Words Storm 单词风暴
Relation= relative 亲戚
kinsmen by affinity 姻亲
step- 继的
ex-前女友
adopt收留
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养爸爸妈妈
financially independent经济独立
support a family 保持一家的生计
retirement home养老院
black sheep of the family 败家子，不肖子
cousin表兄弟姐妹
nephew侄子，外甥
Useful expressions
China no longer has families where fourgenerations live under the same roof.
中国目前极少再有四世同堂的大伙听了。
Like father, like son. 有其父必有其子
Toula has a huge family with 27 cousins.托拉有个很庞大的家庭，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.
起初的日子非常难熬，总感觉继母对我的需要过于严苛。
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，一直不受人尊重。
Do you get along with your in-laws? 你和你的姻亲相处得怎么样？
Some kinds of retirement homes will provideyou with services depending on your amount of needed help. 有的养老院可以参考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.
为了保持一家人的生计，我需要努力工作。
Someone isn't grown up until age 26,probably with financial independence.
或许等到了26岁能达成经济独立，这个人才算真的地长大。
We had our big family get-together onChristmas Eve.
大家全家人欢聚在一块庆祝圣诞节夜
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