今天的这段对话，在谈论家庭，
聊一聊家庭成员，你觉得离婚怎么样
来听今天的讲解:
Beginner
A: who is cindy’s husband?
谁是辛迪的丈夫？
B: cindy’s husband is ron.
辛迪的丈夫是罗恩。
A: how many children do cindy and ron have?
辛迪和罗恩有几个孩子？
B: they have two children-one son and one daughter-as well as one daughter-in-law and one son-in-law.
他们有两个孩子——一儿一女，还有一个儿媳和一个女婿。
A: do they have any grandchildren?
他们有孙子吗？
B: yes, they have three grandchildren-one girl and two boys.
是的，他们有三个孙子，一个女孩和两个男孩。
A: does their daughters get along well with her in-laws?
他们的女儿和公婆相处得好吗？
B: yes, she gets along with them quite well.
是的，她和他们相处得很好。
A: do they have a large family?
他们有一个大家庭吗？
B: their family is very similar to cindy and ron’s family.
他们的家庭与辛迪和罗恩的家庭非常相似。
Intermediate
A: how many people are in your family?
你家有多少人？
B: as you know, china has a single-child policy. Therefore , there’s just my husband, my daughter and I . what about in your family?
如你所知，中国实行独生子女政策。所以，只有我丈夫、我女儿和我。你们家呢？
A: I have one daughter and one son. Then there’s my husband and I . what about your parents? Do they live with your family?
我有一个女儿和一个儿子。然后是我和丈夫。你父母呢？他们和你的家人住在一起吗？
B: not anymore. They live with my brother now. and yours?
不在了。他们现在和我哥哥住在一起。你的呢？
A: my parents live by themselves now. when they get older, they’ll probably go to a retirement home. Do you just have one brother?
我父母现在一个人住。等他们长大了，他们可能会去养老院。你只有一个哥哥吗？
B: no, I have two older brothers and one younger sister. What about you?
不，我有两个哥哥和一个妹妹。你呢？
A: I also grew up in a big family. I have one older brother and three younger sisters.
我也在一个大家庭长大。我有一个哥哥和三个妹妹。
B: how long have you been married?
你结婚多久了？
A: about seven years now. and you?
大约七年了。你呢？
B: I ‘ve been married for about five years. What do you think about divorce?
我结婚大约五年了。你觉得离婚怎么样？
A: it’s becoming more and more common. However, I don’t ever want to get divorced myself! What about you?
它变得越来越普遍。然而，我自己从来都不想离婚！你呢？
B: if my husband cheated on me or treated me badly, I would get a divorce.
如果我丈夫背叛我或对我不好，我就会离婚。
A: if that happens, maybe you could marry my brother and we could become in-laws!
如果那样的话，也许你可以嫁给我哥哥，我们可以成为姻亲！
B: (ha ha) I’ll keep that in mind, but don’t tell my husband.
（哈哈）我会记住的，但不要告诉我丈夫。
A: of course not!
当然不是！
