新东方英语900句开口篇13

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Lesson Thirteen Family 家庭生活
How many people are there in your family?
你们家几口人？

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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Lesson Thirteen Family 家庭生活
How many people are there in your family?
你们家几口人？

brother elder brother younger brother
sister elder sister younger sister
There are five kids in my family.
eldest¹ 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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Lesson Thirteen Family 家庭生活
Rick is an only child.
Rick是独生子。

Rick is the only child in the family.
I’m an only child.

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Lesson Thirteen Family 家庭生活
I’ve got two sisters and one brother.
我有两个姐妹和一个兄弟。

sisters and brothers siblings² 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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Lesson Thirteen Family 家庭生活
Her great-grandpa is still living.
她老爷爷还活着呢。

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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Lesson Thirteen Family 家庭生活
Sam and Tony are twins.
Sam和Tony是双胞胎。

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Lesson Thirteen Family 家庭生活
Richard comes from a well-off family.
Richard家境不错。

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 moderate³ 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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Lesson Thirteen Family 家庭生活
I have a close family. We love each other.
我们家重亲情，大家感情很好。

Our family is close.

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Lesson Thirteen Family 家庭生活
His parents always quarrel with each other.
他父母经常吵嘴。

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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Lesson Thirteen Family 家庭生活
My father is a pilot and he is very strict with us.
我父亲是飞行员，对我们很严厉。

a sterning father 严父
a loving mother 慈母
My mother is very soft with us.
My father is very hard on us.

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Lesson Thirteen Family 家庭生活
My parents grew up in the countryside.
我爸爸妈妈在农村长大。

in the city
on the suburbs⁴
You are a grown-up⁵.

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Lesson Thirteen Family 家庭生活
We moved to the city when I was just five.
我五岁时全家搬到了城里。

My family lives in the coutryside.
My family lives in the city.
My family lives on the suburbs.

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Lesson Thirteen Family 家庭生活
My father is the bread earner.
我父亲挣钱养家。

father
mother
minor⁶ children
The mother is usually the homemaker.

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Lesson Thirteen Family 家庭生活
Robin⁷ was brought up in a single-parent household.
Robin家是单亲。

He was raised in the single-parent family.

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Lesson Thirteen Family 家庭生活
There are more and more DINK families in big cities.
大城市里“丁克”家庭越来越多。

DINK = double income and no kids

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Lesson Thirteen Family 家庭生活
What do your parents do?
你父母是做什么工作的？

1 eldest   

adj.最年长的，最年老的

参考例句：

• The King's eldest son is the heir to the throne.国王的长子是王位的继承人。
• The castle and the land are entailed on the eldest son.城堡和土地限定由长子继承。

2 siblings   

n.兄弟，姐妹( sibling的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A triplet sleeps amongst its two siblings. 一个三胞胎睡在其两个同胞之间。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She has no way of tracking the donor or her half-siblings down. 她没办法找到那个捐精者或她的兄弟姐妹。 来自时文部分

3 moderate   

adj.适度的，稳健的，温和的，中等的；v.节制，使...稳定，使...缓和；n.稳健的人

参考例句：

• You should moderate your language when children are present.在孩子面前，你说话应该有节制。
• The wind is moderate today.今天的风很柔和。

4 suburbs   

n.郊区，城郊( suburb的名词复数 )；四乡；隧；四郊

参考例句：

• The poor suburbs traditionally formed the bedrock of the party's support. 贫穷的郊区在传统上构成了支持该党的牢固基础。
• The new college will be located in the suburbs. 这所新建的学院将设在郊区。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 grown-up   

adj.成熟的，已经成人的；n.成人，大人

参考例句：

• She has a grown-up daughter who lives abroad.她有一个已经长大成人的女儿，在海外生活。
• The boy eats like a grown-up.那男孩的食量像个成人。

6 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

7 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。