S: Does your family have a record of your ancestors?
你家有族谱记录吗？
N: Sure. My mom has been working on our family tree for years. She's always updating it.
当然有。我妈妈这几年一直在做我们的族谱。她总是在更新。
S: Do you have a copy of your family tree in your house? I'd love to see it.
你的房子里有这样一份族谱吗？我好想看看喔。
N: Do you think Chinese families have changed much in the last 50 years?
你认为过去50年中国家庭有很大变化吗？
S: I think families everywhere have changed a lot in the last 5 decades.
我认为在过去的50年中任何地方的家庭都有很大改变。
N: What do you think is the biggest change?
你认为最大的变化是什么？
S: Well, in the past, three or four generations would all live together under the same roof. Nowadays, living in the same city as one's relatives is becoming rare.
唔，过去，三四代人都住在一个屋檐下。如今，亲戚同住一个城市的都变得好少了。
N: That's true. You know, some husbands and wives don't even live in the same city any more.
确实。你知道的，一些夫妻甚至都不住在同一个城市。
S: Would you ever consider having your parents live with you when they get older?
当你父母老了的时候，你考虑过让他们跟你住吗？
N: I guess I'm a bit old-fashioned. I'd rather have my parents live with me than live in a retirement home.
我想我有点过时。我宁可让我的父母跟我住，也不愿意让他们住养老院。
S: That's very respectable, but I could never live with my parents. I usually only see them at our Christmas celebration-and that's enough!
这种行为让人肃然起敬，但是我决不会跟父母住。我通常只要在我们的圣诞节庆典上见到他们――这就足够了！
N: How about your other siblings? Do they spend a lot of time with your parents?
你的其他兄弟姐妹呢？他们跟你父母在一起的时间多吗？
S: Two of my sisters still live at home, even though they have already graduated from university and have good jobs. They enjoy spending their free time with my parents. I guess in that respect, I'm the black sheep of the family.
我还有两个姐妹在家里住，尽管他们已经大学毕业并且有了工作。他们喜欢跟我父母共度闲暇时光。我想在这方面，我是家里的败类。
N: I see. Do you parents ever ask you to come home to visit them more often?
我明白了。你父母有没有叫你更经常一点回去看看他们？
S: They're always asking me to come home, but I think our relationship is better if we keep a distance from each other. Whenever we see each other, all we do is fight.
他们总是叫我回去，但是我认为我们相互保持距离对我们的关系更好。不论何时我们见到彼此，我们都会吵架。
N: Well, you know what they say. You can choose your friends, but not your family.
唔，你听人说过这样一句话吧：你可以选择你的朋友，但是不能选择你的家人。
