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Unit 7 Family Ties Lead-in Ask the students to take a look at the photos on P133, and think about the question: How is a family created? Family structure Nuclear family: two adults and their children—is the main unit in some societies. Extended family: consist of grandparents and other relatives. Single-parent family: in which children live with an unmarried, divorced, or widowed mother or father. DINK family: a family with double Income but no kids Passage A Things I Learned From Dad I Warm-up Question 1. Will words of encouragement from parents have a lifelong influence on their children? Explain. 2. What effect does growing up in a love-filled home have on children? II Related Information Rebecca Lobo Lobo is one of the most accomplished basketball players, both personally and professionally. She is a star forward with the WNBA’s New York Liberty basketball team. She was voted as a member of the first-ever WNBA Eastern Conference All-Star Team in 1999, and was named to the All-WNBA Second Team in 1997. She loves to write and co-wrote a daughter-mother autobiography called The Home Team, about the special relationship she has with her mother, RuthAnn, and about RuthAnn’s battle with breast cancer. Richard Branson Led by founder, chairman, and owner Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Group has more than 200 entertainment, media, and travel companies around the world. Its largest moneymaker is Virgin Atlantic Airways, second-largest airline in the UK behind British Airways. Virgins other interests include retailing (music, videos, and computer games), airships, beverages, cosmetics, clothing, financial services, health clubs, Internet services, mobile phone services, passenger trains, publishing, record labels, tour operations, and TV production. Congress Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government. It is the law-making and the supreme legislative body of the nation. It is made up of two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives.