Chapter 8 – All About You
Reading 8-1: Min’s Big Family
Listen:

My name is Min, and I live in Vietnam. I have a big family, and I love them very much. First, I have three daughters and two sons. Also, I have a beautiful wife, one dog, two cats, and three goldfish. I am the oldest child in my family. I have five brothers and two sisters. My brothers live in Vietnam, but my two sisters live in Canada. My parents are retired, so they live in Vietnam for six months of the year, and they live in Canada for six months of the year. They like this plan because they have many grandchildren in both Vietnam and Canada, and they like to visit with them. My family has a lot of fun when we are together.
Reading 8-2: Suzie’s Small Company
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My name is Suzie, and I am a designer. I have a small company, and I have three people that work there. I have a small office. It has four desks and four computers for my workers. I love my job because I can also work from home. I have flexible hours. For example, I can start work late if my daughter has a soccer game in the morning. Also, I can work early if I have a big project. My workers have children, so they need flexible hours, too. I love managing my own company.
Reading 8-3: A Teacher’s Job
Listen:

Teachers have many jobs. First, they make lessons and prepare activities. For example, they make videos and grammar practice activities. Next, teachers give feedback. For example, they check students’ work and write comments to help them. Finally, teachers support students. For example, they meet with them to talk about their progress, and they answer many questions. Teachers do a lot of work.
Reading 8-4: How to Fry an Egg
Vocabulary
Activities
Comments
Company
Cracks
Feedback
Flexible
Goldfish
Medium
Progress
Project
Retired
Spoons
Media Attributions
- “Family photo of a Vietnamese family with 2 grandparents, 2 parents, 3 girls, 2 boys, and a dog” prompt, by Adobe Firefly, 3 July 2025, was artificially generated using Adobe Firefly and is, therefore, shared under CC0 1.0./ Adaptations: generative fill brush was used to refine subjects.
- A woman in a business suit holding a folder by TRAN NHU TUAN is licensed under the Unsplash License. / Adaptations: image cropped.
- woman in black sleeveless top by ThisisEngineering is licensed under the Unsplash License.
- sunny side up egg on black frying pan by Nathan Dumlao is licensed under the Unsplash License.
References
Adobe. (2024). Adobe Firefly [Image generator].
Arizona State University. (2024). EdPlus Voiceover Generator [Voiceover audio generator].
Artificial Intelligence Disclosure
- Adobe Firefly was used to generate images, where indicated.
- The Arizona State University EdPlus Voiceover Generator was used to create the audio recording of Reading 8-1. Adaptations include modification of speed and/or timing, and comping of output takes.














