Preliminary Exercises. Exercise 1. Transcribe and pronounce:Exercise 1. Transcribe and pronounce: Far-Eastern, University, high, entrance, successfully, married, wedding, cousin.
Exercise 2. Read and translate the words formed by different suffixes and prefixes: institution, education, higher, ancestor, careless, generation, relation, engagement, childhood, childless, friendship, teenager, overcrowded, bachelor, competition, unmarried, leadership, examination, beginner, amusement, Christian, unsuccessfully, punishment, pensioner. What other words do you know which are formed by the same suffixes and prefixes? Exercise 3. Give the original forms of the words given below and translate them: overcrowded, marriage, spoiled, unexpected, divorced, stabilization, punishment, department, communication, comfortable, lecturer, building, electrician, supermarket, assistant. Words and word combinations to be remembered: relations / relatives (n) — родственники near / distant relations — близкие / дальние родственники uncle, aunt (n) — дядя, тетя nephew, niece (n) — племянник, племянница twins (n) — близнецы in-laws (n) — родственники жены / мужа single / unmarried (a) — неженатый / холостой bachelor (n) — холостяк engagement (n) — обручение, помолвка marry (v) — жениться, выходить замуж marriage (n) — замужество wedding (n) — свадьба bride, bridegroom (n) — невеста, жених (в день свадьбы) fiancé, fiancée (n) — невеста, жених (после помолвки) honeymoon (n) — медовый месяц a newly-married couple — новобрачные divorce (v) — разводиться widow, widower (n) — вдова, вдовец attend nursery / school /University — посещать детский сад /школу /университет the only child — единственный ребенок grow up (v) — расти bring up / raise (v) — воспитывать look after (v) — заботиться, приглядывать a grown-up (n) — взрослый spouse (n) — супруг (а) ancestor (n) — предок generation (n) — поколение Read the text and tell about your family relations.
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