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.