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UNIT 1:
FAMILY MATTERS
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

• Do you have a large or a small family?

• How much time do you spend with your family?
• What do you like to do together as a family?
• Do you get along well with your family?
• Who are you closet to in your family?
 PART 1: VOCABULARY
DIFFERENCE

• 1. friend/ mate/ • 5. colleague/ business

flatmate partner
• 2. sister/ sister-in-law • 6. acquaintance/
• 3. brother/ sister/ stranger
sibling • 7. aunt/ great-aunt
• 4. boyfriend/ husband/ • 8. half-sister/ step-sister
partner
 lifelong

non-
identical

abilities

older
apart adulthood
VOCABULARY

• Lifelong bond /ˈlaɪflɒŋ bɒnd/

• Non-identical # identical twin /ˌnɒn aɪˌdentɪkl ˈtwɪn/
• Psychic abilities /ˈsaɪkɪk əˈbɪlətiz/
• Telepathy /təˈlepəθi/ (n)
• Grow older /ɡrəʊ əʊldə(r)/
• Move apart /muːv əˈpɑːt/
• Adulthood /ˈædʌlthʊd/, /əˈdʌlthʊd/
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2-h
3-a
4-i
5-g
6-b
7-c
8-j

9-d

10-l

11-e

12-k
 PART 2: PRACTICE EXERCISES

The paragraph is about family celebrations and gives advice about

how parents and their grow-up children should behave when they
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