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Favorite Relative
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Favorite Relative
最喜爱的亲人

Phrasal Verbs

Date: Jun 14 2021

Themes: Family

Grammar: Phrasal Verbs

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We don’t choose our relatives. We’re just born with them, and we have to do our best to get along with them. In fact, we have to love them. They’re family.

Sometimes, that can be a challenge. We all have relatives who just don’t seem to have anything in common with us. But most of us also have at least one relative whom we love to be around and would want to hang out with even if we weren’t related. Hear Amy tell Marni about her favorite relative.

我们无法选择自己的亲人。我们与他们的关系与生俱来,我们必须竭尽所能与他们融洽相处。事实上,我们必须爱他们。他们是我们的家人。
有时候,这的确会成为一种挑战。我们每个人都有似乎与我们毫无共同点可言的亲人。但是,我们大多数人都至少会有那么一位亲人,我们愿意伴其左右,愿意与他或她一起做些什么,即使那些事情与我们毫不相干。请听艾米与玛尼的对话,了解她最喜爱的亲人。

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Amy

Amy

Marni

Marni

Amy:  So you know I’m getting married this summer, right?

Marni:  Yes, I know.

Amy:  So, when you are planning a wedding, you end up having to get in touch with a lot of relatives who you really have very little in common with, and who you maybe haven’t even spoken to in years. But there is one relative that I’m really excited to see at my wedding.

Marni:  Oh yeah? Who’s that?

Amy:  My uncle Dale.

Marni:  Oh, that’s nice when you have a special relationship with somebody. Tell me about your uncle Dale.

Amy:  Well, we don’t really have a lot in common, but we’ve just always gotten along and I really look up to him. He’s a real outdoorsman and so he kind of exposed me to a lot of things that I never would have done if it weren’t for him, like shooting a bow and arrow and fishing and just like being out in the wild. And I, you know, I always appreciated that in a way more than someone else who I might have more in common with.

Marni:  Interesting. So you’re not exactly peas in a pod, but it sounds like you really look up to him.

Amy:  Yeah, he’s a cool guy. He taught me how to play poker and gave me one of my first beers, you know, so…

Marni:  Uncle Dale sounds pretty awesome.

 

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Amy is planning her wedding. There are some relatives she has to invite to the wedding even though she isn’t very close to them. But there is one relative she can’t wait to see: her uncle Dale.

Amy tells Marni why her uncle is her favorite relative. When she was younger, he taught her a lot of things she didn’t know, like how to fish, play poker, and even how to drink beer. She looks up to her uncle and enjoys being with him, even though they don’t have a lot in common.

Who is your favorite relative? Can you describe him or her?

 

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sara70

sara70

Saudi Arabia

my favorite relative is my cousin .. her name is Sara .. I love this girl so much .. we used to play together when we were kids and she was pushing to do stupid things that i don’t wanna do .. like hitting her brother when he sleep and put a piece of tissue inside his nose or ear ,, so coz he respects me he didn’t say any thing to me .. she used me that naughty girl .. 



but as we are growing up, our relationship become weaker ..


but we still love each other even though we don’t have a lot in common.

06:04 AM Jul 24 2011 |

javier armando

Peru

My favorite relative is myself haha joking!

03:14 AM Jul 24 2011 |

vivianagf_85

Peru

My old sister, she is nice person. I love so much to her because she undertsnad and love like i am , She give me wise advices.

11:34 PM Jul 23 2011 |

Sarah Morad

Palestinian Territory, Occupied

i dont  know what i should say no comment mmmm i will just read your opinions

09:53 PM Jul 23 2011 |

Ma. del Socorro

Mexico

my special relative is always very close to me, she is my older sister, I love her  just the way she is, she is fantastic.

07:56 PM Jul 23 2011 |

zaka2711

zaka2711

Morocco

really it so important to have favorite relative in our life, because who can give to us the power to help us in many problems,

06:44 PM Jul 23 2011 |

Shorooq

Shorooq

Yemen

Actually I don’t have a favorite relative . All of my relatives are equal for me cuz they are the same nothing makes one of them better than the other ..

06:25 PM Jul 23 2011 |

poiup87

Algeria

My favorite relative is ( MUHAMMED;peace be upon him)because he is sent to humanity, as the last messenger,in order to enter paradise if they follow him.

03:25 PM Jul 23 2011 |

poiup87

Algeria

sorry;my brother,there will be relatives until the last day.

02:38 PM Jul 23 2011 |

owlwise

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

relatives !! every one who loves me and care me , is my relative. he/she can be better than a real one !  I love my freind as well as my family.

02:13 PM Jul 23 2011 |

qassm

Saudi Arabia

the poltek systim in chana sied that man and wonen who be merid dont have more one cheld that means in the futuar is not relative to this famile

01:53 PM Jul 23 2011 |

LittLe PrinCess

Saudi Arabia

my aunt and my cousin are my favourite relative,i’m in common with my aunt ,we think in the same way and have same habits ,and i look up to my cousin cous he always help me in any thing and he is funny.

09:55 AM Jul 23 2011 |

Katarka

Katarka

Czech Republic

I’ve got a lot of realtives, nut I like very well my grandpa. He is very funny and always time for my and my visit.

09:00 AM Jul 23 2011 |

asharaf.m

asharaf.m

India

here india i have lot of blood relatives . we indians give importance to family and other family relatives . we often visit their home s and ivvite for all special occations in our life

06:50 AM Jul 23 2011 |

asharaf.m

asharaf.m

India

my favourate relative is my uncle but now he is not with us i looked up hime in lot of things he showed us how to live in right path we miss him lot

06:43 AM Jul 23 2011 |

asharaf.m

asharaf.m

India

here india i have lot of blood relatives . we indians give importance to family and other family relatives . we often visit their home s and ivvite for all special occations in our life

06:36 AM Jul 23 2011 |

liliannna

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

my favorite relative is my bigger sister  she is my billy, we can speak for long time. she is so kind, i love her and miss her s she lives in China :(

06:27 AM Jul 23 2011 |

mickee85

mickee85

Philippines

My sister jo, we both enjoy window shopping and travelling. She’s really down to earth.

03:48 AM Jul 23 2011 |

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