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Exercise 1. Give true (T) or false (F) answers.
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| Alex was asked some quite interesting questions like “If you were an animal, what would you be? ” | |||
| Emily went on one date with a guy who teaches English at university. | |||
| But in fact, Emily was actually happy being single. | |||
| Alex emailed one of the matches, a woman quite liked and they met at a bar in USA. | |||
| Alex was feeling unhappy when he met Susanna. |
Exercise 2. Answer the questions according the listened text.
1. Do you know what ‘speed dating ‘ is?
2. Was Alex asked anything unusual?
3. How many matches did Emily get?
4. Does Emily want to have a speed dating again?
5. How successful was it for Alex??
6. If you were looking for a partner, would you try it?
Exercise 3. Discuss these questions in small groups
1.What is your position in the family?
2.Are you the oldest (youngest, middle) child, or an only child?
3.Describe your father`s (mother`s, sister`s, brother`s or grandparent`s) personality.
Exercise 4. Prepare your speech on the topic: “The typical family in my country”.
Exercise 5. Vocabulary. Read the words with their definitions and guess the meaning in your language.
| Word | Definition | Example |
| ancestral adj. | Relating to family members from earlier generations | Sweden is my ancestralhomeland, from which my great-grandfather emigrated in 1922. |
| cohesion n. | Ability to stay together as a unit | Family cohesionis difficult if young people have to go far away to find work. |
| descendant n. | A direct relative in a later generation (such as one’s son, daughter, or grandchild) | Billy Sobieski claimed to be a descendantof Jan Sobieski, a former king of Poland. |
| inheritance n. | Things passed down to you from your ancestors | My inheritancefrom my grandmother included her favorite necklace. |
| kin n. | Relatives | Even though my uncle didn’t really like me, he was kind to me because we were kin. |
| legitimate adj. | True and respectable; in the context of family, born of a mother and father who were married to each other | You can skip the meeting if you have a legitimatereason. |
| paternal adj. | Relating to a father | My mother’s parents have both died, but my paternalgrandparents are still alive. |
| sibling n. | Brother or sister | My siblingsand I got together to buy our parents a gift for their anniversary. |
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