新東方英語口語 開口篇 Lesson 13 Family 家庭生活

Lesson Thirteen Family 家庭生活

How many people are there in your family?

你們家?guī)卓谌?

How many members are there in your family?

How big is your family?

There are four people in my family.

My father, my mother, my sister and me.

father mother

dad mom

daddy mommy

parent parents

I am married but haven‘t started a family.

child children kid

son daughter

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How many people are there in your family?

你們家?guī)卓谌?

brother elder brother younger brother

sister elder sister younger sister

There are five kids in my family.

eldest brother eldest sister

I’m the second child.

my younger sister my younger broter

youngest brother

He is the youngest child in our famiy.

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Rick is an only child.

Rick是獨(dú)生子。

Rick is the only child in the family.

I’m an only child.

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I’ve got two sisters and one brother.

我有兩個(gè)姐妹和一個(gè)兄弟。

sisters and brothers siblings 兄弟姐妹

Do you have any siblings?

Do you have sibs?

grandfather grandpa

grandmother grandma

uncle aunt aunty

cousin nephew niece

better half sister-in-law brother-in-law

mother-in-law

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Her great-grandpa is still living.

她老爺爺還活著呢。

My grandmother is still living.

grandson great-grandson

granddaughter great-granddaughter

four generations living under the same roof 四世同堂

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Sam and Tony are twins.

Sam和Tony是雙胞胎。

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Richard comes from a well-off family.

Richard家境不錯(cuò)。

We are living a better-off life.

They would live a better-off life without so many kids.

well-off 小康

build China into a well-off society

He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

Richard comes from an ordinary family.

He was born in a moderate family.

He comes from in a moderate family.

Abe came from a poor family.

He was born with a wood spoon in his mouth.

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I have a close family. We love each other.

我們家重親情，大家感情很好。

Our family is close.

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His parents always quarrel with each other.

他父母經(jīng)常吵嘴。

quarrel with sb over sth = argue with sb over sth.

We can‘t get on well with each other.

We can‘t get along well with each other.

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My father is a pilot and he is very strict with us.

我父親是飛行員，對我們很嚴(yán)厲。

a sterning father 嚴(yán)父

a loving mother 慈母

My mother is very soft with us.

My father is very hard on us.

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My parents grew up in the countryside.

我爸爸媽媽在農(nóng)村長大。

in the city

on the suburbs

You are a grown-up.

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We moved to the city when I was just five.

我五歲時(shí)全家搬到了城里。

My family lives in the coutryside.

My family lives in the city.

My family lives on the suburbs.

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My father is the bread earner.

我父親掙錢養(yǎng)家。

father

mother

minor children

The mother is usually the homemaker.

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Robin was brought up in a single-parent household.

Robin家是單親。

He was raised in the single-parent family.

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There are more and more DINK families in big cities.

大城市里“丁克”家庭越來越多。

DINK = double income and no kids

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What do your parents do?

你父母是做什么工作的?