Big Family=Fun & Laughter? 大家庭=欢乐&欢笑？

Vocabulary

- Immediate family：直系家庭，指与父母的家庭

- Extended family：大家庭，指祖父一辈的大家庭

- Only child: 独生孩子

- Aunty：姑姑、姨妈

- Uncle：叔叔、舅舅、伯父

- Maternal：母系的

- Paternal：父系的

- Pros: 优点

- Cons: 缺点

- Grow up: 成长

- Sibling: 兄弟姐妹

- Hang around: 在一起

- Associate：联系、联想

- Laughter：欢笑

A: Are you from a big family or a small family?

你来自大家庭还是小家庭？

B: My immediate family is a small family. I am the only child in my family, but I have big extended families.

我的直系家庭是一个小家庭，我是家里的独生孩子。但是我有一个大家庭。

A: So, you have a lot of aunties and uncles?

所以你有很多姑姑/姨/叔叔/舅舅？

B: Yeah. I have 2 maternal uncles, 4 maternal aunties, 3 paternal uncles and 4 paternal aunties.

是的。我有两个舅舅、四个姨、三个叔叔和四个姑姑。

A: Wow, those are really big families. Do you like big or small family?

哇，那真是大家庭。你喜欢大家庭还是小家庭？
B: Well, it’s hard to say. There are pros and cons for both, but I guess since I grew up as an only child, I really hope I have a sibling whom I can hang around with and talk to when I am lonely. I associate big families with fun and laughter.

很难说。两个都有优点和缺点。但是我猜因为我成长一直都是唯一的孩子，我真的希望我能有弟兄姐妹，当我孤独的时候可以和他们在一起聊天。我把大家庭与欢乐和笑声联系在一起。