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4月20日西门麦当劳英语角授课内容
The Chinese Family and the American Family
Most young Chinese parents have only one child while young Americans also wish to have fewer children than their parents.
However, unlike the Chinese family, many American young couples think it not easy to get along with their parents. They will leave their parents and have their own home once they get married. Many of them would almost never live with their parents again. It is a sad thing indeed. Both of the Chinese family and American family are smaller than they used to be.
Things are different in China. Both the young and the old admit the problems between them, but they will try to understand each other. Besides, son and daughters in China still feel that they must take care of their old parents while old people cannot helpwanting to do something for their busy children. So, it is still very common in today’s China to see married sons or daughters living with their parents. However, Chinanolonger has the so-called “ four generations living under the same roof”.
注释
both----不定代词两者都 e.g. Both of them are Chinese.
We both did the housework yesterday.
2.(形容词/副词)比较级+than
e.g. The room is bigger than that one.
He runs faster than others.
3. ①. used to do sth.(过去常常做某事)
e.g. They used to read newspaper in the morning before.
②.be used to doing sth. (习惯做某事)
e.g.He is used to watching TV at night.
4．①. get along with sb.(与某人相处)
e.g.I can get along with my neighbors very well.
All of us should get along with others well!
②. take care of= look after (照顾)-------Take care!(当心)
5.一般将来时态-----①. be going to doe.g. I am going to go shopping.
②. will+doe.g. I will fly to Japan next week.
①.try to do sth. ( 设法做某事)e.g. Can you try to translate the sentence? ②.try doing sth. (尝试做某事)e.g. You should try eating more fruits.
7. the+形容词 (表示一类人)e.g.The poor are always happy!
8. besides (除了…还有)
e.g. Does he know any other languages besides French?
9.can’t help doing sth. (禁不住做某事) e.g. She can’t help laughing.
want to do sth.( 想要做某事) e.g.The cat wants to eat that fish.
10.no longer=not any more
译文：中国家庭和美国家庭都比美国小了。大多数年轻的中国父母都只一个孩子，而年轻的美国人也更希望有比他们的父母更少的孩子。
然而，与中国家庭不同的是，很多年轻的美国夫妇认为和他们的父母相处比不过不容易。一旦结婚，他们就离开父母，拥有他们自己的家。他们中的大多数几乎永远不会再和父母生活在一起。这的确是一件悲哀的事情。
在中国情况就不同了。年轻人和老年人都承认两代人之间存在的问题，但是他们都会相互理解。此外，中国的儿女们仍然感到他们必须照顾年迈的父母，而老年人也总是禁不住想为他们忙碌的孩子做些什么。因此，在当地的中国已经结婚的儿女和父母一起生活的情况仍然很常见，然而，中国不再有那种“四世同堂”的情况存在了。 |
