Просмотрите текст. Найдите фразам, данным в левой колонке (1-10) соответствия в правой колонке (e-j).

1. The desire	a) Away the next day
2. prefer mobile homes	b) up to five rooms
3. they have	c) to move away
4. they can have	d) of a permanent home
5. are fitted with	e) being able to play outside
6. they are moved	f) to permanent ones
7. complete and	g) comfortable
8. they could move	h) all kinds of equipment
9.the children enjoy	i) to be towed by a truck
10.children need security	j) into position

 

Сократите текст, опустив несущественные детали.

 

4.1.7. Составьте план. Передайте содержание текста.

Сделайте сообщение о традициях жизни в вашей стране.

Раздел 4.2.

Отработайте произношение данные слов и словосочетаний, уточнив транскрипцию по словарю.

extend v	удлинять, расширять
pattern n	образец
opportunity n	возможность
nuclear (family) n	малая/нуклеарная/простая/основная семья
prevalent adj	распространенный
split up v	расходиться
upbringing n	воспитание
parental adj	родительский
break away	уйти, убежать, отдалиться, отделиться от к-л
diverse adj	разнообразный
divorce n	развод
blend v	смешивать
occur v	встречаться; случаться, происходить
previous adj	предыдущий
single adj	одинокий, холостой (мужчина); незамужняя (женщина)

 

Прочитайте текст и скажите, какие типы семей существуют в Америке.

THE CHANGING AMERICAN FAMILY

Social changes, mobility, women’s new position in society greatly influence family life and attitude to divorces in America.

There used to be mainly two types of families- the extended and the nuclear.

The extended family included mother, father, children, and some other relatives – grandparents- living in the same house or nearby.

The nuclear family consisting of only the parents and the children became more prevalent in the course of the job pattern changes due to the transition of the economy from agricultural to industrial. People were forced to move to different parts of the country. The extended family split up.

In the American family the husband and wife usually share decision making.

As to upbringing the children, the old rule that “children should be seen and not heard” is rarely followed, and the children are often allowed to do what they wish without strict parental control. Children are encouraged to be independent at an early age. Young people are expected to break away from their parental families by the time they have reached their late teens or early twenties.

At present the word “family” is being extended to include a variety of other living arrangements. Today’s family can be made up of diverse combinations. With the divorce rate nearly one in two, there is an increase in single-parent homes, a father or mother living with one or more children.

Blended families occur when previously married men and women marry again and combine the children from former marriages into a new family.

Some couples are deciding not to have any children at all. So there is an increase in two-person childless families.

There are also more people who live alone – single, widowed, divorced. In America one in five lives alone.

 

4.2.3. Прочитайте текст еще раз. Укажите, какие предложения соответствуют содержанию текста. Подтвердите свои ответы фактами из текста (работа в парах).

1. There is little difference between different types of families.

2. Americans prefer the extended family.

3. The nuclear family is the result of generation gap.

4. The single parent family is the result of divorce.

5. Blended families combine the children from former marriages.

6. Americans prefer living alone.

 

Выпишите из текста слова, отражающие основную тему текста.

4.2.5. Напишите план текста на английском языке. Напишите небольшое сообщение по теме текста.

Сделайте сообщение о типах семей в вашей стране.

Раздел 4.3.

4.3.1. Прочитайте текст. Дайте ответ на данный вопрос:

“What is main idea of the given text?”

Women in the USA constitute 51, 4% of the country’s population. Many of them are earning money outside their homes today. Among women who are eighteen to sixty-four years old, sixty-two per cent have jobs.

Today more women are holding jobs of greater diversity than ever before. The number of women in law and medicine rose dramatically. In high schools and colleges women’s studies courses in history, literature and sociology have brought new attention to women’s lives.

At the same time women traditionally dominate such occupations as nurses and telephone operators. They made up 98% of the total number of secretaries, typists, stenographers in the country, 68% of all teachers, 97% of all private –household workers.

Working women have more education than those who stay at home. It’s natural that college-educated women want to use their academic training after marriage. Besides, the task of running a household has become easier due to modern appliences and aids such as convenience foods and many women choose to work primarily for the satisfaction derived.

Among women with jobs, eight out of ten drive a car to work, and eight per cent took a vacation away from home during the past years. Much of their travelling was by air.

These figures come from a report which was written for advertisers. The report gives advertisers a new picture of women today. It tells advertisers that fifty-one per cent of all American women have travelled by air- along with fifty-nine per cent of all American men.

The lesson for American business is that a significant number of married women have entered the labour force for non-economic reasons because they want to have other interests in addition to their homes. They like advertisements which show women in office, planes and cars.