DOCTOR SANDFORD’S FAMILY ABOUT BENNY’S COUSINS

Exercise 1. Correct the mistakes:

Doctor Smith’s family is very large. There are six of them. The five friends of his family are: his father, his brother-in-law, his son Johnny, his wife Elizabeth and himself. Helen has her parents.

Young Mrs. Sandford is sixty-eight. Betty is twenty-six. Doctor Sandford is forty. Benny isn’t an only child and there are several boys and girls in the family for him to read with.

Exercise 2. Translate into English.

Exercise 4. Agree or disagree.

1. Benny has no cousins. 2. His cousins are boys only. 3. Georgie is a seven-year-old boy. 4. The name of Benny’s aunt is Agatha. 5. Canada is a very close country. 6. Emily Brown is old Mrs. Sandford’s daughter. 7. May is Benny’s niece. 8. Canada is in the south of America. 9. At midday Benny has some tea. 10. London is as far as Canada.

Exercise 7. Read the definitions and tell the professions of these people.

1. someone who writes plays;

2. someone who is skilled at repairing motor vehicles and machinery;

3. someone who is in a position of authority in the army, navy;

4. someone who is trained to treat people who are ill;

5. someone who works on a ship;

6. someone who stands in front of a group of musicians or singers and directs their playing or singing;

7. someone whose job is to design buildings;

8. someone who does a job, especially a particular type of job;

9. someone whose job is to treat people's teeth;

10. someone who operates the controls of an aircraft or spacecraft;

11. someone whose job is to design or build roads, bridges, machines etc;

12. a secretary whose main job is to type letters;

13. someone who drives a car, bus;

14. someone whose job is to teach, especially in a school;

15. a person who makes serious study of a subject, in order to discover new facts or test new ideas;

16. someone who performs in a play or film;

17. someone who makes and repairs locks;

18. a member of the army of a country, especially someone who is not an officer;

19. someone who writes music;

20. a man whose job is to persuade people to buy his company's products;

21. someone whose job is to advise people about laws, write formal agreements, or represent people in court;

22. a scientist who has special knowledge and training in physics;

23. someone whose job is to collect payments from passengers on a bus;

24. who uses a lathe (токарный станок) to make shapes out of wood or metal;

25. a scientist who has special knowledge and training in chemistry;

26. a doctor who does operations in a hospital;

27. a woman who performs in a play or film;

28. someone who paints pictures;

29. someone who writes news reports for newspapers, magazines, television, or radio;

30. someone who writes books, stories etc, especially as a job;

31. someone who owns or manages a farm;

32. a woman whose job is selling things;

33. someone who writes poems;

34. someone who plays a musical instrument, especially very well or as a job.

Exercise 8. Find the names of 20 different professions.

Exercise 10. Translate into Russian / Ukrainian.

Only (adjective)

1. I was the only woman there. 2. He is our only child. 3. I was the only one who disagreed. 4. Cutting costs is the only solution. 5. She's the only person for this job. 6. I could take you. The only thing is Dan might need the car. 7. I am the only child of elderly parents and I suppose when I was young they were over-protective and old-fashioned. 8. I was horrified especially by the daughter, who appeared to be an only child. 9. The only child left now was the eldest girl, still locked in the bathroom upstairs. 10. It was simple this way, to be the single parent of an only child. 11. In all this my life was not novel, except that it had no witnesses, because I was an only child. 12. Even an only child feels that other children have some great advantages over him, and this makes him intensely jealous. 13. Dickie, her only child, was twelve. 14. Their only child, Princes Shahnaz, was born in 1940, but from then on the marriage appears to have disintegrated. 15. But it was not the only one. 16. I was brought up by adoptive parents as an only child. 17. It must be terrible to lose an only child; to lose any child. 18. Maman had given the impression she was an only child, she thought, but was that the truth? 19. Shared nannies are becoming more popular and other children can provide stimulation and company if yours is an only child. 20. Sometimes I think I was intended to be an only child, and got born into a large family by a mistake. 21. The princess grew up thinking she was an only child but one day discovered she had twelve brothers. 22. Even so, my right hand is clenched into a fist, the only outward sign that I am afraid. 23. The only clue had come in the late morning. 24. The only surprise was that the game finished with all 22 participants present. 25. But prosecutors say Gomez is the only one charged with actually shooting into the vehicle.

Faraway (adjective)

1. She dreamed of flying away to exotic faraway places. 2. His eyes had a distant faraway look, like a sailor staring out to sea. 3. Avis always dreamed of an exotic vacation in some faraway place. 4. Ed told us stories of all the faraway countries he had visited. 5. She was lost and alone in a faraway place. 6. We sat around the fire listening to faraway noises. 7. Above it rose a hazy glow, like a faraway fire. 8. But even then Ethel had pored over travel brochures and dreamed of ships, cruises, and faraway places. 9. He's a hawkeye, and can spot one a mile off, like that faraway kestrel. 10. I thought of each person going now to a faraway place. 11. The territory of the setting sun is also the territory of the faraway, of what is elsewhere. 12. There is nothing new in the fact that news reports from faraway places are often wrong.

North (noun)

1. Which way is north? 2. Cheshunt is a few miles to the north of London. 3. The North will be dry and bright. 4. Further to the north you take the ferry across from East to West Cowes to avoid a big detour inland via Newport. 5. In the early 1970s he was editor of the Provisional republican newspaper in the north, Republican News. 6. It has large and influential cereals and sugar barons in the north, but it has many small livestock farmers as well. 7. She came back to the north with him after that and they lived together again for a time. 8. There was a slight wind coming from the north, and I turned into it. 9. What is almost certain is that royal land-holdings were vast, and they were probably particularly impressive in the north. 10. We recently visited the Bomber Command museum at Hendon in north London, which was interesting from a nostalgic point of view. 11. I was up in the north, where they grow poppies for opium and heroin. 12. I consider Hardraw Force to be the most impressive natural feature in the north. 13. A beautiful hippie beach is Arambol, right in the north of the state. 14. They had been driven far further north than he had expected. 15. Heading further north, a journey along the 60 miles of coast road is rewarding for its spectacular views. 16. We told Matata we wanted to go further north still, into the Chobe and Moremi game parks. 17. Generally, the tigers of the south are smaller and darker than those further north. 18. However, there was to be a significant change as the convoy journeyed further north. 19. And eight miles further north, at Wentbridge on the A1, another motorist was killed in the fog. 20. Thus the Highland Boundary Fault may lie further north than is shown in Fig.

Far (adverb)

1. Have you driven far? 2. Since I changed jobs, I have to travel further to get to work. 3. Let's see who can jump the furthest! 4. Cleveland isn't very far from here. 5. I don't want to drive very far. 6. I was now far behind the others and knew I couldn't catch up. 7. We were sitting too far from the stage to hear what the actors were saying. 8. We won't be able to go much farther because of the snow. 9. Alfonsina Storni seems to have veered as far as possible to the opposite extreme. 10. Because of the language barrier and culture shock, such insights are far too rare. 11. But there were far too few new faces, and far too many head office honchos. 12. Eventually Mark found a place for it far in the bows of the raft, like a miniature fourth mast. 13. Lightning dipped and veered in a manner which was far too close for comfort. 14. Only two children have talked about the incidents so far, she said. 15. Some people were far more concerned about tuberculosis. 16. The children don't go far from home. 17. She wants to move as far away from here as possible. 18. They could hear the sound of water not far away. 19. He lives further down the street. 20. If you want to go further afield, there are bicycles for hire. 21. Many birds fly further south in the autumn. 22. The plains stretched for as far as the eye could see. 23. The lake is about 4 miles away, but we probably won't get that far. 24. How far is it to the station? The man didn't say how far it was to the next town. 25. They managed to get as far as the Spanish border. 26. The new system is far better than the old one. 27. There are a far greater number of women working in television than twenty years ago. 28. I enjoyed it far more than I expected. 29. That's far too much to pay. 30. It would take me far too long to explain. 31. He bought it for a price that was far beyond its real value. 32. The teacher said that her writing skills were far below average. 33. We've kept the original features of the house as far as possible. 34. How far do those old, outdated laws affect today's legislation? 35. His style was far removed from that of Picasso. 36. I guessed it would cost $100 and it was $110, so I was not far out. 37. He started to explain, but he didn't get far before Mary interrupted him. 38. They had got as far as painting the kitchen. 39. Many people felt that the new law did not go far enough. 40. They want to plan much further ahead than the next two or three years. 41. The first petrol-driven car was produced as far back as 1883. 42. One day she will go too far. 43. Some people thought he had gone too far in his criticism of the police. 44. The government went so far as to try to arrest opposition leaders. 45. I wouldn't go so far as to say that we agreed on the subject. 46. So far we have not had to borrow any money. 47. They're delighted with the replies they've received from the public thus far. 48. We've reached the semi-finals. So far so good. 49. Conditions are still far from ideal. 50. Far from helping the situation, you've just made it worse. 51. 'Are you bored?' 'Far from it. I could listen all night.' 52. Local people aren't objecting - far from it. 53. His fame spread far and wide. 54. People came from far and wide to see the concert. 55. Watching sport was by far the most popular activity on Saturday afternoons. 56. Spring is far and away the best time to visit the islands. 57. He was the best student in his year, and everyone was sure he would go far. 58. As far as I'm concerned she can come home whenever she likes. 59. As far as money's concerned, there shouldn't be a problem. 60. There weren't any buildings there at all, as far as I can remember. 61. As far as I can see, there's nothing else to discuss. 62. Far be it from me to try and teach you your job, but don't you think you should have been more careful? 63. His theories are fine, as far as they go. 64. My salary doesn't go very far these days. 65. The coffee won't go far if everyone wants a cup. 66. The research suggests that the drug will be successful, in so far as one can draw conclusions from such a small sample size.

To come along

1. It should be good fun. Why don't you come along? 2. "How's your project coming along?" "Oh, fine, thanks." 3. Bill and I waited an hour for a bus, and then four of them came along at once. 4. Brittany can come along too, if she wants. 5. By the time her third child came along, Mrs Jones had strong ideas on how children should be brought up. 6. I was studying to be an accountant, but then the baby came along and I had to give it all up. 7. Mary's reading and writing has really started to come along recently. 8. The work on the new school sports centre is coming on very well. 9. We're going to Ben's − do you want to come along? 10. We were having a good time until Ronnie came along. 11. A bus should come along any minute now. 12. Take any job opportunity that comes along. 13. We're going into town − do you want to come along? 14. You go on ahead − I'll come along later. 15. Come along! We're all waiting for you! 16. Come along! Don't give up yet!

It's time to do something / it's time for something / it's time somebody did something

1. Come on, it's time for bed. 2. He glanced at his watch. 'It's time for me to go.' 3. It's time I fed the dog. 4. Now is the right time for us to move to London. 5. Anyway, it's time for another deputy's manifesto. 6. But when it's time for lemonade refills or extra plates for sharing, they're A students. 7. I've got to go now as it's time for me to get my new dresses fitted. 8. Meanwhile, back at Newent, it's time for lunch. 9. Or perhaps the car has really given up and it's time for a new, or good second-hand one. 10. Voice over Britain may have to bide it's time for it's next tennis hero ... It could be Tim Henman. 11. Well, now it's time for you to show it some discipline. 12. You've been a starter 12, 13 years, and it's time for you to change your position now. 13. Come on everybody. It's time to start cleaning up. 14. And it's time to put the team before any individual gripes. 15. If Christmas has settled on your hips and middle, it's time to act. 16. If the result is none too pleasant, it's time to do something about it. 17. It is past midnight in down town Tegucigalpa, and it's time to go home. 18. When the last hymn is sung, it's time to join mums and dads over the road at the church. 19. When the leaves being to fall, it's time to think about the Section 9's and the Section 10's. 20. When you feel nostalgic for a change, it's time to head for the hills.

Cousin (noun)

1 .Mary Donovan is a cousin of my father's! 2. She was employed by cousin Gruner, the doctor, who had this work invented for her. 3. The cousins were very polite and in fact charming. 4. This was obviously not Silvia, Guido's cousin with whom Jeff had so unwisely fallen in love! 5. When I was little my cousin used to come over to my house. 6. Soon, three or four of the younger cousins were engaged in the conversation, listening with open-eyed wonder to their stories. 7. Last week it was a young cousin of mine and his bride. 8. The Alaskan brown bear is a close cousin of the grizzly bear. 9. Apes may be distant cousins of humans. 10. The plantain is a large cousin of the banana. 11. He'd lost a cousin and some good friends in these reprisals. 12. I can't stand and gossip with Dadda's old cousin and make a fruit cake from Mammy's recipe. 13. Authorities believe the gun discharged after Ellis' 7-year-old cousin tried to take it away. 14. She played with her Challiss cousins, who lived next door. 15. Vanessa Smith and Shantel had been visiting a cousin, who lived in an apartment in back of theirs. 16. I happened to be in Berthing again - cousin of mine lives there. 17. At sixteen they had her married to a cousin who lived about a mile away. 18. At the front of my grandmother's house one of my older cousins ran a shop. 19. Guks, my fourteen-year-old cousin, had been to Berlin recently. 20. It was a hot, sunny day in summer when Cathy and I rode out to meet her cousin. 21. We met cousins whom we had not seen and made friends easily with other children also on their way to the coast. 22. I've promised to meet my cousin at that Inn on the Point at half past one. 23. Percy, meet my cousin, Meg Patrick.

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