1. This beats my grandmother.
吓了一跳。
2. Tell that to your grandmother.
胡说。
名词
1. Grandmother used to darn her own stockings.
祖母过去总是自己织补袜子。
保险
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A:My grandmother gets by on (social security/ her pension funds/ charity).
我的祖母靠(社会保险/她的抚恤基金/慈善捐款)过日子。
B:Mine too.
我的祖母也是。
Social Security-(社会保险)
A:Man, they take a lot of our paycheck.
嘿,他们从我的薪水里扣了不少钱哦。
B:Yeah, the government really takes a bite, doesn’t it?
是呀,政府确实扣除不少。
A:Seriously. The only tax I don’t mind them taking is social security. It’s only a few dollars every paycheck.
当然。只有社会保险这种税我不介意上交。每回只要从薪水里面扣除几元钱。
B:Yeah, I don’t mind it either. We’ll both end up rich slobs and not need it, but what if we do, you know?
是呀,我也不介意。我们最终肯定不会缺钱也不会需要它,但是如果我们有这个钱的话,你知道?
grandmother的解释
A:Yeah. It won’t be much, but at least we’ll have a monthly check when we get old.
是呀,虽然不多,但是最少老了以后每个月有一个固定收入。
B:Yeah. My grandmother gets by on social security and the money my grandfather invested when he was alive.
是呀,我祖母就是靠社会保险金和祖父在世时的投资生活。
A:Let’s just hope the politicians don’t figure out a way to spend it.
让我们巴望政治家们不会想着法子把它用掉吧。
B:Really?No, they couldn’t. None of them would have jobs if they did.
真的吗?不,不会的。如果他们这样做了,他们的工作就不保了。
家庭
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A:Tell me about your family, Simon. Are you from a big family?
西蒙,给我们讲讲你们家的事。你来自一个大家庭吗?
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B:No, my immediate family is quite small. There are only five of us. My parents, my younger brother and my younger sister. But my parents both come from large families.
不,我们自己的直系家庭相当小,只有五口人,(包括)我的父母,弟弟和妹妹。但是我父母都来自大家庭。
A:How many people are in your extended family?
你的大家庭中有多少人呢?
grandmother的反义词
B:There are too many to count. I suppose, well over 100 people.
太多了,数不过来。我想有一百多人吧。
A:Do you get to see your family often?
你常和家里人见过面吗?
B:I see my immediate family every weekend, and I see my extended family about once or twice a year.We usually see each other for Christmas, Easter, and other big celebrations, like weddings.
我每个周末都和直系小家庭成员见面。我一年中能见到其他大家庭的成员一或俩次。我们经常在圣诞节,复活节和其他大的庆祝活动,如婚礼上见面。
A:Have you ever been to a family reunion?
你参加过家庭聚会吗。
B:Actually, I have been to one, but it wasn’t mine! It was one of my friends’. He didn’t want to be theonly boy there, so I went with him to keep him company. This was a long time ago, of course.
我倒是去过一次。但不是我自己家的聚会,是我的一个朋友家的聚会。他不想成为聚会上的唯一男孩,所以我去陪他。当然了,这也是很久以前的事了。
A:Are many of your relative divorced?
你的亲属中有很多人离婚吗?
B:Let me think. I believe it’s just my one uncle. He’s always been a rebel. My grandmother was very religious, so most of my relatives were too scared to get divorced!
让我想一下。我想只有我的一个叔叔离了婚。他一直是个叛逆者。我奶奶是个很虔诚的教徒,所以我的大多数亲属都不敢离婚!
A:Do you have any relatives who are single mothers?
你的亲属中有单身母亲吗?
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B:I have just one-her father is the one who got divorced. Their family is sort of the black sheep of our extended family.
我只有一个亲属是单身母亲。她的父亲也离了婚。他们家是我们大家庭中的另类。
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2. 公共查询·英语单词
2. 祖母;外祖母:grandma 奶奶;外婆 (4A7) | grandmother 祖母;外祖母 (3B3 ;4B2) | grandpa 爷爷;外公 (5A9)
3. 外祖母:us我们(宾格) | grandmother(外)祖母 | lady女士,夫人
1. (外)祖母;奶奶;外婆
Your grandmother is the mother of your father or mother.
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e.g. My grandmothers are both widows.
我奶奶和外婆都是孤寡一人。
noun