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Find the given constructions in the text and translate them. Make sentences with them.

Give information to the following key words.

Find English equivalents in the text.

Families spend four days a year arguing

According to the new research perents and children have at least three disagreements a day, with mothers causing most of the rows, according to new research. The most common rows are over household chores, children “treating the house like a hotel“, and couples taking each other for granted, a survey of 3,000 families found. Fights flare up three times a day, usually lasting for five minutes. Families spend 91 hours a yeararguing, with mothers the worst culpritsfor shouting andsulking. Mark De Netto, spokesman for family database Uinvue – who organised the research – said: “It was interesting to note that mum still seems to play the pivotal role within the family. “However the results do show that dads are getting far more involved.”

Researchers found that daughters were most likely to slam doors during an argument, while fathers preferred to go for a long drive to cool off. Television was a big source of disagreement, with mothers preferring soap operas, fathers wanting to watch sport or documentaries, and children arguing for films or reality TV shows.

10. Which four words in the text mean “спор, ссора, разногласие”? The final letters of these words are given in the brackets:

(a) ____________________

(d) ____________________
(r) _____________________

(f)____________________

Согласно новому исследованию; хлопать дверью во время спора; становятся боле вовлечены; по поводу домашней работы; надолго уехать, чтобы остынуть; бои вспыхивают три раза за день; большой источник разногласия; предпочитать мыльные оперы; вызывать большинство ссор.

· Reasons of the common rows

· Frequency of the rows in the family

· Mums

· Dads

· Daughters

· Television in the family

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Somebody seems to …

Be (most) likely to ….

Prefer to …

15. Translate the words to text 16.

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