MY FRIEND’S FAMILY
My ‘friend’s ‘name is Lavrov. |He ‘lives in Moscow.| His ‘family is ↑not ‘very large.|His ‘wife’s name is Mary |and his ‘childre’s names are ‘Ann and Nick.|
‘Comrade Lav’rov’s wife is a young woman. She’s ‘twenty’ nine ‘years old.| She’s a lecturer.| She ‘teaches ‘English at the ‘Institute of ↑Foreign Languages.| She’s got ↑very many students. |She ‘hasn’t ‘got ↑bad students. |Her ‘students ‘do well as a rule. |My ‘friend’s daughter is a ‘girl of ten. |She goes to school. |Shedoes a ↑ lot of subjects at school.|She ‘also ‘learns English.| She ‘works hard |and ‘knows the ‘language well.|She ‘doesn’t make↑ many mis takes in English.| She’s a pioneer.| She ‘likes reading. |She ‘also helps her ‘mother at home.
‘Comrade Lav’rov’s son is a ‘little boy. |I ‘think he was ‘born ↑five or’six ↑years a go. |His ‘father ‘takes him to a nursery school ‘every morning|.
My ‘friend’s ‘got a sister.|She’s going to be a doctor, |and she’s leaving her ‘Institute ↑this year. |She’s a youngCommunist. |She’s married.| Her ‘husband’s an engineer.|
My ‘friend ‘hasn’t ‘got any brothers.|
My ‘friend’s ‘wife ↑usually ‘takes the children to the country in summer to stay with their ‘grandfather and grandmother.|They ‘love their ‘grandchildren ↑ very much.|She’s ‘going to ‘take them to the ↑ country a gain this summer.
Active words and word combinations
- young – молодой
- a woman ( women)- женщина
- old- старый
- a lecture – лекция
- to teach – учить, обучать
- as a rule- как правило
- a daghter – дочь
- a school – школа
- to go to school – учится, ходить в школу
- a subject – предмет
- to do (take) subjects- изучать предметы
- to make – делать, создавать
- to help- помогать
- a mother- мать
- to think – думать
- born – рожденный
- a father- отец
- a nursery school – детский сад
- to leave – оставлять
- a husband – муж
- any – любой
- summer – лето
- winter – зима
- spring – весна
- autumn – осень
- grandfather – дедушка
- grandmother – бабушка
- a grandson – внук
- a granddaughter– внука
- a grandchildren – внуки