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Family Portrait
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Family Portrait
全家福

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Date: May 11 2012

Themes: Family

Grammar: Be Able To

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In the US, it is common for families to be spread out all over the country. Getting everybody together can be challenging. That’s why it’s nice to capture the whole family on film in a family portrait.

But getting a good family portrait comes with its own challenges. First, everyone has to agree on what to wear. Then the kids and babies in the family have to sit still long enough for the photo to be taken. Then you have to cross your fingers and hope that nobody blinks! Hear Mason and Amy talk about their family portraits.

在美国,家人分散居住在全国各地是很常见的事情。大家相聚在一起很不容易。这就是一家人照全家福的妙处所在。
但要拍一张好看的全家福也是很有挑战性的。首先,大家要商量穿什么衣服。然后,家里的儿童和婴儿要能长时间坐着不动,以便照相。最后还要祈祷,但愿没人眨眼睛!请听梅森和艾米谈论他们的全家福。

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Mason

Mason

Amy

Amy

Mason:  So, I think I unfortunately have another family portrait coming up.

Amy:  With your wife, that family, or parents and siblings?

Mason:  Yeah, with the extended family. It seems like every two years or whatever, my mom or my grandma just wants to do a family portrait.

Amy:  Right. And do you have to wear coordinated outfits and everything?

Mason:  Yeah. It’s not like insanely coordinated, but there’s definitely some conversation about do we do colors, do we do kind of like just neutral tones…

Amy:  The one large family portrait I ever did was with my whole extended family, and for some reason we decided to wear black shirts, and so we look like a big fascist army. It’s the weirdest picture.

Mason:  Yeah. I have some younger cousins, and trying to get them to pose and sit straight is never a good idea. And, you know, it takes what, an hour generally to get enough family portraits done. And they lose attention after the first 10 minutes.

Amy:  Of course. And what about the older people, is there any bickering among them?

Mason:  Not so much. The one fun part is we always make sure and do a goofy picture. So…

Amy:  That’s cute. Well, it’s good to be able to look back at all your dated family portraits and realize how much more attractive you are now.

 

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Mason’s mother and grandmother want to take a new family portrait with their whole extended family. Mason’s family usually takes a new family portrait every few years.

Amy asks if Mason’s family will wear coordinated outfits for their portrait. Mason says they won’t wear identical clothes, but clothes that are somewhat similar. The hardest part about taking a family portrait in Mason’s family is getting all the young kids to sit still. The best part is when they take a goofy picture.

Have you ever taken a family portrait? Was everyone able to sit still and not blink? Did you and your family members wear coordinated outfits for the portrait?

 

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AUL

AUL

Azerbaijan

in our country we dont plan for family portrait


we often see each other and we often take family portrait ,it is not such unusual process


to plan it for comes unusual to me may be its only culturel differ but anyway thanks for leeson =)



05:02 AM May 11 2012 |

Rockyy01

Rockyy01

Pakistan

Yeah… fortunately I did…
Now I’m glad that I called everyone for that ‘Family Portrait…’
Cuz it was just 2 weeks before my Father passed away…
& we have only one picture that has all of us together…
It still makes me feel relax to look at that…
& It’s one of the best things you could ever experience…

areand

areand

Philippines

LOL, never ever in my entire whole life and were not even used to  plan to have a coordinated outfits whenever we have to do a family portrait, and having family portrait with the whole extended family to get together is imposibble for us,, ahaha, 


but i guess im craving for that moment that we will be able to get together someday,,Cry


02:34 AM May 11 2012 |

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