## Step 2 - Reading

Family and families
Before you start reading the text, discuss the following questions with a classmate.

- How important is family for you?
- Would you miss them if you lived far away?
- Now read the following text and answer the questions.

I don’t live with my parents now because I’m married and live in New York. My mum and dad live in Rome and my husband’s parents live in Montreal, Canada. We are a little sad because we don’t see them a lot but when we get together we have a beautiful time. One of my sisters lives in Rio, Brazil, and the other one, who is 16, is at home in Rome. My husband has only one brother. He is at home in Montreal. Next year he wants to go to Paris to study European history. We got married one year ago in Rome. All my family and his family were at the wedding. We had a fantastic time, and our honeymoon in Venice was beautiful. We would like to have a son and a daughter. We hope they’ll have a beautiful life, maybe in America, maybe in Africa or Asia or Europe.

1. Would you like to be the writer?
2. Would you like your family to live far away from you?
3. Why or why not?
4. Write down your answer in five lines.