Topic3:RelationshipsA.QuestionsHowwelldofamilymembersgetalongwitheachother?Howinfluentialarefamilymembers?Howwelldofriendsgetalongwitheachother?Howinfluentialarefriends?Atwhatagedopeopleusuallygettheirfirstboyfriendorgirlfriend?Atwhatagedopeopleusuallyenterintotheirfirstseriousrelationship?Howdopeoplemeet?Whendoesacouplestartlivingtogether?Whatisawesternweddinglike?Whendoesacouplehavechildren?Whatismarriedlifelike?Howdoparentsinfluencearelationship?Dosomepeoplewantasolitarylifestyle?Dofilmsandtelevisionprogrammesportrayrelationshipsinanaccurateway?B.Music‘HomewardBoundC.HistoricalEventFreeloveD.ClassworkActingE.DiscussionQuestionsHowwelldofamilymembersgetalongwitheachother?ItisoftensaidinEnglishspeakingcountriesthat‘youcanchooseyourfriendsbutyoucan’tchooseyourfamily’.Itisimportanttodistinguishbetweentheimmediatefamilyandtheextendedfamily.Theimmediatefamilyincludesparentsandchildren,aslongasthechildrendon’thaveanychildrenoftheirown.Theextendedfamilyiseverybodyelse.Withintheimmediatefamilypeopleareverycloseandusuallygetonwell,apartfromoccasionalarguments.However,ifthereisaseriousdisagreementthenthefactthattheyareanimmediatefamilycansometimesmagnifythedifferences,makingthemseembiggerthantheyreallyare.Withintheextendedfamilythedegreeofclosenessismuchwider.Somemembersoftheextendedfamilywillgetonverywellbutotherswillnotcommunicatethatmuch,oftenbecausetheylivealongwayaway.Howinfluentialarefamilymembers?Again,thereisabigdifferencebetweentheimmediatefamilyandtheextendedfamily.Duringchildhood,somebody’sparentsandsiblingsareveryinfluential.Duringadulthoodtheimmediatefamilywilloftenofferadvicebutwillgenerallybeacceptingofmostdecisionsthattheindividualmakesinsituationssuchas:Ofcourse,therearelimitstowhattheimmediatefamilywillaccept(suchascommittingacrime)butformostfamilies,mostofthetimetheywillacceptwhattheindividualdoes.If,duringchildhood,somebodyhasacloserelationshipwithamemberoftheirextendedfamilythenthisperso