First of all let me introduce myself. My name is Andrew.
I'm seventeen years old.
I'm at 11-th grade.
There are two more kids in the family besides me — my elder brother Sergey and my younger sister Karina.
Sergey is twenty-one, he attends a University, he will be a doctor.
Karina is only thirteen, she is a schoolgirl.
I forgot to mention one more member of our family.
It's our favourite poodle Rex.
My parents are not old at all.
My Mum is forty, she works for a newspaper.
My Dad is forty-five, he is a programmist.
My parents love their jobs very much.
I'm doing quite well at school.
My parents are proud of my marks.
I go in for sports. I play football.
In summer time I like yachting and windsurfing.
I take part in different football competitions.
In a year I shall finish my school and I have to decide what proffesion to choose.
I have been studying English for eight years.
I want to be a programmist like my father.
My grandparents are already retired.
They like gardening and spend all their time growing tomatoes, potatoes, onions, strawberries, raspberries.I love my family very much.
Questions:
1. Do you go to school?
2. What grade are you at?
3. How old are your parents?
4. Are you the only child in the family?
5. Do you have a pet?
6. Are your grandparents still alive?
7. Do you go in for sports?
8. Do you like reading?
Vocabulary:
to introduce — представлять
let me introduce myself — разрешите представиться
residential — жилой
residential areas — жилые районы
grade — класс в школе
to attend university — ходить в университет
kid — ребенок
favourite — любимец, любимый
poodle — пудель
to forget — забывать
job — работа
proud — гордый
to be proud of smth — гордиться чем-то
to go in for sports — увлекаться спортом
occupation — занятие, род занятий, профессия
military — военный
interpreter — переводчик
to retire — быть на пенсии
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