1. Now read an article adapted from the website wikiHow. Is your advice there? How to... Survive Meeting Your Girlfriend's Parents for the First Time
It's stressful, but these top tips can help you to get it right…
Tips
1 You need to do some ‘homework’ before you go. Ask your girlfriend about her parents. Where does her mother work? Does her father like football? Do you have any common interests? If you do this, it will be easy a conversation with them.
2 Make sure you dress the right impression. Don't wear a suit, but don't just wear your old jeans and the Che Guevara T-shirt you bought in the market.
3 Be punctual. It's very important late at a first meeting.
1 READING& LISTENING
a Look at the poster of a well-known film. Do you know what it's about? Have you seen it?
b With a partner, think of two pieces of advice for somebody who is going to meet their partner's parents for the first time.
c Now read an article adapted from the website wikiHow. Is your advice there?
How to... Survive Meeting Your Girlfriend's Parents for the First Time
It's stressful, but these top tips can help you to get it right…
Tips
1 You need to do some ‘homework’ before you go. Ask your girlfriend about her parents. Where does her mother work? Does her father like football? Do you have any common interests? If you do this, it will be easy a conversation with them.
2 Make sure you dress the right impression. Don't wear a suit, but don't just wear your old jeans and the Che Guevara T-shirt you bought in the market.
3 Be punctual. It's very important late at a first meeting.
4 When they greet you at the door shake the father's hand firmly (no father likes a weak handshake!). Ask your girlfriend what kind of greeting her mum will prefer.
5 Call her parents Mr. and Mrs. (Smith) until they ask you to call them 'Dave’ and 'Sharon’.
6 Be readyquestions about yourself! Her parents will want___everything about you and your ambitions. Make a good impression!
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2. В знаменитой мировой коллекции Научного Музея среди тысяч экспонатов находятся космические корабли,компьютеры и даже египетские мумии.
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Вопросительная форма Первое предложение 1. Did a ship "Mayflower" brought 120 Englishmen to the rocky coast of Amerika ? 2. What ship brought 120 Englishmen to the rocky xoast of America ? 3. When ship named the "Mayflower" brought 120 Englishmen to the rocky coast of Amerika ? 4. In the year 1620 a ship named the "Mayflower" brought 120 Englishmen to the rocky coast of America, didn't it ?
Отрицательная форма In the year 1620 a ship named the "Mayflower" didn't bring 120 Englishmen to the coast of Amerika.
Второе предложение Вопросительная форма What objects are in the Science Museum ? Отрицательная форма Spaceships, computers and even an Egyptian mummy aren't among the many thousands of objects in the Science Museum's world famous collection. Третье предложение Вопросительная форма Are they became succesful businessmen ? Отрицательная форма They didn't become succesful businessmen.