Intro
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2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
We don’t choose our relatives. We’re just born with them, and we have to do our best to get along with them. In fact, we have to love them. They’re family.
Sometimes, that can be a challenge. We all have relatives who just don’t seem to have anything in common with us. But most of us also have at least one relative whom we love to be around and would want to hang out with even if we weren’t related. Hear Amy tell Marni about her favorite relative.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
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Amy: So you know I’m getting married this summer, right?
Marni: Yes, I know.
Amy: So, when you are planning a wedding, you end up having to get in touch with a lot of relatives who you really have very little in common with, and who you maybe haven’t even spoken to in years. But there is one relative that I’m really excited to see at my wedding.
Marni: Oh yeah? Who’s that?
Amy: My uncle Dale.
Marni: Oh, that’s nice when you have a special relationship with somebody. Tell me about your uncle Dale.
Amy: Well, we don’t really have a lot in common, but we’ve just always gotten along and I really look up to him. He’s a real outdoorsman and so he kind of exposed me to a lot of things that I never would have done if it weren’t for him, like shooting a bow and arrow and fishing and just like being out in the wild. And I, you know, I always appreciated that in a way more than someone else who I might have more in common with.
Marni: Interesting. So you’re not exactly peas in a pod, but it sounds like you really look up to him.
Amy: Yeah, he’s a cool guy. He taught me how to play poker and gave me one of my first beers, you know, so…
Marni: Uncle Dale sounds pretty awesome.
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Discussion
Amy is planning her wedding. There are some relatives she has to invite to the wedding even though she isn’t very close to them. But there is one relative she can’t wait to see: her uncle Dale.
Amy tells Marni why her uncle is her favorite relative. When she was younger, he taught her a lot of things she didn’t know, like how to fish, play poker, and even how to drink beer. She looks up to her uncle and enjoys being with him, even though they don’t have a lot in common.
Who is your favorite relative? Can you describe him or her?
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