Family. Ильичева Н.М - 14 стр.

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- close (adj)
- frequently 9adj)
- obey (v)
- allow (v)
- break from one’s family
- be a failure
- useless (adj)
- permanent (adj)
Exercise 1.5. What do we call these people? (Use Topical Vocabulary)
1) your mother’s father; 2) your father’s sister; 3) your father’s brother’s son; 4)
your sister’s daughter; 5) your mother’s second husband (who is not your
father); 6) your father’s grandmother; 7) your son’s wife; 8) your daughter’s
husband; 9) your daughter’s daughter; 10) your sister’s husband; 11) half-
brother/half-sister.
Exercise 1.6. Read the text. Translate it paying special attention to the
underlined words and word-combinations. Do it in writing.
The Unhappy Man
A London newspaper recently published a case of suicide, in which the
reasons that moved the unhappy man to lay violent hands upon himself were
found in the shape of a letter in his left boot. In this letter he wrote:
“I married a
widow who had a grown-up daughter. My father visited us
frequently, fell in love with my
step-daughter and married her. Thus my own
father became my
son-in-law, and my step-daughter, being the wife of my
father, became my mother. After some time my wife presented me with a son, -
of course, he was my
father’s brother-in-law and my uncle, for he was the
brother of my step-mother.
My
father’s wife, that is my step-daughter, had also a son, - of course, he
was my brother, but at the same time he was also my
grandson, for he was the
son of my daughter. My wife was also my grandmother, being the mother of my
mother.
I was
the husband of my wife, but at the same time also her grandson, and
since
the husband of my grandmother is naturally also my grandfather, I am my
own grandfather. ... I should like to see the man who could bear all this.”
Exercise 1.7. Read the following sentences, say if they are true or false.
1) Mr Green is single, his wife’s name is Helen.
2) My nephew is a very nice girl. She is the baby of the family.
3) Peter lives with his parents, he has no family of his own.
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