托福口語學習過程中,“家庭”是不可避免的高頻話題之一,家庭成員、家庭關系都是我們再熟悉不過的托福口語詞匯,下面小編特整理了有關家庭話題的常見托福口語詞匯、短語和句型,以幫助大家積累實用的托福口語資料。
1.詞匯、短語和句型
家庭成員:great-grandfather, great-grandmother, grandfather, grandmother, father, mother, wife, husband, son, daughter, older brother, older sister, young brother, young sister, grandson, granddaughter, etc.
家庭類型:a nuclear / small family核心家庭a big / large/extended family大家庭a single-parent family單親家庭
親戚關系:grandaunt姑婆,姨婆;granduncle伯公,叔公,舅公,姑公,姨公; aunt 嬸母,伯母,姨母,舅母; uncle 叔父,伯父,姑父,姨父; cousin堂兄弟(姐妹),表兄弟(姐妹); cousin-in-law堂姐(妹)夫,堂嫂,堂弟媳,表姐(妹)夫,表嫂,表弟媳; brother-in-law 姐夫,妹夫; sister-in-law姑,姨,嫂,弟媳; son-in-law女婿; daughter-in-law兒媳; nephew 侄兒,外甥; niece侄女,外甥女; grandnephew甥(外)孫,侄(外)孫; grandniece甥(外)孫女,侄(外)孫女; grandson-in-law孫女婿;granddaughter-in-law孫媳婦;etc.
常用短語:feed / raise / support a family撫養家庭; found / start a family 建立家庭;family property家產; family financial situation家境; family history家史; family tree家譜;family origin家庭出身; family responsibilities家庭責任; family function 家庭功能; family relationship 家庭關系; family planning 家庭計劃; family education 家庭教育; family structure 家庭結構; family ethics 家庭倫理; family consumption 家庭消費; etc.
常用句型:1. What do you want to say about your family? 2. How many people are there in your family? 3. Do you have any brothers or sisters? 4. Are you the oldest/youngest in your family?5. What do your parents do? 6. I grew up in a very close, loving family.7. I keep in touch with my family regularly. 8. I miss my family very much.
2. 實例:
Narrator:
Now first listen to a conversation about the family and say something about Brian’s family.
Please Listen Carefully.
Lin: Brian, what’s up? You look unhappy.
Brian: Oh, nothing particular, Lin. Just that I miss my family terribly.
Lin: Me too. How many people are there in your family?
Brian: Four. My parents, my elder sister and I.
Lin: What do they do?
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