10 Unit 02 It’s all relative Expand your vocabulary: Types of families Which words would you use to describe these families? A family … 1 with close ties among its members who do many activities together, help and support each other: a family 2 in which one or both parents have children from previous relationships: a family 3 which consists only of the parents and their children: a family 4 which includes grandparents, aunts, cousins etc. in addition to the parents and their children, often even in the same household: an family 5 which is characterised by unhealthy, problematic relationships between the family members: a family 6 which consists of one parent and their child or children: a family LANGUAGE 1 Synonyms Replace the phrases in brackets with a single word that has the same meaning. LANGUAGE 2 And baby makes three My brother and his husband have just adopted a baby girl, so I’m an uncle now – hooray! My whole family is really happy about the new family member, and my brother is already talking about a (1) (brother or sister) for her. I am very happy that nowadays society’s (2) (ideas and feelings) towards families which are (3) (different from what they used to be in the past) are quite positive. People are rather open nowadays when it comes to families with same-sex parents, there are hardly any (4) (irrational, negative feelings). I can understand why my brother is over the moon about this, and I’m convinced that my niece will be absolutely fine. She will be (5) (looked after until she is grown) by two dads who want the best for her and who are (6) (willing to devote a lot of time and effort) to being good parents. I think she is a lucky little girl. Key Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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