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to toss one’s head - тряхнуть головой

haughtily - надменно

scornful - презрительный

murmur - бормотать

«Почему ты разорвала свою помолвку с Томом?» «Он обманул меня. Он сказал мне, что он специалист по печени и почкам, а потом я обнаружила, что он работает в мясном магазине.»

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deceive - обмануть

liver - печень

kidney - почка

«Что она сказала, когда ты сделал ей предложение?» «Я не сделал ей предложения. Прежде чем я успел открыть рот, она сказала мне, что любит Эмерсона, Лонгфелло и По. У меня не было ни единого шанса. Могу ли я получить согласие у девушки, которая уже влюблена в троих молодых людей?»

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have a chance - иметь шанс

be in love - быть влюбленным

Жена: «Дорогой, ты помнишь, что в этот день 25 лет назад мы были помолвлены?» «Двадцать пять лет назад, - воскликнул рассеянный профессор, - господи, почему же ты мне не напомнила раньше. Конечно, нам уже давно пора пожениться.»

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absent-minded - рассеянный

Topics for Oral Compositions

1. Talk about your parents.

2. Tell about your grandparents.

3. Do you have many relatives? Talk about them.

4. Do you have an elder brother or sister? Describe his/her family.

5. Is it difficult to be the only child?

6. You have three aunts on your mother’s side. Tell about them.

7. You like/don’t like your friend’s fiance(e). Tell why.

8. Describe your friend’s family.

9. What does your father/mother do? Tell about his/her occupation.

10. Showing your family album to your friend.

11. You like/don’t like when your distant relatives from the village come. Give your reasons.

12. You are good at History. Tell about our last tsar’s family - the Romanovs.

V. SUPPLEMENTARY READING
American Family Trends

The traditional American family consisting of a husband, wife and children is becoming less and less frequent. More people who are not legally married are living together. More and more children are being raised in single-parent families, by both poor women and by women who are professionally employed. Others postpone marriage and childbirth and as a consequence bear fewer children than women who many earlier. Among the educated more and more couples are deciding to have fewer and fewer children. An exception to this trend occurs among blacks, hispanics and among the very poor. In 1990 the size of the average American family was 3.2 individuals.

Marriages are either civil or performed in the church. Marriage has a legal foundation which means that a Registry Office has a record of it and it carries certain economic rights. When getting married both parties sign the document of marriage, that is, a marriage certificate.