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My Family

My family is large considering modern standards: there are five
of us. (Ukrainian families consist, on the average, of a mother, a
father, and one or two children). I have a Mother, a Father, an elder
sister and a younger brother.
I’d like to say that my parents are not old at all. Dad is 50 years
old and Mum is 5 years his junior. Though she is over 40, she looks
young for her age. Dad graduated from a technical institute and has
been working at a radio-electronic equipment plant since then. He is a
radio engineer by education and is considered an experienced
specialist in his field. My Mum’s name is Ann. She works at a clothes
factory. She is a dress designer. Her job is creative, very interesting
and well paid. Mum is always busy but still she finds time to take
care of us all. No need to say that I love and respect my parents.
My sister Kate is the oldest of us three. She is 6 years older
than me. She is married and has a family of her own – a husband and
twins: a son and a daughter. Kate is a bookkeeper. She works in the
Accounts Department. My sister is also a student. She studies by
correspondence. She specialises is Business Economics and Finance.
She is going to become an economist.
Kate’s husband is fond of clever machines – computers and
robots. He is in computer software development. He is a very wise
man – a researcher by nature. He graduated from a Polytechnic. Now
he is going to take a course of management. He is good at languages.
He has a good command of French. He doesn’t talk much, but he
thinks a lot.
My nephew and niece were born 4 years ago. They go to
nursery school. They are funny and curious. Sometimes they are
naughty. They are fond of animals and birds. They have lots of
picture books describing hedgehogs, parrots, mice, rabbits, hares,
swans, lions, tigers, sparrows, swallows, eagles, pigeons.
My younger brother is a very interesting person. He is a pupil
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of the 11 form. He is eager to become a journalist. He is a born
philosopher, I must say. He reads a lot and seems to know everything.
He likes to ask “what”, “where”, “when”, and “why” questions. He
can talk well about pictures, music, other countries, books and life.

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