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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