流利美语随你讲 Lesson6-介绍1

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.