Read the text "ideal family".
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i think, every person always dreams about the place where he can speak about his problems, chat with close friends, where he can feel happy and quiet. for me it is my family and my home. it is the best place in the world and my dearest people live here.
my family is not large we are 4. i have a father, a mother and a brother. we all live together in a new flat. my father is 45. he is a tall and well-built man with short black hair and grey eyes. he is quiet and hardworking . really, he is a bread maker of the family. dad is handy with many things. his hobby is fixing everything at home. my mother is very lively. she is life and soul of the family. she is a pleasant woman of forty with beautiful chestnut hair and dark brown eyes. she is a lofty ideal for me.
my parents have been married for 20 years they have much in common, in everyday life dad is impractical and needs mother to look after him. parents have different views on music, books, films. for example, my father likes horror films. my father is a football fan and mum doesn't like sports. but they try to have the same opinion about the education and upbringing of their children. my brother is only 11. he goes to school. he is funny and curious. he is constantly asking many questions often silly ones. but this only a moment - i can't imagine my life without our little monster. we all feel happy when we are together.
in the evenings we often have little gatherings in the kitchen by the cup of tea, chatting, laughing and discussing the events of the day. those evening are the best of all. but sometimes i have problems with my parents. they don't like the clothes i wear the music i listen to and the friends i bring home. it's not easy to be a teenager.
in summer i visit my granny. i love her when i was a child she used to tell me fairytales and stories of her life. my parents are hardworking. they combine work with housekeeping. mum manages our household very well. we all are in the habit of helping her to run the house. our relatives and friends like to come to our place. my parents are very hospitable everybody feels at home in their flat.
write the ending for these sentences:
1. i think, every person always dreams about the place where he can speak about his problems, chat with close friends, where he can feel
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2. parents have different views on music, books, films. for example, my father likes
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3. they don't like the clothes i wear the music i listen to and the friends i bring home. it's not easy
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2. I used to put on weight. (Я привыкла набирать вес)
3. I love fruits, which are rich in iron. (Я люблю фрукты, которые богаты железом)
4. Every morning you have to check your weight. (Каждое утро ты должен проверять свой вес)
5. You should chew your food properly. (Ты должен жевать свою еду тщательно)
6. It's important to swallow food. (Это важно - проглатывать еду)
7. I love dairy products. (Я люблю молочные продукты)
8. My uncle likes to raise dumbbells. (Мой дядя любит поднимать гантели)
9. You should look after your friend's physical activity. (Ты должен следить за физической активностью своего друга)
10. I've got a lot of eating habits. (У меня много пищевых привычек)
11. Follow a diet and you'll be skinny. (Следуй диете и ты будешь худой)
12. I love apples, they are rich in vitamins. (Я люблю яблоки, они богаты витаминами)
13. Which products are low in fat? (Какие продукты содержат мало жира?)
What others (6 — like) he (7 — dislike) and what most people (8 — enjoy) he (9 — hate). He (10 — not bear) the sun, but he (11 — take) long walks in the rain without a raincoat or umbrella. He always (12 — see) the black side of everything. He (13 — find) fault with the best picture of the year but he (14 — stay) up late watching very old films on TV.
Last week his uncle (15 — die) and (16 — leave) him 50,000 dollars. Perhaps the uncle (17 — be) rather strange too. Or perhaps he (18 — know) about his nephew's strange preferences— one of them, anyway — and (19 — decide) to try and cure him.
In his will the old man (20 — insist) that the nephew (21 — spend) half the inheritance within the next two years. In case he (22 — fail) to do that the money (23 — give) to a university. Everyone (24 — want) to know what the nephew (25 — do). You see, the thing he (26 — hate) most of all (27 — be) to part with his money.
b)
There (1 — be) always a big problem with Rex. Mr Smith never (2 — know) where he (3 — go). He (4 — try) to keep him in the garden but it (5 — be) no good. Rex always (6 — bring) something home with him.
One day Mr Smith (7 — come) home tired and (8 — be) soon fast asleep. He (9 — wake up) by a loud knock at the door. Rex (10 — look) at him with one eye. Mr Smith (11 — get up) and (12 — surprise) to see a policeman in the doorway. The policeman (13 — apologize) and told him that there (14— be) a thief in the district stealing from the local shops small things like sweets, chocolates... Mr Smith said that if he (15 — notice) anything he (16 — let) the policeman know. But he knew who it (17 — be).