ответить на вопросы) my relatives. my mother has six sisters. her elder sister lives in moscow. her name is maria. aunt maria is a teacher. her husband is a technician. his name is michael but we call him uncle mike for short.1 his hobby , is radio repairing.2 he always has an old radio set to repair. he buys up-to-date parts and replaces those which are faulty. surely after his modernization radio sets often don’t sound at all. but in spite of 4 poor results 5 in repairing all his nieces’ and nephews with great pleasure spend hours with their uncle. my aunt and uncle have four children: three sons and a daughter. i am on friendly terms with my cousins. my cousin andrew is married. he is an electrician. his wife is a tailor. they have two chil¬dren, they are twins. they are our pets. their names are helen and victor but their nicknames are nosy and inky, because helen pokes her nose into other people’s business 6 with questions: why? where? , when? what? who? wherever victor sees an inkstand he tries to put his finger into it. they don’t like their nicknames and mummy 2 often tells victor to keep his fingers out of the inkstand and helen not to poke her nose into other people’s business in order to become “helen” and “victor” again. our grandparents often go to see their grandchildren. my second cousin nick lives in the country. he is a technician at the agricultural transport services. he is married too. his wife is a nurse in the kindergarten. in summer we go to the country on our holidays and stay at nick’s. notes: for short — сокращенно radio repairing — ремонт радиоаппаратуры faulty — неисправный in spite of — несмотря на poor results — плохие результаты to poke one’s nose into somebody’s business — совать нос в чьи-л. дела mummy — мама ответьте на вопросы. 1. what are the names of my aunt and uncle? 2. what is uncle mike? 3. what is his hobby? 4. how many children have they? 5. is andrew young? is he married? 6. what are the nicknames of their children? 7. why helen has the nickname “nosy”? 8. how do you render the word “inky” into russian? 9. who lives in the country?

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