as a real hostess I’

Do the following crossword puzzle.
Across: 2. Devices and services that give comfort. 7. A comfortable chair which has a support on each side for your arms. 11. A long passage in a buildin

Find an extra word in each line.
It is difficult to generalize about how British people use of the various rooms (1) _________ in their houses. The only safe generalization is that, what in a house with two floors, (2) __

Answer the questions.
1. Can you describe each room of your house? 2. What does the outside of your house look like? 3. Do you like the place where you are living? Why or why not? 4. What is your favorite room in your h

Choose the right variant.
  1. At the moment he _______ a book. 1) is to read 2) are reading 3) am read 4) is reading   2. Yesterday from 5 till 8 we

Houses, not flats
A large, detached house not only ensures privacy. It is also a status symbol. At the extreme end of the scale there is the aristocratic ‘stately home’ set in acres of garden. Of course, such a hous

Vocabulary
leisure (spare) time – свободное время, досуг to have spare time – иметь свободное время to spend leisure time – проводить свободное время to rest – отдыхать to

Consult a dictionary and write the following literary genres in phonetic transcription.
  comedy historical novels psychological novels crime fiction legend science fiction detective stories love story sea stories fairy tales mystery short stor

Choose the verb which completes all the expressions in each box.
to get to have to keep to play to go to do   1. the shopping crossword puzzles the bed sport cook

Make sentences with the words from the table. Say what you like or dislike doing when you have leisure time.
Swimming Walking Reading Listening Writing Working Playing letters to friends in the garden to good music football in the sea in the par

Answer the questions.
1. What do you usually do in your free time? 2. Do you often watch TV? 3. What is your favourite TV channel? 4. What is your favourite TV program? 5. Do you often read books? 6. What is your favour

Put in model verbs or their equivalents.
  1. My uncle ________ swim very well. 2. I ________ do it right now. 3. ________ I call him later? 4. We ________ go with you, because you will need helper

Translate into English.
  1. Я не должен идти туда. 2. Ее двоюродная сестра хорошо умеет играть на гитаре. 3. Можно я пойду домой? 4. Скоро ты сможешь декорировать свою новую комна

I left the room after I had written the test.
Mr Loveday went out of the room. Then they started discussing the news. Jenny finished her composition. Then she began to clean the floor. I selected a pair of fashionable g

Choose the right variant among the given ones.
  1. Right now I ___ a test in English. a) write b) was writing c) will be writing d) am writing   2. Some years ago Bob ___ very good at skiing.

Pre-reading focus.
- What is a hobby? What hobbies do you know? - Write down the definition of the word “hobby”. - Make out a list of hobbies. 7.4 Read the text “Hobbies”.

Read and translate the text.
A Nation of Animal Lovers: Do you have a pet? It is no secret that British people love their pets to bits and would do anything to make their life enjoyable. But j

Popular Sports and Leisure Activities in Britain
  Over recent decades the number and range of available leisure activities has mushroomed, in Britain. It is fair to say that Britain, in common with most Western countries, has becom

Compare your definitions with those given in the dictionary.
to mushroom– to spread, grow, or develop quickly. health-conscious –aware of one's own health and body keep-fit(a noun) – being

The Use of Leisure
By the way in which a man uses his leisure his character can be told - more surely in all probability than by the way he does his work. For most men work is necessity in order to gain a living. Vas

Read and translate the text.
  There’s no need to agonies over where and when to take break next year: there are month-by-month vacation charts suggesting holidays each month to suit all tastes, from beaches, ski

Read and translate the text.
  The most significant economic change for many countries of the world has been the development of mass tourism since World War II. Tourism is a risky business: capital investment can

Read the given letter and comment on its structure.
6 Sadovaya St Dmitrov 18 March 2011 Dear Alice, Thanks for your letter. It was great to hear from you. In your letter you aske

Translate the letters into English. Mind the rules of letter writing.
  1. Дорогой друг! Ты, вероятно, удивишься, получив письмо от человека, которого никогда не встречал, поэтому я прежде всего тебе представлюсь. Я студент второго кур

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    While writing, use informal punctuation, such as exclamation marks. Use contractions. Start a new paragraph for each main point you want to make.

Here is an advertisement and two letters asking for information. Read the letters and fill in the chart.
    STUDENTS! VISIT FLORIDA, USA Spend 6 days of fun in Orlando this summer

First read the model letter asking for detailed information about Safari and Leisure Park in Namibia.
  Dear Sir or Madam,   I am writing to ask for more information about the safari holidays which I saw advertised in the Daily News.   Fir

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  Спасибо/ огромное спа­сибо за доброе/ теплое письмо от 15 мая.     Большое спасибо за ваше доброе и теплое письмо от 16 июля.   Сп

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Напиши, пожалуйста, по­скорее.   С нетерпением жду от тебя ответа.   Надеюсь, что ты вскоре снова напишешь мне и что письма у вас не задержива­ются. &n

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Sincerely yours, Sincerely, Yours sincerely, Very sincerely, Very sincerely yours, Most sincerely yours, Искренне Ваш Truly