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- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"><head xmlns:h="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" profile=""><title>Chapter 4. Lesson 4</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.2"/></head><body><div class="chapter"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a id="d0e12839" shape="rect"/>Chapter 4. Lesson 4</h1></div></div></div><div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="1"><colgroup span="1"><col span="1"/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Lesson №4</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">FAMILY</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">УРОК № 4</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="Images/FsiRussianFast-Lessons2-5-10.png" alt="Lesson 4"/></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a id="d0e12859" shape="rect"/><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Семья</em></span></h1></div></div></div><p>A typical Russian family in a major city consists of the parents, one child and often a
- grandmother or grandfather or even both. While urban families are more likely to have just one
- child, it is not unusual to see large families in the rural areas. In the cities as well as in
- the country, parents will often live with their adult, married children and help raise the
- grandchildren. This extended family provides a certain degree of stability and security to the
- children and alleviates the necessity of arranging for day-care outside the home. The economic
- situation in Russia and the Former Soviet Union dictates today (and has historically) that
- both parents work to support the family. However, some things have changed and are continuing
- to change; you can now find mothers who do not work outside the home, though the concept of a
- "house-husband" is still foreign to Russians.</p><p>The use of words which indicate relationships between family members is somewhat fluid.
- Children will often refer to adults (their parents' acquaintances and strangers alike) as
- <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">тётя</em></span> Aunt or <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">дядя</em></span> Uncle. You may also hear people refer to elderly individuals, with
- whom they are not acquainted, as <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">бабушка</em></span> Grandma
- or <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">дедушка</em></span> Grandpa. The form of address will
- always be <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Вы</em></span> in these cases. Though there are
- terms for cousins: <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">двоюродный 6paт</em></span> (for males)
- and <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">двоюродная сестра</em></span> (for females), Russians
- will often simply use <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">брат</em></span> or <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">сестра</em></span>.</p></div></div></body></html>
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