Text for Supplementary Reading.

Exercises.

PARENTS AND CHILDREN.

Unit II.

I. [æ] Listen and repeat.

add that parrot bad-bat

bag back happy sad-sat

ham hat fancy bag - back

pan pant chapter fad-fat

lab lap pal cad-cat

badge batch shall pad-pat

flat rat sat

man dad thank

glad stand matter

jam lamp match

factory

1. Pat cannot catch that.

2. Ann has a fat black cat.

3. The back of Jack's rabbit is black.

4. That's fat.

5. Ann chatters like a magpie.

6. The lad cannot be that bad.

7. A black cat sat on a mat and ate a fat rat.

II. Remember these proverbs and sayings.

• In time of test family is best.

• Children are often like their parents both in character and in behaviour.

• There is no place more delightful than home.

• East or West home is best.

III. Read and learn.

How to ask someone's opinion.How to express an opinion.

1. What do you think of/ about...? I.I think (that)

2. What do you feel about...? 2.1 believe (that)

3. How about...? 3.1 feel (that)

4. What's your opinion? 4.1 consider (that)

5. In my opinion.

6. To my mind.

7. Personally, I...

8. If you ask me...

9. To tell you the truth...

10. Obviously...

11. As far as I know.

12. As far as I remember

13. As for me...

14. The matter is that...

IV. Illustrative Dialogues.

- I say, Oleg. What do you think of our new groupmate?

- I think he is a frank and honest boy.

- What makes you think so?

- Because he always says what's on his mind.

- Nina, what's your opinion about my new boy - friend?

- Personally, I have a low opinion of him. He is a real boaster.

- Really? Are you sure?

- Absolutely. He is my neighbour.

- I think that he should give up smoking.

- To my mind health is the most important thing in life.

V. Make up statements of opinion. giving as many combinations as possible.

VI. Express opinions using the words given below.

Model: Sam, rather handsome.

I think Sam is rather handsome.

1. Diana, very pretty.

2. Japanese, a difficult language.

3. Classical music, boring.

4. These students, simply lazy.

5. Our neighbour's garden, beautiful.

6. The translation, very poor.

7. Doing crosswords, a waste of time.

VII. Ask someone's opinion about the following things.

1. A well-known writer.

2. A TV programme.

3. A famous singer.

4. A pop group.

5. Smoking and health.

6. Teaching English to small children.

7. The climate of your country.

VIII. Read and translate the text.

MY FAMILY.

I am Max Kovaliov. I am sixteen. I have got a father, a mother, a sister and a grandmother. There are six of us in the family.

First of all some words about my parents. My mother is a teacher of history. She works in a college. She likes her profession. She is a born teacher. She understands her students and loves them.

My father is a computer programmer. He is very experienced. He is fourty - five. When we are at home and have some free time I play the guitar and my father likes to sing. He knows a lot of useful things. He can repair almost everything in the house. My parents have been married for twenty years. They are different but they understand and love each other. They have the same hobby - travelling. And they have the same opinion about my education and upbringing. They are hard working people. My granny is a pensioner. She lives with us and helps to run the house. You can hardly believe, but she is very active and energetic.

My sister is twenty- two. She is married and has her own family. She is an accountant.

I am a first - year student. I am going to become a mechanic.

We have a lot of relatives. We get on very well. I think our family is friendly and united.

IX. Give your own opinion about Max's family.

X. Communicative activities.

- Match the first part of the conversation on the left with the other part on the right.

1. Where do you come from? a) In summer, on the 30th of June.

2. How old are you? b) She doesn't work.

3. When is your birthday? c)Quite well. But sometimes we don't

understand each other.

4. Do you have brothers and sisters? d) I'll soon be seventeen.

5. Do you live in a flat? e) From Ukraine.

6. What is your mother? f) No, I have only cousins.

7. How do you get along with your family? g) Yes, but unfortunately it’s very small.

We hope to get a new one soon.

8. In what way do you help your parents? h) I don't like it indeed but I want to see

my Mum happy, that's why I do washing up, shopping, tidying in the rooms.

9.Are your grandparents retired or

do they still work? i) They are retired now.

10. What is your town famous for? j) At a children's festival.

11. How long have you been friends? k) Since childhood.

12. Where did you meet for the first time? 1) Many prominent people lived here.

XI. Read and do the task below.

1) neighbour – сусід

2) reason – причина

3) adult – дорослий

4) rival – суперник

5) tolerance – терпимість

6) intolerance – нетерпимість

7) lie – брехня

8) to cause – спричиняти, примушувати

There are conflicts everywhere: in families, between neighbours, between the boys and girls. What are the reasons of these conflicts?

Maybe adults say something unpleasant about your hairstyle or about the way you dress. Perhaps your mother has a serious argument with you because of your boyfriend.

Perhaps your brother and his best friend have become rivals because they are in love with the same girl. And if you open a newspaper, almost every day you will find reports about individuals, groups of people or countries that don't get along with each other at all. Lies, misunderstanding, prejudice, intolerance, discrimination often cause serious problem which can lead to violence or even a war.

Complete the sentences:

1. The reasons of different conflicts are...

2. If your mother has a serious argument with you, you should...

3. To get along well with each other we should be...

4. Such things as... cause serious problems.

5. Unsolved problems can lead to...

XII. Generation gap.

Five common complaints teenagers have about their parents:

1. They check up on how I spend my money.

2. They don't let me play loud music at home.

3. They don't let me have my hair 1 want it.

4. They criticize my friends.

5. They are not interested in what I think.

Five common complaints parents have about their teenage children:

1. They don't help enough in the house.

2. They are untidy and rude.

3. They never say where they are going or when they are coming home.

4. They spend all their money on terrible clothes.

5. They spend too much time watching TV and videos.

Answer the questions.

• Do you have any of the same complaints about your parents?

• Which complaints do you think are the most important/ the least important?

• Which is your most serious complaint about your parents?

XIII. A Family Conflict

•What is the reason of it?

It is the difference between you and your parents' priorities that make family life more difficult when you are in your teens.

• What do children want their parents to be and to do?
I wish my parents:

- to trust me

- to help me with my problems

- to buy me all I want

- to be more kind and just

- to forgive me everything

- to allow me to watch TV all night

- to treat me as an adult

- to be more attentive to me

- not to be so boring

- to accept my way of life

- not to treat me like a kind

- not to be so strict

- not to break their promises

- not to criticize me in public

- let me come home late

Parents want their children:

- to be polite

- to be kind

- to be friendly

- to be honest

- to be hardworking

- to come home in time

- to study well

- to help about the house

- to go to bed in time

- not to be rude

- not to smoke

- not to miss classes

- not to take drugs

- not to watch TV too late

What do you think about your relations with your parents? Do you think that your parents are too strict or they are not strict enough?

XIV. How not to talk to your Mother.

- Where are you going?

- Out.

- Our where?

- Just out.

- Who are you going with?

- A friend.

- Which friend?

- Mum, just a friend. Do you have to know everything?

- I don't have to know everything. I just want to know who you are going with?

- Oksana.

- Do 1 know Oksana?

- She is just a friend.

- Well, where are you going?

- Out.

- Hi, Mum, did anyone call?

- You got one call, but I forgot to ask who it was.

- Male or female?

- Male.

- And you did not ask? Thanks a lot. I really appreciate it. For all I know it was the
most important call of my life.

- How did you do on the English test?

- Can't you ever stop asking me questions?

- Do you recognize any of these situations?

- Would these conversations occur in your family? Why?

XV. A major problem for many teenagers is who they can ask for advice when they need it: parents, teachers, a sister or a brother, a friend. Sometimes if it's a very personal problem, teenagers write to a magazine. Read the following letter.

I am fed with my sister. My Mum and Dad treat her like an adult and they treat me like a child. She is only two years older than me but she is allowed to do what she

wants. She never helps at home and I have to help with cooking, washing up and cleaning. It is not fair. She is allowed to wear make up and jewelers. If I put jewelers on, my Mum says I have to take it off because I am too young. My sister and I both go to the same school. I usually get better results than she and she never does her homework. She has got a boyfriend who rides a motorbike. She is not allowed to go on it. I have seen her in town with him on the motorbike. I am more sensible than she is but I am not allowed to have a boyfriend.

I am so unhappy.

What can I do? Please, help me.

Are the following statements true or false?

1. Helen is having problems in her relationship with her sister?

2. Helen's sister does not do anything about the house.

3. Helen is allowed to wear jewelers.

4. Helen's sister is a better student than Helen

5. Helen's sister has ridden her boyfriend's motorbike without permission.

6. Helen's sister is allowed to have a boyfriend because she is sensible.

XVI. Write the answer to Helen's letter. Give them advice about the problem. Give reason for advice. Make predictions about how the situation will change.

1) A young father was visiting an older neighbour. They were standing in the older man's garden and talking about children. The young man said, "How strict should parents be with their children?" The older man pointed to a string between a big, strong tree and a thin, young one.

" Please, untie that string," he said. The young man untied it, and the young tree bent over to one side. "Now, tie again, please," said the older man, "But first pull the string tight so that the younger tree is straight again."

The young man did this. Then the older man said," There is the same with children. You must be strict with them, but sometimes you must untie the string to see how they are getting on. If they are not get able to stand alone, you must tie the string tight again. But when you find that they are ready to stand alone, you can take the string away."

Answer the questions. Don't forget how to use the Past Simple Tense.

1. What did the young man ask?

2. What did the old man do?

3. What did he ask the young man to do?

4. What happened to them?

5. What did the old man say after that?

- What is your own opinion? Should parents be strict with their children? Write a short essay.

2) Vicky Samson.

Today Vicky Samson came from school at 4 o'clock. She watched TV for half an hour. Then she did her homework. She's working hard at the moment, because she has got her exam soon. After dinner, while she was helping with the washing up, she talked to her parents about a problem she had been having at school.

It was a normal day, but it was a kind of day that makes Vicky and her parents happy." I can't believe it", says Vicky. "«Four months ago I was living in a cardboard box under a railway bridge in London".

Last October Vicky had run away from home. How did it all start? "I hated school. We always had so much work to do and I didn't see the point of it all. My mum didn't understand me. We only spoke to each other when we were arguing. One day I just could not stand it any more.

On that October day Vicky didn't go to school. She went to the station and caught the train to London. At first it 'was really fantastic. There were all the bright lights, theatres, shops and some really interesting people. I had to sleep on the streets, but I didn't mind. I was free - no school, no homework, no parents. But soon there was no food and no money either. Vicky was cold, hungry and miserable, but she survived until one night about a week before Christmas. I was walking down the street, when I looked at someone's front window. There was a girl there, just like me. She was decorating a Christmas tree, I thought. If I was at home, I'd be decorating our tree now. Then I couldn't help it. I just sat down on the pavement and cried. Luckily for Vicky, the man who lived at the house, Mr. Robinson, came home while she was sitting there. He took Vicky into the house and Mrs. Robinson gave her something to eat. They were so kind. I told them my whole story. They offered to play for my ticket home, but I didn't want that. I thought my parents would be angry.

But the next day she was back home. While Vicky was in their house, Mrs. Robinson went next door and telephoned the police in Birmingham. Three hours later Vicky's father arrived to collect her.

"It was the best Christmas present I'd ever had", said Mrs. Samson.

Choose the right answer to the questions:

1. How many month ago was Vicky living in a cardboard box?

a) 2 months;

b) 4 months;

c) 1 month.

2. How did Vicky start her escape?

a) She hated school;

b) She became ill;

c) She wanted to travel.

3. How did she get to London?

a) By bus;

b) By train;

c) By car.

4. How did she live in London?

a) She lived in her friend's house;

b) She had to sleep in the streets;
c)She lived at her job.

5. How did the Robinsons help Vicky?
a) They gave her some money;
b)They gave her a warm coat;

c) They called the police.

Answer the questions:

1. Who had a lot of problems?

2. Who ran away?

3. Who hated school?

4. Who lived a cold, hungry and miserable life in London?

5. Who saw a girl decorating a Christmas tree?

6. Who took Vicky to the house?

7. Who gave her some food?

8. Who called to Birmingham?

9. Who arrived to collect Vicky?

10. Who was happy?

Correct the sentences:

Today Vicky came home at 5 o'clock. She doesn't work hard at the moment because she's got examssoon. Two months ago she was living in a cardboard box. At first it wasn't exciting in London because mere were no big shops, lights, interesting people. Soon Vicky had much food. Mrs. Robinson gave Vicky some bread and butter and they bought her a ticket to her place. The next day Vicky came back with the ticket they bought her.

GRAMMAR EXERCISES.

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