《交际英语》第三册各章节习题-1.docVIP

BOOK THREE UNIT SIX: GENERATIONS AND THE FAMILY WORD STUDY Words Ideas, Examples and Exercises family close-knit family nuclear family conjugal family simple family stem family extended family joint family one-parent family /single-parent family parents natural parents foster parents folks (infml) relative distant relative close relative relation (esp. spoken) blood relation next of kin nearest and dearest (infml) one’s own flesh and blood mother-in-law /son-in-law etc prospective mother-in-law /son-in-law etc stepmother/ stepfather etc half-brother /half-sister etc by marriage in-laws (infml) be descended from ancestor descendant direct descendant have children start a family 1. different kinds of family Examples: (1) Most of these children will grow up in a simple family with their parents, without grandparents, aunts, uncles etc. That is a typical _________ family. (2) Harry and Julia have just set up their own family and do not have any child yet. It is of course a simple or nuclear family but to be more exact it is a __________ family. (3) In that society, among the married children, only one son and his family can stay with his parents. That is a typical _________ family. (4) We are a close-______ family. When both my brother and I got married, we decided to buy a bigger house and stay together. In this _______ family, I hope my wife and my sister-in-law will get along well with each other. (5) Many of the children in the school come from one-_______ family. (6) The average fa______ spends $200 a week on food. (7) Historically, three basic types of families existed in China: the ______ family, the _______ family and the ________ family. 2. some members in your family ‘Folks’ is an informal word meaning your family, especially your parents. ‘Next of kin’ is the person or people who are most closely related to you, for example your husband or mother, and who need to be told when you die or if you have a serious accident. ‘Nearest and closest’ is