Bringing up Children
1. Watch the video. What's the main message of the story? What do we learn from it?
2. Watch the video and answer the questions.
- What does the word "alike" mean? Does it have a different meaning in the context of
this film? Why do you think the film is called "Alike"? - How do the son and the father feel every time when they lose colour? How is colour
metaphorically communicated throughout the story? - What adjectives would you use to describe the boy? The father?
- How are the father and son alike? How are they different?
- What is the message of the film? Do you agree or disagree?
Bringing up children
Vocabulary/ Expressions
3. Read the idioms about bringing up children in context. Match the idioms with their definitions.
1. mummy's boy (disapproving) John needs to grow up. He’s such a mummy’s boy! He is 30 and his mum still makes him lunch.
2. take after someone (phrasal verb) My children take after my husband in appearance.
3. the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree (saying, often disapproval) It’s not unusual that you have the same interests as your mother. The apple doesn’t fall farfrom the tree.
4. follow (in) someone’s footsteps (idiom) She followed in her mother's footsteps, starting her own business.
5. the apple of one’s eye (idiom) Our grandson is the apple of our eye. We absolutely adore him.
6. wear the trousers (informal) My mother definitely wears the trousers in the family. My dad only thinks he does.
7. born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth (idiom) He was born to one of America’s wealthiest families, that is, he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
8.run in the family (idiom) Red hair runs in my family.
9. be in one’s blood (idiom) Law is in my blood. I’m a lawyer, and so is my father and my grandfather.
2. take after someone (phrasal verb) My children take after my husband in appearance.
3. the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree (saying, often disapproval) It’s not unusual that you have the same interests as your mother. The apple doesn’t fall farfrom the tree.
4. follow (in) someone’s footsteps (idiom) She followed in her mother's footsteps, starting her own business.
5. the apple of one’s eye (idiom) Our grandson is the apple of our eye. We absolutely adore him.
6. wear the trousers (informal) My mother definitely wears the trousers in the family. My dad only thinks he does.
7. born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth (idiom) He was born to one of America’s wealthiest families, that is, he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
8.run in the family (idiom) Red hair runs in my family.
9. be in one’s blood (idiom) Law is in my blood. I’m a lawyer, and so is my father and my grandfather.
A. to have a high social position and be rich from birth
B. a man who is still very dependent on his mother
С. This phrasal verb is used to say that someone is very similar to an older family member in appearance or character.
D. This saying is used to say that a child usually has similar qualities to their parents
E. You have an ability or skill naturally, usually because it already exists in your family.
F. someone’s favorite or most cherished person
G. This idiom says that you do the same thing as someone else did previously, especially as a job
H. (especially of a woman) to be the person in a relationship who is in control and who makes decisions for both people
I. When many members of a family have a quality, disease or ability, for example, red hair.
B. a man who is still very dependent on his mother
С. This phrasal verb is used to say that someone is very similar to an older family member in appearance or character.
D. This saying is used to say that a child usually has similar qualities to their parents
E. You have an ability or skill naturally, usually because it already exists in your family.
F. someone’s favorite or most cherished person
G. This idiom says that you do the same thing as someone else did previously, especially as a job
H. (especially of a woman) to be the person in a relationship who is in control and who makes decisions for both people
I. When many members of a family have a quality, disease or ability, for example, red hair.
1. mummy's boy John needs to grow up. He's such a mummy's boy! He is 30 and his mum still makes him lunch.
A. born into a wealthy and privileged family
2. take after someone I take after my father. We're both architects, and we both love soccer.
B. a man who is still very dependent on his mother
3. the apple doesn't fall far from the tree It's not unusual that you have the same interests as your mother. The apple doesn't fall farfrom the tree.
С. to be very similar to an older family member
4. follow in someone's footsteps She followed in her mother's footsteps, starting her own business.
D. a child usually has similar qualities to their parents
5. the apple of one's eye Our grandson is the apple of our eye. We absolutely adore him.
E. You have an ability or skill naturally, usually because it already exists in their family.
6. wear the trousers My mother definitely wears the trousers in the family. My dad only thinks he does.
F. someone's favorite or most cherished person
7.born with a silver spoon in one's mouth He was born to one of America's wealthiest families, that is, he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
G. to try to achieve the same things that someone else (usually a family member) has already don.
8. It runs in the family. Heart disease runs in my family. I try to have a healthy diet and get lot of exercise.
H. (especially of a woman) to be the person in a relationship who is in control and who makes decisions for both people
9. be in one's blood Law is in my blood. I'm a lawyer, and so is my father and my grandfather.
I. to be a hereditary trait or a characteristic being passed on from one generation to the next
1 - B, 2 - C, 3 - D, 4 - G, 5 - F, 6 - H, 7 - A, 8 - I, 9 - E.
4. Match the phrases with the pictures.
A. take after someone, B. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, C. to follow in someone's footsteps, D. to wear the trousers, E. born with a silver spoon in one's mouth, F. to run in the family, G. in one's blood, H. the apple of one's eye, I. mummy's boy.
A. take after someone, B. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, C. to follow in someone's footsteps, D. to wear the trousers, E. born with a silver spoon in one's mouth, F. to run in the family, G. in one's blood, H. the apple of one's eye, I. mummy's boy.
Cover the phrases and look at the pictures. Test yourself or a partner.
5. CONVERSATION questions.
1. What was your favorite game when you were a child?
2. What did your family like to do together when you were a child?
3. In what ways do parents spoil their children?
4. What is it like talking to a young child? How is it different from talking to an older child or adult?
5. Is it a good reason to have children to avoid being lonely later in life?
6. Is overprotection of children a problem? Should children be exposed to more risks?
7.Can you remember doing anything that got you into trouble? What was it? How were you punished?
8.Many children rebel through clothes, music and extreme behavior. How would you react to your child acting like this?
9. Is it correct to put a lot of pressure on your kids to study hard? Why or why not?
10.Should women give up their careers following childbirth? When should they return to work?
1. What was your favorite game when you were a child?
2. What did your family like to do together when you were a child?
3. In what ways do parents spoil their children?
4. What is it like talking to a young child? How is it different from talking to an older child or adult?
5. Is it a good reason to have children to avoid being lonely later in life?
6. Is overprotection of children a problem? Should children be exposed to more risks?
7.Can you remember doing anything that got you into trouble? What was it? How were you punished?
8.Many children rebel through clothes, music and extreme behavior. How would you react to your child acting like this?
9. Is it correct to put a lot of pressure on your kids to study hard? Why or why not?
10.Should women give up their careers following childbirth? When should they return to work?
