听基础单词,练听力第24期:生活水平有了"improvem

【今日基础词】 Improvement

【Transcript】

A: I saw a photo on internet just now; it’s a photo of a big family.

B: There must be many people in it.

A: Yeah, 150 members of Gao in De Chang county took the photo.

B: How great the family is!

A: It includes five generations from the aged¹ to babies.

B: It’s rare to see such a big family.

A: Yeah, it was the first time to gather together for them since 600 years.

B: They were offered the opportunity because of the improvement of our living standards.

A: Yeah, dramatic changes have taken place in the big family in a hundred years.

B: They must be so excited
Translation】

A：刚刚在网上看到一张照片，是一个大家庭的全家福。

B：照片里肯定有很多人吧。

A：是的，德昌县高家150多人拍成了“百人全家福”。

B：真是个庞大的家庭啊！

A：五代人同照，从耄耋老人到吃奶的婴儿。

B：这么大的家庭在世界上很少见呢。

A：是啊，这也是高家600年来全家人第一次聚会。

B：现在生活水平提高了，为他们提供了这次机会。

A：是的，这个大家庭在百年里发生了翻天覆地的变化。

B：他们一定都很高兴。
 

1 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。