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  1. Who do you live with? Do other members of your family live near you, or do you have to travel to see them?

  2. Match the words to the definitions.

to get divorced

divorce n

someone that is married to one of your parents, but isn't your parent

second wife/second husband

to (make something) become larger in amount or size

step mother/stepfather

legally end someone’s marriage (the legal ending of a marriage)

half-sister/half-brother

having qualities that are typical of most people or things

to go to see

two people who are married or in a romantic or sexual relationship, or two people who are together for a particular purpose

suburbs (in the suburbs)

a flat

average

the outer area of a town, rather than the shopping and business centre in the middle

apartment

to visit

couple

someone that you marry when you have already been married to someone else before

to increase

someone who has the same mother, or the same father, as you, but not both parents

C. Read the text and find out how many people Callum, Meera, Веn and Trudy share a house with.

Modern families

What is a "traditional" family nowadays? With more and more couples choosing not to get married, and with the number of divorces and second marriages increasing, the idea of the "traditional family" (two married parents, an average of two children, grandparents living nearby) is rapidly disappearing in some countries.

Here are some stories of people around the world telling about their families.

I'm Callum, and I live with my parents in Cambridge, in the east of England. We moved here when I was five because of Dad's job, but my mum comes from the north of England, and Dad comes from Scotland I've got a grandma in Edinburgh and a granddad in Yorkshire. And I've got two cousins who live near London, because that's where Dad's sister and her husband live. We see my cousins about three times a year, and we go up to Edinburgh every New Year, but I can't remember when I last saw my granddad in Yorkshire. He always sends me presents, though!

Mу name's Meera, and I live in Wolverhampton, near Birmingham, in England. I live with my parents, my brother and my sister. My grandmother lives next door. My mum was born here in Britain, but my grandmother moved here from India in the 1960s when my dad was a little boy. My dad has two sisters - Auntie Sunita and Auntie Rani. Auntie Sunita lives in the same street as us, and Auntie Rani lives in Birmingham, which is only 15 miles away. They're both married, and I've got five cousins. We see them almost every week. Someone is always visiting our house, or we go to Birmingham to see them. And two years ago we all went to India to see our family there.

I`m Ben, from Portland, Oregon, and my family is a bit complicated! I've got a sister called Ella, but three years ago my parents got divorced and now both of them are re-married. We live with my mom, Julie, and my stepfather, Bob. Bob's got a daughter called Daisy, but she doesn't live with us, she lives with her mom. My father's name is Pete. He and his second wife have just had a baby boy, Charles, so I've got a new half-brother!

May name's Trudy and I've got a sister called Beth. Our mum and dad are divorced, so we live with just our mum in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. Our dad has an apartment in the centre of town, and we spend every other weekend there. After school every day we go to our grandma's house and have a meal there, because our mum doesn't finish work until six o'clock. She collects us at half past six, except on Wednesday evenings when we go swimming with our dad.

D. Underline the correct alternatives to complete the sentences.

    1. Callum's aunt and uncle/grandparents live near London.

    2. Callum often/sometimes sees his cousins.

    3. Meera's aunts both live near/far away.

    4. Meera often/rarely sees her cousins.

    5. Daisy is Ben's half-sister/stepsister.

    6. Julie is Pete's ex-wife/stepmother.

    7. Trudy’s mum and dad live in different places/together.

    8. Trudy never sees her dad/sees her dad regularly.

E. Translate sentences into English using underlined words from the text.

  1. Они были такой красивой парой, очень жаль, что они развелись.

  2. Так как мой друг живет по соседству, мы часто ходим в гости друг к другу.

  3. Я навещаю бабушку трижды в неделю, потому что она живет всего лишь в 100 километрах от Казани.

  4. В пригороде Уфы открылся новый центр семейного досуга, куда мы ходим каждые выходные.

  5. После развода мой сводный брат остался жить с отчимом.

  6. В нашей группе в среднем по одному ребенку в семье.

  7. Вторая жена моего отца переехала в Питcбург, откуда она родом.

  8. После учебы мы ходим домой вместе, поскольку живем на одной улице.

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