A big family English Listening Practice Level Basic

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tell me about your family

talking about family is a great topic to

start a conversation with

let’s watch the following video to see

how the characters describe their family

members looks and personalities

hi linda hello tom

our summer vacations are starting in 10

days

i am so excited yes

even i am excited what are you planning

to do

i am going to canada for about five days

with my family

how about you i will stay home

why because 10 more days is also my

brother’s birthday

do you have a brother i only know you

have twin sisters

yes i have that is the youngest of my

family

my brother is only two years old

whoa would you tell me about your family

yes do you want to see pictures of my

family

yeah of course here

it was taken last year oh is this your

brother

yes that’s my youngest brother his name

is joan

oh he’s so cute

um he looks like me when i was a kid

we both have black hair and brown eyes

just like father

i recognize you tom you’re in a green

t-shirt

right that’s me the other people are my

parents

and in the right corner are my twin

sisters

so there are six people in your family

yes it’s a big family your parents look

so beautiful

my parents used to be very famous when

they were in school

i think so yeah my father is a head

taller than my mother

he has already black hair big ears and

is very handsome

and my mom has black straight hair and

is very beautiful

and has big blue eyes you are very

handsome too tom

i think you inherit good looks from your

parents

thanks for your compliment tell me your

parents names

my mother’s name is kate and my father’s

name is ed

what does your father do my father is a

doctor

he works at the local hospital how about

your mother

my mother is a schoolteacher and a

loving and caring person

whoa your parents are both talented

people

thanks how old are your parents

my father is 50 and my mother is 49

years old

one year younger than my father your

mother is the same age as my mother

oh really did your mother study in

jamestown high school

yes my mother studied there amazing

i think our mothers used to be friends

in high school

i’ll go home and ask my mom okay

your twin sisters look adorable i’d have

liked a sister too

yes they’re in grade seven but they’re

160 centimeters

wow twin sisters have the same eyes as

your mother

have big blue eyes yes

they are also smart and kind i feel

lucky to be their brother

i heard twins have opposite

personalities how are their

personalities

true their personalities are

contradictory

how my twin sisters named

mina and laina mina is very gentle and

elena is very

mischievous oh really

i remember one day lena teased the

neighbor boy so that he cried

and his mother told my dad my dad was

very angry

then what he looked for lena to talk to

but my dad mistook lena for meena

in the end mina was punished not to

watch tv for two days

that’s funny who are you close to in

your family

my dad my dad is a moderate man always

giving me lots of helpful advice

i’m so happy for you tom how about you

linda

i saw your timeline post on twitter

yesterday

he posted an old photo of three kids

with their parents

is that your family yes that is my

family

it was taken when i was three years old

so you are the youngest child in your

family

yes i am what does your mother look like

my mom has curly blonde hair dark brown

eyes

my mother and i have the same height my

dad had

dark brown hair now gray and blue eyes

and he is very tall your father is

really tall

what do your parents do my father is a

soldier

and my mother is a journalist she works

in

one of the national news media

zona news they must be hard workers and

dedicated parents

you’re right my father is honest brave

is an exemplary person everybody

respects him

and mother is so caring hard working and

possesses a good heart

and has done a lot to upbring us

how about your brothers to be honest i

am the closest to my brothers

why as you know my parents are working

outside the city so they rarely come

home

um so you mostly live with two older

brothers

yes my two brothers took care of me when

my parents were not at home

your two brothers are great they are so

talented well-mannered know a lot of

different things

have always supported me no matter what

what are your two brothers names the

oldest is john

and the second is jack are your two

brothers like your dad

yes my two brothers inherited the height

of my father

they are very tall what do they do

well my two brothers are the pride of my

family

john is a lawyer and jack has got

admitted to the medical college in new

york

he is going to be a doctor so cool

how old are you brothers the oldest is

30 years old and the second

is 23 years old so is the oldest brother

married yet

yes he has a happy marriage with two

kids

and john is he seeing anyone no

he hasn’t even dated

lucky you i also want to have two great

brothers like you

i think you are luckier than me you have

parents who have enough time to spend

with you

it’s not always like that linda my

parents and i sometimes quarrel about

small things you’re right

i think family is the most valuable

thing in the world

although they’re not perfect we know

that they always love and fight for us

that’s right

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