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Amy Mitford: I don’t really know my father. He isn’t easy to get on with. He’s quite self-centred, and a little bit vain, I think, and in some ways quite unapproachable. The public must think he’s very easy-going, but at home he keeps himself to himself.

He can’t have been at home much when I was a child, because I don’t remember much about him. He’s always been slightly out of touch with family life. His work always came first, and he was always off somewhere acting or rehearsing. He loves being asked for his autograph, he loves to be recognised. He has won several awards, and he’s very proud of that. He was given the Member of the British Empire, and we had to go to Buckingham Palace to get the medal. It was incredibly boring – there were hundreds of other people getting the same thing, and you had to sit there for hours. He shows off his awards to whoever comes to the house.

I went to public school, and because of my total lack of interest and non-attendance I was asked to leave. I didn’t want to go there in the first place. I was taken away from all my friends. He must have been very pleased to get me into the school, but in the end it was a complete waste of money. I let him down quite badly, I suppose. I tried several jobs but I couldn’t settle down in them. They just weren’t challenging enough. Then I realised that what I really wanted to do was live in the country and look after animals, so that's what I now do.

As a family, we’re not that close, either emotionally or geographically. We don’t see much of each other these days. My father and I are totally different, like chalk and cheese. My interests have always been the country, but he’s into books, music and above all, opera, which I hate. If they do come to see us, they’re in completely the wrong clothes for the country – mink coats, nice little leather shoes, not exactly ideal for long walks across the fiedls.

He was totally opposed to me getting married. He was hoping we would break up. Gerald’s too humble, I suppose. He must have wanted me to marry someone famous, but I didn’t, and that’s all there is to it. We don’t want children, but my father keeps on and on talking about wanting grandchildren. You can’t make someone have children just because you want grandchildren.

I never watch him on television. I’m not that interested, and anyway he usually forgets to tell me when he’s on.

b) Choose the correct answers (in questions 1-3, there is not necessarily one

correct answer only):

How would you describe their relationship?

It was closer when Amy was a child.
They get on well, and agree on most things.
He has more respect for her than she does for him.
They don’t have very much in common.

How would you describe James Mitford?

He has done all that a father can for his daughter.
He isn’t very aware of how she really feels.
He’s more interested in himself than his family.

How would you describe Amy?

She is selfish and spoilt.
It took her a long time to decide what she wanted to do in life.
She found happiness in marriage that she didn’t have in childhood.

What did he think of her friends when she was a teenager?
Why did she leave school?
Why did she give up her jobs?
What does he think of her husband?
Is she interested in his career?
Is she going to have children?
How often do they see each other?

When you have answered as many questions as you can, find a partner from the other group. Compare your answers and swap ( [swp] – обменяйтесь) information.

Is there a generation gap in your/your friend’s family? What are the reasons of conflicts? ecological problems

S.V. Kameko, Ye.P. Ivanova, O.N. Gorshkova

Ex. 1. Read and memorize the following words:

acidify	[`sidifai]	подкислять, окислять(ся)
aboriginal	[,æb`rid nl]	исконный
affect	[`fekt]	воздействовать, влиять
alarming	[`la:mi]	тревожный, сигнальный
alder	[`:ld]	ольха
break up		уничтожать, разбивать, раз- рушать
cause	[k:z]	быть причиной, причинять, вызывать
contribute	[kn`tribju(:)t]	содействовать, способствовать
crucial	[`kru:l]	решающий, критический
damage	[`dæmid ]	вред, повреждение, убыток, ущерб
deforestation	[difristei()n]	вырубка леса
delicate	[`delikit]	тонкий, хрупкий
demand	[di`ma:nd]	требование, потребность
depletion	[di`pli:n]	истощение, исчерпывание
destruction	[dis`trkn]	разрушение, уничтожение
determine	[di`t:min]	определять, устанавливать
dissolve	[di`zlv]	растворяться, таять, испа-ряться
diverse	[dai`v:s]	разнообразный, отличный (от чего-л.)
droplet	[drplit]	капелька
encounter	[in`kaunt]	сталкиваться, встретиться
estimate	[`estimeit]	оценивать, давать оценку
extinction	[iks`tikn]	вымирание
fertile	[`f:tail]	плодородный, плодовитый, насыщенный
flood	[fld]	затоплять, наводнять
foam insulation	[fum, insju`lein]	пенная изоляция
fossil	[fsl]	ископаемое
fuel	[fjul]	топливо, горючее
greenhouse		теплица, парник
habitat	[`hæbitæt]	место распространения (животного, растения), естественная среда
hole	[hul]	дыра, отверстие
layer	[`lei]	слой
mammal	[`mæm()l]	млекопитающее
mire	[`mai]	трясина, болото
pattern	[`pætn]	образец, пример, характер
penetrate	[`penitreit]	входить, проходить, прони- кать
permafrost	[`p:mfrst]	вечная мерзлота
power station	[`pau, stein]	электростанция
prediction	[pri`dikn]	предсказание, прогноз, пророчество
premises	[`premisiz]	помещение
ray	[rei]	луч
rearing	[`riri]	выращивание
recycle	[ri`saikl]	перерабатывать
reduce	[ri`dju:s]	понижать, уменьшать, сокращать
rehabilitation	[ri:hbili`tein]	реабилитация; реконструкция, восстановление, ремонт
release	[ri`li:s]	освобождать, выпускать на волю
run out		истощить свой запас
sink (sank, sunk)	[sik]	опускаться, оседать
span	[spæn]	промежуток времени, период времени
species	[`spi:i:z]	вид, род, разновидность
spruce	[spru:s]	канадская ель
support	[s`p:t]	поддержка
surface	[`s:fis]	поверхность
thrive (throve, thriven)	[raiv]	процветать, преуспевать
to be upset		нарушаться, расстраиваться
trap	[træp]	ловушка
vanish	[`væni]	исчезать, пропадать
vital	[vaitl]	жизненный, жизненно важный
weaken	[`wi:kn]	ослаблять, слабеть

Ex. 2. Read the following international words and word combinations and try to guess their meaning:

form (n), vital problem, nature (n), natural gas, interaction (n), human race, protect (v), protection (n), effect (n), ozone [ouzoun], molecule [mlikju:l], energy resources [ris:siz], polar [pul] (a), result (n), global (a), catastrophe [ktæstrfi] (n), ultra-violet (UV) [ltrvailit] rays, industrial product, industrialisatioin [in¸dstrilizein] (n), air conditioner, chemicals [kemiklz] (n), attack (v), risk (n), eye cataract [kætrækt], immune system, plankton (n), atmosphere [ætmsfi] (n), metal (n), tropical (a), climatic (a), ecosystem (n), acre [eik] (n), unique [ju:ni:k] (a), balance (n).

Ex. 3. Train reading the names of the chemical elements:

Acid [æsid] – 1) (n) кислота; 2) (a) кислотный, кислый; carbon [ka:bn]–(n) углерод; chlorofluorocarbons [kl:rflurka:bnz] – хлорфторуглероды; nitrogen [naitrd ()n] (n) – азот; oxide [ksaid] (n) – окись, окисел; oxygen [ksid ()n] (n) – кислород; sulphur [slf] (n) – сера.

Ex. 4. Read the following geographical names correctly:

Europe [jurp], Vermont [v:mnt], Ohio [ouhaiou], West Germany [d :mni], Greece [gri:s], Chechoslovakia [¸tekslvæki], Sweden [swi:dn], Belgium [beld m], Holland [hlnd], Amazonia [æmzni], South/East Asia [ei], West/Central Africa [æfrik], Antarctica [ænta:ktik].

Ex. 5.Read and translate the following words of the same root. Determine the part of speech they belong to. Memorize them:

Protect, protector, protection, protective;
destroy, destroyer, destruction, destructive;
contribute, contributor, contribution, contributory;
predict, predictor, prediction, predictive, predicted;
reduce, reduction, reducible, reduced;
pollute, pollution, pollutant; environ, environment, environmental, environmentally;
forest, deforest, deforestation.

Ex. 6. Read and translate the following word combinations:

Environmental endangered

Air extinct

Water rare species

Land existing

Soil pollution surviving

Noise

Chemical

Radio-active

serious illness

an average rise in temperature

catastrophe for wildlife

to cause skin and eye problems

much damage

one forth of all species on Earth to vanish the destruction of the ozone layer

Ex. 7. Give Russian equivalents to the following words and expressions:

To be at a crucial turning point; to give somebody plenty to worry about; the greenhouse effect; the extinction of animals and plant species; the patterns of the weather; food packaging; to contribute to global warming; to result from the release; to be badly affected; to wash metals into drinking water; tropical rain forest; to be a natural recycler; provider and protector; rainfall; at an alarming rate; man’s careless bitats; the energy trap; (non)-renewable fuels; energy needs; to add to the pollution.

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My Father

Is there a generation gap in your/your friend’s family? What are the reasons of conflicts? ecological problems

Ex. 5.Read and translate the following words of the same root. Determine the part of speech they belong to. Memorize them:

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