Unit two Family
Reading
Before you read
a.
Do you live in a small family or a big family? Which type of family do you
like? Why?
b.
How important is family to you? How important is it in your culture?
Some new words to deal with.
Lineages –descended line of offspring
Offspring- children /son and daughter
Dwelling- shelter/habitation
Existence- state of being
Dependents- the people relying on other
member of family
Procreation- continue of generation
Patriarchal- male dominated /men ruled
Clans-group of people related by marriage
or blood
Concubines- a woman living with a man who
is not his wife
Accompanying –present together
Spawned- to be generated
Dissolution- disintegration of
relationship/ fragmentation
Parameter-arguments
Succession- the act of taking over
position
Vestige- mark, sign
Emancipation- freedom
Legislation- act of making or enacting law
Viable- able to live on its own
Unilateral – one sided
Reconcile- to restore, to find an
acceptable way of dealing with opposing ideas, needs etc.
Superseding- fixed position
Deceased- no longer alive or dead
Testament- legal document of a persons
wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die.
Intestate- having made no legally valid will before
death.
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