Questions on the topic

1. Do you have many relatives? Talk about them.

2. Do you have an elder brother or sister? Describe his/her family.

3. Is it difficult to be the only child?

4. What is the size of an average Russian family?

5. Describe your friend's family.

6. Can we say the same about Russian young people? "...young people rarely live with their parents..." Why?

7. What is the average marriage age in Russia?

8. Do we have a lot of single-parent families? Why?

9. What does your father/mother do? Tell about his/her occupation.

10. You like/don't like when your distant relatives from the village come. Give your reasons.

11. In what ways do you take after members of your family, in appearance and character?

12. How close are you to the various members of your family?

13. What sort of present do you normally receive from your relatives?

14. Do you think the idea of getting engaged is old-fashioned?

15. Why do you think divorce is nearly as popular as marriage in some countries but others?

16. You are good at History. Tell about our last tsar's family – the Romanovs.

17. What is the best age for getting married (for a man /a woman)? Why do you think so? Why is this a good age?

18. What do you think about the following statement:” Young people get married too early’?

19. What is more stable and lasting: a love match or a marriage of convenience? Why?

20. Why is divorce rate so high nowadays? Why do so many marriages break up? Does it mean that marriage as a social institution is dying out?

21. Is there such a thing as “ideal wife” or “ideal husband”? What’s your idea of an ideal wife/husband?

22. What’s necessary for a marriage to be happy /to be a success? What makes a good marriage?

23. Do you believe in love at first sight?

24. Do you believe in computer matches?

Read the following announcement and if you are not married write your own announcement

“Nice girl of 29, 175 cm, good figure, light hair, kind, gentle, and a civil engineer, is looking for a generous, optimistic man of 26-35 years”.

“Intellectual, romantic and artistic man wants to make happy a young girl who is gentle, well-bred and beautiful in all respects, and who loves nature, travel and home life”. “Looking for a woman with a musical, choreographic or language education ...”

“I’m 30, 165 cm, looking for a man no older than 40, educated, able to understand an other person and take into consideration his character and interests. If he has children, that’s great.”

“If you are fond of travel, sleepless nights and songs by the campfire, and need a friend by your side, i.e., a wife, then we should meet”.

5. Agree or disagree with the following statements by using the phrases like: I (fully/partly) agree. I couldn’t agree more. (I am afraid) I disagree. Try to prove your point

1. A married woman should stay at home and keep the home fires burning.

2. It’s stupid to get married before you are twenty five.

3. Marriage is hard work.

4. All happy families are happy in the same way but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

5. It takes two to make a marriage and it takes two to break it.

6. A woman, especially if she is married shouldn’t work if her husband earns enough to support the family.

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Date: 2015-12-11; view: 972