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“АСОЫО НШОЬ аКЭОЫ МШЦО ПЫШЦ?”, “аСв

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is the sky ЛХЮО?” КЧН “аСКЭ ТЬ ТЧПТnТЭв?”

?

,

?

are among the questions that parents

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struggle to answer for their children.

tough [tʌf] –

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struggle ['strʌgl] –

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Another query that has tripped up

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, –

mothers and fathers for generations is,

“аСОЫО НШ ЛКЛТОЬ МШЦО ПЫШЦ?”.

«

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query ['kwiəri] –

trip up –

;

Basic questions

from

children

about

2 500 -

,

,

the planet, outer space and the human

body leave most parents unable to give

,

a correct answer, according to a survey

of 2,500 parents.

.

It also reveals some of the strategies

and concocted stories

parents

use to

.

tackle tough questions. Top of the list

,

: «

ТЬ “СШа ТЬ ОХОМЭЫТМТЭв

ЦКНО?”,

“аСКЭ

?», «

КЫО ЛХКМФ СШХОЬ?” КЧН “аСКЭ ТЬ ТЧПТni-

?»,

«

Эв?”.

?».

concoct [kən'kɔkt] –

,

tackle ['tækl] –

(

- .

)

Other baffling questions in the top ten

ТЧМХЮНО “аСв ТЬ ЭСО ЬФв ЛХЮО?” “аСв

:

«

НШ аО СКЯО К ХОКp вОКЫ?” КЧН “СШа НШ

?»,

«

ЛТЫНЬ ПХв?” КЧН “аСОЫО НШ ЛКЛТОЬ МШЦО

?»,

«

ПЫШЦ?”.

?» «

?»

baffle ['bæfl] –

;

Of those who opt for myths instead of

,

,

truths, seven in ten parents use the ex-

,

«

pХКЧКЭТШЧ ЭСКЭ “ЛКЛТОЬ КЫО НОХТЯОЫОН Лв

»,

23%

,

storks” КЧН 23 pОЫ МОЧЭ ЬКв “ЛКЛТОЬ КЫО

«

found under gooseberry ЛЮЬСОЬ”.

».

opt for –

stork [stɔ:k] –

gooseberry ['guzb(ə)ri] –

(

;

)

OЭСОЫ pШpЮХКЫ КЧЬаОЫЬ ТЧМХЮНО “ЛКЛТОЬ

: «

»,

come out of your tummy ЛЮЭЭШЧ”, “I

«

», «

ПШЮЧН ЭСОЦ” КЧН “ЛКЛТОЬ КЫО ЛШЮРСЭ ТЧ

Tesco at night on the top shelf by

ЦЮЦЬ КЧН НКНЬ ШЧХв.”

».

tummy ['tʌmi] –

Tesco –

,

,

,

The survey also reveals the common

age for parents to tell their children the

, –

truth about reproduction is 10 years old.

10

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It also shows that parents find moral

,

questions about God and religion hard

,

to answer.

.

АСОЧ КЬФОН “аСОЫО НШ вШЮ РШ аСОЧ

:

«

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?» 4

вШЮ НТО?” ПШЮЫ ТЧ ЭОЧ pКЫОЧЭЬ ЭШХd their

children they go to either heaven or

10

,

hell, with 25 per cent of parents saying

,

25%

ЭСКЭ “вШЮ ЛОМШЦО КЧ КЧРОХ”.

: «

».

Meanwhile, one in six parents refuse to

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give their children a spiritual

answer

,

by telling them dead people are buried

,

or cremated.

.

Other morally difficult questions in-

МХЮНОН “аСв НШ pОШpХО ФТХХ ОКМС ШЭh-

: «

ОЫ?”, “аСв КЫО ЬШЦО pОШpХО ЛШЫЧ аТЭС

?»,

«

disabilities?” КЧН “аСв КЫО pОople

РКв?”.

?»

«

?»

disability [disə'biləti] –

;

The study reveals that modern day par-

,

ents are increasingly turning to the in-

,

ternet to answer difficult questions

from their children – 56 per cent said

– 56%

,

they use the web.

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One in ten parents admit to making up

???

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the answers as they feel too embar-

,

rassed to be shown up academically.

???

Four in ten parents confess to feeling

,

ТЧКНОqЮКЭО аСОЧ ЭСОв НШЧ’Э ФЧШа КЧ

63%

answer and 63 per cent answer on a

,

whim even

if they

think

the

answer

,

may be wrong.

.

confess [kən'fes] –

whim [(h)wim] –

,

Paul Moreton, head of Watch, said:

:

«

,

“IЭ’Ь ПКЬМТЧКЭТЧР ЭШ ЬОО СШа pКЫОЧЭЬ

tackle

difficult questions

brought to

,

them by youngsters and how many of

,

us will actually make something up ra-

,

,

-

ther

than

deal

with

the

truth.

.

Our programme aims to help viewers

find out a little more about how kids

,

minds work and shows the size of the

knowledge gap between adults and

МСТХНЫОЧ.”

».

TШp 20 МСТХНЫОЧ’Ь qЮОЬЭТШЧЬ аСТМС ЛКf-

20

,

fle parents:

:

1. How is electricity made?

?

2. What are black holes?

?

3. What is infinity?

?

4. Why is the sky blue?

?

5. Why do we have a leap year?

?

?

6. How do birds fly?

7. Why does cutting onions make you

?

cry?

8. Where does the wind come from?

?

9. Why is the sea salty?

?

10.

How big is the world?

?

11.

What happens to us when we die?

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12.

What is a prime number?

?

13.

Is God real?

?

14.

What makes thunder?

?

15.

Why do you blink?

?

16.

Where do babies come from?

?

17.

How do planes fly?

?

18.

What is time?

?

19.

How does Father Christmas get

?

down the chimney?

?

20.

Where does water come from?

?

“I’Ц bored“, “АСв?” КЧН “AЫО аО

«

», «

?»

«

ЧОКЫХв ЭСОЫО вОЭ?” СКЯО topped a list of

?»

phrases used by children that most irri-

,

.

tate their parents.

A study

carried out

among

3,000

,

famiХТОЬ

КХЬШ ЫОЯОКХОН

“IЭ’Ь ЧШЭ

ПКТЫ”,

,

,

«

“DШ I СКЯО ЭШ?” КЧН “IЭ аКЬЧ’Э ЦО”

», «

?»

«

are sure to drive mothers and fathers

»

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mad.

Seven out of ten parents said their kids

,

regularly answered them back.

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The poll was conducted by

www.MumPoll.com, a market re-

– www.MumPoll.com.

search website for mums.

Spokeswoman Emma Elsworthy said:

: «

,

“Despite being adorable 99 per cent of

99%

the time, our children do have the abil-

,

ity to be really annoying sometimes,

especially when they question

abso-

,

lutely everything.

».

Children are naturally curious, and of-

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ten their retorts КЫОЧ’Э ЛОМКЮЬО ЭСОв

,

are naughty, but because they want to

,

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push the boundaries to see what they

,

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can get away with.

retort [ri’tɔ:t] – a short angry or humorous reply (

;

)

He was about to make a sharp retort.

naughty Д‘nɔ:ti] –

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Girls, you’re being very naughty. –

,

ё .

However, when

you

are stuck

in a

,

,

traffic jam and

your

child says

they

,

,

are bored, or if you are conducting the

,

weekly food shop and your child an-

,

–

nounces they hate you – ТЭ’Ь ЫОКХХв

hard not to bite back.

.

A pКЫОЧЭ’Ь ХТПО

аШЮХН ЛО ЦКНО ЬШ

,

much easier if the kids always did as

,

,

they were told, rather than questioning

why or how, but it would also be far

,

more boring.

.

Half of the UK’Ь pКЫОЧЭЬ КРЫООН ЭСО

,

аШЫНЬ “I’Ц ЛШЫОН” filled them

with

«

»

dread, КЬ ЭСОв’ЫО ЮЬЮКХХв ПШХХШаОН Лв

,

hours of whingeing and moaning.

.

And the study – which revealed the

,

20

,

top 20 most annoying things kids say

,

,

– showed 37 per cent of mums and

37 %

НКНЬ МКЧ’Э ЛОКЫ ЭШ СОКЫ “АСв?”.

«

?».

Despite giving a coherent and factual

,

КЧЬаОЫ ЭШ ЦШЬЭ ШП ЭСОТЫ МСТХН’Ь qЮОs-

tions, the word is often repeated over

,

and over and over again.

.

«

?» –

AЧН “AЫО аО ЧОКЫХв ЭСОЫО вОЭ?” ТЬ К

(

«

»),

bugbear parents can look forward to

,

hearing on any car journey which ex-

ceeds 10 minutes.

,

10

.

“IЭ’Ь ЧШЭ ПКТЫ!” ТЬ КЧ ОбpЫОЬЬТШЧ аСТМС

«

!»

will crop up time and time again for

.

30 per cent of patient parents.

30%

AЧН ЭСО МХКЬЬТМ “DШ I СКЯО ЭШ?” аСОЧ

«

?»,

-

КЬФОН КЧвЭСТЧР ПЫШЦ ‘pХОКЬО ЭТНв Юp

,

«

»

вШЮЫ ЭШвЬ’ ЭШ ‘ОКЭ вШЮЫ НТЧЧОЫ’ ТЬ ЭСО

», –

fifth most annoying thing uttered by a

«

child.

,

.

utter Д‘ʌtə] – (formal) to say something:

‘Вou fool!’ she uttered in disgust.

TСО ЬЭЮНв ЬСШаЬ ‘IЭ аКЬЧ’Э ЦО’ ТЬ Кn-

,

«

»

–

,

other line children use to irritate their

,

parents, usually when they are claim-

,

,

ТЧР ЭСОв КЫОЧ’Э ЫОЬpШЧЬТЛХО ПШЫ НКЦКg-

,

,

ing, spilling or hurting something or

-

someone.

.

In fact, feigning innocence is a com-

–

,

mon theme throughout the top 20 list

of the most annoying things children

20

say, as they blame siblings or friends

,

,

for their bad behaviour.

Top 20 Most Annoвing Kids’ Saвings

20

щ

1.

I’Ц ЛШЫОН.

.

2.

Why?

?

3.

Are we nearly there yet?

?

4.

IЭ’Ь ЧШЭ ПКТЫ!

!

5.

Do I have to?

?

6.

IЭ аКЬЧ’Э ЦО

.

7.

CКЧ I СКЯО…?

…?

8.

In a minute.

/

.

9.

I hate you.

.

10.

He/she hit me.

( )

( ).

11.

I don’t want to go to bed

.

12.

He/she started it.

( )

/

( ).

13.

I’Ц СЮЧРЫв.

.

14.

You never let me do anything.

.

15.

What?

?

16.

I НШЧ’Э ХТФО ТЭ.

.

17.

I want this.

.

18.

Can you do it?

?

19.

I МКЧ’Э НШ ТЭ.

.

20. BЮЭ вШЮ ЬКТН…

( ),

…

И

: http://www.telegraph.co.uk

Exercise Fill in gaps.

.

I’m

,

–

,

Married men do less housework than

,

live-in boyfriends, finds an interna-

,

tional survey.

.

But married women do more house-

,

work than their live-in counterparts.

.

«

,

,

“MКЫЫТКРО КЬ КЧ ТЧЬЭТЭЮЭТШЧ ЬООЦЬ ЭШ

,

–

have a traditionalizing effect on cou-

ples – even couples who see men and

,

аШЦОЧ КЬ ОqЮКХ,” ЬКТН МШ-researcher

»

–

Shannon Davis, a sociologist at

,

George Mason University in Virginia.

.

Understanding the dynamics of cou-

,

ples who live together but are not mar-

,

,

ried has become more important as

,

cohabitation around the globe increas-

.

es.

5

More than 5 million unmarried partner

(

,

10

households (more than 10 million in-

)

dividuals) currently exist in the United

,

States, according to a 2006 report by

the U.S. Census Bureau.

2006

.

The scientists analyzed surveys gath-

ered in 2002 from 28 nations, from

«

III»,

17,636 respondents (8,119 males and

9,517 females) as part of the Family

2002

28

and Changing Gender Roles III Sur-

,

17 636

vey. All respondents were either mar-

(8 119

9 517

ried or cohabiting with a significant

).

,

other.

.

Overall, they found men spent about

,

9 hours a week on housework com-

9

pared with women, who spent more

than 20 hours weekly.

,

20.

“TСОЫО’Ь ЬЭТХХ К РОЧНОЫ ЧШЫЦ, since

,

«

,

women do more housework than men

ЫОРКЫНХОЬЬ ШП ЮЧТШЧ ЭвpО,” ЬКТН ЬЭЮНв

», –

team member Jennifer Gerteisen

,

Marks, who is working on a doctorate

degree at North Carolina State Univer-

sity.

.

RОРКЫНХОЬЬ ШП ЭСО МШЮpХОЬ’ ЫОХКЭТЯО

,

earnings or work hours, cohabiting

,

males reported more household hours

,

than did their married counterparts,

,

.

while the opposite was true for wom-

en, with wives picking up the broom

–

more often than live-in girlfriends.

,

.

Equal partners

,

.

Other factors also came into play. Men

,

,

,

who raked in more earnings than their

partners did fewer hours of housework

.

than men with lower relative incomes.

«

“TСШЬО ТЧ ЭСО household with greater

,

,

resources will leverage those resources

,

to bargain their way out of house-

аШЫФ,” ЭСО КЮЭСШЫЬ аЫТЭО ТЧ ЭСО SОp-

–

tember issue of the Journal of Family

»,

Issues.

“JШЮЫЧКХ

ШП FКЦТХв IЬЬЮОЬ” («

»).

,

,

Couples who viewed men and women

as equals were more likely to divvy up

.

chores ОqЮКХХв. BЮЭ ОЯОЧ ТЧ “egalitari-

an СШЮЬОСШХНЬ,” ЦКЫЫТОН ЦОЧ ЬЭТХХ МШn-

«

»

tributed less to household chores than

did their wives.

,

.