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N answers the door and shows in her friend, Ann.
N: Ann, meet the aunts and uncles, grannies and grandpas, the nephews and nieces, and all the rest.
A: Pleased to meet you all, I'm sure. My dear, what a big family you are!
N: This is only the immediate family. You're the only outsider here now. You will sit next to the oldest member of family present — my great-grandfather. Grandpa, dear. I’m going to put my friend in this seat near you.
GR.-GRANDF: The pleasure is all mine. Please sit down, my dear. Make yourself at home. So, Nadya must give me away at once and tell my age.
A: You don't look your age at all. So don't mind her.
GR.-GRANDF: A person is as old as he feels, they say. Still...
A: Nadya is your great-grand-daughter, isn't she? She's the exact image of you (there's a strong family resemblance between you) — of course, taking the difference in age into consideration.
GR.-GRANDF: Does she really look like me so much? I'm flattered. She's a good-looking girl, isn't she?
A: How wonderful it must be for you to look round the table and see four generations of your descendants!
GR.-GRANDF: We are a long lived family. Only your dear granny died young.
N: (to A) She was 50 when she died.
A: Your family, it seems to me, are very much attached to each other.
N: Well, more or less, I suppose.
Notes:
1. A guest is shown into the house; afterwards he is shown (seen) out of house;
2. one’s immediate family – семья, состоящая только из ближайших родственников
3. The pleasure is all mine – I’m very pleased.
Dialogue 3
Interview with Mother
Interviewer: What's it like being a parent?
Mother: Bringing up children is very difficult. You always worry about them. You have to be very patient and put up with a lot - like noise and even criticism. And you can't always get throughto them - sometimes they just won't listen. But the advantages of being a parent outweigh the disadvantages. The main thing is to enjoy your children while they are young because they grow up so quickly nowadays.
Interviewer: How strict are you with your children?
Mother: I suppose I'm reasonably strict. They can't do what they like and get away withit, and I tell them offwhen they do something wrong.
Interviewer: And what is the secret of being a good parent?
Mother: I think you have to give them confidence and let them know you love them. And you have to set a good example through your own behaviour; otherwise they won't look up to you.
Interviewer: And what do you want for your children in the future?
Mother: I want them to be happy, and I want them to look back ontheir childhood as a very happy time in their lives.
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