Устная тема "My Family".

MY FAMILY

I`m… (ваша фамилия и имя). I`d like to tell you about my family. We are a family of three.

In my opinion family is an emotional center of a person`s life, transmitter of culture, the place where children are being raised. The process of upbringing children is difficult. It requires much effort, mutual respect, tolerance. In happy families parents are frankly honest with their children without moralizing and the children, in their turn, learn how to get on with other people.

The proverb says: “Men make houses, women make homes”. In my view, it means that the man provides for his family, pays attention to the problems of members of their family. And the woman creates the homely atmosphere, encourages her husband and children to keep up family traditions and keeps the house. Together they bring up their children in right way.

It`s true to our family. My father`s name is … . He is … years old. He is an engineer at a Motor Plant. He is tall and strong both in body and character, but very careless. He can make different things with his own hands. Almost all the bookshelves in our flat were made by my father.

My mother`s name is … . She is … years old. She is a teacher. She is a medium size woman. She has got a thin oval attractive face and light grey eyes and a snub nose. When she was young she had thick curly ash-blond long hair, now she wears her hair short. My mother is a woman of character, well-bred, tactful and fair. She`s warm-hearted and at the same time practical, reserved and full of common sense. She is a housewife, she does all the housework. My father and I try to help her about the house.

We have got a lot of relatives, because my mother has got five sisters and a brother. So I`ve got many aunts, uncles and cousins. We are all on friendly terms.

VOCABULARY “MY FAMILY”

parents

uncle

aunt

nephew

niece

grandson

granddaughter

be single

be married

get married

be divorced

be on pension

son

daughter

husband

wife

cousin

mother-in-law

son-in-law

daughter-in-law

father-in-law

relatives

twins

child

baby

bossy

caring

close

cordial

distant

frank

friendly

hard to deal with

hostile

impatient

loving

patient

remote

respectful

united

tolerant

divorce

generation

relationship

welfare

assistance

income

support