Англійська мова: Навчальний посібник - П.О. Бех 1992
Topic 1 About my family and myself
First of all let me introduce myself. My name is Victor Kovalenko. I am seventeen years old. I am a pupil of the 11th form. My family lives in Kyyiv in one of the residential areas. My parents have two more kids besides me. Тhus I have got an elder sister Vira and a younger brother Alec, My brother is a schoolboy, too. He is thirteen. My sister is three years my senior. So she is twenty already. She is a designer by profession. She is married. Her husband is a journalist. They are four in the family. She has two children — a son and a daughter. They are twins. They are lovely little kids with golden hair and dark blue eyes.
My parents are not old at all. Daddy is forty four and Mum is four years his junior. My grandparents are already pensioners, but they are still full of life and energy. I have many relatives — aunts, uncles, cousins.
My father is an engineer in computers and my mother is a teacher of English at the University. They like their work very much.
I am fond of reading books on history and fiction. I am going in for sports. I like playing football (soccer), basketball and chess. Especially I am good at chess. I take part in different chess competitions and tournaments.
In a year I shall finish my school and I have to decide what to do: either to apply for a job or for a study. Actually I study well and make some progress in liberal arts subjects. I am particularly interested in history, literature and languages. So I am going to enter the University.
You can’t do without this vocabulary (Ви не зможете обійтися без цього словника):
a family — сім’я
to be born in — народитися
to work as a teacher (as an engineer, as a doctor, etc.) — пранцювата вчителем (інженером, лікарем)
he is five years younger (elder) than I am — він на п’ять років молодший (старший) за мене.
to attend school (classes) — ходити до школи (на заняття)
to consist of — складатися з...
to show great interest in something — виявляти великий інтерес до чогось
to be one’s hobby — бути чиїмось захопленням
to become a musician (a physicist, a fitter, etc.) — стати музикантом (фізиком, слюсарем тощо)
a name — ім’я
a surname — прізвище a housewife — домашня господарка
a mother — мати
a father — батько
a sister — сестра
a brother — брат
a son — син
a daughter — дочка
a husband — чоловік
a wife — дружина
to marry somebody — одружуватися з кимось
relatives — родичі
a cousin — двоюрідний брат; двоюрідна сестра
a nephew — небіж, племінник
a niece — небога, племінниця
parents — батьки
to be retired on pension — йти на пенсію
Використайте перелік відповідних професій і спеціальностей у вашій розповіді:
агроном — agronomist
актор — actor
архітектор — architect
балерина — ballerina
балетмейстер — ballet-master
будівельник — builder, constructor
бухгалтер — accountant
ветеринар — veterinary
викладач — teacher
водій — driver
докер — docker
доярка — milkmaid
друкарка — typist
зварник — welder
інженер — engineer
колгоспник — collective farmer
комбайнер — combine-operator
конструктор — designer
кореспондент — correspondent
кравець — tailor
кухар — cook
ливарник — founder
лікар — doctor
майстер — foreman
маляр — painter
машиніст — locomotive engineer, engine driver
механік — mechanic
музикант — musician
муляр — bricklayer
нафтовик — oil worker пастух,
чабан — shepherd
перекладач — interpreter, translator
перукар (чоловічий) — barber
(жіночий) — hairdresser
письменник — writer
поет — poet
пожежник — fireman
продавець — salesman, seller, shop-assistant
рахівник — book-keeper
рибак — fisherman
робітник — worker
свинар(ка) — pig-tender
секретарка — secretary
скульптор — sculptor
службовець — employee
слюсар — fitter, locksmith
сталевар — steel-worker
стенографістка — stenographer
телефоністка — telephone operator
тесляр — carpenter
технік — technician
ткач — weaver
токар — turner
тракторист — tractor driver
учений — scientist
учитель — teacher
фермер — farmer
фізик — physicist
фрезерувальник — milling-machine operator
хімік — chemist