Topical vocabulary. 1. name (first name; Christian name) - имя
2. patronymic – отчество, middle name
3. surname (second name;- фамилия, family name; last name)
4. namesake - тезка
5. maiden name - девичье имя (фамилия)
6. nickname - прозвище, давать прозвище
7. pet name - ласкательное имя
8. call (v) - называть
9. call by first name- называть по имени
11. be born - родиться
12 be born in the same generation - принадлежать к одному поколению
13. birthday- день рождения
tenth/twentieth/thirtieth birthday - десятилетие/двадцатилетие/ тридцатилетие
14. nameday - именины
15. be sixteen years old- шестнадцать лет
be a sixteen-year-old boy- ему 16 лет/шестнадцатилетним
be a man of sixty - шестидесятилетний мужчина, about twenty - около двадцати
16.under sixteen- менее шестнадцати, ещё нет и 16
17. over twenty - более двадцати, twenty odd- старше двадцати
18. teenager - подросток
be in one’s “teens”- быть подростком (до 20 лет), be of military age- быть призывного возраста
19. be of age (under age) - (не) достичь совершеннолетия
20. age (fast/slow)- быстро/медленно стареть, middle aged (elderly) person- пожилой человек
Ex. 1. Answer the questions. 1. Who are talking? 2.How are they related to each other? 3. Why did Kendall want to be called Mrs. Renaud? 4. What is Clark? 5. What is Tyler?Why does Clark address Tyler “Sir”?
Ex. 2. Insert a suitable form of address. 1. “ … could you tell me the quickest way to the railway station?” (to a stranger).
2. “… it hurts here …” (to your doctor Alan Price during the examination)
3. “How nice to see you again, …” (to an old friend of yours)
4. “Will you come in and sit down, … . Mr. Green will be with you in 5 minutes.” (a visitor,
Michael Black)
5. “… I wonder if you could find time to read my paper” (to a university professor, William
Green piece)
6. “I’ll call you back as soon as I find the book, …” (to your older colleague, Alice Blacboot)
7. The chairman introduces the lecturer to the audience “…, I have great pleasure in
introducing Professor Robinson from Chicago University ” (to an audience)