Лекция: Составьте диалог по образцу.

Ситуация: ты только что закончил трудный разговор с родителями. Теперь ты звонишь подруге/другу и рассказываешь, что произошло. Расскажи -на какую тему вы говорили,

-что родители тебе запретили,

-как ты отреагировал.

Образец:

— Listen, Elizabeth, I had a difficult time with my parents last night. Can we talk for a while? I’m really upset.

— What happened?

— I came home yesterday slightly later than usual and they wanted to talk to me about that.

— What did they tell you?

— They told me to be home before eight every night. That’s ridiculous! What do you think? I’m not a baby! They shouted at me and told me off as if I were one.

— Eight is quite early, I agree with you. I come home at nine or ten. What did you tell them?

— All of my friends can stay out longer. I told them that they must be home before 10 at night. They said they didn’t care. I was mad! I lost my temper. I can’t be home before eight. It will kill my social life! My father blew his top and the argument started. You see when I go to the cinema, the film finishes at 9.30. I tried to explain, but they wouldn’t listen.

— I’m sorry for you. But you must understand your parents too. They worry about you.

to lose one’s temper — потерять самообладание

to blow one’s top — потерять голову от гнева

an argument — ссора

6.1.41 Прокомментируйте следующие высказывания:

1. We never know the love of the parents till we become parents ourselves.

(Henry Word Beecher 1813-1887)

2. The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

(Anonymous)

3. The best way to make children good is to make them happy.

(Oscar Wilde 1854-1900)

4. A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them a fortune.