martes, 10 de julio de 2012

Family

Family is another Richmond video in the vodcast series that accompanies their new method The Big Picture.

Today's video is suitable for Básico 1 and Básico 2 (elementary) students.

Self-study activity:
Watch the video and try to understand presenters Tom and Alex talking about their family.
Watch the video again and stop it whenever Tom and Alex come up with an interesting piece of information. Do you understand the information they give?



Key:
Alex's parents got married in 1971.
Alex has two older sisters.
Alex's father is an accountant.
Alex's mother is a housewife.
They live in the capital city of Brazil, Brazilia.
Her eldest sister's name's is Liz.
Her middle sister's name's Karla.
Her brother is called Cezar.
The extra member of the family, Alex's niece, is her eldest sister's daughter.


Tom's dad has three brothers and three sisters. He's one of six (?).
Tom's dad's family is Irish.
Uncle Tony is a London tour guide.
Tom's dad's family come from the west of Ireland.
Tom's got a brother, his name is Philip.
They look like twins, but they are not twins.
Phil is a musician. He is a good guitarrist.
His uncle John is a professional musician.
He plays the bass.