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Lesson 10

Preparation

Middle Child

I come from a family of four.

I was born three years after my
elder sister and two years

before my younger sister.

I grew up being close to both my sisters.
Unfortunately, they aren’t close to each other.

They always disagree, and
I am usually the mediator.

I always try to be neutral and not to take sides.

Grammar

*Ordinal numbers depict an order of succession. In ordinal succession,
earlier numbers either come first or are given primacy, while latter numbers
came later on or are considered lesser.
► First (1st)
► Tenth (10th) Keywords
► Forty-ninth (49th) family / elder / both /

mediator
Questions

1. How many siblings do you have?
2. Are you a middle child? How old are your siblings?
3. What is a mediator?
4. Do you take sides when your siblings argue?
5. How can you be neutral? Vocabulary &

Expressions

Sample Answers Mediator: a person who
mediates, esp. between
1. I have two siblings, a brother and a sister. parties at variance
Elder: of higher rank;
2. Yes, I am the middle child. My sister is senior.
seventeen years old, while my brother is twelve.
3. A mediator is a person who tries to stay in the
middle of the situation.
4. No, I try not to.
5. You can be neutral if you will try not to disagree
with anyone of them.

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