关于family的对话

Talks about family. 谈论家人：用英语跟朋友谈论自己的家人及家人是做什么的。

A. How many people are there in your family, Susan?

苏珊，你家有几口人啊？

B. Four, my father, my mother, my brother and I. We are getting on very well.

四口人，我爸爸妈妈，我哥哥和我。我们相处得很融洽。

A. What do your parents do?

你父母是做什么的？

B. My father is professor, he is strict with us. My mother works in a hotel, and she loves us a lot. 我爸爸是教授，他对我们可严了，我妈妈在酒店工作，她很爱我们。

A. How old is your brother?

你哥哥多大了？

B. He is twenty five, three years older than I am. He is a soldier.

我哥哥25岁，比我大3岁，他是当兵的。

A. Do you have any grandparents?

你有爷爷奶奶吗？

B. My grandpa on my father side is still living. But he doesn’t live with us.

我爷爷还健在，但不跟我们住一起。

A: Who is Cindy’s husband?

B: Cindy’s husband is Ron.

A: How many children do Cindy and Ron have?

B: They have two children-one son and one daughter-as well as one daughter-in-law and one son-in-law.

A: Do they have any grandchildren?

B: Yes, they have three grandchildren-one girl and two boys.

A: Does their daughter get along well with her in-laws?

B: Yes, she gets along with them quite well.

A: Do they have a large family?

B: Their family is very similar to Cindy and Ron’s family.

1.daughter-in-law 儿媳妇son-in-law 女婿mother-in-law岳母/婆母

2.Get along well with 相处得很好

3.In-laws n.姻亲(尤指岳父母或公婆) ,名词in-law的复数形式

A: How many people are in your family?

B: As you know, china has a single-child policy. Therefore , there’s just my husband, my da ughter and I. What about in your family?

A: I have one daughter and one son. Then there’s my husband and I . What about your parents? Do they live with your family?

B: Not any more. They live with my brother now. and yours?

A: My parents live by themselves now. When they get older, they’ll probably go to a retirement home. Do you just have one brother?

B: No, I have two older brothers and one younger sister. What about you?

A: I also grew up in a big family. I have one older brother and three younger sisters.

B: How long have you been married?

A: About seven years now. and you?

B: I ‘ve been married for about five years. What do you think about divorce?

A: It’s becoming more and more common. However, I don’t ever want to get divorced myself! What about you?

B: If my husband cheated on me or treated me badly, I would get a divorce.

A: If that happens, maybe you could marry my brother and we could become in-laws!

B: (ha ha) I’ll keep that in mind, but don’t tell my husband.

A; Of course not!

1. single-child policy 独生子女政策/ one-child policy

2. not … any more不再…

3. live by 靠··为生，住在··附近 live by oneself独居

4. retirement home养老院，老年人住房

5. Divorce n.离婚，vt.使（离婚），与··离婚

6. cheat on sb. 不忠于··

7. Keep sth in mind 记住