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家族・親族に関する用語を復習します。マーティンはサーカスを訪れ、サーカスに出演している家族に話を聞きます。

ZULU:

OK. We can talk now. I have a few minutes.

MARTIN:

Good. Do you have to perform again?

ZULU:

Yes. Next time I work with the elephants.

MARTIN:

Where are you from in Africa?

ZULU:

I'm not from Africa. I'm from New Jersey. Jersey City, New Jersey.

MARTIN:

I thought Zulu--

ZULU:

My real name isn't Zulu. Zulu is my circus name.

MARTIN:

What may I call you?

ZULU:

Zulu. I've been Zulu a long time. I wanted a name that sounded African. You know, jungles and animals. I always wanted to work with animals.

MARTIN:

How long have you been with the circus?

ZULU:

Twenty-five years. I joined the circus when I was sixteen years old. I told them I was twenty.

MARTIN:

Why did you join the circus?

ZULU:

I wanted to leave home. I wanted to see things. I wanted to leave Jersey City and see America.

MARTIN:

What did you do in the circus?

ZULU:

Everything. First, I just cleaned. I was a clown, then a musician. Then I worked with the animal trainer. I worked for him for ten years. I took care of the animals. Then I started training some of the animals too. Now I train and perform with the animals.

MARTIN:

Are there many Afro-Americans in the circus?

ZULU:

Not many. In this circus, there is only one black family--my family.

MARTIN:

How many are there in your family?

ZULU:

Let's see. Four children. My wife. And her mother.

MARTIN:

Are they all in the circus?

ZULU:

One son is in the army. My wife and her mother and the other children are in the circus.

MARTIN:

What does your wife do?

ZULU:

You can ask her. I have to go now. We can talk later.

MARTIN:

Thanks. Where is your wife?

ZULU:

She's the woman standing on that white horse.

SALAMA:

Hello. I'm Salama.

MARTIN:

Is that your real name?

SALAMA:

No. My real name is Julia. But everyone calls me Salama now.

MARTIN:

Why Salama?

SALAMA:

My horse is an Arabian horse. I wanted a name that sounded Arabian.

MARTIN:

Are you from New Jersey?

SALAMA:

No, I'm from Kenya.

MARTIN:

Are there circuses in Kenya?

SALAMA:

No, not really. But of course there are animals. I always lived around animals. My father was a park ranger. He liked all animals. I came to America when my father died. My brother already lived here.

MARTIN:

Where did you meet your husband?

SALAMA:

At the circus of course. I didn't like living in the city. There weren't any animals.

MARTIN:

What does your mother do?

SALAMA:

She takes care of all the costumes.

MARTIN:

What does that mean?

SALAMA:

She makes sure they are clean and repaired. Some of the costumes are very expensive. She has them packed for the trip to the next town. Things like that.

家族や親類関係を表す用語には次のようなものがあります。

Mother, Father, Wife, Husband, Daughter, Son, Brother, Sister, Aunt, Uncle