Lesson Thirteen  Family 家庭生活

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How many people are there in your family?>>

你们家几口人？>>

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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?>>

你们家几口人？>>

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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是独生子。>>

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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.>>

我有两个姐妹和一个兄弟。>>

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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.>>

她老爷爷还活着呢。>>

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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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Richard comes from a well-off family.>>

Richard家境不错。>>

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We are living a better-off life.   >>

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

well-off 小康>>

build lace w:st="on">Chinalace> 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.>>

我们家重亲情，大家感情很好。>>

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Our family is close.>>

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His parents always quarrel with each other.>>

他父母经常吵嘴。>>

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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 the bread earner.>>

我父亲挣钱养家。>>

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father>>

mother>>

minor children>>

The mother is usually the homemaker.>>

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Robin was brought up in a single-parent household.>>

Robin家是单亲。>>

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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”家庭越来越多。>>

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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？>>

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