Victorian Upper & Middle-Class Families
F
amilies were very important to Victorians. They
were usually large, with an average family
1) (HAVE) at least five or six children.
The father, who perhaps worked in banking or
insurance, was the head of the household. The
children would speak politely to him, and call him
"Sir". The mother was responsible for 2) (RUN)
the household and would usually spend her time
planning dinner parties or visiting her dressmaker or
friends. Children saw very little of 3) (THEY)
parents and spent most of the day in the nursery with
a nanny' as Victorians firmly believed that a child
should 4). SEE) and not heard'!
Upper and middle-class families lived in large,
comfortable houses and had servants such as a cook
and kitchen maids to prepare the family meals, a
butler to answer the door and wait on the family, and
housemaids to carry out household chores such as
washing clothes, cooking and cleaning.
For entertainment, families visited new parks and
museums, such as the Victoria and Albert Museum
a woman paid by parents to look after children

He usually works in England but sometimes he works abroad too.When he is not working he likes going to the cinema and eating in nice restaurants.He is not very sporty and he doesn't do any exercise,but at least he doesn't smoke. He thinks he is open and friendly - he gets on well with most people-but he is sometimes quite shy too.For example,he doesn't like going to the parties.He prefers to meet friends individually or in small groups. He likes intelligent,funny women who make him laugh,and ideally who love music.Physically he prefers women with dark hair who are not taller than he is.And he likes women who are good listeners. He is sure that his friend Danny knows him better than his family because they often talk about girlfriends and the problems they have.He doesn't usually talk to his family about that kind of thing.His mum always says that he looks for the wrong kind of girl but that's what mothers always say!

Pacific ocean — the largest and most ancient of all the oceans. Its area is 178,6 million km2. It is free to hold all the continents and Islands together, so it is sometimes called the Great. The name "Quiet" associated with the name of F. Magellan, performed a world tour and passing through the Pacific ocean under favorable weather conditions. This ocean is really great: it takes up 1/3 of the surface of the planet and almost 1/2 of the World's oceans. The ocean has an oval shape, it is especially wide at the equator. The peoples inhabiting the Pacific coast and the Islands, have long been sailing on the ocean, explore its riches. Information about the ocean have been accumulated as a result of the voyages of Magellan, F., J. Cook. The beginning of a wide study was initiated in the XIX century the first Russian circumnavigation expedition of I. F. Kruzenshtern. Currently, there is a special international organization for the study of the Pacific ocean. In recent years new data on its nature, defined depth, study of currents, bottom topography, biological resources of the ocean. The southern part of the ocean from the coast of the Islands of the Tuamotus to the coast of South America is an area of calm, light winds and stable atmosphere. It is for this peace and quiet, Magellan and his companions called the Pacific ocean. But to the West of the Islands of Tuamotus, the picture changes dramatically. Calm weather is rare here, usually blow stormy winds, often developing into hurricanes. This so-called squalls South Australia, especially fierce in December. Less frequent but more intense tropical cyclones. They arrive in early fall from the Coral sea, near the Northern tip of New Zealand they move to the warm West winds. Так?