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1.惯用口语句子：
My father is a lawyer and my mother is an accountant.
我父亲是个律师，我母亲是个会计。
accountant n. 会计，会计师
She suffers from domestic violence.
她遭受着家庭暴力之苦。
domestic a. 家庭的，家事的
violence n. 暴力，暴力行为
suffer from“受…之苦，受…困扰”
Lots of couples quarrel about money.
不少夫妻因为钱的问题而吵架。
couple n. 夫妇 quarrel v. & n. 争吵
A gift for music runs in that family.
那家人都有音乐天赋。
gift n. 天赋，才能
run in a family“为一家人所共有”
He's the spoilt child of that household.
他是那家被宠坏了的孩子。
household n. 一家人，家庭 a. 家庭的，家用的
spoil v. 宠坏，溺爱，过去式与过去分词一样，有两种写法“spoiled”和“spoilt”。
She's looking forward to meeting her mother-in-law.
她期待着和婆婆见面。
look forward to“盼望”（to后面接名词或动词ing形式）
mother-in-law指“岳母，婆婆”，“father-in-law”指“岳父，公公”。
Her father runs a trading company.
他的父亲经营着一家贸易公司。
Her mother is a thrifty housewife.
她母亲是一个勤俭的主妇。
thrifty a. 节约的，节俭的
句中的“run”是“经营”的意思，是个及物动词。
You really take after your mother.
你长得真像你母亲。
take after“像，与…相似”
Generation gap refers to a lack of understanding between parents and their children.
代沟就是父母和孩子之间缺乏理解。
generation n. 一代人
gap n. 缺口，差距
lack n. & v. 缺少，缺乏
generation gap“代沟”
refer to“指的是”
Children should respect their parents.
= Children should show respect to their parents.
子女应该尊敬父母。
