A：My grandmother gets by on (social security/ her pension funds/ charity).
      我的祖母靠（社會(huì)保險(xiǎn)/她的撫恤基金/慈善捐款）過(guò)日子。

B：Mine too.
      我的祖母也是。

A：Man, they take a lot of our paycheck.
      嘿，他們從我的薪水里扣了不少錢(qián)哦。

B：Yeah, the government really takes a bite, doesn’t it?
      是呀，政府確實(shí)扣除不少。

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A：Seriously. The only tax I don’t mind them taking is social security. It’s only a few dollars every paycheck.
      當(dāng)然。只有社會(huì)保險(xiǎn)這種稅我不介意上交。每回只要從薪水里面扣除幾元錢(qián)。

B：Yeah, I don’t mind it either. We’ll both end up rich slobs and not need it, but what if we do, you know?
      是呀，我也不介意。我們最終肯定不會(huì)缺錢(qián)也不會(huì)需要它，但是如果我們有這個(gè)錢(qián)的話，你知道？

A：Yeah. It won’t be much, but at least we’ll have a monthly check when we get old.
      是呀，雖然不多，但是最少老了以后每個(gè)月有一個(gè)固定收入。

B：Yeah. My grandmother gets by on social security and the money my grandfather invested when he was alive.
      是呀，我祖母就是靠社會(huì)保險(xiǎn)金和祖父在世時(shí)的投資生活。

A：Let’s just hope the politicians don’t figure out a way to spend it.
      讓我們巴望政治家們不會(huì)想著法子把它用掉吧。

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B：Really？No, they couldn’t. None of them would have jobs if they did.
      真的嗎？不，不會(huì)的。如果他們這樣做了，他們的工作就不保了。

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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(lái)自一個(gè)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(dāng)小，只有五口人，（包括）我的父母，弟弟和妹妹。但是我父母都來(lái)自大家庭。

A：How many people are in your extended family?
      你的大家庭中有多少人呢？

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B：There are too many to count. I suppose, well over 100 people.
      太多了，數(shù)不過(guò)來(lái)。我想有一百多人吧。

A：Do you get to see your family often?
      你常和家里人見(jiàn)過(guò)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(gè)周末都和直系小家庭成員見(jiàn)面。我一年中能見(jiàn)到其他大家庭的成員一或倆次。我們經(jīng)常在圣誕節(jié)，復(fù)活節(jié)和其他大的慶祝活動(dòng)，如婚禮上見(jiàn)面。

A：Have you ever been to a family reunion?
      你參加過(guò)家庭聚會(huì)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(guò)一次。但不是我自己家的聚會(huì)，是我的一個(gè)朋友家的聚會(huì)。他不想成為聚會(huì)上的唯一男孩，所以我去陪他。當(dāng)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(gè)叔叔離了婚。他一直是個(gè)叛逆者。我奶奶是個(gè)很虔誠(chéng)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(gè)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. （外）祖母；奶奶；外婆
    Your grandmother is the mother of your father or mother.

    e.g. My grandmothers are both widows.
           我奶奶和外婆都是孤寡一人。