The First Love

1.

THE FIRST LOVE

2.

I’m head over heels in love.
to adore
love
to fall in love with somebody
to pine to smb
to fall in love аt first sight
boyfriend
girlfriend
to go on a date
ask someone out
first date
relationship
to be in a relationship with
I am mad/crazy/bonkers about him
He’s the love of my life
to be love-sick
to make sheep’s eyes at smb
mutual love
lover
sweet heart
one sided love
to love tenderly and sincerely
to fall out of love
the language of love is never loud
love cannot be forced

3.

1
2
a
3
4
b
c
d
5
6
f
e
7
8
g
9
10
i
h
j

4.

1-j
2-e
3-f
4-a
5-h
6-b
7-I
8-c
9-g
10-d

5.

I have my first day when I was 16, and it was terrible. I took a girl to the cinema but
she didn’t like the film and looked bored all evening; it was a bad start. Then, when I
was 17, I went out with a girl for three months, but we broke up when she met a boy
who was two years older than me, and had a car. My first serious relationship was
when I went to university. I got to know Melanie because we were on the same
course. At first we were just friends, then we started going out with each other, and
after a few months we realized we were in love. We got engaged a couple of years
after we left university and then…
Выражения
to have a date - назначить свидание
to go out with somebody - встречаться с кем-либо
to break up – расстаться
to get to know – познакомиться
to be in love
to get engaged - помолвиться

6.

…then we got married the following year. We didn’t want a big
ceremony, so we had the wedding in the local church near Melanie’s
home with just family and a few friends. Afterwards we had the
reception in a small hotel nearby, and then went on our honeymoon to
Greece.
to get married
to have the wedding
a big ceremony
to have a reception (устраивать прием, отмечать)
to go on a honeymoon – медовый месяц

7.

Just over three years later Melanie got pregnant,
and our first child, Cal, was born just two days after
our fourth wedding anniversary. We had a big
celebration.
wedding anniversary - годовщина свадьбы to have a
celebration - устроить праздник
to get pregnant - забеременеть

8.

Things started to go wrong when I got a job as manager of
a sportswear company. I was working six days a week and I
had to do a lot of travelling. It was difficult for Melanie as
well. She was working during the week, then at weekends
she was often alone/on her own with two young children. I
felt I couldn’t give up my job, and in the end Melanie
decided to leave me. The following year we got divorced.
to go wrong – все пошло не так
to leave - покидать
to get divorced - разводиться