Family Models (Only Child, Large Family, Single-Parent Families)

3. Family • family models (only child, large family, single-parent families) • division of tasks within the family • generations living together

VOCABULARY half-sister/brother step-father step-daughter, etc. Family and Relationships - twin Families twin-sister/ brother uncle widow (woman) extended / immediate family late (husband/wife) close / distant relatives hen-pecked husband aunt grass-widow brother elder / older brother old maid cousin widower (man) daughter / son wife siblings ex-wife father godmother / godfather grandchild granddaughter / son grandfather / mother Family and Relationships - grandparent (s) Marital Relationships great-grandchild in-laws be divorced mother/father -in-law be engaged sister/brother-in-law be married / unmarried son/daughter-in-law be separated fiancé be single fiancée be widowed bride (bride)groom spouse Family and Relationships - Verbs future husband / husband-to-be husband ex-husband get divorced (from) mother get engaged (to) niece get married (to) nephew get on (well) with someone parents marry someone orphan start / end a relationship with sister someone

History of a Family be pregnant / pregnancy expect a baby give birth to be born 1 birthday baptize bring up, raise go to school be engaged marry, get married be married to sy. be married with two children divorced widowed widow widower die getting old

ancestor (blood) relation spinster / bachelor

PHRASES AND IDIOMS FOR RELATIONSHIPS

Jo and I get on well (with each other). [we have a good relationship.] Adrian and Liz don’t see eye to eye. [they often argue or disagree] I’ve fallen out with my parents again. [had arguments] Tony and Jane have broken up / split up. [ended their relationship] George is having an affair with his boss. [a sexual relationship, usually secret] Let’s try and make it up. [be friends again after a row] She doesn’t just like Bob, she idolises him. I can’t stand him. I really fancy Lisa, but her friend just leaves me cold. Joe is very attracted to one of his colleagues.

EXERCISES

MATCH THE BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS OF THE SENTENCES:

1. We’re not planning to start a. the house with my wife’s family. 2. They help us take care of b. a baby from China. 3. We adopted c. her real mother one day. 4. We share d. the children. 5. She might want to find e. a family just yet.

2 1. A woman's name is the family name she has before she gets married. 2. The man at a marriage ceremony is the male friend or relative of the bridegroom. 3. An marriage is one in which the parents chose whom their son or daughter will marry. 4. If you are an child, you have no sisters or brothers.

5. Your of kin are your closest relatives. 6. A child is a child whose parents are not married to each other. (dated usage)

7. Your ones are members of your family and the people that you care about. 8. Your -brother or sister has only one of the same parents as you. 9. A generation is a lack of understanding between older and younger people. 10. A fortune is someone who tries to marry a person who has a lot of money. 11. The -born is older than all the other children of those parents. 12. A family is a drawing that shows the relationships between the different members of a family. 13. Your name is your surname. 14. A man is a man who has a wife and children and enjoys spending a lot of time with them. 15. Your family circle are your close . 16. A relative is a person who is related to you but not closely. 17. Blood are the relationships that exist by birth rather than through marriage. 18. A brother is a man who has promised to treat another man as his brother in a ceremony. 19. A black of the family has done something bad which brings embarrassment to the family. 20. A parent is the parent who caused a person to be born.

3 4 5 6 7 PROVERBS AND THEIR MEANINGS MATCH THE TWO HALVES!

1. An only child is a lonely child. a.) Don’t let him exploit you in change for treats. 2. Spare the rod and spoil the child. b.) Yes, because he is always away. 3. Careful! He is throwing out the baby with the bathwater. c.) I know. I’m not so naïve. 4. He is the black sheep of the family. d.) He loves his kids so much and does so much for them. 5. She lives like a grass widow. e.) Of course, we all wish we had brothers and sisters. 6. Careful. He might be a real sugar daddy. f.) We should punish children that misbehave. 7. I wasn’t born yesterday. g.) He is going too far in changing things. 8. He is the breadwinner in the family. h.) We can’t be proud of his activities. 9. He is a true family man. i.) I know. He takes after me. 10. Little Johnny is your carbon copy. j.) Yes, she is not going out to work at all.

QUESTIONS:

1. How big is your family? Who do you live together? 2. What do you do together? Do you spend a lot of time together? 3. Who do you take after? 4. What is the average family like in Hungary? 5. Who does a nuclear family consist of? 6. Do you think that large families are happy families? 7. Do you know any single-parent families? 8. How do you imagine your future family? 9. Do you approve of couples living together and having children without getting married? 10. What is the ideal age in your opinion to start a family? 11. What do elderly people find most irritating in teenagers? And vice versa? 12. Does an only child miss a lot of things? 13. Why do you think more and more marriages break up nowadays?

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