1.	The structure of the family

2.	History of family

3.	Modern families and problems in family

4.	Engagement, wedding, divorce

5.	My family, our relationships

6.

My future

7.	Communication

8.	Description of my friend

“Engagement, wedding, divorce
Engagement - it means that man propose a girl. The couple becomes fiancé and fiancée. Engagement is usually 18 months before the marriage.
Wedding - the most traditional wedding take place in church (=church wedding), the other possibility is civil marriage in civil offices. The wedding gown is usually white and made of silk and lace. The bride has usually a veil on the face. It is tradition for bride to wear something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue (usually garter).
There are held two parties one week before wedding. For groom there is a stag night, and for bride there is a hen night. They celebrate the end of the freedom and drink a lot.
Then couple goes to honeymoon.
Sometimes couples have marriage problems and it can bring about divorce. The most common reasons for getting divorce are:
• life is so boring
• one partner is unfaithful
• men hits women
• one of them want his/her freedom back
• lack of communication
• interference by in-laws
• financial troubles
In many countries couples sometimes sign a contract before they get married called a prenuptial agreement. It says what will happen to their money and possessions, if the marriage breaks down.

My family, our relationships
My family is quite large. I have an older sister who is twenty-two and studies at university in Zlín, so she does not live with us anymore. She just comes from time to time for a weekend or when on holidays or school break. I am the second one and I still live with my family. Since my sister left I have had my own room, because I can´t share it with her.
I take after my father. I have an oval face and curly hair, just like he. But I also take after my mother. I have the same full lips and in the summer freckles appear on my nose, the same as hers.
I visit my close relatives often. I still keep in touch with them. My grandmother is a widow. We visit her regularly. The rest of my relatives I see very rarely, only when it´s someone´s birthday and there is a party, but I don´t like it because it is very boring for me.
Now I get on well with my parents. Maybe it is because I spend less time with them and my sister than I used to. I think that it is natural to prefer going out with my friends than staying home with my parents. Of course, sometimes I have an argument with them. They still thing I am small child they have to look after and they are still scared about anything. It is very important my parents may trust me. I know, if I ones break their trust; they will not trust me anymore. I become trustworthy, responsible; I started respecting their wishes and avoided things that upset them. It brought me a lot of benefits.
I wouldn´t like to live the same life as my parents, but I thing I will be. For example, sometimes I notice I have the same behavior and language like them. I think I will be very similar to them when I grow up so I will have similar opinions and I will probably lead the same kind of life.
I think it is an advantage to have sibling. I would never wish to be an only child. Life must be so boring when you stay and play and talk just with adults. It is possible that only children have problems with making friends because they can´t share thongs, they are not used to communicating and listening to other children. And they are often spoilt, because their parents buy them everything they want and they never have to wear worn-out clothes."