Ex. 2. Answer the following questions

1.In what kind of family do you live? Is it an extended family?

2. Is it usual to have extended families in our country?

3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of living with parents and grandparents?

4. Would you like to have an extended family in future and live with your parents?

5. Why do nuclear families become so popular in the USA nowadays?

6. What model of family would you like to have in future?

7. Will you send your parents to nursing homes for old people?

Ex. 3. Agree or disagree. Say whether these statements are true or false. Use the following conversational formulas:

a) agreement-I agree… I fully agree… No doubt it‘s true... Yes, certainly… By all means, that is right…

b) disagreement- I disagree… I don’t think so… Why on earth, it can’t be true… I suppose that it is a mistake…

c) doubt- I doubt it. Is that so? It‘s too good to be true. It must be a joke! I shouldn’t say so.

1. Old people should live with their children.

2. Old people should live in special places (nursing homes) with other old people.

3. Everyone can learn a lot from older people.

4. Young couples must live away from their parents.

5. Nuclear families will also be popular in our country soon.

6. Old people spoil the life of young couples.

7. Old people may be of great help to young couples.

Ex. 4. Speak on nuclear and extended families.

Ex. 5. Retell the text.

CONVERSATION PRACTICE

DIALOGUES

A. A Hardworking Mother

Jim and Karen are relaxing in Jim's room. They have been telling each other about their lives.

Karen: Did you live with both parents when you were little?

Jim: No, my father died when I was very young, so I grew up in a single-parent family.

Karen: Did your mother work?

Jim: Yes, she worked in an office to support my brother and me.

Karen: It must have been difficult for her.

Jim: It was. After a long day at her job, she came home and cooked our dinner and helped us with our home­work. And taking care of us wasn't easy.

Karen: Didn't your mother have anyone to help her with

the cooking and cleaning?

Jim: No, she did it all by herself. She must have been

tired a lot, but she never neglected us. In fact, she

spent almost all her free time with us.

Karen: You didn't have any grandparents or aunts or uncles

who could have helped?

Jim: We had relatives, but they lived in other states, so

our mother had to do everything alone.

Ex. 1. Answer the questions.

1. Did Jim grow up in a two-parent or a single-parent family?

2. Did his mother work?

3. Did Jim's mother have to work hard?

4.Did anyone help her to look after the house and the family?

5. Why didn't Jim's relatives help her?

Ex. 2. Speak about Jim s life.

Ex. 3. Act out the dialogue.

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