Dialogue 2

- Я знаю, что у вас три сестры. Где они живут?

- My elder sister Carolina lives in Detroit. My younger sister Virginia lives and works in New York. Lucy lives with our parents in Los Angeles.

- У меня тоже есть сестры. Но одна из них живет в Европе, а другая в Австралии. Я очень редко их вижу.

- It's a pity you seldom see them. It makes you unhappy. Am I right?

- Конечно. Мне бы хотелось видеться с ними чаще.

- Don't you want to go to Australia?

- Очень хочу. У меня много работы, и я не могу себе это позволить. (I can't afford it).

1.12 Read the dialogues. Introduce your new groupmate to your sister/mother/cousins.

- Let me introduce myself to you. I am George Wiler.

- How do you do, Mr. Wiler! My name is John Bush.

- How do you do, Mr. Bush! I am a teacher of biology. What is your trade?

- I am an agronomist from California.

- Pleased to know you, Mr. Bush.

- Glad to get acquainted with you, Mr. Wiler.

- Allow me to introduce Benjamin Larke to you, Mr. Flake.

- How do you do, Mr. Flake! Glad to meet you.

- How do you do, Mr. Larke! Pleased to know you. How do you like our city?

- I like it very much, though I haven't seen much of it.

- I can help you. We'll make a car tour of the city one of the days.

- It will be great!

- Alice, is the name of William Porter familiar to you?

- I don't think so.

- I want to introduce him to you. He is very clever, well edu­cated and has good manners. William, this is my sister Alice. Alice, meet William Porter.

- Hi, Alice!

- Hi, William! How are you?

- Never felt better in my life. Thanks. How are you?

- Fine, thank you.

- Mr. Medison, this is Mr. Judson.

- We've met before, haven't we?

- Sure. We played a game of tennis the other day.

- And you won the game.

- That's right.

1.13 Look through the dialogue. Tell about George Scott & Peter Brook.

- Your name is George Scott, isn't it?

- Yes, it is. I am an electronic engineer. I live and work in New-York. And what's your name?

- My name is Peter Brook. I am an editor. I live and work in San- Francisco.

- You are married, aren't you?

- Oh, yes. I am married and I've got two daughters.

- What a coincidence! I've got two daughters, too: Helen and Mary. What are your daughters' names?

- They are Susan and Jane. Susan is ten years old and Jane is eight. They both go to a private school. Do your daughters go to school?

- Not yet. Helen is five years old and Mary is three.

- They are at home, aren't they?

- Sure. My wife Joan doesn't work now. She runs the house and looks after the children. Emily is the name of my wife. She is a designer. She adores her trade and dreams of going to her office again. But she can't for the time being.

- It's only natural. Nowadays very few women are satisfied with being housewives. My wife, whose name is Nancy, is a teacher of Russian. She works at a college.

- Do you have any brothers or sisters?

- Unfortunately not. I am the only child in the family. I've got a cousin who lives in Chicago. We are on friendly terms.

- I have got a sister. She is much younger than I am. She lives with our parents in Los Angeles. I've seen very little of her of late.

- Los Angeles is a beautiful city. My aunt lives there and I visit her from time to time.

- It's a long time since I went to Los Angeles.

- Too bad!

1.14 Student AGet to know something about Student B by asking him/her questions and filling in the following form. (Student B will also ask you questions.)

Name:..................................................... .. Age................................. .

Country of origin: .................................... Nationality ........................

Home town/village:....................................................................................

Number of people in family.....................................................................

Mother Father Number of brothers Number of sisters Anyone else

................... ........... ............................ ....................

Father's occupation: ...............................................................................

Mother's occupation ................................................................................

Still at school Yes/No Left school: ............... ....(year)

(If Student B has left school):

Present job:......................................................................................... or

College/University:............................................................................

Length of time spent studying English: .......................... ......years

Interests: ........................................................................................

Favourite colour: ...................................................................................

Foreign countries visited: ........................................................................

Main ambition: ..........................................................................................

Before starting, work out which questions to ask. For example:

What's your name?

Where do you come from?

Have you got any brothers?

What's your father's job?

How long have you been studying English?

Student B Get to know something about Student A by asking him/her questions and filling in the following form. (Student A will also ask you questions.)

Name:...............................................................Date of birth ....................

Place of birth: Town: .................................... Country: ........................

Nationality: ...............................................................................................

Home town/village: .................................................................................

Number of people in family: ....................................................................

Mother Father Number of brothers Number of sisters Anyone else

............................. ............................ .................

Father's name: ........................................... ... Age: ..............................

Mother's name: ............................................. Age: ..............................

Still at school Yes/No Left school: .......... (year)

(If Student A has left school):

Present job: .......................................................................................or College/University: .................................................................................

Started learning English: ...................................... (year)

Interests: .................................................................................................

Favourite pop singer:................................................................................

Languages spoken (apart from English): .................................................

Main ambition: ..................................................................................

Before starting, work out which questions to ask. For example:

What's your name?

When were you born?

Where were you born?

Have you got any sisters?

When did you start learning English?

1.15 FOUR PEOPLE

Student AWork with a partner. Ask and answer questions to fill in the missing information about the following four people.

Before you start, work out what questions to ask, e.g.

What is Philippa's date of birth? What is Kurt's present job?

Where does Maria live? What two things does Jack dislike?

etc.

When you have finished, compare your tables.

Student BWork with a partner. Ask and answer questions to fill in the missing information about the following four people.

Before you start, work out what questions to ask, e.g.

Is Philippa married or single?

What is one of Kurt's interests or hobbies?

What two things does Maria dislike?

What is Jack's job?

etc.

When you have finished, compare your tables.