Unit 7 I really take after my Dad
Vocabulary Task
Answers
1. brother’s daughter = niece
2. Dad’s new wife = stepmother
3. uncle and aunt’s children = cousins
4. sister’s new husband = brother-in-law
5. my mother’s two girls = my half-sisters
6. brother’s three boys = nephews
7. made her our legal child = adopted
Script
1. My niece is so cute. She’s only two but she can sing 10 songs
2. I get along okay with my stepmother. She’s actually pretty nice.
3. When I was little, I used to go to camp with my cousins. They were like my brothers and sisters.
4. everybody had a great time at my sister’s wedding. My brother-in-law was even dancing on the tables.
5. After my mother remarried, she and Robert had two girls – my half-sisters. But we feel like one family and I call them my sisters.
6. I’m not in a hurry to have kids yet. I spend a lot of time with my nephews and I know they can be a handful.
7. We are so happy to have Lena. We adopted her when she was just three months old.
Listening Task
1 First Listening
Answers
1. The man in front of him is his father.
2. Angie is his stepmother.
3. Tara is his half-sister.
4. Jake is Steve’s older brother.
5. The woman to the right of Jake is Steve’s sister-in-law. Cristina is Steve’s niece.
2 Second Listening
Answers
Tara – c. likes to read and play piano
Jake – a. looks like Steve’s father
His mother – d. lives in California
Cristina – b. Was adopted
Script
1. Sylvia: When was this picture taken? You look so young!
Steve: Oh, that was when I was still in high school.
Sylvia: Is that your mom and dad?
Steve: Well, yeah, that’s my dad, but that’s not my real mom. She’s my stepmother. My real mother lives in California.
2. Sylvia: So, who is this next to you? Is that your sister?
Steve: Yeah, that’s my half-sister, Tara. She’s great. We’re a lot alike.
Sylvia: In what way?
Steve: Well, we both like reading books, and we both like playing the piano.
3. Sylvia: And who’s this next to your stepmother?
Steve: That’s Jake, my older brother.
Sylvia: Wow, he looks a lot like your father.
Steve: Yeah, people say he looks more like my father than the rest of us.
4. Sylvia: That must be Jake’s wife next to him. And your niece?
Steve: Yep, that’s little Cristina.
Sylvia: Wow, she…she doesn’t really look like either of her parents, does she?
Steve: No, she doesn’t. Actually she was adopted. But she does take after Jake in a lot of ways.
Real World Listening
1 Predict
Answer
M has beautiful eyes
F loves surfing
F enjoys dangerous activities
F likes snowboarding
2 Get the main ideas
Answers
1. Jane looks like her mother. They both have beautiful eyes.
2. Jane acts like her father. They both ride motorcycles, surf and skydive.
3. Jane is proud that she takes after her father.
Script
Nate: Are these your parents?
Jane: Yeah, that’s my whole family.
Nate: Oh. You look a lot like your mom…especially your eyes. Very deep, beautiful eyes.
Jane: Oh, thank you…
Nate: And the same figure…same shape.
Jane: Uhh, hey, I don’t want to hear that. I may look like my mom, but I really take after my dad.
Nate: Really, in what way?
Jane: We’re both very adventurous. My dad was, like into motorcycles when he was younger…and he was in one of those. You know, motorcycle clubs.
Nate: You mean, like a motorcycle gang?
Jane: Yeah…but that was before he was married. I’ve been riding a motorcycle myself since I was 17.
Nate: You? No way!
Jane: Yeah, I’ve always done stuff like that.
Nate: Really, like what else?
Jane: Well, surfing, snowboarding…My dad and I even went skydiving once. We didn’t tell my mom, though. She would have killed us! |