2. Are you a man or are you a sheep? 你是個男子漢,還是個懦夫?
sheep情景對話
家庭
A:Tell me about your family, Simon. Are you from a big family? 西蒙,給我們講講你們家的事。你來自一個大家庭嗎?
B:No, my immediate family is quite small. There are only five of us. My parents, my younger brother and my younger sister. But my parents both come from large families. 不,我們自己的直系家庭相當小,只有五口人,(包括)我的父母,弟弟和妹妹。但是我父母都來自大家庭。
A:How many people are in your extended family? 你的大家庭中有多少人呢?
B:There are too many to count. I suppose, well over 100 people. 太多了,數(shù)不過來。我想有一百多人吧。
A:Do you get to see your family often? 你常和家里人見過面嗎?
B:I see my immediate family every weekend, and I see my extended family about once or twice a year.We usually see each other for Christmas, Easter, and other big celebrations, like weddings. 我每個周末都和直系小家庭成員見面。我一年中能見到其他大家庭的成員一或倆次。我們經(jīng)常在圣誕節(jié),復活節(jié)和其他大的慶?;顒樱缁槎Y上見面。
A:Have you ever been to a family reunion? 你參加過家庭聚會嗎。
B:Actually, I have been to one, but it wasn’t mine! It was one of my friends’. He didn’t want to be theonly boy there, so I went with him to keep him company. This was a long time ago, of course. 我倒是去過一次。但不是我自己家的聚會,是我的一個朋友家的聚會。他不想成為聚會上的唯一男孩,所以我去陪他。當然了,這也是很久以前的事了。
A:Are many of your relative divorced? 你的親屬中有很多人離婚嗎?
B:Let me think. I believe it’s just my one uncle. He’s always been a rebel. My grandmother was very religious, so most of my relatives were too scared to get divorced! 讓我想一下。我想只有我的一個叔叔離了婚。他一直是個叛逆者。我奶奶是個很虔誠的教徒,所以我的大多數(shù)親屬都不敢離婚!
A:Do you have any relatives who are single mothers? 你的親屬中有單身母親嗎?
B:I have just one-her father is the one who got divorced. Their family is sort of the black sheep of our extended family. 我只有一個親屬是單身母親。她的父親也離了婚。他們家是我們大家庭中的另類。
1. 羊;綿羊 A sheep is a farm animal which is covered with thick curly hair called wool. Sheep are kept for their wool or for their meat.
sheep的反義詞
e.g. ...grassland on which a flock of sheep were grazing. 有一群羊正在吃草的草場
2. 盲從者;隨波逐流者 If you say that a group of people are like sheep, you disapprove of them because if one person does something, all the others copy that person.
sheep
3. see also: black sheep
sheep英英釋義
noun
1. woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
2. a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision
e.g. his students followed him like sheep
3. a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon