Тема 2. my visit card i am alexander petrov. alexander is my first name and petrov is my surname. i am seventeen years old. i want to tell you a few words about my family. my family is large. i've got a mother, a father, a sister, a brother and a grandmother. there are six of us in the family. my mother is a teacher of biology. she works in a college. she likes her profession. she is a good-looking woman with brown hair and green eyes. she is forty-four but she looks much younger. she is tall and slim. my father is a computer programmer. he is very experienced. he is a broad-shouldered, tall man with fair hair and grey eyes. he is forty-six. my father often sings and when we are at home and have some free time, i play the guitar and we sing together. my father knows all about new radio sets and likes to repair old ones. he is also handy with many things. when he was small, he liked to take everything to pieces. my grandmother told me a story that once my father tried to "repair" their kitchen clock. he managed to put all the wheels and screws back again — but the clock did not work. they had to give it to a repairman. but that happened a long time ago. now he can fix almost everything: a vacuum cleaner, a washing machine, a fridge and what not. he's got a few shelves where he keeps everything he needs. on the table there's always a radio in pieces. my parents have been married for twenty-six years. they have much in common, but they have different views on music, books and films. for example, my father likes horror films and my mother likes "soap operas". my father is fond of tennis. my mother isn't interested in sports. but my parents have the same opinion about my education and upbringing. my parents are hard-working people. my mother keeps house and takes care of me and my father. she is very good at cooking and she is clever with her hands. she is very practical. my father and i try to help her with the housework. i wash the dishes, go shopping and tidy our flat. my grandmother is a pensioner. she lives with us and helps to run the house. she is fond of knitting. my sister helen is twenty-five. she is married and has a family of her own. she works as an accountant for a small business company. her husband is a scientist. they've got twins: a daughter and a son. they go to a nursery school. my brother boris is eleven. he is a schoolboy. he wants to become a doctor but he is not sure yet. three months ago he dreamed of being a cosmonaut. i want to become a student. i'd like to learn foreign languages. i think i take after my father. i'm tall, fair-haired and even-tempered. i always try to be in a good mood. we've got a lot of relatives. we are deeply attached to each other and we get on very well. 1 найдите в тексте эквиваленты следующих слов и выражений воспитание, заботиться о ком-либо, она хорошо готовит, играть на гитаре, у нее умелые руки, уметь делать что-либо, быть искусным в чем-либо, вести хозяйство, разбирать на части, пылесос, детский сад, стиральная машина, быть похожим, и так далее, суметь, иметь много общего, быть сильно привязанным к кому-либо, уравновешенный

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