单词：

Introverted 内向的

Extroverted 外向的，喜社交的

Coal 煤

Family members 家庭成员

child delivering pains 分娩的痛

dink：double income and no child

adopt：收养

adopted son 养子 ，adopted daughter 养女

step-mother 继母

blended family 组合家庭

nuclear-family 核心家庭

extended-family 大家庭

single-parent family 单亲家庭

blood-relative 血亲

blood-relation 血亲，骨肉

close relative 近亲

distant relative 远亲

retire 退休

blind-date 约会

hear-from 接到。。。的信

generation gap 代沟

mother-in-law 岳母，婆母

father-in-law 岳父，家翁

句子：

You can ask the following questions about one’s family：

1、 Do you have any brothers and sisters？

2、 Do you have any family？

3、 How many children do you have？

4、 Do you have any relatives in America？

5、 How many people are there in your family？

一些常用的答句：

When you tell others about your family，you may say：

1、I have a four-year-old daughter。

2、My brother is studying at a university in the Untied States。

3、My brother’s wedding will be on Valentine’s-Day。

4、My elder sister had a baby last month。

5、Both my husband and I work。

6、We send our daughter to a day-care center when we go to work。（托儿所）

7、My uncle and aunt will come from Canada to visit us in Shanghai。

8、We are looking forward to meeting our foreign relatives。（期望）

9、My cousin was born in Australia and grew up Britain。

10、The boy looks exactly like his father。

11、He resembles his grandfather。

12、The little girl has her mother’s eyes and her father’s nose。

13、Your son takes after his father。（resemble）

14、The big nose runs in this family。（大鼻子是这一家的遗传）

When you talk about one’s parents and grandparents，you may also say：

1、 Her father runs a trading firm。

2、 His parents met at college and got married after they graduated。

3、 My grandparents are till living。

4、 John’s grandmother died of cancer six months ago。（死于）

5、 After grandma died grandpa came to live with us。（pass away）

6、 That makes three generations living under one roof。（三代同堂）

7、 Her family is very close。

8、 He is from a poor family。

9、 Members of that family are always arguing with each other。

10、 Her mother gets along very well with her mother-in-law。

我的情况是：

My family is a blended family。

There are 6 persons in my family，my grandma，my parents，my younger sister，

my younger brother and I 。I got married last year。

My younger sister and brother are studying at different university in Sian。

My parents met a blind-date。

My mother gets along very well with my grandma。