Where Does Your Granny Live?
1. Nowadays many children from this country spend their holidays in Great Britain. They usually stay with British families. Tanya Dolgova from Russia is staying with the Brown family. She wants to know more about the family; so she asks Jane Brown a lot of questions.
1) What are Tanya and Jane talking about? (reading for the main idea)
— Who is in this photo, Jane?
— My Granny. She's widowed and lives in a home for elderly people. Does she? I have heard that in Britain many adult children put their parents into old people's homes.
— Sometimes they do. But it doesn't mean they don't care. Let's take our family, for example. After her husband's death, Granny Molly became much more helpless. She was unable to look after herself properly so we had to put her into a home for elderly people.
— Yes, but hold on. What if you bring her into your home and look after her in a proper way? Don't you miss seeing her every day?
— I do. Well, you see, living in a home for elderly people is her own choice. Besides, my parents work, I go to school, so there is no one to look after her full-time.
— Yes, but look. Do you really think she enjoys her stay there? I've been told that some of these homes are terrible!
— Some of them are, but on the whole such homes are very pleasant. My Granny has her own room. She's always able to call a trained nurse if she has any difficulties.
— Well, think of it this way. Families become less close when they don't take care of one another. They lose their warm relationship (отношения), don't they?
— Perhaps, they do. In fact, this is a problem for many families in Britain and a great number of homes for elderly people speaks for that fact. And you don't seem to like it, do you?
— No, but look at it like this. We all worry about our grandparents when they grow old, but a home for elderly people is not the best solution for the problem, is it?
2) Does the information below correspond to what Tanya has learnt about Jane's Granny? (reading for specific information)
3) Which of the girls has the following opinions? (reading for detail)
thinks it is possible for Granny to live with the family, doesn't really think that Granny enjoys her stay at the home for elderly people.
is sure that families become less close when they don't live together and don't take care of one another.
doesn't seem to like the idea of putting grandparents into homes for elderly people.
Tanya Jane
4) Look at the chart below. Which of Jane's opinions does Tanya agree with? Which of Jane's opinions does Tanya try to change? What does she say? (recognising functions within a sentence)
Tanya tries to change Jane's opinion Tanya agrees with Jane's opinion
Jane says about the reasons of putting their Granny into a home for elderly people.
Jane gives some other reasons for putting their Granny into a home for elderly people.
Jane says that on the whole homes for elderly people are rather good.
Jane says that the problem of elderly people and homes for elderly people is important for many families in Britain.
5) Tanya's and Jane's opinions on the matter seem to be quite different.
How is Tanya trying to change Jane's opinion? What does she say? Which expressions does she use? (reading for specific information)
Neutral expressions
But don't you think ...?
(Yes, but) do you really think ...?
(Yes, but) surely you don't think/believe that ...
(Yes, but) is/isn't it possible that ...?
Surely not, I mean that ...
(Yes, but) on the other hand ...
Informal expressions
Hold on, ...
No, but look, ...
Well, think of it this way
But look at it like this ...
Are you kidding?
You don't really think ...?
6) Imagine yourself in Tanya's situation talking to Jane's parents about the same problem. Read the dialogue once more using the appropriate expressions.
But hold on. What if you bring her into your home and look after her in a proper way? (Yes, but what if you bring her into your home and look after her in a proper way? (Да, но погоди. Что было бы если бы вы ее привезли к себе домой и заботились о ней?)
Yes, but look. Do you really think she enjoys her stay there? (Yes but, do you really think she enjoys her stay there (Да, но смотри. Ты правда думаешь, что ей там нравится?)
Well, think of it this way. Families become less close when they don'y take carc of one another. Yes but on the other hand families become less close when they don't take care of one another (Ну да, но подумай, семьи становятся менее сплоченными, когда члены семьи не заботятся друг о друге)
No but look at it like this. No, but don't you think... (Нет, но посмотри на это по-другому)
1. Nowadays many children from this country spend their holidays in Great Britain. They usually stay with British families. Tanya Dolgova from Russia is staying with the Brown family. She wants to know more about the family; so she asks Jane Brown a lot of questions.
1) What are Tanya and Jane talking about? (reading for the main idea)
— Who is in this photo, Jane?
— My Granny. She's widowed and lives in a home for elderly people. Does she? I have heard that in Britain many adult children put their parents into old people's homes.
— Sometimes they do. But it doesn't mean they don't care. Let's take our family, for example. After her husband's death, Granny Molly became much more helpless. She was unable to look after herself properly so we had to put her into a home for elderly people.
— Yes, but hold on. What if you bring her into your home and look after her in a proper way? Don't you miss seeing her every day?
— I do. Well, you see, living in a home for elderly people is her own choice. Besides, my parents work, I go to school, so there is no one to look after her full-time.
— Yes, but look. Do you really think she enjoys her stay there? I've been told that some of these homes are terrible!
— Some of them are, but on the whole such homes are very pleasant. My Granny has her own room. She's always able to call a trained nurse if she has any difficulties.
— Well, think of it this way. Families become less close when they don't take care of one another. They lose their warm relationship (отношения), don't they?
— Perhaps, they do. In fact, this is a problem for many families in Britain and a great number of homes for elderly people speaks for that fact. And you don't seem to like it, do you?
— No, but look at it like this. We all worry about our grandparents when they grow old, but a home for elderly people is not the best solution for the problem, is it?
2) Does the information below correspond to what Tanya has learnt about Jane's Granny? (reading for specific information)
3) Which of the girls has the following opinions? (reading for detail)
thinks it is possible for Granny to live with the family, doesn't really think that Granny enjoys her stay at the home for elderly people.
is sure that families become less close when they don't live together and don't take care of one another.
doesn't seem to like the idea of putting grandparents into homes for elderly people.
Tanya Jane
4) Look at the chart below. Which of Jane's opinions does Tanya agree with? Which of Jane's opinions does Tanya try to change? What does she say? (recognising functions within a sentence)
Tanya tries to change Jane's opinion Tanya agrees with Jane's opinion
Jane says about the reasons of putting their Granny into a home for elderly people.
Jane gives some other reasons for putting their Granny into a home for elderly people.
Jane says that on the whole homes for elderly people are rather good.
Jane says that the problem of elderly people and homes for elderly people is important for many families in Britain.
5) Tanya's and Jane's opinions on the matter seem to be quite different.
How is Tanya trying to change Jane's opinion? What does she say? Which expressions does she use? (reading for specific information)
Neutral expressions
But don't you think ...?
(Yes, but) do you really think ...?
(Yes, but) surely you don't think/believe that ...
(Yes, but) is/isn't it possible that ...?
Surely not, I mean that ...
(Yes, but) on the other hand ...
Informal expressions
Hold on, ...
No, but look, ...
Well, think of it this way
But look at it like this ...
Are you kidding?
You don't really think ...?
6) Imagine yourself in Tanya's situation talking to Jane's parents about the same problem. Read the dialogue once more using the appropriate expressions.
But hold on. What if you bring her into your home and look after her in a proper way? (Yes, but what if you bring her into your home and look after her in a proper way? (Да, но погоди. Что было бы если бы вы ее привезли к себе домой и заботились о ней?)
Yes, but look. Do you really think she enjoys her stay there? (Yes but, do you really think she enjoys her stay there (Да, но смотри. Ты правда думаешь, что ей там нравится?)
Well, think of it this way. Families become less close when they don'y take carc of one another. Yes but on the other hand families become less close when they don't take care of one another (Ну да, но подумай, семьи становятся менее сплоченными, когда члены семьи не заботятся друг о друге)
No but look at it like this. No, but don't you think... (Нет, но посмотри на это по-другому)