Do family trees form a national forest?
Either they do or not, you will need some vocabulary to name the different trees (sorry, I meant relations). Here you have some help:
VOCABULARY: THE FAMILY
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If you are interested in the world of weddings, here is your vocabulary and a funny (in both senses, ha-ha and freak) film about weddings:
WEDDINGS VOCABULARY
CONFETTI (UK, 2006)
(LINKS TO TRAILER AND INTERVIEW WITH THE DIRECTOR, DEBBIE ISITT)
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Later in class we saw the evolution of Spanish families from the fifties until recently and the introduction of a new concept: "domestic partnership". Read its definition in the Wikipedia:
DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP DEFINITION
In any case, we stressed that family terms are used by individuals with independence of their legal bonds, and we may call mother somebody who has no blood or legal relation with us but plays that role in our family. This is because, most of all, we are talking about feelings, love and affection.
Here's a song which summarises all the good feelings about being a family. It is "We are family" by Sister Sledge. Watch out for grammar and spelling mistakes in the lyrics transcript.
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Click on the following link to listen to a different version of the same song, but with a slightly different, broader message:
We Are Family Foundation
Which takes us back to a new beginning:
Do family trees form an INTERNATIONAL forest?
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