Chapter 2 – Describing People
Reading 2-1: Paco’s Family
Listen:
My name is Paco, and I am from Panama. I am fourteen years old, and I have a big family. First, I have a younger brother. He is three years old. He is energetic and playful. He has brown hair and a cute smile. I also have a younger sister. She is nine years old. She likes to listen to music. She is small, but she is very strong. Finally, I have twin sisters. They are twenty years old, and they love to read books. They are smart and have big goals because both of them want to be doctors. My mom is short and tiny. She has a loud voice, and she loves to sing songs. She works very hard. Also, she loves to cook delicious food for us. My father is older than my mother. He is a kind man, but he is a little shy. He is tall, and he has big arms. He always gives strong hugs, and I smile when I get hugs from him. I love my family very much.
Reading 2-2: How Do You Feel?
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My name is Manu, and I am from India. I am eighteen years old, and I live in Mumbai. I feel happy and excited when I study English.
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My name is Sara. I live in Toronto, Ontario, and I am forty-three years old. I feel stressed today because I need to move to a new house.
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My name is Chen. I live in Beijing, which is in China. I am sixteen years old, and I love to play basketball. I feel very energetic when I play sports with my friends. I feel sad when I am at school.
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Hello. I am Adam, and I am from Poland. I am nine years old, and I am shy and creative. I feel nervous when I have to speak with new people.
Reading 2-3: Ricky Likes Hockey
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I am Ricky. I am Mexican, but my home is in Canada now. I am nine years old, and I came to Canada two years ago. I like to play hockey, and I take ice-skating lessons. I can skate fast. I always smile when I play hockey with my friends. I hope to be a famous player when I am older, so I make time to practice every day.
Reading 2-4: Twins
Reading 2-5: Happy in Nature
Reading 2-6: Marco’s Personality
Listen:
I am Marco. I am Colombian, and I am an artist. I am not a young man because I am sixty years old. I like to take pictures with my camera. After that, I use paint to make beautiful art. I use many colours. I am not boring. I am creative and energetic. I am not a shy person.
Reading 2-7: Lily is Busy
Listen:
I am Lily. I am South Korean, and I am a doctor. I am a very social person. I am not quiet. I love to be active and busy every day, so I am not at home very much. Every day, I go to work at 6:30 am. I am happy when I work because I like to help people. I am not sad at work. I am always happy at the hospital.
Reading 2-8: Rafa is Organized
Vocabulary
Baseball
Beach
Camera
Doctor
Energetic
Engineer
Excited
Hockey
Hospital
Hugs
Nervous
Organized
Park
Playful
Sisters
Smile
Stressed
Twin
Media Attributions
- “Family photo of a Hispanic family with one middle-aged mom, one middle-aged dad, one three-year-old toddler boy, one 9-year-old girl, one 14-year-old boy, and two identical young women” prompt, by Adobe Firefly, 2 July 2025, was artificially generated using Adobe Firefly and is, therefore, shared under CC0 1.0./ Adaptations: generative fill brush used to refine people, image blur corrected, photo cropped.
- “Happy eighteen-year-old teenage male from India holding English/Grammar books” prompt, by Adobe Firefly, 2 July 2025, was artificially generated using Adobe Firefly and is, therefore, shared under CC0 1.0.
- woman in gray crew neck shirt by Alexei Maridashvili is licensed under the Unsplash License.
- “Chinese teenage male holding a basketball” prompt, by Adobe Firefly, 2 July 2025, was artificially generated using Adobe Firefly and is, therefore, shared under CC0 1.0.
- “Anxious nine-year-old male child from Poland” prompt, by Adobe Firefly, 2 July 2025, was artificially generated using Adobe Firefly and is, therefore, shared under CC0 1.0.
- “Boy playing hockey on an outdoor rink with friends” prompt, by Adobe Firefly, 6 November 2024, was artificially generated using Adobe Firefly and is, therefore, shared under CC0 1.0.
- “Syrian girls playing baseball. they are both far from each other” prompt, by Adobe Firefly, 6 November 2024, was artificially generated using Adobe Firefly and is, therefore, shared under CC0 1.0.
- “Two Korean girls hiking” prompt, by Adobe Firefly, 6 November 2024, was artificially generated using Adobe Firefly and is, therefore, shared under CC0 1.0.
- “Older man with some grey hair taking pictures with a zoom lens camera” prompt, by Adobe Firefly, 6 November 2024, was artificially generated using Adobe Firefly and is, therefore, shared under CC0 1.0.
- “Korean female doctor” prompt, by Adobe Firefly, 6 November 2024, was artificially generated using Adobe Firefly and is, therefore, shared under CC0 1.0.
- “An engineer in their 30s . The engineer is of Spanish descent” prompt, by Adobe Firefly, 6 November 2024, was artificially generated using Adobe Firefly and is, therefore, shared under CC0 1.0.
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 2-1, Reading 2-2 (Chen), Reading 2-5, Reading 2-6, and Reading 2-8. Adaptations include modification of speed and/or timing, and comping of output takes.
