Text c The importance of Family

II. Заполните пропуски, используя следующие предлоги

I. Прочтите текст и укажите, какие утверждения соответствуют тексту т (True), а какие нет – f (False):

1. Young people think more about their job and salary than about their family.

2. The number of families where one parent raises children is growing.

3. Family life now is the same as it was fifty years ago.

4. Despite all changes family plays an important role in our lives.

5. Family traditions are kept in the most of American families.

In Western Europe and the USA, family has changed dramatically over the last forty years. The number of families where both parents go out to work, or where there is one parent raising the children alone, is much greater than it used to be. Also, much more people move away from their families than ever before. Despite these changes, most people still think of their family as one of the most significant parts of their lives.

A recent American survey showed that many people think that spending time at home is more important than earning a high salary or having a challenging job. The majority of young people surveyed said that they would be happy to earn less money if they had more time to be with their loved ones. Old people also commented that they had worked too hard in the past when they should have been with their families. Even if the typical family doesn’t follow the traditional model today, it is still a vital part of

a) of (2) b) on c) with d) at:

1. to spend time … home

2. to think … children

3. To depend … both parents

4. to be … the family

5. to a vital part … the life

III. Подберите определение для каждого термина:

1. salary	a) a young person from birth to the age of full physical development
2. home	b) a fixed regular payment
3. money	c) a group consisting of one or two parents and their children
4. family	d) the place where ones lives
5. child	e) a means of payment, esp. coins and paper notes

IV. Заполните пропуски, используя следующие слова:

a) raise b) dramatically c) the majority d) move away e) a recent:

1. Traditional modal of the typical family has changed … .

2. Family life is very hard that’s why more and more people … from their families.

3. It’s very difficult for one parent to … children.

4. … survey shows that more and more people prefer to spend their time with their families.

5. … of young people aim to spend more time with their families.

V. Закончите предложения, выбрав верный вариант:

1. A lot of young people prefer to earn less money	a) that they spent little time with their families.
2. Old people regret	b) where a woman doesn’t work.
3. Despite all changes	c) to spend more time with their families.
4. There are few families	d) family is still a vital part of our lives.
5. There are a lot families	e) where both parents work.

Text d How to have a successful Christian family

I. Прочтите текст и укажите, на какие вопросы в тексте есть ответы Y (Yes), а на какие нет – N (No):

1. What do people ,who believe in God, desire for their children?

2. Who are the happiest persons on earth?

3. What is the first weapon in the war against the family today?

4. What does the Bible say about the family?

5. What do children need?

The great heritage Christian parents leave their children is love they receive in a Christian home. Apart from their devotion to Christ, the faithful people love and live for their children. Everything they talk about and plan around is for their kids’ benefit and welfare. The longer they live, the more they want to invest in their children. The first obligation of parents is to bring up children for God, who gave babies to them. The greatest desire of their hearts for their children is that they each find God’s will and live in it all their lives. But in the 20-s a great change has taken place. There has been and continues to be a violent attack upon the American family. More TV programs show homes of divorced or single parents that represent the traditional family. Nearly in every major family program TV openly justifies divorce, homosexuality, and adultery. Increased divorce has broken family loyalty, unity and communications with increased insecurity in children who are the victims. Many such children feel doubt about the possibility of real love, for fear they will be hurt again.

The happiest people on earth are those who are part of homes and families where they are loved and shielded. When you have a long day, often in a hostile environment, it is great to walk into your home and know that there you will find your spouse and children, who love you. Home is a shelter to which you run from the troubles of this world.

It’s necessary to help families win the undeclared war that is ravaging American homes. Each family is a battleground for the conflict going on today. The consequences of defeat are tragic. In the war against the family today, the first weapon is the cult of the playboy; men (they say) do not have to be committed to their wives and children, but should be some kind of “cool, free swingers”. Sexual promiscuity has become the lifestyle of America. Men satisfy their physical desires at the expense of their families. When the family begins to weaken, when that basic Christian unit is destroyed, we are on the precipice of real danger.

No wonder we are raising up a generation of children with no respect for authority, civil or otherwise. They have been brought up in homes where there is no authority and in which there is no guidance or leadership. Children need love, discipline and parental example. When they grow up without ever learning what the Bible has to say, without ever learning what prayer is they become weak people who, in turn, reproduce weak homes.

Another weapon against the family is the feminist revolution, the counter reaction to the cult of the playboy. Feminists say that self-satisfaction is more important than the family. Many women who lead in the feminist movement promote an immoral lifestyle.