Brothers Ron talks about growing up with his two brothers. 1 Mari: Hi, Ron. I met your brother Michael and I learned that you're a triplet. So what is it like being a triplet? 2 3 Ron: Yes, I am a triplet. It's a good thing. I'm very close with my brothers, both of them. One of my brother's names is Michael and the other's name is Patrick and all three of us are equally close with each other. Mari: That's good. Did you guys play the same sports growing up? Ron: We all played the same sports growing up, however as we got older we started concentrating on our own sports, so me and Patrick played football - American football - and Michael started focusing more on soccer, but from the beginning, we all played the same sports together. Mari: Do you guys dress the same? Ron: We are very similar in how we think so we do 4 5 wear each other's clothes and so we do dress alike. Mari: Have you ever walked out wearing similar shirts or the same outfit? Ron: Yes, we have and for the most part we try to not wear the same colors if we're together going out. Mari: Did you get in trouble growing up all of you? Ron: I think for the most part we were good kids growing up and the good thing about being very close to your brothers is that you never wanted to dissapoint your brothers or make them think bad of you, so you always tried to be a good kid. Mari: What's cool about being a triplet? Ron: I would say the coolest thing about being a triplet is just having people that are very close to you all the time. We never really had trouble making friends or when I to a new school, I always had a friend with me because my brothers were always with me. It was never... I was never alone. Mari: That's pretty cool. Was there anything not cool about being a triplet? Ron: Well, growing up the attention is not so cool sometimes. It gets kind of old and the questions about being a triplet gets kind of old, but for the most part it's good.
Practice makes Perfect Main Points: Answer the following questions about the interview. 1) What does Ron mention about his brothers? a) Their names b) Their birthday c) both 2) How many brothers focused on soccer? a) one of them b) two of them c) all of them 4) He says he always as a kid. a) got in fights b) got in trouble c) tried to be good 5) What did he not enjoy growing up? a) sharing birthdays b) extra attention c) people confusing them 3) They try not to wear. a) each other's clothes b) similar styles c) the same color Phrase Match: Match the phrases on the left with the example on the right. 1. equally close 2. you guys 3. going out 4. get in trouble 5. gets kind of old do something fun with friends to make someone mad becomes boring you all (for men or women) all siblings get along the same amount
Bits and Pieces Put the PHRASES in the spaces (Some will be used more than once) old dissapoint similar same alike good close together concentrating alone Mari: Hi, Ron. I met your brother Michael and I learned that you're a triplet. So what is it like being a triplet? Ron: Yes, I am a triplet. It's a thing. I'm very with my brothers, both of them. One of my brother's names is Michael and the other's name is Patrick and all three of us are equally close with each other. Mari: That's good. Did you guys play the same sports growing up? Ron: We all played the sports growing up, however as we got older we started on our own sports, so me and Patrick played football - American football - and Michael started focusing more on soccer, but from the beginning, we all played the same sports together. Ron: We are very in how we think so we do wear each other's clothes and so we do dress. Mari: Have you ever walked out wearing similar shirts or the same outfit? Ron: Yes, we have and for the most part we try not to wear the same colors if we're going out. Mari: Did you get in trouble growing up all of you? Ron: I think for the most part we were good kids growing up and the good thing about being very close to your brothers is that you never wanted to your brothers or make them think bad of you, so you always tried to be a good kid. Mari: What's cool about being a triplet? Ron: I would say the coolest thing about being a triplet is just having people that are very close to you all the time. We never really had trouble making friends or when I to a new school, I always had a friend with me because my brothers were always with me. It was never... I was never. Mari: That's pretty cool. Was there anything not cool about being a triplet? Ron: Well, growing up the attention is not so cool sometimes. It gets kind of and the questions about being a triplet gets kind of old, but for the most part it's good. Mari: Do you guys dress the same?
Bits and Pieces Circle the mistakes and write them correctly. 1. If I had a sister, I will understand girls better. 2. I will love to have a brother, but I don t. 3. Even though he has two brothers, but he doesn t have any sisters. 4. Ron liked having brothers, and he didn t like the extra attention. 5. Is a very good thing to have brothers and sisters. 6. All played the same sports together. 7. They are all pretty big, but Ron is the bigger. 8. His brother liked soccer more better than he did when he got older. 9. They never had no trouble when they were kids. 10. They never did nothing bad because they were good kids.
Practice makes Perfect Main Points: Answer the following questions about the interview. 1) What does Ron mention about his brothers? a) Their names b) Their birthday c) both 2) How many brothers focused on soccer? a) one of them b) two of them c) all of them 4) He says he always as a kid. a) got in fights b) got in trouble c) tried to be good 5) What did he not enjoy growing up? a) sharing birthdays b) extra attention c) people confusing them 3) They try not to wear. a) each other's clothes b) similar styles c) the same color Phrase Match: Match the phrases on the left with the example on the right. 1. equally close 2. you guys 3. going out 4. get in trouble 5. gets kind of old 3 do something fun with friends 4 to make someone mad 5 becomes boring 2 you all (for men or women) 1 all siblings get along the same amount
Bits and Pieces Put the PHRASES in the spaces (Some will be used more than once) old dissapoint similar same alike good close together concentrating alone Mari: Hi, Ron. I met your brother Michael and I learned that you're a triplet. So what is it like being a triplet? Ron: Yes, I am a triplet. It's a good thing. I'm very close with my brothers, both of them. One of my brother's names is Michael and the other's name is Patrick and all three of us are equally close with each other. Mari: That's good. Did you guys play the same sports growing up? Ron: We all played the same sports growing up, however as we got older we started concentrating on our own sports, so me and Patrick played football - American football - and Michael started focusing more on soccer, but from the beginning, we all played the same sports together. Ron: We are very similar in how we think so we do wear each other's clothes and so we do dress alike. Mari: Have you ever walked out wearing similar shirts or the same outfit? Ron: Yes, we have and for the most part we try to wear the same colors if we're together going out. Mari: Did you get in trouble growing up all of you? Ron: I think for the most part we were good kids growing up and the good thing about being very close to your brothers is that you never wanted to dissapoint your brothers or make them think bad of you, so you always tried to be a good kid. Mari: What's cool about being a triplet? Ron: I would say the coolest thing about being a triplet is just having people that are very close to you all the time. We never really had trouble making friends or when I to a new school, I always had a friend with me because my brothers were always with me. It was never... I was never alone. Mari: That's pretty cool. Was there anything not cool about being a triplet? Ron: Well, growing up the attention is not so cool sometimes. It gets kind of old and the questions about being a triplet gets kind of old, but for the most part it's good. Mari: Do you guys dress the same?
Bits and Pieces Circle the mistakes and write them correctly. 1. If I had a sister, I will understand girls better. would 2. I will love to have a brother, but I don t. would 3. Even though he has two brothers, but he doesn t have any sisters. 4. Ron liked having brothers, and he didn t like the extra attention. but 5. Is a very good thing to have brothers and sisters. It is... 6. All played the same sports together. We all... 7. They are all pretty big, but Ron is the bigger. biggest 8. His brother liked soccer more better than he did when he got older. (more or better but not both) 9. They never had no trouble when they were kids. any 10. They never did nothing bad because they were good kids. anything