How big is your family

Учебник Spotlight 6. Student’s Book. Spotlight on Russia-3

What is your home life like? How big is your family? Do your parents work? Do you live in a house or an apartment? — Как вы живете? Большая у вас семья? Родители работают? Вы живете в доме или в квартире?

This week, Spotlight on Russia talks to Anna, (13) about her life in Moscow. — На этой неделе, Spotlight on Russia беседует с Анной о ее жизни в Москве.

— Anna, can you tell me a little about your family? — Анна, расскажи мне о своей семье?

Well, my family is quite small. I haven’t got any brothers or sisters. My grandmother lives with us, so all together there are four people in my family. — Ну, моя семья небольшая. У меня нет братьев или сестер. Моя бабушка живет с нами, так что всего получается четыре человека в моей семье.

— Do you live in a house or an apartment? — Вы живете в доме или в квартире?

We live in a big apartment near the city centre. I love it here. — Мы живем в большой квартире рядом с центром города.

— Do your parents work? — Твои родители работают?

Yes, they both work. They are teachers. I am lucky because my grandmother looks after me when they are at work. I often help her around the house and we go shopping together in the afternoons. — Да, они оба работают. Они учителя. Мне повезло, потому что моя бабушка присматривает за мной, когда они на работе. Я часто помогаю ей по дому, и мы днем ходим в магазин вместе.

— What is it like being a child in Russia? — Что значит быть ребенком в России?

We have a lot of fun, like most children, but winter makes our life a bit different. It gets very cold so we can’t play outside. When it snows I go skiing and ice-skating. Little children also build snowmen and have snowball fights. — У нас полно развлечений, как и у многих детей, но зимой наша жизнь становится немного сложнее. Становится очень холодно, и мы не можем играть на улице. Когда идет снег, я хожу на лыжах и катаюсь на коньках. Маленькие дети также лепят снеговиков и играют в снежки.

— Do you spend much time outside? — Ты много проводишь времени на улице?

When the weather in warm, we spend plenty of time outside. At the weekends I love going on bike rides with my friends. I also enjoy trips to the countryside with my parents. — Когда погода теплая, мы проводим много времени на улице. По выходным я люблю кататься на велосипеде с моими друзьями. Я также наслаждаюсь во время поездок за город с моими родителями.

So, how do you like life in Moscow? Is your life the same as Anna’s or different? Write in and tell us about yourself. — Итак, а какая у вас жизнь в Москве? Такая же как у Анны или другая? Напишите и расскажите нам о себе.

I think life in Moscow is very exciting. My life is not very different from Anna’s. My family is quite big. I have a little brother and a sister. My grandparents live with us. We all live in a big/small house. Both my parents work. They are lawyers/farmers/doctors. In my free time, I help my parents around the house or I play board games with my friends. When the weather is warm, I go on trips with my parents.

Я думаю, что жизнь в Москве классная. Моя жизнь не очень отличается от жизни Анны. Моя семья достаточно большая. У меня есть младшие брат и сестра. Мои бабушка и дедушка живут с нами. Мы все живем в большом/маленьком доме. Мои родители работают. Они юристы/фермеры/доктора. В свое свободное время я помогаю своим родителям по дому или играю в настольные игры с моими друзьями. Если погода теплая, я выхожу на прогулку с родителями.

Compare your life to Anna’s. Discuss it in class. — Сравните свою жизнь с жизнью Анны. Расскажите классу.

Anna’s family is small but my family is big. Anna hasn’t got any brothers or sisters but I have a baby brother. Anna lives in an apartment near the city center but I live in a house in the suburbs. My grandparents don’t live with us. Both Anna’s parents work. My mother doesn’t work but my father is a doctor. In my free time, I enjoy going ice-skating. When the weather is warm, I love playing hide and seek outside with my friends.

Семья Анны маленькая, а моя — большая. У Анны нет братьев или сестер, а у меня есть маленький брат. Анна живет в квартире рядом с центром города, а я живу в доме на окраине. Мои бабушка и дедушка не живут с нами. Родители Анны работают. Моя мама не работает, а папа — доктор. В свое свободное время я хожу кататься на коньках. Если погода теплая, я люблю играть в прятки на улице с моими друзьями.

Work in pairs. Use the questions in bold to interview your partner. Record your dialogue. — Работайте в парах. Используйте вопросы, выделенные жирным шрифтом, чтобы проинтервьюировать партнера. Запишите свой диалог.

How large is your family?

taked4700

Senior Member

In Japan, we answer the number of people we actually live together in the house.

Say I am living with my parents, I will answer, «My family is three, father, mother and I.

What is your answer?

Banned

In Japan, we answer the number of people we actually live together in the house.

Say I am living with my parents, I will answer, «My family is three, father, mother and I.

What is your answer?

So if your grandmother and aunt also live with you, would you answer: My family is 5, father, mother, grandmother, aunt and I?

In México family is only sibblings and parents, if close relative lives with us we may add. We are 5; 3 kids and my parents, but my grandma also lives with us.

sokol

Senior Member

«Eine 5-köpfige Familie» in German means the family with parents = 5 (2 parents, 3 kids; could also be a single parent and four children).

Wilma_Sweden

Senior Member

From a Swede, you might get different answers, depending on their current situation. Usually, we mean the nuclear family that we are living with, i.e. parents and children, but there are so many kids having two families these days because their parents have divorced and started new families with their new respective spouses. These kids would easily start counting the members of both families together, particularly if they live with both families on a regular basis.

If you’re grown up and single, you might still refer to your parents and siblings as your family, even if you no longer live with them.

ireney

Modistra

taked4700

Senior Member

The answer is Yes and No, if I am living with my grandfather, grandmother and an aunt, I will answer, «My family is three, my grandfather, grandmother and me.» and I will add that one of my aunts is living with us.

But maybe this is depending on the situation. Some family will count their aunt as a family member. It is also possible to reply «we are 6 member family» where you have your wife, father, mother, son and a pet dog. Dogs and cats are becoming more important family members these days.

taked4700

Senior Member

If you’re grown up and single, you might still refer to your parents and siblings as your family, even if you no longer live with them.

This is interesting. In Japan, too, if you are over 20 or so and not living together, it is seldom to refer to the parents and siblings when asked «How large is your family?» Maybe in most cases, people will reply saying «I’m living single. But I have parents, one sister and two brothers who are living together in their hometown.»

Maybe the expression «I have one-member family» is not used all over the world.

danielfranco

Senior Member

Usually, Hispanic people answer by giving you the approximate total number of living relatives of direct lineage. I mean, like first cousins and such. So, if you ask them, «How large is your family?,» they may start counting with their fingers:

«Momma, Pops, my six brothers and three sisters, Aunt Concha, Cousin Pepe, Cousin Perla…»

And, before you know it, you’ll end up with a list of over twenty people.

So, at my work, when somebody asks this question, tipically they rephrase to, «How many people live in the same house?,» so that maybe there will only be fifteen or so people in the list.

Talib

Senior Member

I would just answer the number of my nuclear family (five). We assume people have two parents (or one) so what the question really means is «how many siblings do you have».

If you want to know about the rest of someone’s family, aunts, uncles, cousins etc. you would ask «how big is your extended family».

Senior Member

I would probably answer that we are many, and suggest maybe you mean nuclear family only?

In which case I would answer 4, although my brother and I no longer live at our parents’ place.

coquis14

Senior Member

Usually, Hispanic people answer by giving you the approximate total number of living relatives of direct lineage. I mean, like first cousins and such. So, if you ask them, «How large is your family?,» they may start counting with their fingers:

«Momma, Pops, my six brothers and three sisters, Aunt Concha, Cousin Pepe, Cousin Perla…»

And, before you know it, you’ll end up with a list of over twenty people.

So, at my work, when somebody asks this question, tipically they rephrase to, «How many people live in the same house?,» so that maybe there will only be fifteen or so people in the list.

jinti

Senior Member

I live by myself. My brother lives with his wife and step-daughter. My grandmother lives with my parents.

If asked how big my family is, I’d say:

«I have one brother.»
or
«There are 4 of us.» (parents, brother, me)

I might go on to say that my grandmother lives with my parents.

Trisia

Senior Member

In Romania, I think we’d probably take it to mean that the other is asking how large the nuclear family is. It doesn’t matter if you live with your parents or not, if you don’t have your own family yet, then you answer by counting your siblings and parents (and sometimes the pets, but I haven’t encountered that too often, except with older people with no children).

If I don’t count the three cats, to «how large is your family» I’d answer with «there’s ten of us» (eight kids ).

sokol

Senior Member

If you’re grown up and single, you might still refer to your parents and siblings as your family, even if you no longer live with them.

How big is your family?

Jeff, Canada
I have a, by modern standards, I have a big family: seven people. My parents, my mom and dad. I have a sister, an older brother, two younger brothers and myself and the neat thing about my family now is my sister lives in America, one brother lives in Australia, one brother lives England, one brother lives in Canada and I live in Japan, so we are spread out all over the world.

Arienne, Norway
In my family there are five people: my older brother, my younger brother and myself and of course my parents. We also have a dog but he is unfortunately very sick so we might not have a dog for very much longer. My family lives about an hour away from me in Norway. I live in Oslo which is the capital and they live in a very small city south of it.

Rebecca, Australia
How many people are in my family? There are four people in my family: my mother, my father, my younger brother and myself. I actually don’t live with my family anymore. I live in a country town three hours away, so I don’t get to see my family very much. At the moment, we also have two dogs as well. which is nice.

Sabriya, Oman
There are five people: my father, my mother, my younger brother, and my younger sister. Unfortunately, they are all way from me now and I miss them so much.

Swinki, Kenya
How big is my family? I’m the youngest in the family of five childen. My sister, whose right ahead of me, has a baby so I could say that we are six kids in the family. Everyone lives in Kenya. I’m the only one who lives abroad and we love each other. We used to hate each other up till seven years ago but now we are in love with each other.

Tini, Vietnam
How big is my family? Like we have four people in my family and we are pretty much a nuclear family, of course there are my mom, my dad, myself and my little brother. He’s called Kevin. And we used to have a dog, and we named him Lulu.

Английский язык 5 класс (рабочая тетрадь) Афанасьева. UNIT Two. II. Speaking+. Номер №9

Work in pairs. Ask your friend about his/her family. Find out:
• how big his/her family is;
• what they do;
• what they like to do together.
• who the members’ of the family are;

Английский язык 5 класс (рабочая тетрадь) Афанасьева. UNIT Two. II. Speaking+. Номер №9

Решение

Перевод задания
Поработайте в парах. Спросите своего друга о его / ее семье. Узнайте:
• насколько велика его/ее семья;
• что они делают;
• что они любят делать вместе.
• кто члены семьи;

ОТВЕТ
− How big is your family?
− We are four. I have a mother, a father and a little sister.
− What is your mother’s job?
− My mother is a teacher in the University.
− What’s your father’s job?
− He is an engineer.
− What do you like to do together?
− At weekends we spend a lot of time together. Sometimes we go to zoo. We like to go to the cinema too. Sometimes we travel to small towns near Moscow. In the evening we usually watch TV or play games.

Перевод ответа
− Насколько большая твоя семья?
− Нас четверо. У меня есть мама, папа и маленькая сестренка.
− Какая работа у твоей мамы?
− Моя мама преподаватель в университете.
− Какая работа у твоего отца?
− Он инженер.
− Что вы любите делать вместе?
− По выходным мы проводим много времени вместе. Иногда мы идем в зоопарк. Нам также нравится ходить в кино. Иногда мы путешествуем в небольшие города под Москвой. Вечером мы обычно смотрим телевизор или играем в игры.

Перевод текста What is your home life like?

Перевод текста из учебника по английскому языку Spotlight on Russia «Английский в фокусе в России» для 6 класса Ю. Ваулиной на странице 3

Перевод:
Какая у вас домашняя жизнь? Насколько велика ваша семья? Работают ли ваши родители? Вы живете в доме или квартире?
На этой неделе «Spotlight on Russia» беседует с Анной о ее жизни в Москве.

Анна, ты можешь рассказать мне немного о своей семье?
Ну, моя семья совсем маленькая. У меня нет братьев и сестер. Моя бабушка живет с нами, поэтому все вместе в моей семье четыре человека.

Вы живете в доме или квартире?
Мы живем в большой квартире недалеко от центра города. Мне нравится здесь.

Работают ли ваши родители?
Да, они оба работают. Они учителя. Мне повезло, потому что моя бабушка следит за мной, когда они на работе. Я часто помогаю ей по дому, и мы вместе ходим по магазинам вместе.

Каково это быть ребенком в России?
Нам очень весело, как и большинству детей, но зима делает нашу жизнь немного другой. Очень холодно, поэтому мы не можем играть на улице. Когда идет снег, я катаюсь на лыжах и на коньках. Маленькие дети также строят снеговиков и играют в снежки.

Вы проводите много времени на улице?
Когда погода теплая, мы проводим много времени на улице. В выходные я люблю ездить на велосипедах с друзьями. Мне также нравятся поездки в деревню с родителями.

Итак, вам нравится жизнь в Москве? Является ли ваша жизнь такой же, как у Анны или другая? Напишите и расскажите нам о себе.

Оригинал:
What is your home life like? How big is your family? Do your parents work? Do you live in a house or an apartment?
This week, Spotlight on Russia talks to Anna, about her life in Moscow.
Anna, can you tell me a little about your family?
Well, my family is quite small. I haven’t got any brothers or sisters. My grandmother lives with us, so all together there are four people in my family.
Do you live in a house or an apartment?
We live in a big apartment near the city centre. I love it here.
Do your parents work?
Yes, they both work. They are teachers. I am lucky because my grandmother looks after me when they are at work. I often help her around the house and we go shopping together in the afternoons.
What is it like being a child in Russia?
We have a lot of fun, like most children, but winter makes our life a bit different. It gets very cold so we can’t play outside. When it snows I go skiing and ice-skating. Little children also build snowmen and have snowball fights.
Do you spend much time outside?
When the weather in warm, we spend plenty of time outside. At the weekends I love going on bike rides with my friends. I also enjoy trips to the countryside with my parents.
So, how do you like life in Moscow? Is your life the same as Anna’s or different? Write in and tell us about yourself.