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Siblings

Date: Feb 27 2009

Themes: Family, Friend

Grammar: Plural vs. Possessive "S"

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Intro

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2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.

Sometimes your siblings are your best friends, sometimes they’re your worst enemies, and sometimes they’re both at the same time. But whether you get along well with them or fight with them all the time, they’re a part of you, just like your parents. So you’re basically stuck with them, whether you like it or not.

Of course, not everyone has brothers or sisters. Only children don’t have to worry about fighting or sibling rivalry, but they probably get lonely sometimes. On the other hand, they don’t have to share their parents’ love or attention. Or presents.

Jason is an only child. Beren spent most of her childhood trying to kill her brother. Listen to them discuss the joys and pains of having (or not having) brothers and sisters.

Dialog

1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.

2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Beren

Jason

Beren: Do you have any brothers and sisters?

Jason: No, I don’t. I’m an only child.

Beren: Woah! I seem to meet a lot of those. It’s funny, I used to wish I was an only child.

Jason: I used to wish I had brothers and sisters so bad!

Beren: I probably would’ve given you mine. I have an older brother and a younger sister, and the little sister, she’s fun. Stacey. When she was really little I could get her to do anything. And that’s fun because it’s like having a doll that could talk and go get me things.

Jason: Yeah.

Beren: My brother, like we would have karate fights on the concrete. He almost killed me, actually.

Jason: Oh my gosh. Really?

Beren: Yeah, a couple times. But the big one was we played a game called “Chase,” where I was on my bike and he would throw a ball and try to bounce me off. And the ball got stuck in the spokes and I flew over the handlebars.

Jason: See that’s the thing, I wanted a playmate, but I guess I missed out on some of the hazards as well.

Beren: Totally. There’s the rivalry, like the sibling rivalry. My brother and I were really competitive with each other, we were always trying to out-do one another.

Jason: How has it translated to adulthood, though? How do you guys get along now?

Beren: He’s like my best friend. He’s awesome.

Jason: Really?

Beren: Yeah, totally. And we can joke about it. He’s like, “Remember the time I almost killed you?” And I’m like, “Ha ha! Yeah!”

Jason: And it’s totally OK because it was so long ago that you guys don’t hold a grudge?

Beren: Yeah, totally.

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Discussion

Beren has an older brother and a little sister, but she used to wish she was an only child. Jason is an only child who used to wish he had brothers and sisters.

Beren liked having a little sister when she was younger because she could boss her around. On the other hand, she and her older brother used to fight all the time. Once he even seriously hurt her when she was riding her bike. So maybe Jason was lucky to have no siblings growing up.

These days, Beren and her brother get along really well. They’re like best friends. They don’t want to kill each other anymore. They can laugh together about the fights they used to have when they were kids.

Do you have siblings? Do you get along with them or do you fight with them?

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Ya Lin

Taiwan

I have two sisters. Both of them are get along with me. We like real friends indeed. No matter the good things or bad news, we all share to each other. Hmm, on the other word, i do really love my sisters!!!

maslouf

Saudi Arabia

the new lesson of English Baby is cool

I have five brothers and two sisters. we are good friends

miffoo

Slovakia

the new version of English Baby lesson is cool !!!!!!!

I have two sisters one older and one younger, when we were children we often fight but newdays we good friends

Rayko

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

God deliver me from my friends,for from my enemies I ll deliver my self.

mehrpak

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

why i cant listen to the audio…?

plz help me

binnee

South Korea

I have one sister and I love my sister. But we fight almost everyday. But, my sister is my best friend. We talk about daily things, boys movies and stuff. she understands me more than my parents and I can completely count on her. However we always fight over very slight things like clothes and eating stuff heehee:) then we get along well again like nothing was happened!

Naomi1010

Taiwan

The new version of English lesson is pretty cool!

Jercy Tang

China

i have a half-blood younger brother. we get along very well. i seldom boss him around. There is no siblings rivalry between us,for parents love both of us. Actually i always out-do him,but he never hold a grudge!

Karen

China

i have one elder sister ,one younger brother and a younger sister.i really love my silbling.it was really a happyness time when we all stayed home.we alway talk something together or discuss for hot topic.sometime we shareed the own story or feeling .they are all my best friends.sometime i felt i am so lucky we are familly.i really thanks to the God

蓝色9号半

China

I am an only child,and i have lots of close friends,and we get along liked siblings.and sometimes i wish i have a big brother or sister that we can get along all the time.

yangyu5646

China

I also have a brother ,he is six years older than me .we almost didn't have any sibling rivalry.BUT it's doesn't mean we get along well.we just haven't many time to play togather.

aliazer

Morocco

That's totally right i ve experienced this kind of (war%) with my brother….sometimes we turned the house up side down just over a slight disagreement…once a time we broke a precious vase….but now everything is changed ….i loved him and he loved me…..this a natural habit…i think

rene arriaga

Honduras

i got four siblings , i get along with all of them the funny part is that they are like my parents , im the youngest, the oldest one is twenty years older than me the next is seventeen years older than me ,my sister is is fifteen years older than me and the one that is closer to me is 12 years older than me. and i grew up with my oldest brother dougthers .. my nieces iris and ana, and they are my same age so tecnically they are my siblings.

nour_2

Syrian Arab Republic

I think all siblings get more along with each other when they grow up ………..cus age gaps will decrease mentally………

sentaca

Turkey

I have a older brother and wealways get on with each other.he lıkes me so much because of my respect.he try to protect me in lıfe it's awesome.

Guisawyer

Germany

I have two brothers…

One is more older, and the other one is more younger!!
When we were children… we fought a lot of!!
But now… No!!
I think it is common siblings to fight amongst themselves while they are children!!

arican

Hungary

I have a brother but we have never got along each other. He has always been so vicious…

Vita128500

Russian Federation

i not an only child in my family. i have sister. we are best friend and i very glad that have her. this is cool.we are can say each other our secrets.i have girlfriends bit speak about my feel better with sister.