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Dialogue 1 A: Mary, this is Joe's brother, David. B: I'm very glad to meet you. C: It's a pleasure to meet you. B: How do you like Texas so far? C: It's really different from what I expected. B: Don't worry. You'll get used to it in no time. 【口语词汇动感地带】 先听一段对话： A:Hi,sue.Who is the tall girl over there? B:That's my cousin,Mary.Perhaps I should intoduce you to her. 相关词汇： relative in-laws nephew niece colleague superior tutor coach roommate teammate partner buddy pen-pal country fellow 【文化ABC】 亲戚的称呼 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in-laws，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 relatives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nephew;“侄女或外甥女”都是niece.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. | 
