Ex. 7. Listen and insert the missing words into the dialogues

N answers the door and shows in her friend, Ann.

N: Ann, meet the aunts and ________, grannies and grandpas, the _______ and nieces, and all the rest.

A: Pleased to meet you all, I'm sure. My, what a big __________ you are!

N: This is only the immediate family. You're the only outsider here now. You will sit next to the oldest member of family present — my _________________. Grandpa, dear, I'm going to put my friend in this seat near you.

GR.-GRANDF: The pleasure is all mine. Please sit down, my dear. Make yourself at home. So, Nadya must give me away at once and tell my _______.

A: You don't ______ your age at all. So don't mind her.

GR.-GRANDF: A person is as ______ as he feels, they say. Still...

A: Nadya is your great-grand-___________, isn't she? She's the exact image of you (there's a strong family resemblance between you) — of course, taking the difference in age into consideration.

GR.-GRANDF: Does she really ______ _____ me so much? I'm flattered. She's a good-looking girl, isn't she?

A: How wonderful it must be for you to look round the table and see four _____________ of your descendants!

GR.-GRANDF: We are a long lived family. Only your dear _________ died young,

N: (to A) She was 50 when she died.

A: Your family, it seems to me, are very much attached to each other.

N: Well, more or less, I suppose.

Ex. 8. Listen to the dialogue “Bush and Clinton Are Remote Relatives. Answer the questions.

1. What relative ties do Bush and Clinton have?
2. Where did this information come from?
3. Do they have royal ancestors?
4. Is Queen Elizabeth of Britain their relative?
5. Who is their common ancestor?
6. Are Bush and Clinton representatives of one party?