Speaking Part 1 · Family 5 題 Band 7+ 範答 + 家庭詞庫

Q1. Can you tell me about your family?

Sure — it's a fairly standard Taiwanese setup, I suppose. Parents, me and a younger brother, plus a grandmother on my mum's side we see most weekends. My parents both worked full-time when we were kids, so my brother and I spent a lot of time with my grandmother, which has shaped both of us in ways we're only starting to notice now in our thirties.

Q2. Do you spend a lot of time with your family?

Not as much as I used to, which is probably normal for my age. I moved out when I started work, so I see my parents maybe twice a month — usually Sunday lunch, occasionally a proper dinner somewhere. My brother I talk to nearly every day on LINE, partly because we share the same terrible sense of humour and it's easier to send memes than to actually call.

Q3. Who are you closest to in your family?

My brother, hands down — we're only three years apart, and after moving out we've actually become closer than when we lived under the same roof. He knows the family jokes, the shortcuts, the history without me having to explain anything. With my parents, I love them obviously, but there's more that gets lost in translation, often literally because I think in English for half my day now.

Q4. Has your family changed over the years?

In lots of subtle ways, yeah. The power dynamic has shifted, for a start — my parents used to be the ones dispensing advice, and now I'm increasingly the one being asked how to install something on a phone or whether a certain investment makes sense. My grandmother passing away two years ago also changed a lot about how often the extended family gets together.

Q5. Do you think family is important?

I do, although maybe not in the exact way my parents' generation would define it. Family for me is less about obligation and more about a small group of people who genuinely know me over time. I think duty-based family is slowly being replaced by choice-based family here — people putting effort into the relationships that actually work, rather than treating blood as the only thing that counts.

Band 6: Yes, I spend much time with my family. We eat dinner together every day. Family is very important to me.

Band 7+: Not as much as I used to, which is probably normal for my age — I moved out a few years ago, so I see my parents maybe twice a month, usually Sunday lunch. My brother I message nearly every day though, partly because we share the same terrible sense of humour and it's easier to send memes than to call.