Английский язык для студентов сельскохозяйственных вузов

to hate doing smth. – ненавидеть (что-либо делать)

26. to enjoy [in??oi] – наслаждаться

27. to be proud [praud] of – гордиться

28. to be missing – скучать

29. family tree – семейное дерево

30. to get on with smb. – ладить, хорошо общаться

31. to annoy – раздражать

Task 5. Finish up the sentences.

1) My mother has got a sister. She is my …

2) I have got a brother. His wife is my …

3) My aunt’s children are my …

4) I have got a sister. Her son is my …

5) My father has got a brother.

6) My mother has got a father. He is my …

7) My cousin is fond of …

Task 6. Complete the sentences:

a) I hate it when my sister (brother, nephew…) …

b) I don’t like people who …

c) It realy annoys my mother (dad) when I (my friends, people) …

d) I enjoy …

For ideas: talk too loudly, always arrive late, leave things on the floor, always on the phone, watch sport on TV, driving a car, swimming.

Task 7. Divide the following words into two groups: 1) work 2) hobby ( Can one and the same word go into both groups?)

Swimming, knitting, repairing, reading, dancing, driving a car, working in the garden, translating, computer, cooking.

Task 8. Translate the phrases. Make up sentences with them.

A friend of my aunt, to speak of something, one of them; to operate by hand, to speak by telephone, to sit by the window, a book by Tolstoy; to speak about my family, he is about thirty; to speak to my mother, to write with a pencil, to get on with everybody.

Task 9. Translate the sentences.

1) Моя мама – учитель. 2) Мы с отцом любим футбол. 3) У моей тёти очень много старинных вещей. 4) Аня пошла в мать характером. 5) Моё хобби – компьютерные игры. 6) Моя сестра – экономист. У неё есть малыш. Её свекровь помогает ей с ним. Я тоже люблю моего племянника. 7) Мой дедушка – фермер. 8) Я терпеть не могу готовить на всю семью. 9) Что труднее: зарабатывать деньги или воспитывать детей? 10) Я старшая, поэтому мне приходится улаживать споры.

Task 10. In pairs, act out and translate the dialogues.

a) – Have you got a large family?

– No, my family is rather small: my wife, my only son and I.

– What is your son’s name? How old is he? What is his hobby?

– Not so many questions at once. My son, Alec, is eleven and he is fond of computer games.

b) – Is your family large?

– Not very large. There are four of us: my wife, my two children and I.