Tell Me About Your  Family.

Announcer

National Flight 297 to Miami is delayed due to severe weather conditions. Please stand by for additional information.

Maria

Oh no! I hate these long delays!

Jim

I know. I can’t wait to get home. I’ve been on a business trip for a month. I really miss my family.

Maria

A month is a long time to be away. Do you have any children?

Jim

I have three. Two boys and a girl. Would you like to see a picture?

Maria

Oh, how nice! Now, who’s this?

Jim

This is Judy, my oldest. She’s twenty-four.

Maria

Is she married?

Jim

Yes, she is. And these are my two sons, Jamie and Julian.

Maria

How old are they?

Jim

Jamie is twenty-one. He’s in college now. Julian is seventeen, and that’s my wife, Beth, next to my daughter.

Maria

Well, you certainly have a lovely-looking family.

Jim

My husband and I have a son, Tim.

Explanation :

Announcer:

  someone who gives information to people using a loudspeaker or microphone, especially at an airport or railway station

Is delayed (passive)

Delay: to wait until a later time to do something.

Example:

Don't delay - send off for the information now.

due to: because of; caused by:

Example:

His success is entirely due to hard work.

Example:

The price of gold rose again, due to rumors of war.

Example:

The restaurant's success was due largely to its new manager.

Severe: (weather)  severe weather is very bad and very extreme, and very hot, dry, cold etc.

to get:

to arrive somewhere.

Example:

What time will we get there?

Example:

We didn't get home until midnight.

get to

Example:

We got to Paris that evening.

Business trip: a period of travel done for business purposes.

Old:  used to talk about how long a person or thing has lived or existed.

Example:

I can't believe you're nearly forty years old!

Example:

A house that's 300 years old.

Next: beside                                 

Lovely-looking: nice looking; more commonly used by women than men.

Announcer:

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Delay:

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