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このレッスンでは家族についての尋ね方とその答え方を学びます。マーティンは農業に従事する人たちの集会で知り合ったリサの家を訪ね、彼女の家族や親類について話を 聞きます。

LISA:

Let's sit here, Mr. Learner.

MARTIN:

Please, call me Martin. May I ask some questions?

LISA:

Of course.

MARTIN:

May I record your answers?

LISA:

Yes.

MARTIN:

Do you have a family?

LISA:

Yes, I have a husband.

MARTIN:

What is your husband's name?

LISA:

Eric.

MARTIN:

Eric. That's right. We've met.

MARTIN:

Do you have children?

LISA:

Yes. We have two children.

MARTIN:

Are they boys or girls?

LISA:

We have one boy and one girl.

MARTIN:

Wonderful. You have a son and a daughter. Are your mother and father living?

LISA:

Yes, they are.

MARTIN:

Do they live here?

LISA:

No, they don't. They live in town.

MARTIN:

Do you have a large farm?

LISA:

Oh, yes. It's a very large farm. The farm was my father's farm. 

MARTIN:

And you have a very large house.

LISA:

It's a wonderful house. The house is old. Here's Eric.

ERIC:

Hello. Martin?

MARTIN:

That's right.

ERIC:

How are you?

MARTIN:

Fine thanks. How are you?

ERIC:

Fine thanks.

LISA:

We're talking about families.

ERIC:

I have a large family.

MARTIN:

Are your parents living?

ERIC:

My mother is living. My father isn't living.

MARTIN:

Where does your mother live?

ERIC:

She lives in California.

MARTIN:

Do you have brothers and sisters? 

ERIC:

I have three brothers and two sisters.

MARTIN:

Where do they live?

ERIC:

Two brothers live in town. One lives on a farm.

MARTIN:

What do they do? One is a farmer?

ERIC:

That's right. Two brothers have businesses in town.

MARTIN:

Lisa, do you have brothers and sisters?

LISA:

I have a sister.

MARTIN:

Where does she live?

LISA:

She lives in Texas.

MARTIN:

Is she married?

LISA:

No, she isn't.

MARTIN:

What does she do?

LISA:

She's in the army.

MARTIN:

Are your sisters married, Eric?

ERIC:

One sister lives in Montana. She's married to a rancher. One lives in California. My mother lives with this sister.

MARTIN:

What does this sister do?

ERIC:

She has a business.

LISA:

She's a photographer.

MARTIN:

That's interesting.

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家族についての質問とそれに"yes", "no"で答える 様子を聴いてください。

MARTIN:

Do you have a family?

LISA:

Yes, I do.

MARTIN:

Do you have children?

LISA:

Yes, we do.

MARTIN:

Do you have brothers and sisters?

ERIC:

Yes, I do.

MARTIN:

Are your parents living?

LISA:

Yes, they are.

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マーティンがあなたの家族について質問しますので"yes"か "no"で答えてください。