ABOUT MYSELF

Задание 5. 7. Прочитайте и переведите текст.

ABOUT MYSELF

My name is Marina Suvorova. I am fifteen. I was born on the 5th of March, 1985 in Rostov-on-Don. Now I live in Rostov with my parents and my grandmother.

My family is not very large. We have five people in our family. My father's name is Igor Petrovich. He is forty years old. He is a doctor and he works at a hospital. My mother's name is Lyudmila Leonidovna. She is thirty nine years old. She is a housewife. My younger sister is a student. She is a seventh year student. My grandmother lives with us. She doesn't work. She is a pensioner. I love my family. We are all friends and we love each other.

I have one aunt and two uncles. Their children are my cousins.

We live in a big flat in a new house. There are four rooms in our flat: a living room, a study, a kitchen, a bathroom and two bedrooms. We have all modern conveniences: gas, hot and cold running water, electricity and telephone.

I have my duties about the house. I must go shopping. I help my Mother to clean the rooms. It's not difficult for me. I like our home to be clean and tidy.

I am a student of the college now. We have many good teachers at our college. I try to be a good student and I do well in all subjects. But my favourite subject is English. I spend much time on it. I like reading. I like detective stories but I prefer to read historical novels or modern writers.

I have many friends. Many of them are my classmates. We spend much time together, go for a walk, talk about lessons, music and discuss our problems.

I like to listen to modern music but sometimes I like to listen to some classical music. My favourite composer is Tchaikovsky. I haven't much time to watch TV but sometimes I spend an hour or two watching an interesting film or a news programme. In the evening I often read newspapers or an interesting book. I like fresh air and exercises, but I have not much. time to do sports.

Words

parents — родители

a housewife — домохозяйка

younger — младшая

a pensioner — пенсионер

an aunt — тетя

an uncle — дядя

a cousin — кузен, кузина

living room — жилая комната

a study — кабинет

a bathroom — ванная, туалет

a bedroom— спальня

modern — современный

conveniences — удобства

duties — обязанности

to go shopping — ходить за покупками

tidy — опрятный

to try — стараться, пытаться

to do well — зд. успевать

favourite — любимый

to prefer — предпочитать

to spend — проводить, тратить

Задание 5. 8. Ответьте на вопросы.

1. What is your name?

2. Where and when were you born?

3. How old are you?

4. Where do you live?

5. Have you got a family?

6. How large is your family?

7. Do you have brothers, sisters, grandparents in your family?

8. What are your father and mother?

9. How many rooms are there in your flat?

10. What modern conveniences have you got in your flat?

11 What are your duties about the house?

12. What is your favourite subject at the college?

13. What books do you like to read?

14. What music do you like to listen to?

15. Do you do sports?

16. What sport do you do?