## Step 2 - Reading

Our families

You are going to read a text about family.

- Read the text.
- While reading, think about the following questions:
  - Waarom ziet het stel hun familie zo weinig?
  - Hoe zou jij het vinden om zo weinig contact te hebben met je familie?
  - Zou jij in het buitenland willen wonen? Zo ja, waar? Zo nee, waarom niet?

I don’t live with my parents anymore. Last year ago I got married, and now I live in New York. My mum and dad still live in Rome, where I'm from, and my husband’s parents have lived in Montreal, Canada all their lives. It makes us a little sad that we don’t see them a lot, but when we get together we have a wonderful time. One of my sisters lives in Rio, Brazil, and the other one, who is 16, still lives at home. My husband has only one brother. He still lives with his parents, too. Next year he wants to move to Paris to study European history. We got married in Rome one year ago. Both our families were at the wedding. We had a fantastic time, and our honeymoon in Venice was beautiful. We would like to have children someday. We're hoping for a son and a daughter. We want to make sure they have a great life, maybe in America, maybe in Africa or Asia or Europe.

Now do the exercise.