N: great. My family came to visit me.

I: oh, you must be very happy. How many people are there in your family?

N: my immediate family is very large. It’s my mother, my father, my two older brothers, my younger sister and me.

I: I have a small family. They are my parents, my younger brother and me.

N: I thought you were the only child in the family. Didn’t China practice the only-child policy in the early 1980s?

I: yes, it did. But my parents are ethnic minority people. It’s a preferential policy for an ethnic minority family to have two children.

N: interesting. What do you think about families with only one child?

I: the child must feel very longly. My younger brother is 10 years younger than me. Before he was born, I used to be the only child and always dreamed that I would have a younger sister or brother one day.

N: do you get along well with each other?

I: yes, we are very close. He is 12 years old and very smart. He always makes us laugh a lot.

N: you are very lucky to have such a nice family.

I: thank you.