Family

Introducing Yourself
My name is Sangeeta. I am 11. I live in New
Hello! My name is Ana. I am twenty-five years
Delhi, India with my father, mother, two
old. I live in Miami, Florida with my husband and
brothers and three sisters. My grandparents also
two children. I have one son in kindergarten and
live with us. In India, family is very important. It
one daughter in first grade. They both attend
is common to have grandparents, aunts, uncles
public school. My husband is a mechanic. On
and/or cousins living in the same house. My
weekends, he works at a restaurant as a
aunts, uncles and cousins also live nearby. We
dishwasher. The restaurant usually gets more
see each other often. My older brother is a
customers on weekends, so they need extra
computer programmer. Right now, he is in
people to wash dishes.
Australia. His company sent him there for one
year. We all miss him a lot. We write him letters
every week. I want him to come home soon.

Work
Carolina writes an email to her friend about
work: A New Home
Francisco stands outside his new house. He
"Hi Cristina, I am sorry I haven’t called you for
reaches into his pocket and pulls out the key. He
so long. How are you? How is your new
turns the key in the lock and opens the door. He
apartment? I have been very busy at work. I
steps into the living room and looks around. The
arrive at the office at 7 am and leave at around
paint is peeling off the walls. There is no
6:30 pm. I just get half an hour for lunch and a
furniture. The house is dirty and smells bad. He
five-minute break in the morning and in the
tries to open a window but it is broken. The
afternoon. I am very tired when I get home so I
house does not have a kitchen or a bedroom but
just eat, watch some television and go to bed. In
there is a microwave on the floor on one side of
the office, I am on the phone all day, listening to
the room. He wonders if it works. The place
customer complaints and entering them into our
looks terrible but it is all he can afford. He
computer system. At the end of the day I have
covers his nose and mouth with his hand and
to write a summary of all the calls I received
opens the bathroom door. It is in bad condition.
during the day and give my boss a status on the
complaints that are not yet resolved. I do not
know how much longer I can do this. I need a
vacation, or even better, I need another job! I’ll
call you this weekend.

Carolina”