词汇学

Close relatives VS distant relatives • Close relatives are those like parents,children,brothers and sisters. • Distant relatives are those like second cousins or distant cousins.
Families
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• Nuclear families VS Extended families
• Close relatives VS distant relatives • Adjectives collocate with the word family
• Adjectives collocate with the word husband and wife
Nuclear families VS Extended families
• A Nuclear family consists of two parents(mother and father) and their children. • An extended family is a family unit which includes grandfather,grandmother,aunts,uncles,etc. in addtion to parents and children.
close family or immediate family refers to pepole who are the nearest blood relativeave much close(or immediate)family.
• 2) We have a loving family.
Adjectives collocate with the word husband and wife
• 1） late husband Someone`s late husband (已故丈夫）is one who has died. 2） had one`s baby We say that Della had her baby(to give birth to) ,but we do not say Della got a baby yesterday. 3) stable family and deprived home If the family is strong ,loving one, it can be called a stable family （殷实之家）. If the family is a poor one ,not having the things that are necessary for a pleasant life ,such as enough money,food or good living conditions,it can be called a deprived home（贫困 之家）.
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2) He is a distant cousin of mine,he is not a blood relatives.
Adjectives collocate with the word family
• 1）He comes from a respectable family (体面之家）