AUDIO SCRIPTS mum, my dad, a big sister and a little brother. My brother is a real pain in the neck. He never leaves me alone. We have got a lot of relatives around the world, but my aunt and uncle from Australia are the best. We have also got a pet - a parrot called Lilly. Cathy: My family is not so big, but I am not an only child. I’ve got a big sister. Amy always sings. She isn’t bad at singing at all. We haven’t got a pet because our flat is not very big. I have got a lot of cuddly animals instead, and all my cuddly animals have got names. Linda: I share my room with my brother. We have got bunk beds. I am on the top bed and he has got the bottom bed. Jack is older. Pete: I have got two cousins in America. They are twins. They haven’t got any other brothers or sisters. They are from Los Angeles. Disneyland is near Los Angeles. It is an amusement park and I would like to go there. Reading & Listening p. 30 task 3 My kid brother Ted is a real nuisance. He sings to me all the time. He doesn’t play in his room, but he comes to my room and makes a noise. “Please, tidy the room now,” I tell him, but he doesn’t. He just says: “I’m too small.” In fact, he doesn’t do any chores. I help our mum with the dishes, I take out the chairs, I wash dad’s car.... Ted always takes my things without asking and doesn’t give them back. I still don’t know where my tennis racket is.
When I phone my friends he always repeats everything I say. “Luckily we don’t have anything for dinner today.” “Luckily we don’t have anything for homework today,” he says. “I think Jessica doesn’t like me.” “I think Jessica doesn’t like me,” he repeats. “Shut up!” I scream. “Get out!” he screams, too. I don’t understand what’s so funny about repeating what other people say. “He’s too small,” my parents just explain. “He doesn’t understand.” Ted eats ice cream before dinner and then he doesn’t eat his food. Sometimes he hides dad’s umbrella and doesn’t want to say where it is. So, mum and dad sometimes really get angry, but Ted just says: “I’m too small.” Sometimes I would like to be “too small”, especially when Ms Jones tells my dad that I don’t do my homework regularly. So, that’s Ted. He really annoys me, but he is my kid dinosaur and I love him. Grammar p. 31 task 3 It is morning. The children are in the classroom. They are learning about the Present Continuous now. Teacher: It’s ten o’clock. What’s your family doing now? Taras: I don’t know. I think father is playing basketball. Teacher: Is he a basketball player? Taras: No, he’s a PE teacher. My mother is probably talking to a patient. Teacher: Is she a doctor? Taras: Yes, she is. My sister is doing a test. She is a student. 149
