Level B2 General English
Lesson 38
Family And Relationships
家族と血縁関係

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TOPIC QUESTION
今日のトピック

What does your mother and father look like? How about your grandparents?
あなたの両親はどんな見た目ですか?祖父母はどうですか?

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ARTICLE
記事

Directions: Read the following article aloud.
課題: 以下の記事をはっきりとした声で音読しましょう。
Who Do You Look Like?

Whenever we meet someone we very often hear them say you look just like… or you are the spitting image of so and so. Most times they say you look like your parents or your grandparents and many times they are correct. It is quite a normal thing for us to inherit the looks of our parents and grandparents due to the inheritance of genes.

Sometimes the looks will skip a generation or two before they come out and there semblance to the person from the past can be uncanny. Sometimes a child will look like their mother but not like their father, while other times they will look like their father but not their mother. Sometimes children will look alike such as twins, brothers and sisters or cousins.

There are also times when someone will say you look just like your father when in fact you have been adopted and they did not know about it. The fact is they were just saying it to make you and your parent feel good. The real truth in all of this is that we may in some ways resemble one or more of our parents or grandparents in looks and also in some of our mannerisms.

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VOCABULARY
語い

Directions: First repeat after your tutor and then read aloud by yourself.
課題: 先生の後に続いてくり返した後、今度はひとりで発音してみましょう。

spitting image
そっくり
uncanny
不思議な
inherit
引き継ぐ
gene
遺伝子
so and so
誰それ、誰々
mannerism
adopted
養子縁組された

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QUESTIONS
質問

Directions: Read the questions aloud and answer them.
課題: 質問を声に出して読んだ後、答えてみましょう。

1.What can cause you to look like one of your parents?
2.Is it only your parents that you might look like?
3. Why do some people say you look like your parents?
4.Who do you resemble most in your family and how?