Talk About Your Family - Advanced English Idioms & More · English Like A Native
本课围绕家庭主题，讲解‘take after’等高级英语习语，适合练习家庭关系和情感表达。通过故事了解身份认同与价值观传承，提升自然英语交流能力。
You take after your mum, right?
你长得像你妈妈，对吧？
When I asked my student this question, she looked confused.
当我向我的学生提出这个问题时，她显得很困惑。
She knew all the words but couldn't make sense of this question.
她虽然知道所有相关的词汇，却完全无法理解这个问题的含义。
That's because take after is a phrasal verb.
这是因为 “take after” 是一个短语动词。
All I want to know is do you take after papa or mama?
我只想知道：你是更像爸爸，还是更像妈妈？
So today I want to share a powerful and meaningful English lesson based around the theme of family values.
因此，今天我想分享一堂内容丰富、意义深刻的英语课，这节课的主题是“家庭价值观”。
I will share a story that explores identity, belonging and the people who shape us.
我将分享一个故事，这个故事探讨了身份认同、归属感以及那些塑造我们的人。
As you listen you will hear lots of advanced natural English expressions
在听的过程中，你会听到许多高级的、地道的英语表达方式。
that native speakers use every day, especially when talking about family and relationships.
这些表达是母语者每天都会使用的，尤其是在谈论家庭和人际关系时。
We will dive a little deeper into the vocabulary too so grab a notebook and stick with me to the end.
我们还会更深入地探讨一下相关词汇的含义，因此请准备好笔记本，并坚持看完我的讲解。
Let's begin with the story.
让我们从这个故事开始吧。
Who do you take after in your family?
在你们家里，你最像谁？
I think that I take after my mother.
我觉得我长得像我妈妈。
She instilled in me so many values such as loyalty, respect,
她向我灌输了诸如忠诚、尊重等诸多价值观。
empathy and warmth.
同理心与温暖。
I don't take these values for granted.
我并不把这些价值观视为理所当然的东西。
Instead I try to pass them on to my own children.
相反，我试图把这些东西传给我的自己的孩子。
Right from their early years I have urged them to stand by their nearest and dearest
从他们还很小的时候起，我就一直敦促他们要支持自己最亲近、最珍视的人。
and to foster close ties with their extended family even if they are first cousins once removed.
同时，也要加强与大家庭成员之间的紧密联系——即使他们只是远房表亲关系。
Of course it's not always so simple.
当然，事情并不总是这么简单。
It's not always plain sailing and there are times when we just don't get along.
事情并不总是一帆风顺的，有时候我们就是合不来。
Like any other family we might reach
就像我们可能会接触到的任何其他家庭一样……
a point where we won't even answer
到了这样一个地步：我们甚至都不会再回答任何问题了。
each other's instant messages but when all said and done we soon make up if we have fallen out with each other.
我们会互相查看对方的即时消息，但无论发生什么，如果我们之间发生了争执，我们很快就会和好。
I like to think that we are
我喜欢这样认为：我们……（不过原文在这里并不完整，因此无法给出完整的句子。）
resilient and have such a strong bond
具有很强的适应能力（即“韧性”），并且彼此之间建立了非常牢固的情感纽带。
that we will never grow apart but instead we will work together to survive the swings and roundabouts of family life.
我们永远不会彼此疏远，反而会携手共度家庭生活中的种种起伏与挑战。
During the worst times our family members support each other unconditionally.
在最艰难的时刻，我们的家人会无条件地互相支持。
The door is always open there is always a shoulder to cry on or an ear to lend.
那里的大门永远敞开，总有人愿意为你提供安慰，或是倾听你的倾诉。
I really look up to my mother and father for the way that they have always been there for us.
我真的很敬重我的父母，因为他们一直都在我们身边支持我们。
I feel that I have a strong
我觉得自己拥有很强的……（此处“strong”后应补充具体能力或特质，但原文未提供完整信息）。
moral compass as a result and that I am able to weather the storms of life by remembering their patience guidance and acceptance.
因此，我拥有了自己的“道德指南针”；每当面对生活中的风雨波折时，我都能依靠对他们的耐心、指引与接纳的铭记来从容应对。
I said that I think I take after my mother but I have a lot in common with my father too.
我说我觉得自己更像我的母亲，但我和父亲也有很多共同之处。
He was stricter and more demanding but I think he was playing bad cop to my mother's good cop.
他要求更严格、标准更高，但我觉得他是在扮演“坏警察”的角色，而我的母亲则扮演“好警察”的角色。
He wanted me to find solutions for myself and not to simply roll over whenever the going got tough.
他希望我能自己找到解决问题的方法，而不是在遇到困难时就轻易放弃或屈服。
As children my siblings and I witnessed these values in our elders and we took on board the way to apply them in our lives.
在我们小时候，我和兄弟姐妹们从长辈身上看到了这些价值观，并学会了如何将它们应用到自己的生活中。
I cherish the way they nurtured us even though we had to put up with a lot of limitations.
我非常珍视他们对我们悉心照料的方式；尽管我们不得不忍受许多限制和不便。
We always knew that we could rely on someone to look out for us when we needed it.
我们一直都知道：在需要的时候，总有人会照顾我们、支持我们。
It's important for a family to provide a sense of belonging.
对于一个家庭来说，营造一种归属感是非常重要的。
We can always look back and draw strength from our shared memories.
我们总可以回顾过去，从那些共同的回忆中汲取力量。