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@ 30125 Family Life
在中國傳統觀念裡，父親應該承擔養家餬口的責任。
zài Zhōngguó chuántǒng guānniàn lǐ， fùqin yīnggāi chéngdān yǎngjiāhúkǒu de zérèn。
In the traditional Chinese way of seeing things, a father should be responsible for supporting the family.
他努力工作，讓家人過好日子。
tā arduously gōngzuò， ràng jiārén guò hǎo rìzi。He works hard to give his family a good life.
母親的責任是照顧一家人的生活。
mǔqīn de zérèn shì zhàogu yījiārén de shēnghuó。
A mother's responsibility is to take care of the whole family. 孩子應該孝敬父母，長輩。
háizi yīnggāi xiàojìng fùmǔ， zhǎngbèi。
The children should obey and respect their parents and elders. 應該聽爸爸媽媽的話。
yīnggāi tīng bàba māma de huà 。
They should obey and listen to their parents. 中國的父母非常重視孩子的教育。
Zhōngguó de fùmǔ fēicháng zhòngshì háizi de jiàoyù。
Parents in China pay a lot of attention to their children's education.
對他們有很高的期望。
duì tāmen yǒu hěn gāo de qīwàng。
They have very high expectations for them.
---Key Vocabulary---
傳統 chuántǒng traditional
觀念 guānniàn concept
父親 fùqin father
應該 yīnggāi should
承擔 chéngdān to bear
養家餬口 yǎngjiāhúkǒu to support the family
責任 zérèn responsibility
讓 ràng to let
好日子 hǎo rìzi good day
母親 mǔqīn mother
照顧 zhàogu to attend to
孝敬 xiàojìng to respect
長輩 zhǎngbèi elders
重視 zhòngshì to regard as important
教育 jiàoyù education
期望 qīwàng expectation; hope
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
依靠 yīkào to depend on
賺錢 zhuànqián to make money
相夫教子 xiàngfūjiàozǐ assist one's husband and educate the
children (of a virtuous
woman)
有出息 yǒuchūxi have good prospects; will go far
寄託 jìtuō to push
望子成龍 wàngzǐchénglóng to hope one's children
will have bright futures
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