Unit 7  Who’s that?

Vocabulary Task

Answers

1.     Carlos:           grandfather, husband, father

Teresa:           grandmother, wife, mother

Kurt:              father, son, husband

Maria:            mother, daughter, wife

2.     Thomas:         (older) brother, son, nephew

Anna:             sister, daughter, niece

Marta:            aunt, wife

Robert:          uncle, husband

Gabriella:        aunt, wife

Script

1.     My grandfather’s name is Carlos. My grandmother is next to him. Her name is Teresa. My father is next to her. His name is Kurt. My mother’s name is Maria.

2.     my older brother’s name is Thomas. My sister is next to him. Her name is Anna. My aunt next to her is my aunt Marta. Her husband is my Uncle Robert.

3.     My other uncle is Uncle Pedro. His wife is my aunt Gabriella.

Listening Task

1 First Listening

Answers

Answers may vary, but should include:

1.     brother, (younger) sister

2.     grandmother, grandfather, grandparents, younger sister

3.     mother, father, son

4.     wife, son, daughter, mother, family

2 Second Listening

Answers

1. my brother Marco           3. looks like father

2. my younger sister           4. looks like mother

Script

1.     A: Oh, is this your brother and sister?

B:   Yeah, that’s my brother, Marco. And that’s my younger sister, Sarah. And of course that’s me in the middle.

A:   I can see that!

2.    A:    These are my grandparents. My grandmother, she’s 81. but my grandfather,      he’s even older, he’s 84.

B:   Wow! But they look so young!

A:   I know, don’ they?

B:   And who is this?

A:   Oh, that’s my younger sister, and that’s our dog next to her. A golden retriever. His name’s Clarence.

3.    A:    Is that your mother and father?

B:   Yeah, and that’s me, of course. Before I got my hair cut short.

A:   You look just like your father!

B:   Yep. I’m definitely his son!

4.    A:    This is my wife, my son, and my daughter. We’re at a hotel in Hawaii.

B:   You have a nice family. Your daughter. Looks like her mother.

A:   Yes, everyone says that.

Real World Listening

1 Predict

2 Get the main ideas

Answers

Top row, left to right: mother, grandmother, stepsister, sister

Second row, left to right: stepfather, stepbrother, brother

Script

Tony:        Well, I brought some photos of my family with me. I want to show them to you.

Friend:      Wow, you brought lots of photos. Great!

Tony:        here’s the first one.

Friend:      Let me see. Oh, what a nice family. Is she your mother?

Tony:        Yes, she’s my mother.

Friend:      And who’s in the second picture?

Tony:        Oh, this is my grandmother.

Friend:      Does she live with you?

Tony:        Yep. She lives with us.

Friend:      How about in this picture? Who are the girls?

Tony:        Well, the one on the right is Carla – she’s my sister.

Friend:      And the one on the left is who?

Tony:        Um, that’s Ellen. She’s also my… sister.

Friend:      Oh?

Tony:        And in this picture, this is Lenny and Marty. They’re my brothers.

Friend:      Wait a minute. How many brothers and sisters do you have?

Tony:        Well, it’s a little hard to follow, but I’ll explain. This is my mother. And this is my mother’s husband Evan.

Friend:      that’s your father.

Tony:        No, he’s not my father. My mother and father are divorced. And, Evan is also divorced.

Friend:      Okay.

Tony:       And he married my mother last year. He has two children, also, one boy and one girl. Marty and Ellen. So, actually, Marty is my stepbrother and Ellen is my stepsister.

Friend:      Stepbrother and stepsister?

Tony:        Yeah. That means my mother isn’t their mother, but my mother is married to their father.

Friend:      Oh, it’s a little hard to follow.

Tony:        Well, it really doesn’t matter now. We all just live together and we’re a family.