Номер 2, страница 29, часть 1 - гдз по английскому языку 9 класс учебник Демченко, Юхнель

2. a. Do you have any family photos similar to that? Would you share them with other people? Why (not)?

b. Read a post. Which person in the photo is it about?

I never thought I would post this photo, but here it is. That's right, that's me you're looking at. How do I know? Because I definitely stand out. Still not sure we're talking about the same person? Alright, then. I am the boy on the left, wearing a spiky choker, a punky leather vest, checkered trousers and army boots covered in chains. And a Mohawk¹ if you haven't noticed before. So, why am I posting it today? Believe it or not, but I'm actually doing that to pay tribute to my childhood and share the lessons I learnt being the black sheep of the family.

I come from a traditional family, with a strict father as the head of the family, a caring mother who showered us with love and attention and two brothers and a baby sister. My parents have never crossed any personal boundaries or disrespected me in any way, but they have never tried to develop trust between us. They just thought that I being the firstborn child would obey their rules and live up to their expectations. Please don't get me wrong, I don't blame them for that, I just think they didn't really know what to do with me, my brothers and sister's upbringing was quite different from mine.

I've been recently consulting a family therapist about another issue and what I've learnt about myself is that being an outcast taught me some really important lessons.

First of all, as I didn't feel I belonged to my family, I learnt how to be sociable and make new friends easily. Secondly, I built up my confidence as I was constantly experimenting with my style and learnt to stand up for myself no matter what I wore or did. And the last, but not the least, I learnt to think outside the box by always trying to do the opposite from what my family did.

So today I want to say that I appreciate my background and the kind of person I have become. I hope I will be the person my children will look up to and be proud of.

Let me know in the comment section below if you have ever experienced being the black sheep of the family.

c. Math the words in bold in the post to their meanings.

a) to recognise how good someone or something is and to value him, her, or it;

b) your family and your experience of education, living conditions, money, etc.;

c) to admire and respect someone;

d) a person who has no place in their society or in a particular group, because the society or group refuses to accept them;

e) to be very noticeable;

f) to defend or support someone or something;

g) to think imaginatively using new ideas instead of traditional or expected ideas.

d. Read the comments to the post. Complete them with the words from the box in their correct form.

abusive ♦ appreciate ♦ background ♦ be like chalk and cheese ♦ count on ♦ develop ♦ gap ♦ get away ♦ go over the top ♦ keep oneself to oneself ♦ not let something get ♦ look up ♦ manipulative ♦ member ♦ neglected ♦ nurturing ♦ outcast ♦ rub off; see eye to eye ♦ stand out ♦ stand up ♦ suppress ♦ think outside the box ♦ upbringing ♦ uptight

Tricia: I am the black sheep of the family. I am the middle child and I have always been shy and sensitive. My parents were really (1. ...) and they constantly criticised me, so we couldn't (2. ...) trust between us. I felt (3. ...) and (4. ...). Each (5. ...) of my family has said and done things that hurt my feelings. (6. ...) my anger for a long time and now I'm scared that my (7. ...) will make me a terrible parent in the future.

Jim: My younger (8. ...) in our family. Despite us having the same (9. ...) we grew up to (10. ...) probably because of a big age (11. ...). Being the baby of the family, my brother learnt how to (12. ...) and (13. ...) with me, and he often (14. ...) to get what he wanted. He often (15. ...) which made him an (16. ...) at his school and later at college. He is now a grown-up man with a family of his own. We are not very close, but keep in touch. I just hope his egoism won't (17. ...) on his children.

Dave: I have always felt that I am different from my family, but I never saw myself as the black sheep. My parents and I never (18. ...) on anything, and the only child and my brother arguing. Fortunately, I am not (19. ...) what he has done for me because it is he who taught me to (20. ...) for myself. No matter how (21. ...) my parents could be, thanks to my brother, I (22. ...) to him and hope to become such a (23. ...) and a loving parent as he is.

e. Are you or anyone you know the black sheep of the family? How does it show? Why do you think it happens?

f. Write your comment to the post.

2b. Прочитайте пост. О каком человеке на фотографии идет речь?

Ответ:

The post is about the person on the far right of the photo: the boy with a Mohawk, wearing a spiky choker, a punky leather vest, checkered trousers, and army boots.

Перевод:

Пост о человеке в дальнем правом углу фотографии: мальчике с ирокезом, одетом в шипованный чокер, панковскую кожаную жилетку, клетчатые штаны и армейские ботинки.

2c. Сопоставьте выделенные жирным шрифтом слова из поста с их значениями.

Ответ:

Перевод:

2d. Прочитайте комментарии к посту. Заполните их словами из рамки в правильной форме.

Ответ:

Tricia:

1. uptight

2. see eye to eye

3. develop

4. member

5. suppressed

6. upbringing

Jim:

8. member

9. background

10. be like chalk and cheese

11. gap

12. be manipulative

13. get away

14. think outside the box

15. went over the top

16. outcast

17. rub off

Dave:

18. see eye to eye

19. count on

20. appreciate

21. stand up

22. abusive

23. didn't let it get

24. look up

25. nurturing

Перевод:

Триша:

1. напряженные/строгие

2. находить общий язык

3. развить

4. член

5. подавляла

6. воспитание

Джим:

8. член

9. происхождение

10. быть как небо и земля

11. разница

12. быть манипулятором

13. выходить сухим из воды

14. мыслить нестандартно

15. перегибал палку

16. изгоем

17. не отразится

Дэйв:

18. сходились во взглядах

19. рассчитывать

20. ценю

21. постоять

22. жестокими

23. не позволял этому задевать

24. равняюсь

25. заботливым