Translate the following quotations into Russian.

1. "To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there." Barbara Bush.

2. "Many men can make a fortune, but very few can build a Family." J. C. Brian.

3. "The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family." Thomas Jefferson

4. "There are secrets in all families." G. Farquhar

 

Texts

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Our family is not large. I have a father, a mother and a younger sister. We all live together in a new flat in one of the districts of Novosibirsk.

My father is 45 years old. He is a tall and well-built man. He works as a doctor at a hospital. He likes his work and spends most of his time there. As for my mother she is a teacher of music and plays the piano well. My mother always has a lot of work to do about the house. She is a busy woman and we all help her.

My sister's name is Kate. She is a very good-looking girl. Kate is three years younger than me. She is a pupil of the 9-th form. She does well at school.

My name is Tanya. I was born in Novosibirsk in 1996. I am 17. My birthday is on the 5-th of May. I am Russian. I have left school and entered the Novosibirsk State Water Transport Academy. Now I am a first-year student of the Port Operation and Management Department. I am fond of reading historical books and I'm also fond of sport.

Our family is friendly. We like to spend time together. In the evenings we watch TV, read books and newspapers, listen to mu­sic or talk about the events of the day. All of us like to spend our week-ends out of town.

We often come to see our grandparents who are old-age pensioners. They prefer to live in the country.

I also have many other relatives: uncles, aunts and cousins

We are happy when we are together.

 

Questions

1. What is your name?

2. How old are you?

3. Where were you born?

4. When were you born?

5. What are you? What do you do?

6. Is Novosibirsk your home town?

7. Is your father a worker?

8. What is his job?

9. Where do your parents live?

10. What is your mother?

11. What school did you study at?

12. Which subject did you like best of all at school?

13. What were you good at?

14. Why is it necessary to have a hare education?

15. Is it easy to choose the right profession?

16. Why have you chosen the Siberian State University of Water Transport?

17. What are you doing to be physically fit?

18. Are you an easy person to communicate with you?

19. What are your hobbies?

 

My plans for future.

Hi! My full name is Alexander Gordeyev, but friends normally call me Alex. I am 17 years old. I was born in Vladivostok but we left for Novosibirsk in 1998.

I have finished a secondary school. It offers a number of courses: the humanities, natural sciences, mathematics. I specialized in mathematics and IT (information technologies). Good knowledge of mathematics is essential for my studies and professional career. As to IT, one can't imagine the XXIst century without them and I simply love computers as many of my friends do.

By the way, my elder brother works with computers. He spends most of his time, I really think I could say that more than 50 per cent of his time sitting in front of his computer screen working. He just gets completely lost in it. He is working from home, as a programmer. I think he's quite successful, or he manages to get by from it at list.

But my chief interest is ships. I love the sea and dream of visiting far away countries. My father works as a navigator. As a child, I listened to my father discussing professional matters and created the models of different vessels.

Later I began thinking of Navigation as my prospective occupation. I would like to have an interesting and challenging job, that would involve meeting people and going on business trips and would be a well-paid one. One needs to earn enough money to be independent.

One more thing about being successful in life concerns our ways with other people. I am sure that being sympathetic and friendly towards others is much better than disregarding and tramping down on competitors. That's why I am trying to foster patience and understanding in my character.

I am fond of many things. I usually read a lot of books. My favourite author is Agatha Christie. I have read a lot of her detective stories and novels. I like listening to classical and pop music. I and my friends often go for walk to the country. We also visit dance-clubs and shows quite often.

Twice a week I attend a sports section. I go in for wrestling. I'm sure everyone should keep fit and take part in some sports. Wrestling does me a lot of good as it helps me to be physically fit. I am stronger, faster and healthier now than I used to be. And I am strongly against smoking, drinking alcohol, taking drugs. These are detrimental and can simply ruin your life.

I have a lot of friends and enjoy my life. It is just great to be young and to have the whole life ahead of you!