流利美语随你讲 Lesson6-介绍1
<p><span word="Dialogue">Dialogue</span> 1</p><p><span word="A">A</span>: <span word="Mary">Mary</span>, <span word="this">this</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="Joe">Joe</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="brother">brother</span>, <span word="David">David</span>.</p><p><span word="B">B</span>: <span word="I">I</span>'<span word="m">m</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="glad">glad</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="meet">meet</span> <span word="you">you</span>.</p><p><span word="C">C</span>: <span word="It">It</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pleasure">pleasure</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="meet">meet</span> <span word="you">you</span>.</p><p><span word="B">B</span>: <span word="How">How</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="Texas">Texas</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="far">far</span>?</p><p><span word="C">C</span>: <span word="It">It</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="expected">expected</span>.</p><p><span word="B">B</span>: <span word="Don">Don</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="worry">worry</span>. <span word="You">You</span>'<span word="ll">ll</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="time">time</span>.</p><p>【口语词汇动感地带】</p><p>先听一段对话:</p><p><span word="A">A</span>:<span word="Hi">Hi</span>,<span word="sue">sue</span>.<span word="Who">Who</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tall">tall</span> <span word="girl">girl</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="there">there</span>?</p><p><span word="B">B</span>:<span word="That">That</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="cousin">cousin</span>,<span word="Mary">Mary</span>.<span word="Perhaps">Perhaps</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="intoduce">intoduce</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="her">her</span>.</p><p>相关词汇:</p><p><span word="relative">relative</span></p><p><span word="in">in</span>-<span word="laws">laws</span></p><p><span word="nephew">nephew</span></p><p><span word="niece">niece</span></p><p><span word="colleague">colleague</span></p><p><span word="superior">superior</span></p><p><span word="tutor">tutor</span></p><p><span word="coach">coach</span></p><p><span word="roommate">roommate</span></p><p><span word="teammate">teammate</span></p><p><span word="partner">partner</span></p><p><span word="buddy">buddy</span></p><p><span word="pen">pen</span>-<span word="pal">pal</span></p><p><span word="country">country</span> <span word="fellow">fellow</span></p><p>【文化<span word="ABC">ABC</span>】</p><p>亲戚的称呼</p><p>英语中对亲戚的称呼跟汉语的是有区别的。结婚以后,双方的直系亲属immediate family就变成了对方的姻亲<span word="in">in</span>-<span word="laws">laws</span>,比如father-in-law,mother-in-law,sister-in- law,brother-in-law等。英语对亲属的称谓比起汉语里要简单的多,西方人似乎不太在乎这位亲戚是父亲这边的(on the father's side)还是母亲这边的(on the mother's side),一视同仁,给一个称呼。更有意思的是对distant <span word="relative">relative</span>s远亲的称呼:cousin一词部分男女,概括了所有“堂兄弟和堂姐妹或者表兄弟和表姐妹”。而“侄子或者外甥”都是<span word="nephew">nephew</span>;“侄女或外甥女”都是<span word="niece">niece</span>.不过,尽管英语中的称谓不如中文的分类细致,“Blood is thicker than water”(血浓于水)是东西方人都认同的.</p>
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