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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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Favola

Russian Federation

I'm an only child in my family. Actualy, I don't know whether it's good or not. I never felt lonely, maybe I had a lot of playmates. Maybe I'm lucky not to have had siblings' rivalry.

mainhi

Viet Nam

T have a younger sister and a younger brother. I love them, but sometimes I feel very tired when always must I care for them. Anyway, I'm happy when I have them. They make me fun.

helen2569

China

I have a two years younger brother, we often fought when we were young, but Now we get along well with each other,:)

jessie lin

China

i have a sister and a brother,when we are children ,we always fight.but now we haven't done that.my sister had get married ,to a very far place ,i miss her very much.

jessie lin

China

i have a sister and a brother,when we are children ,we always fight.but now we haven't done that.my sister had get married ,to a very far place ,i miss her very much.

jessie lin

China

i know the vocabulary is so important.but it is so difficult to remember .sometimes i remember it ,but several days later,i forget it again .what shoud i do?

Superior Lord

China

HO ,the lesson system has upgraded ?Or it is just the lesson that is very special ?

haifi_cao

China

Hello All, I just joined in this Ebaby family. i’d like to learning more form here ,from you.

xmy12111

China

its awfully pity about that! i am a only child! but i have some good friends in my childhood,they're my classmates,and playmates.Despite we are adulthood now,we still keep in touch.

scratchie

Turkey

I have 2 siblings but we live at different places.And ı understand when I leave them that being an only-child is so disgusting.OK , spending your time on your own is cool but if u re with your siblings , everything will be more fun.

Athan

China

I don't have any siblings,so I grow up lonely just myself,like Jason,I missed out the sibling rivalry's stuff.But I think I was not lonely in my childhood,cause I had a lot of friends whom I can play with,I had a fantastic childhood.And nowadays for lot of families,it's hard for them to raise many children,like my family.But I think I am the luck one to have the best parents on the earth,I love them.

Wrangler

Russian Federation

i have a brother, we are twins, and it's cool, sometimes we fight and sometimes we help each other. but i know only one, if i dont have a sibling, then i play very well in Warcraft3! :)

kukuka

Ukraine

First, i'd love to be the one. Second, i have just one child and i can't understnad women who has three or more children. Third, people use condoms, sometimes it's helpful

zonyo720707

Taiwan

i have a sister and little brother.

When we were child that always fight for everything.

But now , we are working by self .

sometimes we talk everything on the cell phone.

because we are family

kelgar

India

hai i am raghu from india. how r u.

Sojhla

Pakistan

hi!i’m new on ebaby.i’m only children i sometimes i feel lonely.

Yomismo

Germany

By the way, i am studing chinese, and i have realized that here are a lot of chinese people, if you know any good page to learn chinese i would like to be informed, thank you and Zai Jian!