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Part 3. Family.
Keywords.
family, extended, nuclear, polygamy, divided, inheritance customs.
Vocabulary.
polygamy, intact.
Listen to the passage, and complete the outline with the information you hear.
The members of the family live together under the same roof.
They share the economic burdens of life as well as its affectional joys, and it is the family which has primary responsibility for the important task of raising children to adulthood.
The family is not a uniform concept in all societies. In many places it is an extended group which includes uncles, aunts, cousins and in-laws.
The family head usually has considerable influence in arranging marriages, selecting careers and determining all important moves and purchases by any member of the family,
Particularly in conditions where society or the state does not give aid, and where consequently the responsibilities of the family are greater, this larger group provides better protection in times of economic or other emergency.
In many other societies, including most industrialized ones, the nuclear family is the basic social unit.
This term refers to a husband and a wife united through marriage and their dependent children, whether natural or adopted.
