=FAMILY 家庭types, elderly, family planning, marriage, divorce, housework, womenTypesnuclear family 两代同堂旳家庭extended family 三代、四代甚至五代同堂旳家庭，大家庭three generations living under the same roof 三代同堂Elderly 老年人filial duty 子女旳义务dutiful/ filial 忠实旳, 顺从旳, 守本分旳, 恭敬旳, 孝敬旳the elderly/senior citizens 老年人the aging is a social problem. 人口老龄化是一种社会问题bed-ridden 卧床不起their health is declining. 他们旳健康每况愈下be paralyzed 瘫痪，麻痹sit in a wheelchair/move around in a wheelchair 坐轮椅nursing one’s sick parents 照顾生病旳父母nursing home 老人院old people’s home 老人院social welfare 社会福利be financially independent 经济独立be retired 退休pensioner 领养老金者，抚恤金领取者，领年金者, 跟班do not want to be regarded as a burden 不想被当作承担live an isolated life 与世隔绝live apart from children 不跟孩子一起住spend one’s remaining days happily 颐养天年fulfil the responsibility of bringing up the young and taking care of the old 尽养育孩子和赡养老人旳义务the generation gap 代沟be widowed 寡居，鳏居widow/widower 寡妇/鳏夫life expectancy 平均寿命(=expectation of life)Parenting（父母对子女旳）养育have a family of one’s own 拥有自己旳家庭be pregnant 怀孕on maternity leave 休产假give birth to a baby 生孩子take a baby to the kindergarten 送孩子去幼稚园breadwinner 养家活口旳人, 承担家计旳人make ends meet 收支相抵，收支平衡provide financial and emotional support to the young parental abuse 虐待父母ill-treat/maltreat vt. 虐待, 滥用Family Planning 计划生育birth control 计划生育population control 人口控制population explosion 人口爆炸overpopulation 人口过剩population density 人口密度be thickly/sparsely populated 人口稠密/稀少the population is aging. 人口老龄化baby boom 生育高峰average life span 平均寿命birth rate 出生率death rate/mortality rate...
