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Unit 7
"Family",－
people,and even the dictionary gives us several definitions:"a group of people related by blood or marriage," "two adults and their children ," "all those people descended from a common ancestor," "a h
ousehold ," and so on , Some people think of a family as a mother ,a father,and their children; others include grandparents ,aunts ,uncles,and cousins , For some of us , family means the group of relatives living far away from home,  For others , having a family simply means having children, Some families have long histories, while others know very little about their ancestors . No matter if it is young or old ,large or small,traditional or modern , every family has a sense of what a family is , It is that feeling of belonging , of  love and  security that comes from living together,helping and sharing.
There are basically two types  of families: nuclear families and extended families, The nuclear family usually
consists of  two parents ( mother and father ) and their children , The mother and form the nucleus , or center ,of the nuclear family, The children stay in the nucleus family until they group up and marry, Then they form new nucleus families.
The extended family is very large. There  are often many nucleus families in one extended family. An extended family includes children, parents grand-parents, uncles , aunts and cousins . The members of an extended family are related by blood (grandparents,parents , children , brother, sister , etc.) . They are all related, so the members of an extended  family are called relatives.today
Traditionally ,all the members of an extended family lived in the same area. However, with the change from an agricltural to an industril society ,many unclear families moved away from the family home in order to find work. In industrial societies today , the members of most nuclear families live together, but most extended families do not live together, Therefore we can say that the unclear family becomes more important than the extended family as the society industrializes.
In post-industrial societies like the United States , even the nuclear family is changing . The nuclear family is becoming is smaller as parents want fewer children, and the number of
childless families is increasing .Traditionally , the father of a nuclear family earned money for the family while the mother cared for the house and the children. Today, more than 50% of the nuclear families in the United States are two-earner families —— both the father and mother earn money for the family——and in a few families the mother earns the monther while the father care of the house and the children, Many unclear families are also “splitting up “——more and more parents are getting divorced.
What will be result of this” splitting “ of the unclear family ? Social scientists now talk of two new family forms :the single family and the remarried family. Almost 20% of all Amercian families are singl
e parents families, and in 85% of these the single parents is the mother. Most single parents find it very difficult to take care of a family alone（单亲）, so they soon marry again and form remarried families, As social scientists study these two new family forms, they will be able to tell us more about the（ future将来的，未来的）of the nuclear family in the post-industrial age.
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europe common all the word common 淄博
Sharing and helping  blood    miraculous  inconceivable
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I like classical music best than modern music
Not only busy but also tired Innocent uneducated ignorant Future  ice cream  loser  contemptible despicable mean
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evening show or late show
There is nothing for me to do, i must leave the company !
I like to go for walks in the warm sunshine.
We are proud to be builders of the new century.
I am not old enough to drive a car.
Would you like us to go with you.
She won’t let her poor son suffer like this.
The Changing American Family
Test B The family is important to people all over the world although the structure of the family is quite defferent from one country to another. In the United States, as in many countries in the world,the family is changing. A generation or two ago, the traditional family, in which the father was boss, was customary. Now , the modern family, in which both the father and the mother are equal partners, is m
ore common. Although there are several similarities between the traditional and the modern family, there are also some very important differences.
The traditional family of yesterday and the modern family of today have several similarities. The traditional family was a nuclear family, and the modern family is, too. The role of the father in the traditional family was to provide for his family. Similarly, the father in the modern family is expected to do so,also. The mother in the traditional family take care of the

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