美語情景對話 第1321期:Would you like to have a big family? 你希望有個大家庭嗎?

Mark: I'm Mark.

馬克：我是馬克。

Sorie: and I'm Sorie and today's question is ...?

索瑞：我是索瑞，今天要討論的問題是：

Mark: What is today's question? Today's question is when you're older, would you like to have a big family?

馬克：今天的問題是什麼？今天的問題是，你年紀大了以後，想要個大家庭嗎？

Sorie: I would like to have a big family. I think it is very nice to share time with different types of people, different characters and you learn so much from each other. I think it's a great thing. Yeah. How about you?

索瑞：我想要大家庭。我認爲和不同類型、不同性格的人共度時光非常有意思，可以從彼此身上學到東西。我認爲那很不錯。你呢？

Mark: I'd love to have a big family. I grew up with just one sister, so I thought my family was quite small, and I really thought that if I had more brothers ... I never had any brothers. If I had lots of brothers to play with, I thought would be really nice. Yeah, did you have a big family when you were young?

馬克：我也想要大家庭。我只有一個姐姐陪我長大，我認爲我們家太小了，我經常想我要是有兄弟會怎麼樣，可是我沒有兄弟。如果有很多兄弟一起玩，我認爲會非常棒。你是在大家庭長大的嗎？

Sorie: Yes, I did. I had ... well, I have five brothers. It was so wild, but we love each other, we take care of each other, and we're always taking care of ... so it's a really good thing.

索瑞：對，我是。我有5個兄弟。那太瘋狂了，不過我們愛彼此，我們也會互相照顧，我們一直在互相照顧，那非常不錯。

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重點講解：
1. would like to do sth. （表示願意）想要；
例句：I would like to express my warmest thanks to the doctors.
我想向醫生們表達我最由衷的感謝。
2. each other 彼此；互相；
例句：We shall always be ready to help each other. If anyone is in difficulty, we shall all help him or her.
我們隨時預備互相幫助。假如任何人有困難，我們大家都會幫助他或她。
3. grow up 長大成人；成熟；
例句：She grew up in Tokyo.
她在東京長大。
4. take care of 照顧；照看；看護；
例句：She had to take care of her brother, because her mother who have been hospitalized.
她不得不自己照顧她弟弟，因爲她媽媽生病住院。