A:Hi, Natasha, how's life?嗨,娜塔莎,最近怎么樣?
B:Great. My family came to visit me.挺好的,我家里人來(lái)了。
A:Oh, you must be very happy. How many people are there in your family?那你一定很高興了。順便問(wèn)一下,你們家有幾口人?
B:My immediate family is very large. It's my mother, my father, my two older brothers, my younger sister and me.我的直系親屬很多,有媽媽,爸爸,兩個(gè)哥哥,妹妹和我。
A:I have a small family. They are my parents, my younger brother and me.我家人不多。父母,弟弟和我。
B:I thought you were the only child in the family. Didn't China practice the only-child policy in the early 1980s?我以為你是獨(dú)生子女呢。中國(guó)不是從20世紀(jì)80年代早期就開(kāi)始實(shí)行計(jì)劃生育政策了嗎?
A:Yes, it did. But my parents are ethnic minority people. It's a preferential policy for an ethnic minority family to have two children.是的,的確是,不過(guò)我父母是少數(shù)民族的。少數(shù)民族極家庭可以享受優(yōu)惠政策生2個(gè)孩子。
B:Interesting. What do you think about families with only one child?挺有意思的,那你怎么看待獨(dú)生子女家庭呢?
A:The child must feel very longly. My younger brother is 10 years younger than me. Before he was born, I used to be the only child and always dreamed that I would have a younger sister or brother one da我覺(jué)得孩子一定很孤獨(dú)。我弟弟比我小十歲。他出生之前,我一直是家里的獨(dú)生子,那時(shí)我一直希望自己能有個(gè)弟弟或妹妹。
B:Do you get along well with each other?那你們相處的好嗎?
A:Yes, we are very close. He is 12 years old and very smart. He always makes us laugh a lot.是的,我們倆關(guān)系很好。他今年12歲了,很聰明。經(jīng)常逗得大家笑個(gè)不停。
B:You are very lucky to have such a nice family.你真幸運(yùn),有這么幸福的家庭。
A:Thank you.謝謝你。