SUMMARY
INTERMEDIATE 7
UNIT 9: FAMILY MATTERS
STUDENT: ISRAEL GONZALES
TEACHER: DENNIS RAMIREZ
LESSON A
1. vocabulary focus
raising
I am raising a cow herd on a farm among the mountains.
Close-knit
I spent a lot of time with my large, close-knit family, so I never felt lonely.
isolated
Ive felt very isolated spending all day working.
Taking care of
I'm taking care of my son until his mother comes back.
extended
An extended family is very helpful when you have problems.
clashing
I'm already crashing on how to start a company.
Bring up
Nowadays parents do not know how to bring up their children.
bicultural
Having a bicultural family has many advantages.
bewildered
People were bewildered after the bank robbery.
2. Speaking
A: You knew my neighbor would be taken to a nursing home, her children did
not want to take care of her.
B: That's so bad, how can they do that to their mother.
A: Yes, but on the other hand it is very difficult to care for an elderly person.
B: Well, I do not think that, our parents took care of us when we were little,
now we have to take care of them.
A: A lot of people do not think that and take their parents to the nursing home
thinking they do well, but in reality, the elderly suffer away from their family.
B: Yes, maybe they should think a little bit before doing that.
LESSON B
1. GET READY TO READ
The divorce rate is rising because its easier to divorce than it was in the
past.
Its easier to divorce than it was in the past; therefore, the divorce rate is
rising.
Fewer couples are having children because the cost of living is higher
these days.
The cost of living is higher these days; therefor, fewer couples are having
children.
2. Reading
Evening Dinner with a Father
A son took his old father to a restaurant for an evening dinner. Father being
very old and weak, while eating, dropped food on his shirt and trousers. Other
diners watched him in disgust while his son was calm.
After he finished eating, his son who was not at all embarrassed, quietly took
him to the washroom, wiped the food particles, removed the stains, combed his
hair and fitted his spectacles firmly. When they came out, the entire
restaurant was watching them in dead silence, not able to grasp how someone
could embarrass themselves publicly like that. The son settled the bill and
started walking out with his father.
At that time, an old man amongst the diners called out to the son and asked
him, Dont you think you have left something behind?.
The son replied, No sir, I havent.
The old man retorted, Yes, you have! You left a lesson for every son and hope
for every father.
The restaurant went silent.
3. Writing
Elderly people
The nursing home is not a good place for the elderly so we should not
take them there, I will give three reasons why I say that.
First, when we were children our parents took care of us, so it's time to
take care of them the same way they did them.
Secondly, in a nursing home sometimes they are not taken care of the
best way for example they do not eat at the time or they do not sleep
enough.
Finally, we sometimes think that we do well to bring our parents to the
nursing home, but in reality our parents suffer and we are missed
In conclusion, asylum is a bad idea if you really love your parents,
remember that you too will be old, do what you want to do with you.
