Movie script

ERIC: Wow, you have a big family. Who are all of these people? #Wow is used to express surprise or excitement.
SUSANNAH: Well, this is my mom and here’s my dad. That’s my brother David with his wife and their kids.
ERIC: They’re cute! How old are they? #/Cute/ meansattractive orlovable. We often use it to talk about young children or babies.
SUSANNAH: Well, Beth is ten, and Paul is five. Do you have any nieces or nephews? #We can also say/Have you got…?/
ERIC: No, my family is pretty small — just me, my mum, my dad, my brother and my grandfather. #In this sentence,/pretty/ is an adverb and means fairly or comparatively.
SUSANNAH: Do you have an aunt or an uncle? #What relation are you to an /aunt/or an /uncle/?
ERIC: Oh yeah, I forgot about my uncle. He lives in Australia, so I never get to see him or his family.
SUSANNAH: Would you like to have a big family? #/Would/ is used to suggest something that hasn’t happened yet.
ERIC: I guess so. Perhaps when I’m married I’ll have three or four kids. But who knows? How about you? #We say /who knows?/ when we don’t know what may happen or what has happened.
SUSANNAH: I don’t think I want that many. It’s hard work to look after a big family. My grandmother had eight children! #/Look after/means to care for.
RIC: Wow, so you have seven aunts and uncles? How many cousins do you have? #We can make a statement into a question by using a rising tone at the end of the sentence.
SUSANNAH: Well, let me see… There are three, five, seven, eight, ten!
ERIC: Wow, I bet you get a lot of Christmas presents! #/I bet/ means I’m sure.

Topics

• using the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘do’
• pronouncing two new sounds
• using possessive adjectives
• describing your family

Key vocabulary

verbs

have

• I have two horses.
• Laura has got beautiful blue eyes.

do

• Our printer only does black and white copies.
• Max’s Cafe does great sandwiches.

pass away

• She passed away peacefully in her sleep.

die

• At least 3,000 people have died in the earthquake.
• Many of the refugees died of hunger.
• She died from brain injuries after a road accident.

nouns

possession

• I have in my possession a photograph which may be of interest to you.
• He was caught in possession of explosives.

ownership

aunt, uncle

husband, wife

• Janet’s husband is in the Navy.
• I’ve never met William’s wife.

son, daughter, grandson, granddaughter, nephew, niece

sister, brother, cousin

• an older/younger/ sister
• my big/little/ sister

mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, parent

• a single mother
• My mother and father are divorced.
• Her parents live in Oxford.

stepdad, stepmon

family

• Is your family coming to the graduation ceremony?
• Her UK family are/US family is/ originally from Ireland.
• a family business

porch, closet(a large cupboard for keeping clothes in), kitchen

oven

• an electric oven
• a microwave oven
• Place the cake in a preheated oven at 190°C and bake for 45 minutes.

view

• There was a lovely view of the lake from the bedroom window.

determiner

entry

• She was refused entry to the US.
• Police gained entry by breaking a window.

adjectives

cute

• a cute baby

big, small

• I come from a big family.
• We’re looking for a bigger house.
• They live in a small apartment near Times Square.
• We teach the children in small groups.

voiced, voiceless

featured

my, your, her, his, its, our, their

• Tom’s my older son.
• My house is near the station.
• Can I borrow your pen?
• That’s her house on the corner.
• It’s not her fault.
• Alex is sitting over there with his daughter.
• The house has its own swimming pool.
• Janice is our youngest daughter.
• It was their problem, not mine.

expressions

• Do you have (a sister)?
• Have you got (any cousins)?
• How many (brothers) do you have?

Grammar

Possessive

To talk about ownership: That’s his cousin. They’re my brothers.

Is that your dog? No, that dog belongs to them. It’s their dog.

本课中我们将学习谈论所有格。

• My son is going to college.
• That dog isn’t ours.
• Those pictures belong to us.
• Here are some photos of Mike’s family.

Possessive adjectives

Possessive adjectives agree with the person to whom they refer:

物主代词和他们所指的人称相一致：

• I becomes my
• you becomes your
• he, she, it becomes his(masculine), her(feminine), its(impersonal)
• we becomes our
• they becomes their

For example

• I have lost my keys.
• They are coming in their car.
• I met your grandparents.
• This car has lost its power.

Note: In English the possessive adjective is used to refer to parts of the body:

物主代词还可以用来指身体的部分：

• She brushes her teeth twice a day.
• He broke his arm while playing soccer/when he play soccer/. #while后可直接加动名词,when后必须有主谓
• His stomach aches.

Possessive pronouns

Possessive pronouns, like the adjectives, agree with the person to whom they refer. Singular and plural share the same form:

名词性物主代词，就像物主代词，和它们所指的人称相一致。单数和复数有相同的形式：

• I becomes mine
• your becomes yours
• he, she, it becomes his(masculine), hers(feminine), its(impersonal)
• we becomes ours
• they becomes theirs

For example

• I have my likes, and she has hers.
• If you give me one of yours, I’ll give you one of mine.
• I like our house, but frankly, I am jealous of theirs.
• That’s mine!

The verb /to belong to/

The verb “to belong to” indicates ownership or possession:

动词/to belong to/指所有权和拥有：

• That poodle belongs to Louise.
• The world belongs to you.

The /’s/ of possession

One may add “–’s” to any noun in order to indicate possession:

为了表示所有格，还可在任何名词后加上/’s/：

• I just read Gustave’s book.
• The front door’s lock is broken.
• Many of the world’s countries are poor.

Note: Do not confuse the “s” of possession with the contraction of the verb “is”:

小心不要把所有格/’s/和动词/is/的缩写混淆起来：

• Fred’s going to fetch it = Fred is going to fetch it
• The train’s late again = The train is late again

“Whose” for indicating possession

“Whose” will be placed before the possession (the object possessed), and will refer ownership to the preceding noun:

• The man whose dog bit me said he was sorry. (The dog belongs to the man.)
• Here is the woman whose daughter I intend to marry.(The woman is the mother of the daughter.)

Auxiliary verbs ‘do’ and ‘have’

• To form questions: Do you have a big family? Have we met before?

Pronunciation

p: play, apply, pop

b: bar, about, sob

Learning

Let’s study how to correctly use the verbs /do/ and /have/. Look at the sentences below. What is the function of the verbs in bold?

We use auxiliary verbs like this:
auxiliary verb + subject + verb + object

• Do you have an aunt or an uncle?
• Has he got any brothers?
• How many cousins does she have?
• Have you seen my dad?
• Do you want to see a photo of my family?

When /do/ and /have/ come before the subject in a question, they are called /auxiliary verbs/. Their function is to help the other verb in the sentence to make a question.

Here are some more examples:
I don’t have a nephew, but I do have a niece.
She’s got seven sisters.
We haven’t seen your photo.

For both /have/ and /do/, the auxiliary verb changes with the subject. Look at these examples.

• Have I met your grandmother?
• Have you seen my sister?
• Has he got a nephew?
• Has she got a son?
• Have we been introduced?
• Have they got a big family?
• Do I know your mum?
• Do you like children?
• Does she have any kids?
• Does he have a brother?
• Do we both have big families?
• Do they have kids?

How do we answer questions with /have/ and /do/? Look at these examples:

Do you have any brothers? Yes, I do. No, I don’t.	Don’t is the contraction of do not.
Does she have any daughters? Yes, she does. No, she doesn’t.	Doesn’t is the contraction of does not.
Have you got any brothers? Yes, I have. No, I haven’t.	Haven’t is the contraction of have not.
Has he got any cousins? Yes, he has. No, he hasn’t.	Hasn’t is the contraction of has not.

To give an affirmative answer, we take the auxiliary verb and put it after the subject:

• Yes, I do./Yes, I have.
• Yes, he does./Yes, he has.
• Yes, they do./Yes, they have.

To give a negative answer, we put /not/ after the auxiliary verb:

• No, I don’t./No, I haven’t.
• No, she doesn’t./No, she hasn’t.
• No, they don’t./No, they haven’t.

If our parents or grandparents have died, we can talk about them in these ways:

• My mother died last year.
• I have one grandmother. My other grandparents have passed away.

Now, lets practice asking questions that begin with, /How many…?/.

How many brothers do you have?
I have eight!
How many cousins have you got?
I’ve got three: James, Sandra and Greg.
How many aunts and uncles do you have?
Loads! There’s Uncle Clive, Aunt Janice, Uncle Richard….

How many people are in this family?
How many people are there in your family?
Do you know the names for each person in English?
Where is your family from?

Do you have a big family or a small one?
Where does your family live? Do they all live in the same country or city?
How many brothers and sisters do you have? Are they older or younger than you?
Do you have any cousins? How many?

If someone in your family was born before you, they are older than you. If they were born after you, they are younger than you.

Karen Martin lives in San Francisco, USA with her brother Graham. Karen is six and Graham is five. They live with their mother Sally and grandfather Derek. Karen’s other grandparents live in Chicago.

Kitty Chen lives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with her sister Rose and their mother, father, grandmother and grandfather. Their other grandparents live in Hong Kong, China. Kitty has one cousin, Jason, who lives in Hong Kong with his parents.

Isabel Cardenas lives with her family in Mexico City, Mexico. She has two brothers, Ricardo and Carlos, and one sister, Martha. They live together with her mother, father and grandmother. Close by live her uncle and aunt and their family, Juan and Conchita, Isabel’s cousins.

• This is my sister.
• Your dress is beautiful!
• This is his family photo.
• That’s her car.
• Speaking English has its advantages.
• Our children are all at school.
• That’s not your problem.
• Are their cousins coming to the party?