A: The taxi driver and the church caretaker>4 served as witnesses.
Notes:
>1 impromptu [im'promptju:] - экспромт
>2 secluded [si'klwdad] - замкнутый
>3 chapel [t|tepl] - часовня
>4 caretaker - сторож, смотритель
® H
N answers the door and shows in her friend, Ann.
N: Ann, meet the aunts and uncles, grannies and grandpas, the nephews and nieces, and all the rest.
A: Pleased to meet you all, I’m sure. My, what a big family you are!
N: This is only the immediate family. You’re the only outsider here now. You will sit next to the oldest member of family present - my greatgrandfather. Grandpa, dear, I’m going to put my friend in this seat near you.
GR.-GRANDF: The pleasure is all mine. Please sit down, my dear. Make yourself at home. So, Nadya must give me away at once and tell my age.
A: You don’t look your age at all. So don’t mind her.
GR.-GRANDF: A person is as old as he feels, they say. Still...
A: Nadya is your great-grand-daughter, isn’t she? She’s the exact image of you (there’s a strong family resemblance between you) - of course, taking the difference in age into consideration.
GR.-GRANDF: Does she really look like me so much? I’m flattered. She’s a good-looking girl, isn’t she?
A: How wonderful it must be for you to look round the table and see four generations of your descendants!
GR.-GRANDF: We are a long lived family. Only your dear granny died young.
N: (to A) She was 50 when she died.
A: Your family, it seems to me, are very much attached to each other.
N: Well, more or less, I suppose.
Notes:
>1 A guest is shown into the house; afterwards he is shown (seen) out of house
>2 one’s immediate family - семья, состоящая из ближайших родственников
>3 The pleasure is all mine = I’m very pleased
Ex. 19. Working in pairs make up dialogues using the following variations.
- What is your
brother called? elder brother youngest sister
- His (Her) name is Oscar.
William Lizzi Edward
| [2] |
| - Your brother has an unusual name, hasn’t he? |
| sister curious |
| cousin rare |
| strange |
| - Yes, he was named after his grandfather. |
| his great grandfather |
| a famous writer |
| a public man |
| [3] |
| - Where were you born? - I was born in Moscow. |
| Holland |
| the city of Riga |
| the town of Pskov |
| £ |
| - How old is your brother? - He (She) is twenty years old. |
| younger sister about 30 |
| father over 40 |
| uncle fifteen |
| under 50 |
| in his early forties |
