【日常生活英语口语100情景】今日话题：家族成员

Words Storm 单词风暴

Relation= relative 亲戚

kinsmen by affinity 姻亲

step-  继的 

ex-前任 

adopt收养

take after 长得像，性格像

reunion 团聚

family tree家谱 

mother-in-law岳母/婆婆

patriarch 族长

head of the household一家之主

foster parents养父母

financially independent经济独立 

support a family 维持一家的生计

retirement home养老院

black sheep of the family 败家子，不肖子

cousin表(堂)兄弟姐妹

nephew侄子，外甥

Useful Expressions

China no longer has families where fourgenerations live under the same roof.

中国现在很少再有四世同堂的大家听了。

Like father, like son. 有其父必有其子

Toula has a huge family with 27 cousins.托拉有个非常庞大的家庭，光堂兄弟姊妹就有27个

First cousins are close relatives. 堂表兄弟是近亲。

It was difficult at first. I think mystep-mother was often quite critical of me.

起初的日子很难熬，总觉得继母对我的要求过于严苛。

Poor Jason, who is always the black sheepof the family, is always in disgrace

可怜的杰森，他是这一家的不孝之子，总是不受人尊重。

Do you get along with your in-laws? 你和你的姻亲相处得好吗？

Some kinds of retirement homes will provideyou with services depending on your amount of needed help. 有些养老院可以根据你的需要提供相应的服务。

Mr. Smith is the only person who has afulltime job in his family. So he is the head of household.

史密斯先生是家里唯一有全职工作的人。所以他是一家之主。

I have to work hard because I need tosupport the whole family.

为了维持一家人的生计，我必须努力工作。

Someone isn't grown up until age 26,probably with financial independence.

也许等到了26岁能实现经济独立，这个人才算真正地长大。

We had our big family get-together onChristmas Eve.

我们全家人欢聚在一起庆祝圣诞夜

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