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26 Unit 02 | It’s all relative Expand your vocabulary: Relationships A newspaper asked teenagers what ‘family’ meant to them. Read the different posts and unscramble the words. LANGUAGE 6 a M p. 12 Order by Newest 1 2 3 4 ... » JOE | 3m ago My family doesn’t necessarily include all of my (1) blood ravetelis . Really, my family are the people that love and take care of me. They don’t have to be (2) lisibgsn or live in the same (3) hoolushed to be my family. I consider a lot of my friends part of my family. Call me crazy, but I also include my dog. We have a really (4) oslce bond and are (5) ensarilepab . My parents have recently (6) gone outghhr separation and (7) dovrice . People I once considered close family members are now people I no longer (8) have cnatcot with . My (9) nuclear fmilay as a whole is dysfunctional, but the family that I’ve made for myself is very loving and reliable, even if we’re not (10) eletrad .  Reply  Share IVONA | 24m ago Family is my mum shouting that we live in a pigsty, but she always knows what to do when I’m in trouble, so I can always (11) epnded on her. It’s my dad cracking jokes that nobody understands; it’s my brother telling me that I can’t go out in a skirt that length, but then saying he’s proud of me after my exams; it’s my other brother walking me home when I’m out late. It’s not that we live (12) in perfect ormhnay , but we definitely (13) tiskc together when push comes to shove. Truthfully, I’d say that most of the time my family is pure madness, but it’s a madness that I can’t live without. I’m really (14) thataecd to them all.  Reply  Share ROBERT | 1h ago My parents have always worked very hard to (15) establish strong seit and honest communication with me. Nearly every night before I went to bed, one of them sat at my bedside and asked, “How are you? Anything you need to talk about?”This was a good (16) prinigubgn for me because it meant that my parents were also my friends and confidants and we could (17) larete to each other. Although this may not be common in many families, I fully believe good communication is crucial for healthy relationships among family members in order for them to (18) nbod .  Reply  Share KEANI | 1h ago I want to go to Oxbridge and I hope my parents understand that I must do everything I can to get there. Though I don’t want to create any (19) nientso between us, my family’s going to have to take a backseat. I’m also attempting to figure out what my family life will look like when I’m at university. Will I still be able to talk to my parents in the same way? Will I be able to manage on my own? Who will I (20) xmi with at university? I wonder what my new (21) social irlcec will look like.  Reply  Share Copy the green expressions (e.g. blood relatives ) into your notebook. Add an explanation or a translation. On the newspaper’s website, the original posts had titles. Choose one of the titles below for each post by writing the first letter of each name next to it. There are two extra titles you won’t need. b READING 7 Choose one of the headlines and write a similar post about your family. Use as many of the green expressions as possible. Blank out some of the expressions from the text you’ve written and give it to a partner to fill in. WRITING + LANGUAGE 8 a b 1 Families can really be annoying 2 It’s hard, but we need to talk 3 Teenagers are under pressure 4 Still, we love them 5 Growing up, leaving home 6 Adolescence is tough Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv