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2 Family

Proverb：

Blood is thicker than water.
= Family ties are stronger than any other.

Sample Answer:
·Your Father
·Your Grandfather (= An Old Person You know)
·A Person Who Has Greatly Influenced You
·A Person Who Has Helped You
Practice：
·Something Your Family Has Kept for a Long Time ·A Family Photo

Key Words

considerate = thoughtful generous=kind-hearted strong-minded = resolute cheerful = encouraging thankful = grateful optimistic = enthusiastic = positive cares about details = meticulous

Your Father

Tell me about a member of your family.
You should say: what the relationship is between you and him/her how much time you spend with the person whether you think you have similar personalities
and explain why you chose to talk about this person．
·Name＋physical appearance
·Job＋how often we meet＋in common?
·His personality/qualities/shortcomings
·A memory, what he taught me (values)
·Future
Let me tell you about my father. His name is Tang Xingzhan, Tang being the family name he passed on to me. He's going to turn 50 this year, but he still looks good. He's quite tall and slim. He has broad shoulders, and very dark black hair. He's a very elegant man, and he really pays attention to his appearance．He shaves every single morning, and his skin is very smooth and soft, although I often tease him about the wrinkles he's getting around the eyes．
He is a businessman and he works a lot. Actually, he works too much, and his schedule is always hectic．He goes on business trips quite often to meet customers and supervise work in the factories. He set up his company many years ago, and he has done very well. He exports shoes all over the world, and he makes good money to support my family. Although he sometimes goes away on business for a few days, he takes good care of my grandparents, and me and my mother.
He's very generous and caring.
My father is a great man, because he is extremely considerate and thoughtful. He cares about the people around him，and he always wants to make everyone happy. In addition, he always pays attention to details：he's quite meticulous, and I think this is why he has been successful．On top of this, he's smart. He knows a lot about everything. He reads the news every day, and he always makes comments about current events. He is very opinionated, and sometimes he and my mother will disagree, and even argue. But it never lasts too long, because he also knows how to make her laugh.
My father has always been my first teacher. I think he taught me how to be hard- working and patient. He always tells me that I shouldn't give up, even if things are more difficult than I thought they would be. He always says that "Rome was not built in a day". A couple of days ago, he also told me that I shouldn't be afraid to have my own point of view. I wish I could be as strong-minded as he is．
Next year, I plan to go to Australia to study business, and I will miss him a lot, but I am going to study hard, in order to learn as much as possible, and hopefully work for him in the future. I hope someday I can come up with ideas to make his company even more successful．

Vocabulary

·I come from a very close-knit family.，have always spent。lot of。me with my family. · My upbringing was a bit different from most other kids ． because I was raised by my grandparents.
·Whenever I don’t feel well, I know I can find support in my immediate family.
·My grandma celebrated her 70th birthday last May. I got to see my whole extended family at the party.
(Source：World Link series)