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Children don’t want to see their parents unhappy or fighting all the time. So divorce may help the children, not hurt them.
When parents get divorced, they should explain to their children that the divorce is the parents` problem and that the children are not to blame.
Divorce is wrong. Husbands and wives should try hard to stay together.
With or without children, it doesn’t matter. When love ends, the marriage is over.
It is OK to get divorced if you don’t have children. But if you do have kids, you should never get divorced.

Looking at the issue

In many countries, the divorce rate is getting higher and higher. Is there a way to lower it? Check the ideas you like.

The government gives money as a reward to couples who have been married for a long time.
Divorce is not allowed, except in certain situations, such as terrible mental illness.
The government charges a high tax on divorces.
The government hires marriage counselors to give advice to people.
Couples live together for a few years before they decide to get married.
Couples live together but don't get married,

What are your ideas?

Let`s think

We can’t catch time. Years are passing… Our parents are getting older and older… One day they will not be able to live alone. What should we do?

Read and learn the following words:

Far away from - далеко от

Forgetful (adj.) [fə getfəl] забывчивый, рассеянный

Housekeeper (n) [ hauski:pə] экономка

Nurse (n) [ nə:s] сиделка

Pill (n) - таблетка

Solution (n) [sə lu:∫(ə)n] решение, разрешение (проблемы)

Tiny (adj.) [ taini] крошечный

To afford to do smth.(v) [ə fə:d] позволить (кому-либо) что-то сделать

To commute (v) [kə mju:t]- совершать ежедневные поездки

To die (v) [dai] умирать

To face (v) [ feis] встречать что-то смело, смотреть в лицо чему-либо без страха

To hire (v) [ haiə] нанимать

To look for (v) - искать

To take smb … to do smth. займет (потребуется)

For example: It takes me 5 minutes to get there.

To take care of (v) заботиться о

I. Explain the following words:

Forgetful, Commute, Nurse, Tiny, Housekeeper

II. Give the comparatives and the superlatives of the adjectives:

Old, forgetful, expensive, tiny, small, big, impossible, cheap, far.

Find adjectives in the text and determine their degree.

III. There are two phrasal verbs in the text: to take care of, to look for. What do they mean? Study the examples and match the words on the left with their definitions on the right. To look

You should look up all unfamiliar words in a dictionary.

Our neighbours promised to look after our cat while we are on holiday.

She looked at him as if she wanted to ask something.

Look out!

To look at	take care of something/ someone
To look up	direct one’s eyes on something/ someone
To look after	be on the watch; be careful
To look out	search for something in a book, dictionary.

To take

Where did the accident take place?

She pretended not to take notice of his strange behaviour.

Andrew takes after his father.

We took part in the competition.

To take part in smth.	happen, occur
To take place	catch sight of somebody\ something
To take notice of	resemble a close, older relative
To take after	participate in

IV. Translate the word combinations:

Решение вопроса, ежедневно ездить на работу, мужественно встретить опасность, позволить себе купить машину, рассеянный человек, заботиться о родителях, нанять работника, принимать таблетки 3 раза в день, крошечная квартира, искать очки, далеко от города, для решения задачи потребуется 20 минут.

V. Toshi is worried about his 78-year-old mother. Read Toshi's conversation with his wife, Midori, and find out: what do they want to do for his mother? Taking care of Mother

Toshi: We have to face the facts. Mother is too old to live alone.

Midori: Yes, you're probably right. She is getting older, and since your father died, she seems very forgetful.

Toshi: Mother will need someone to take care of her in the near future.

Midori: Perhaps we could hire a nurse. You know, someone who could come in during the day, clean the house, cook some meals, make sure she takes her pills.

Toshi: But nurses don't do all of those things. You're thinking of a nurse and a housekeeper. Who would pay for that? It will be very expensive!

Midori: Well, Toshi, what are you thinking?

Toshi: Since I'm the only child, we have to take care of her. She can come to live with us.

Midori: Here? In this tiny house? There are only two bedrooms. We can't move our two daughters out of their small bedroom.

Toshi: What else can we do? We can't afford to hire a nurse and a housekeeper. I'm her only child. Her husband, brother and sister are all dead. We have to take care of her.

Midori: May be we could look for a bigger house.

Toshi: In Tokyo? You know that's impossible. We tried looking last year and everything in this area of Tokyo is too expensive.

Midori: Let's move away from the city. Someplace cheap.

Toshi: But then I would be far away from my office. It might take me two or three hours on the train. I hate to commute. No, the only solution is for Mother to live with us here.

VI. Give synonyms to the following:

Talk - Absent - minded - Small - Large -

Give antonyms to the following:

Expensive - Tiny - Far -

VII. Answer the questions:

How old was Toshi`s mother?
Why did Toshi want the mother to live with them?
What did Midori propose to do?
Did they have a big or a small house?
Could they afford to hire a nurse and a housekeeper? Why?
What was Toshi`s solution?

What do you think?

Which opinions do you agree with? Check as many as you want.

It's too expensive to take care of old people. I think the government should be responsible for taking care of them.
Taking care of elderly parents is the child's duty. So the child should not depend on other people or on the government for help.

Your parents should live with you when they're old, even if your house is small.
If your mother or father suddenly comes to your house to live, it will cause a lot of problems.
Elderly people should live in special homes. They shouldn't bother their children.

Looking at the issue

Many older parents live with their children. Can you think of reasons for and against this arrangement?

Older parents should live with their children because...	Older parents should not live with their children because…
1. It's more fun with more members in the family.	1. My small house would be crowded.
2.	2.
3.	3.

Let`s think

Love is a great feeling. What is love? Read the following statements. Do you agree with them?

«Love is like a war… Easy to start… Difficult to end… Impossible to forget …»
«Love is the beauty of the soul».
«Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness».
«True love is when you can sit in a room together and say nothing, and it feels like you have said a thousand words! »
«Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction».

What is love for you?