Chapter 1


Exercise 2 - Translate the sentence into Dutch. Then click on the text line to see the correct translation. You can also listen to the audio recordings if you like

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  CLICK HERE    The Johnsons’ Dream Holiday
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The Johnson family lives in London, England.
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Peter Johnson and his wife, Helen, have three children.
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Their daughter, Mary, is sixteen years old.
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Their sons, Paul and Mark, are fourteen and twelve years old.
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The Johnsons are a happy family.
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The parents love their children
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and the children are best friends.
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Peter is a business man
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and works in a big office building.
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He likes his job very much.
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Helen is a school teacher.
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Mary wants to study to become a nurse,
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move abroad and marry a foreigner.
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Paul wants to become an engineer.
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Mark doesn’t know yet what he wants to study later.
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The family is usually busy with their jobs and their school work.
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Peter and Helen aren’t going to work today
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and the children aren’t going to school,
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because it’s the Christmas holiday.
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It’s important for them to spend a lot of time together.
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It’s a very cold winter in England this year.
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The Johnson family wants to travel to somewhere warm
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so they will go to Hawaii for two weeks,
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because in Hawaii it’s always summer.
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Before they leave they invite their neighbors over for coffee.
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The neighbors come over for coffee,
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and they also come to take their dog, Mickey,
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because they will care for him while the Johnsons are in Hawaii.
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They bring their luggage out of the house,
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put it in the car,
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and then they say goodbye to Mickey.
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