Our family is neither big nor small.

There are four of us: my Dad, Mum, a younger sister and me.

We live together in a flat in one of the districts of Yoshkar-Ola.

My father Igor Ivanovych is 45 years old.

He is a tall and well-built man with short black hair and grey eyes.

He works as a manager at a big plant.

He likes his work and spends most of his time there.

By character my father is a quiet man, while my mother is energetic and talkative.

 My mother’s name isOlhaPetrivna. She is a teacher of music and plays the piano well.

My mother always has a lot of work to do about the house and at school. She is a busy woman and we all help her.

My sister’s name is Alla. Like our mother Alia has blue eyes and fair hair.

 She is a very good-looking girl.

 Alla is three years younger than me.

 She is a pupil of the 5th form.

She does well at school and gets only good and excellent marks. Literature is her favourite subject and she wants to become a teacher as  her mother.

Our family is very united.

 We like to spend time together.

 In the evenings we watch TV, read books and newspapers, listen to music or just talk about the events of the day. Our parents don’t always agree with what we say, but they listen to our opinion.

All of us like to spend our weekends in the country. We often go to the village where our grandparents live. They are aged pensioners now, but prefer to live in the country. My grand-grandmother is still alive. She lives in my grandmother’s family and is always glad to see us. Her health is poor and she asks us to come and see her more often. I also have many other relatives: uncles, aunts, cousins. W⁷e are happy when we are together.

auə   ˈfæmɪli   ɪz ˈnaɪðə bɪg   nɔː smɔːl.

 ðeər  ɑː  fɔː  ᴐv  ʌs:  maɪ dæd,   mʌm,   ə ˈjʌŋə      ˈsɪstər   ænd   miː. 

wiː   lɪv     təˈgeðə   ɪn   ə     flæt   ɪn   wʌn  ᴐv   ðə  ˈdɪstrɪkts   ɔv     Yoshkar-Ola

maɪ ˈfɑːðə     …. ɪz 45 (fɔ:tɪ  faiv)   jɪəz   əuld.

 hiː  ɪz   ə   tɔːl   әnd       wel-bɪlt   mæn   wɪð   ʃɔːt       blæk   heə   әnd   greɪ

aɪz.

 hiː wәːks   әz   ə  ˈmænɪʤə   әt  ə  bɪg      plɑːnt.

 hiː   laɪks   hɪz   wәːk     end   spendz   məust  ɔv hɪz   taɪm   ðeə.

 baɪ  ˈkærɪktə  maɪ ˈfɑːðə ɪz  ə  ˈkwaɪət mæn,  waɪl  maɪ  ˈmʌðə   ɪz   ˌenəˈʤetɪk   әnd       ˈtɔːkətɪv. 

maɪ   ˈmʌðəz   neɪm   isOlɡa Petrovna.

 ʃiː ɪz ə ˈtiːʧə    ɔv  mjuːzɪkә nd   pleɪz   ðə pɪˈænəu   wel.

 maɪ   mʌðə  ˈɔːlweɪz     hæz   ə  lɔt   ɔv   wәːk     tuː  duː   əˈbaut   ðə  haus әnd  әt   skuːl.

 ʃiː  ɪz  ə  ˈbɪzi ˈwumən     әnd   wiː   ɔːl   help  hәː. 

maɪ  ˈsɪstəz  neɪm  ɪz     Alla.

 laɪk ˈauə ˈmʌðə Alla      hæz   bluː   aɪz әnd  feə heə. 

ʃiː   ɪz   ə   ˈveri  ˈgudˈ  lukɪŋ  gәːl.

 Alla  ɪz   θriː  jɪəz   ˈjʌŋə ðen  miː. 

ʃiː  ɪz  ə  ˈpjuːpl әv  ðe 5^th  [ fifƟ] fɔːm.

 ʃiː  dʌz  wel  әt     skuːl   end  gets  ˈəunli   gud    end ˈeksələnt mɑːks.

 ˈlɪtərɪʧə  ɪz   hәː ˈfeɪvərɪt ˈsʌbʤɪkt әnd   ʃiː   wɔnts   tuː        bɪˈkʌm   ə   ˈtiːʧə, ez   hәː ˈmʌðə. 

ˈauə  ˈfæmɪli   ɪz ˈveri     juˈnaɪtɪd.

 wiː  laɪk  tuː  spend         taɪm   təˈgeðə.

 ɪn   ði   ˈiːvnɪŋz   wiː  wᴐʧ ˌtiːˈviː,   riːd   buks ænd ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpəz, ˈlɪsn tuːˈmjuːzɪk ɔː ʤʌst tɔːk əˈbaʊt ði ɪˈvɛnts ɒv ðə deɪ. ˈaʊə ˈpeərənts dəʊnt ˈɔːlweɪz əˈgriː wɪð wɒt wiː seɪ, bʌt ðeɪ ˈlɪsn tuː ˈaʊər əˈpɪnjən. 

ɔːl ɒv ʌs laɪk tuː spɛnd ˈaʊə ˈwiːkˈɛndz ɪn ðə ˈkʌntri. wiː ˈɒf(ə)n gəʊ tuː ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ weər ˈaʊə ˈgrænˌpeərənts lɪv. ðeɪ ɑːr eɪʤdˈpɛnʃənəz naʊ, bʌt priˈfɜː tuː lɪv ɪn ðə ˈkʌntri. maɪ grænd-ˈgrænˌmʌðər ɪz stɪl əˈlaɪv. ʃiː lɪvz ɪn maɪ ˈgrænˌmʌðəz ˈfæmɪli ænd ɪzˈɔːlweɪz glæd tuː siː ʌs. hɜː hɛlθ ɪz pʊər ænd ʃiː ɑːsks ʌs tuː kʌm ænd siː hɜː mɔːr ˈɒf(ə)n. aɪ ˈɔːlsəʊ hæv ˈmɛni ˈʌðəˈrɛlətɪvz: ˈʌŋklz, ɑːnts, ˈkʌznz. ˈdʌblju(ː)7iː ɑː ˈhæpi wɛn wiː ɑː təˈgɛðə.