Communicating in English. Expressing opinions.

Role-play (optional)

A TV channel organizes a talk-show to discuss the problems of the modern family. The participants of the talk show are:

· a TV host (leads the discussion, prepare questions, helps the others to follow the script and the plan of the discussion);

· a famous politician who thinks that the government should pay more attention and give more support to families;

· a pop-star who considers families to be the thing of the past and believes that in future all people will lead free lives without any family ties;

· a big family (parents, their three children, a grandmother, a great-grandfather, father’ sister, who is divorced) who live together;

· a single mother with her teenager son;

· a homosexual family who want to adopt a child;

· a lawyer who suggests to simplify the divorce process;

· a family consultant (a psychologist);

· a priest who proclaims traditional Christian family values;

· guests at the TV studio.

Project work.

1. Read the text about the family tree.

Your family tree

Your closest relatives are your parents: your mother and father; and your siblings (brothers or sisters). If your mother or father is not an only child, you also have aunts and / or uncles. An aunt is the sister of your mother or father, while an uncle is the brother of your mother or father. Your female child is called your daughter, and your male child is your son.

If your aunts or uncles have children, they are your first cousins. (In English, the word cousin is used, whether the cousin is female or male.) Your female cousin is your mother (or father's) niece, while a male cousin is the nephew of your mother and father.