【正文】 =FAMILY 家庭types, elderly, family planning, marriage, divorce, housework, womenTypesnuclear family 兩代同堂的家庭extended family 三代、四代甚至五代同堂的家庭，大家庭three generations living under the same roof 三代同堂Elderly老年人filial duty 子女的義務dutiful/ filial 忠實的, 順從的, 守本分的, 恭敬的, 孝敬的the elderly/senior citizens老年人the aging is a social problem. 人口老齡化是一個社會問題bedridden 臥床不起their health is declining. 他們的健康每況愈下be paralyzed 癱瘓，麻痹sit in a wheelchair/move around in a wheelchair坐輪椅nursing one’s sick parents 照料生病的父母nursing home 老人院old people’s home 老人院social welfare 社會福利be financially independent 經(jīng)濟獨立be retired 退休pensioner領養(yǎng)老金者，撫恤金領取者，領年金者, 跟班do not want to be regarded as a burden 不想被當作負擔live an isolated life 與世隔絕live apart from children 不跟孩子一起住spend one’s remaining days happily 頤養(yǎng)天年fulfil the responsibility of bringing up the young and taking care of the old 盡養(yǎng)育孩子和贍養(yǎng)老人的義務the generation gap 代溝be widowed寡居，鰥居widow/widower 寡婦/鰥夫life expectancy 平均壽命(=expectation of life)Parenting（父母對子女的）養(yǎng)育have a family of one’s own 擁有自己的家庭be pregnant 懷孕on maternity leave 休產(chǎn)假give birth to a baby 生孩子take a baby to the kindergarten 送孩子去幼兒園breadwinner養(yǎng)家活口的人, 負擔家計的人make ends meet收支相抵，收支平衡provide financial and emotional support to the young parental abuse 虐待父母illtreat/maltreat vt. 虐待, 濫用Family Planning 計劃生育birth control 計劃生育population control 人口控制population explosion 人口爆炸overpopulation人口過剩population density 人口密度be thickly/sparsely populated 人口稠密/稀少the population is aging. 人口老齡化baby boom生育高峰average life span平均壽命birth rate 出生率death rate/mortality rate 死亡率census人口調查；戶口調查onechild policy 一對夫妻只生一個孩 Marriage 婚姻marital status 婚姻狀況single/married/divorced 單身/結婚/離婚a partner/spouse夫；妻；配偶的一方matchmaker/gobetween 媒人marriage on the basis of romantic love 自由戀愛結婚fall in love with sb. at first sight 一見鐘情wedding 婚禮bride/bridegroom 新娘/新郎the best man 男儐相maid of honor女儐相be divorced 離婚separated 分居single parent family 單親家庭a broken family 破碎的家庭get custody of a child 獲得對孩子的監(jiān)護權alimony (離婚或分居后在訴訟期間男方給女方的)贍養(yǎng)費, 生活費pay alimony to the wifeimpact on the child 影響孩子 Housework 家務（household ）chores家庭雜務；日常零星工作housework家務, 勞動, 家務事do the laundry 洗熨washing要洗的衣物；洗好的衣物cleaning清潔（處理）， 清洗vacuum用真空吸塵器打掃vacuum （cleaner） 吸塵器tidy and neat 整潔in a mess混亂, 臟亂get on one’s nerves令人不安get desperate 不顧一切的, 拚死的, 令人絕望的，；鋌而走險的；亡命的，孤注一擲的Women 女人sex discrimination 性別歧視be underpaid所得報酬過低overloaded超負荷inferior to men （地位）不如男人be treated equally 得到平等對待receive equal treatment 得到相同的待遇treat men and women alike 男女一視同仁take up a career 開始事業(yè)career woman 職業(yè)女性be prompted to a higher position 被提升到更高的職位be financially independent 經(jīng)濟獨立the economic basis for equality 男女平等需要的經(jīng)濟基礎enjoy equality/equal rights with 與……平等male dominated society 男性統(tǒng)制的社會man chauvinism 大男子主義feminist 男女平等主義者, 女權擴張論者women’s liberation movement 婦女解放運動have some say in the family 在家里有發(fā)言權People Description: personality and appearancepersonality 個性, 人格, 人物, 名人warmhearted 熱心的kind 善良的hospitable 好客的versatile 通用的, 萬能的, 多才多藝的, 多面手的intelligent 聰明的, 伶俐的, 有才智的active 活動的；活躍的easygoing 容易相處的happygolucky 無憂無慮的tolerant 容忍的, 寬恕的, 有耐藥力的energetic 精力充沛的, 積極的humorous 富幽默感的, 滑稽的, 詼諧的optimistic 樂觀的int