Task 2. Life Story of Renata Smith
Renata Smith, a divorced mother of two young girls, Sabrina aged ten and Joey aged six, lives in Sheffield. She is typical of today’s one-parent single-in-come families living on the breadline struggling to make ends meet.
Renata was working as a secretary in the city when she met Tom, a lorry driver, at a party. They went out together for six months and then they decided to get married. At first she and Tom lived with her parents but then, when Renata was expecting Sabrina, they moved into a council flat. Tom had to spend a lot of time away from home and, soon after the birth of their second child, he left Renata to live in another city.
Renata set about bringing up girls on her own, though her mother was always ready to help when she could. Money was the most pressing problem, and Renata, who had given up her job when Sabrina was born, had to look for work. After two months she managed to find a post as Personal Assistant to the Sales Director of a local company. She has been working there for nearly two years now and enjoys spending her days in the office. When she’s not at work, the girls have priority. They are the most important thing in her life, and she is determined to be both mother and father to them. She doesn’t want them to suffer from the fact that their father does not live with them, and she does everything possible to privide them with a rich and rewarding life.
Vocabulary
divorced – розлучений
income – заробіток
breadline – черга безробітних за безкоштовним харчуванням
to make ends meet – зводити кінці з кінцями
to set about – починати, ставати до чогось
on one’s own – самостійно
to reward – винагороджувати, шанувати
9-Form 2005
- What’s your favourite TV program? Say what makes you love this program?
- Speak about the most important event that has recently happened in Ukraine.
- Speak of the traditions and customs in different spheres of British life.
- Make a report on the life and activities of one of the British prominent public figures (statesmen, authors, actors, artists etc.).
- Speak about the film(s) you are ready to see a second time.
- Discuss how important art is in your life and how it can change you.
- You are in the library. What books will you choose for reading? Why?
- Discuss the geographical position of your region (territory, birthplace).
- You are a big city dweller. Last summer you stayed with your friend in the country. Speak of the advantages of living in the country.
- Make a short speech about the role English plays in the world as a means of communication.
- Speak to an English friend and describe to him some Ukrainian customs and traditions.
- You do enjoy listening to music. Dwell on which you prefer and why?
- You work in a travel bureau. Give a short prospect of information about your country.
- Expand on “Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise”.
- Suppose you prefer to spend your weekend at home rather than going out somewhere. Give your motives.
- Expand on the statement that the English have no climate, they have weather.
- Ask your friend about the book she/he has recently read. Don’t forget about the author of the book, its title, the plot, etc.
- You have just returned home from London. Tell your friend about your impressions of the trip, sights, museums, etc.
- You are planning your American friends’ visit to Kyiv. What would you like to see in Kyiv? Give your reasons.
- Speak of a person who is your ideal of beauty. Be sure to mention: colour of his (her) eyes and hair, complexion, features of the face, figure, limbs, voice and manners.
Task 2. Miss Evans
Tick true or false statements (+) or (-)
1. On a beautiful evening in a year now long gone, a big ship set out on its first voyage from America to England.
2. It was the old ship.
3. Then “The Titanic” entered an ice-field and was hit by an iceberg.
Task 1. The School Library
At every school there is a library with a great number of books by many different authors. The bookshelves stand in the library from the floor to the ceiling. They are full of books for the pupils of all ages. Besides you can choose the books in different languages: in Ukrainian, English, Russian, and German. Next to the library there is a reading room. The pupils can take a book from the library and work with it in the reading room.
Task 1. Jim and Della
Jim and Della were two young people, husband and wife. They loved each other dearly. They lived in a small room in an old house in one of the dirty streets of New York.
They worked from early morning till late at night, but they got very little money for their work. And still they had two things which were very dear to them – Jim’s gold watch and Della’s beautiful hair.