In all, my family has six people.

家總共有六口人。

Who are they?

My parents, my brother, my sister.

弟弟younger brother 妹妹 yonger sister

哥哥elder brother 大哥 big brother

姐姐elder sister 大姐 big sister

祖父 grandpa 祖母 grandma

曾祖父 great-grandpa 曾祖母 great-grandma

叔叔、伯伯 uncle 姨、姑 aunt / aunty

侄女、外甥女 niece 侄子、外甥 nephew

表、堂兄弟姐妹 cousin

岳父 father-in-law 岳母 mother-in-law

繼母 step-mother 繼父 step-father

女婿 son-in-law 兒媳 daughter-in-law

同母異父或同父異母的兄弟姐妹 half brother / half sister

mummy 木乃伊

My dad runs a restaurant and mom is a housewife.

我爸經營一家餐館，媽媽是家庭婦女。

Housewife 家庭主婦

career woman 職業婦女

Do you have brothers or sisters?

你有兄弟姐妹嗎？

I’m the only child. 我是獨生子女。

We have a policy called family planning.

Henry‘s wedding will be on the Valentine‘s Day. And I‘ll be the best man.

亨利的婚禮將在情人節舉行。我擔任男儐相。

My cousin was born in China and grew up in Australia. So she is bilingual.

我的表妹出生在中國，在澳大利亞長大。她能講兩種語言。

bilingual program 雙語節目

My cousin was born in America and grew up in China. She can speak Chinese and English as well.

I’m looking forward to meeting my relatives in the States.

我期盼著見到在美國的親戚。

relatives 親屬

keep in touch

look forward to doing sth.

We are looking forward to going to the States.

We all get along together.

相處得非常融洽。

My roommate and I get along together.

After grandpa passed away, grandma came to live with us.

祖父去世后，祖母和住到了一起。

pass away 去世

My grandma is still living.

Lesson Fifty -seven Family and Friends

家人和朋友

Please give my regards to your family!

請向你的全家轉達我的問候！

Please give my regards to your boss.

Please give my regards to your colleague.

Please give my regards to your coworkers.

I keep in touch with my Canadian friends regularly.

我和我的加拿大朋友經常。

I keep in touch with my family.

I keep in touch with my schoolmate.

I keep in touch with my alumna.

I keep in touch with my classmate.

I keep in touch with my howetownfellows.

Charlie and Joanna broke up. They found they weren‘t meant for each other.

查里和喬安娜分手了。并不適合。

break up 分手

marry 結婚

marry sb.

marry Peter

marry Zoe

marry Will

They get married.

separate 分居

divorce 離婚

remarry 重新結婚

Due to the increasing divorce rate, there are more and more single parent households.

離婚率上升，了越來越多的單親家庭。

1年紙婚 paper wedding

2年錫婚 tin wedding

結婚紀念日 anniversary

15年水晶婚 crystal wedding

20年瓷婚 china wedding

25年銀婚 silver wedding

30年珍珠婚 pearl wedding

40年紅寶石婚 ruby wedding

45年藍寶石婚 sapphire wedding

50年金婚 golden wedding

60年鉆石婚 diamond wedding

家人和朋友

I partied with my colleagues on the weekend. We really enjoyed ourselves!

周末我和同事一同聚會。玩得很快樂！

家人和朋友

I got to know some new friends through the Internet. It‘s very exciting!

我在因特網上認識了新朋友。這非常令人興奮！

家人和朋友

The buff guy is my friend Jimmy. He is a coach of a fitness club.

那個壯漢是我的朋友吉米。他是一家健身俱樂部的教練。

buff guy=strong guy

fall in love 墜入愛河