Unit 4, Number 16, Exercise 4.0:13
Listen to the text, the Perfect Family and do the task from exercise four.0:19
That's a word I dreaded more than any other word in the English dictionary.0:32
All my life I thought I had the perfect family, perfect parents, two great sisters and a younger brother.0:38
We all got along well.0:48
But during the last several years, my parents had started to quarrel more and more.0:50
My dad came home less and less, working more hours than ever.0:57
And now here we all were, sitting in the television room as a family, with my parents saying they had an announcement to make.1:03
There was that nightmare word, that one that made me sick to my stomach.1:14
They were, my parents said, getting a divorce.1:21
My sisters and brother and I gaped at each other.1:29
How many times had I asked my mom and dad, are you getting a divorce?1:33
How many times they had assured me that it would never happen and given me hugs and kisses?1:38
This is some sort of April Fool's joke, right?1:48
My mom's eyes were full of tears.1:53
She held me in her arms.1:55
No, Mark, I'm sorry, she whispered.1:58
My mom told me that we would have to leave our home, the home I'd lived in all my life.2:03
I felt like losing everything.2:10
We moved into a tiny house with my mom's parents.2:17
At first, I wasn't happy.2:21
Sometimes I felt there wasn't enough room to breathe.2:25
There was one thing, however.2:29
Visiting aunts and uncles tried to do everything to fill the house with warmth and caring.2:35
My grandparents paid special attention to all us kids.2:42
I have never felt so close to them in my life.2:47
They asked me about school and were actually interested.2:51
They asked me about my friends, my grades.2:55
We sat at the kitchen table and talked often.3:00
They could never replace my father, but they spread their warmth to all of us.3:04
I also learned that I was really loved by my family.3:12
I have since learned to change that funny concept I had about a perfect family.3:20
Maybe a perfect family really means a lot of love and a lot of support.3:26
Maybe it really means giving, sharing and caring.3:34
Maybe I still have a perfect family after all.3:41
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