A) Read the dialogue. Translate the underlined parts.
Kate: Hello, Ann! Ann: Hello, Kate! Haven’t seen you for ages! Meet my fellow student Lena. Kate: How do you do! Glad to meet you, Lena. Are you from St. Petersburg? Lena: No, I’m from Moscow. My family lives there now. Kate: Do you live in the hall of residence or rent a room? Lena: Neither. I live at my sister’s. She has a nice three-room flat not far from the centre of the city. Kate: You are lucky. Is your sister married? Lena: Oh, yes. She is married and has a daughter already. Kate: What is her husband? Lena: He is a manager. Kate: And what about your sister? Lena: She is a teacher of English. Kate: Is she fond of her job? Lena: I suppose, she is. She is fond of children and is very good at handling them. And are you fond of St. Petersburg, Kate? Kate: Yes, I am. All my family lives there. Lena:And is it a large family? Kate: Rather. We are five: my parents, a grandmother, my younger brother and me. Lena: Does your grandmother work? Kate: No, she is retired. She is over sixty. But she does a lot of housework. Lena: Is your brother still at school? Kate: Yes, he is. He is leaving school this year. He is seventeen. Lena: What is he going to be? Kate: His dream is to be an actor. He is a great theatre-lover.
b) Reproduce it. *c) Make up your own dialogue using the underlined words and expressions.
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