kyp-会计实习心得
一个人可能有“brother”或者“sister”。我们也可以叫他们“sib
lings”。“Mom” 和
“Dad”是对“parents”的称呼。他们也可以有一个或者两个
“sibling”。妈妈的姐妹是
“Aunt”；爸爸的兄弟是“Uncle”。如果他们有孩子，他
们是你的 “cousins”。
John: “Do you have any
siblings?”你有兄弟姐妹吗？
Sam: “No, I am an only
child. What about you?”没有，我是独生子。你呢？
John: “I
have 2 brothers and a sister!”我有2个兄弟和1个姐妹。
Sam: “Wow, a big family… I would have liked a
sister”哇噢，好大一家子...我也想要有
1个姐妹。
John: “Yes,
my brothers are both married and have kids. Family
gatherings can be
quite
lively”是啊，我的哥哥们都结婚了，有孩子了。家庭聚会总是很活泼热闹。
Parents
of parents are called “grandparents” and the
families of people we marry are
our “-in-
laws”. The person you used to be married to is an
“ex”. And should you remain
married it’s
simply “husband” or “wife”.
父母的父母叫做“grandparents”，和我们结婚的人
的家里人是我们的“-in-
laws”。你之前的结婚对象叫做“ex”。如果你结婚了，就是 “husband”
或者“wife”。
Sam: “So you have nieces and
nephews then?”那么你有侄女或侄子吗?
John: “Oh yes. My
sister divorced my brother-in-law before they had
any kids but my
brothers…”有的，我的姐姐和我姐夫之前离婚了，他们有孩子的，但是我哥哥...
Sam: “Your parents must be very
proud!”你的父母肯定非常自豪！
John: “It’s Gran
that is most proud. Grandfather and her love to
baby sit.”Gran最让我
们自豪，祖父和她非常乐意照料孩子。
Sam:
“Do you get along with your sisters-in-
law?”你和你的姐夫相处得怎么样？
John: “They are really
nice. Suzie, my eldest brother’s wife is an
Olympic swimmer!”
他们非常好。Suzie,我的大嫂是奥林匹克游泳运动员！
Dad’s uncle or my parents’ grandparents, would
be described as
‘great-’.爸爸的叔叔
或者我的父母的祖父母，应该被叫做‘great-’。
Sam: “I can’t believe that your grandparents
are still alive!”我无法相信你的祖父母还
活着！
John:
“Hah! You should sit down then, because I still
have both great grandparents
on my mom’s
side!”哈哈，你应该坐下来。在我妈妈这边，我还有大祖父母呢。
Sam:
“Goodness! I have a great uncle living in Canada,
but I never see
him”太好了！
我有一个大伯住在加拿大，但是我从来没有见过他。
John: “You
should get in touch. It’s great to have a sense of
one’s family tree”你应该
和他保持联系。了解你的家谱是一件很重要的事。
Sam: “Where do you all live?”你们都住在哪里？
Families can be described with many
interesting adjectives, such as “big”, “small”,
“close”, “estranged” or “Open”, “broken”,
“nuclear” or “one-child”. And how are the
members of your family doing?
有很多有趣的形容词可以用来形容家庭，比如“big”,
“small”, “close”,
“estranged” or “Open”, “broken”, “nuclear” 或者“one-
child”。你的家庭
成员是做什么的啊？
John: “Well, Troy
lives in New York and has really done
well”Troy住在纽约，他过得
很好。
Sam: “What does he
do?”他是做什么的？
John: “He became a lawyer right
out of school and became partner of his firm
within 3
years!”他从学校毕业的时候成为了一名律师，后来3年内就成为了律师事务所的合伙人了。
Sam: “Wow, he really has gone far
quickly”哇噢，他真的发展得很快。
John: “My other brothers
both work for my dad in the family
business.”我其他的兄弟
们都为在家族企业中为我爸爸工作。
Last,
what does your family do for fun together? You
might want to talk about “public
holidays”,
“hobbies” and “likes”. Maybe your family enjoys
“picnicking” or “riding bikes”.
最后想问问你，你们家平时一起参
加的娱乐活动是什么呀？你可能会谈轮到“public
holidays”,
“hobbies”和“likes”。可能你的家庭喜欢“picnicking”或者“riding
bikes”。
Sam: ‘Do you have any dreams to travel
or work overseas?’你梦想过到国外旅行或者
工作吗？
John: ‘I
am very happy at home. I have a good job and
having weekends and public
holidays off is
very important to
me’.我呆在国内觉得很开心。我有一份好工作，有愉快的周
末和假期对我而言也很重要。
Sam: ‘What do you do in your spare
time?’你平时闲暇时间做些什么呢？
John: ‘The kids keep me
very busy with picnics and sports days at
school’经常要带孩
子们去野餐，去学校参加体育活动。
Sam: ‘Well, I
envy your loving family environment!’我很羡慕你的家庭氛围！
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