a) hand b) responsible c) to d) foreign countries e) children f) considered g) adoptions h) adopts
A typical family usually consists of a couple with their ___________. However, some people can't have their own children for different reasons and they choose to build a family through____________. In recent decades international adoptions have become increasingly popular.
Nowadays the growing number of men and women adopt children from ____________ including Third World countries. Every time a Hollywood celebrity __________ a child from overseas, more and more ordinary people want to follow his or her example. To my mind, it is not right to adopt children from abroad only because it is ___________ to be fashionable and because it is said __________ be it is good.
On the other __________, many people believe that adopting children from foreign countries has a number of advantages. Firstly, children's biological parents will hardly interfere in their lives. Secondly, people think that international adoptions help build bridges between communities and create a culturally diverse society. Personally, I think that it is not wise to adopt children from foreign countries when there are thousands of orphans in our country. They also need loving families and permanent homes.
In general, it is a good deed to adopt a child either from abroad or from your own country. Anyway, people must be _____________ and they must take care of children who need their love and attention.
b) Express your personal view with your argumentative statements about the issue above.
Vocabulary
2 Basic vocabulary
Your immediate family: your mother, father, brothers and sisters, or, if you are married, your husband, wife and your sons and daughters. Your relatives or your relations: immediate family plus your grandparents, great- grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins.
Use these words below:
aunt grandfather grandsons
uncle grandmother nephew
niece granddaughters cousins
1. Your parents' parents are your...... and.........
2. Your father's brother and sister are your...... and your........
3. Your aunt's and uncle's children are your.......
4. Your brother's son and daughter are your...... and your.......
5. Your children's children are your...... and your.......
Relations and relatives are two words for the same people.
3. In-laws
Your in-laws are your husband's or wife's family or your children's husbands and wives. Look at this family tree and put names to the relations:
1. Nigel's mother-in-law ________
2. his father-in-law ________
3. his brother-in-law ________
4.his sister-in-law ________
5. his son-in-law ________
6. his daughter-in-law ________
| 4. Different types of family Look at the following short texts and find an example of: a. a nuclear family b. an extended family c. a single-parent family d. a couple who adopted a child e. a couple with no children 1. We're married with three kids. Our eldest son, Simon, has just started secondary school, our daughter, Lisa, is eight and our youngest son, Luke, is only five. 2. We've only been married for a year. We're not planning to start a family just yet. 3. I'm a single mum. I bring up my son Josh on my own. Josh doesn't mind being an only child but I think he'd like a brother or sister one day. 4. We share the house with my mother and father and my wife's sister and her kids. Everyone helps to look after all the children. 5. We couldn't have children of our own so we decided that adoption was the only answer. Lily came to live with us two years ago. She seems very happy at the moment but we realise that she might want to find her real mother one day. You can say single mother single father, single mum, single dad or a single-parent family. |
| Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences below: 1. We're not planning to start 2. They help us take care of 3. We adopted 4. We share 5. She might want to find a. the house with my wife's family. b. a baby from China. c. her real mother one day. d. the children. e. a family just yet. 5. It runs in the family Complete the following expressions with the verbs below in their correct form: tell look run get take a. She...... ust like her mother. b. She's...... her father's nose. c. He...... after his father d. It...... in the family e. You can't...... them apart. Now use the expressions to complete the following sentences: 1. John's got a terrible temper. He.................................................... 2. You can see that Jane is Mary's daughter. She......................................... 3. All my brothers and sisters are good at sport. It....................................... 4. You can see that little Rebecca is a Smith............................................. 5. We've got identical twins in my class at school......................................... Who do you look like in your family? Who do you take after? Is your family very close? |
Unit IV
Grammar