VIP Class Notes (Lily) [S/R]

Vocabulary

1. meet— met (verb) = 会面
ex: let’s meet at the supermarket later.
ex: should I meet you downstairs? Or will you meet me upstairs?

2. gathering (noun) ＝聚会
gather =聚集
ex: let’s gather tonight, we can have hotpot!
ex: we have a gathering tomorrow.

3. rather= 宁可
ex: would you rather be the only child in the family?
ex: I’d rather have a brother.

4. pick on XX= 针对XX
ex: stop picking on me/ don’t pick on me!
ex: my teacher likes to pick on me, because I always look down.
ex: when we have a family gathering, my grandma always picks on me.

Comparing the large traditional Chinese families with small modern families, which type of families do you prefer?

I like the large traditional Chinese families more than modern families, because I live in a small modern family, I think it’s not happy. If you live in a big family, you will have more sisters or brothers, you can share more good things. Second, some special festivals, if have more families, you will happy. I have an old brother, but me and his relationship is bad. When I was young, i want to play with him, but when he go out, he don’t like bring me. Sometimes we will argue with him, and don’t have common topic. We just meet in Shanghai two times a year, and we never chat online.

Revised

I like the large traditional Chinese families more than modern families, because I live in a small modern family, I don’t think I’m happy. If you live in a big family, you will have more sisters and brothers, you can share everything. Second, On some special festivals, if you have more siblings, you will be happier. I have an older brother, but our relationship is bad. When I was young, i wanted to play with him, but he never went out with me. Sometimes we will argue (with each other) with him, and we don’t have (any) common topics. We just gather in Shanghai two times a year, and we never chat online.

In my opinion, large families would be my preference. Large traditional families would always enhance the notion of family bond that small families often neglect. In the large traditional families, people learn to get along with others better than those who live in small families. In the large traditional families, we would never feel lonely, because there is always someone to talk to. So I prefer large traditional families.