Interviewer: What about your parents? What do they do? Linda: My mum is a nurse and my dad is an architect. They don't work in Woodbury. They both commute to Exeter to work. Exeter is the largest city of Devonshire and its capitalInterviewer: Do you have any brothers or sisters? Linda: Yes, I do. Actually, my family is quite large. There are five children in my family and I am the second child. I have one older sister and three younger brothers.Interviewer: What do they do? Linda: My sister's name is Emily. She is five years older than me and she is a scientist. She conducts various researches. My brothers' names are Eric, Daniel and Edward. Eric is 15 years old. He is in a high school and he wants to become a lawyer. Daniel is 13. His dream is to become a professional footballer. He plays for the local team. Edward is only 7. He is a pupil of Woodbury Primary School. He doesn't know what he wants to become, yet. However, I know that he is really into drawing.Interviewer: Sounds interesting. you seem to have a united and closely-knit family. Do you often get together? Linda: You're right. We have a rather united family. We often get together on different occasions. I spend little time at home these days, as I live at the university hostel. However, I spend weekends at home. On public holidays, such as New Year, Christmas, Easter and also on family birthdays we always get together.Interviewer: Can you say that your family is typically English? Linda: I think so. We try to follow national traditions. At Christmas we nicely decorate our house and the nearby area. We cook traditional Christmas dishes — pudding and turkey. At Easter we buy chocolate Easter bunnies. On Friday or Saturday nights we go to a pub or to a family restaurant to eat fish & chips. My brothers like watching and playing football. My mum is very much into gardening and knitting. My dad likes reading local newspapers. We have several pets at home. I think we are a typical British family.
