Chris's Family

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How many sisters does the speaker have?
Four
Two
Three
Five
What did the speaker just complete?
His job at a primary school
His exams
His university degree
His second year in high school
Why does the speaker hope his mother will quit her job soon?
She does not enjoy it.
She doesn't like her manager.
She will move to Oxford with the speaker.
She will return to finish university.
What is the main purpose of the talk?
To discuss why his family values education
To talk about attending university with his sister
To describe the members of the speaker's family
To explain the problems in his parents' careers
I have five people in my family, including me. 
The youngest person is my ... my younger sister who's called Theresa. 
And she is, eighteen years old. And she is, just in the last year of doing her A-Levels at school, at the moment. 
The next member up is my sister who's called Elizabeth, and she is twenty years old. 
She's just finishing her second year at university. And then there's me, called Chris. 
Um, I'm twenty-one. Just finished, uh, uh, university in Oxford. 
And then there's my mum and my dad. And my mum is called Maureen. 
And she's a, a primary school teacher, in London. And I think she's going to be a teacher for, a- another few years. 
But she doesn't like it very much any more. So, she's going to finish quite soon hopefully. 
And, my dad was a teacher. 
Um, and he, uh, got very tired of it, so he managed to retire, a few years ago.