Topic 1 My Biography

Warm up

Do you like your family? Is it important to be a friendly family? Why?

• 1. Vocabulary focus

1. Read and learn the following words:

I.

surname to be born well-built pleasant-looking energetic talkative look after to play hide-and-seek relatives II.		фамилия родиться хорошо сложенный приятный энергичный разговорчивый присматривать играть в прятки родственники
admit	признавать
ambitious	честолюбивый
apologize	извиняться
appreciate	ценить
wake	будить
beauty	красавица
calm	спокойный
crazy	сильно увлечённый чем-то
equestrian	конный
even-tempered	уравновешенный
faithful	верный преданный
fate	судьба
frank	искренний
hard-working	трудолюбивый
hot-tempered	вспыльчивый
influence	влиять
lose one’s temper	выходить из себя
modest	скромный
overcrowded	переполненный
partially	частично
persistent	настойчивый
reserved	сдержанный
retire into smb’s shell	уйти в себя
serious	серьёзный
sincere	искренний
slim	стройный
stand up to smth	выдержать
stubborn	упрямый
tolerant	терпимый
wise	мудрый
witty	остроумный
zodiac sign	знак зодиака
III. Star Signs
Aries	Овен
Taurus	Телец
Gemini	Близнецы
Cancer	Рак
Leo	Лев
Virgo	Дева
Libra	Весы
Scorpio	Скорпион
Sagittarius	Стрелец
Capricorn	Козерог
Aquarius	Водолей
Pisces	Рыбы

2. Read and translate texts 1,2: Text 1 (Elementary level)

My name is Kate. My surname is Pavlova. I’m seventeen. I live in Minsk, in Pushkin Street. I was born on the 15^th of September.

I’ve got a family. It is small. We are a family of four. I’ve got a father, a mother and a brother. I haven’t got a sister. My father is an engineer. He works in a plant. He is tall and well-built man with black hair and grey eyes. My mother is a pleasant-looking woman of about forty. She is a teacher. My mother is energetic and talkative. She works at school. My brother is little. He doesn’t go to school. He goes to a kindergarten. He is four.

When my parents are at work my Granny looks after my brother. She cooks us tasty dinner. She is very kind. 1 love her very much.

We have got a cat. It is small and grey. It is very nice. It has big blue eyes, a funny nose, a small mouth and sharp teeth. Its ears are small. It can play hide-and-seek.

We have got a lot of relatives: cousins, aunts and uncles, because my Granny has a son and two daughters, five grandchildren, two nieces and one nephew.. They live in different towns. They come to see us and we usually have a good time together. I'm happy to have such a family.