family
Beginner
A: Who is Cindy’s husband?
辛迪的丈夫是誰？
B: Cindy’s husband is Ron.
辛迪的丈夫是羅恩。
A: how many children do Cindy and Ron have?
辛迪和羅恩有幾個孩子？
B: they have two children-one son and one daughter-as well as one daughter-in-law and one son-in-law.
他們有兩個孩子，一個兒子，一個女兒，還有一個兒媳和一個女婿。
A: do they have any grandchildren?
他們有孫子嗎？
B: yes, they have three grandchildren-one girl and two boys.
是的，他們有三個孫子——一個女孩和兩個男孩。
A: does their daughter get along well with her in-laws?
他們的女兒和她的姻親相處得好嗎？
B: yes, she gets along with them quite well.
是的，她和他們相處得很好。
A: do they have a large family?
他們有一個大家庭嗎？
B: their family is very similar to Cindy and Ron’s family.
他們的家庭和辛迪和羅恩的家人非常相似。
Intermediate
A: how many people are in your family?
你家裡有多少人？
B: as you know, China has a single-child policy.
正如你所知道的，中國有獨生子女政策。
Therefore, there’s just my husband, my daughter and I. what about in your family?
因此，只有我的丈夫，我的女兒和我。在你的家庭裡呢？
A: I have one daughter and one son.
我有一個女兒和一個兒子。
Then there’s my husband and I. what about your parents?
然後是我丈夫和我。你的父母呢？
Do they live with your family?
他們和你的家人住在一起嗎？
B: not anymore.
B:不了。
They live with my brother now.
他們現在和我哥哥住在一起。
And yours?
和你的嗎?
A: my parents live by themselves now.
我父母現在靠自己生活。
When they get older, they’ll probably go to a retirement home.
當他們長大後，他們可能會去養老院。
Do you just have one brother?
你只有一個兄弟嗎？
B: no, I have two older brothers and one younger sister.
不，我有兩個哥哥和一個妹妹。
What about you?
你呢?
A: I also grew up in a big family.
我也在一個大家庭中長大。
I have one older brother and three younger sisters.
我有一個哥哥和三個妹妹。
B: how long have you been married?
你結婚多久了？
A: about seven years now.
大約七年了。
And you?
你呢?
B: I‘ve been married for about five years.
我已經結婚五年了。
What do you think about divorce?
你對離婚有什麼看法？
A: it’s becoming more and more common.
答：越來越普遍了。
However, I don’t ever want to get divorced myself!
然而，我自己也不想離婚！
What about you?
你呢?
B: if my husband cheated on me or treated me badly, I would get a divorce.
如果我丈夫對我不忠，或者對我不好，我就會離婚。
A: if that happens, maybe you could marry my brother and we could become in-laws!
如果發生這種情況，也許你可以嫁給我的兄弟，我們可以成為姻親！
B: (ha ha) I’ll keep that in mind, but don’t tell my husband.
（哈哈）我要記住這一點，但不要告訴我丈夫。
A: of course not!
答:當然不!
Words
單詞
Adopt
採用
anniversary
週年紀念日
aunt
阿姨
celebration
慶祝活動
cousin
表兄
daughter
女兒
divorce
離婚
ex
前女友
family
家庭
funeral
葬禮
grandfather
祖父
grandmother
祖母
great-grandparents
曾祖父母
husband in-laws
丈夫公婆
marriage
婚姻
middle name
中間的名字
nephew
侄子
niece
侄女
nickname
暱稱
relatives
親戚
retirement home
退休之家
uncle
叔叔
wedding
婚禮
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