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A student is homesick

Read a newspaper clipping about an international student. The student is studying English at the university.

Now take a poll: Do you feel homesick?

 

A family in the park

  
 Photos: Sandy Peters

This is a family from Mexico. There are four people in this family: a father, a mother, and two daughters. They are in a park. The mother is carrying the baby, and the father is watching the other daughter. The  children are having a good time. The mother and father are very proud of their children.

1. Where is this family from?
2. How many people are there in this family?
3. What are they doing?
4. How do the parents feel about their children?