Unità 3
dialogo: Looking young!

Situation: Maggie, Peter and Jack are in the living room at Maggie's house. It is her birthday. They're watching some photos.

1. Peter: How old are you, Maggie, in this photo?
2. Maggie: Oh Here I am six years old!
3. Jack: Who are these people, Maggie?
4. Maggie: These are my grandparents, John and Emily...
5. Peter: Oh They don't look old! How old are they?
6. Maggie: My granddad is sixty-nine and my grandma's sixty-three.
7. Jack: And this young man, who is he?
8. Maggie: This is my uncle Bob and this is his wife, my aunt Sheila.
9. Peter: And this one? Is this another of your aunts?
10. Maggie: Oh she's aunt Sheila's sister, Paula.
11. Jack: Have you got any cousins, Maggie?
12. Maggie: Of course, I have, These are Andrew and Jane: they're twins, as you can see. They're uncle Bob's children.
13. Peter: And this young lady? Is she another of your aunts?
14. Maggie: Yes, she is. She's aunt Elizabeth and this young boy is her son Bill.
15. Jack: How old is your cousin?
16. Maggie: Bill's fifteen.
17. Peter: There isn't your uncle: her husband, I mean.
18. Maggie: Uncle Bart isn't in this photo because he was at work when we shot it.
19. Jack: Your aunt Betty is very good-looking, how old is she?
20: Maggie: You are very curious, Jack, and you know it's unpolite to ask women's age: anyway, she's thirty-seven.

Maggie's mother comes from the kitchen:

21. Maggie's mum: ... and do you want to know my age, Jack?
22. Jack: Well... I don't. You really look very young Mrs. Norton...
23. Maggie's mum: Sure! I'm thirty-six. People sometimes, think Maggie and I are sisters.
24. Peter: Really? My compliments, Mrs Norton!