Monday, February 4, 2013

topic15-age

YES
 I grew up in...=I was raised in...
I go back home during winter break and summer vacation.
It has been a year since I left home.
I'm from/I come from...

No
I'm not a person who hangs on to old memories.总留恋过去
I prefer to look to the future.
I wish I could do so but I can't afford the plane ticket.
I'm really homesick.想家的
I'm having a hard time adapting to the way of life here.=Getting used to the way of life here is pretty hard.

baby/infants大致1~2岁的小朋友
toddlers 走路摇摇晃晃的那种孩子,差不多2岁
teens/teenagers  13~19的孩子
kids/children  基本上是未成年人,法律上叫minors
people in their 20s/30s/40s...people in their early 20s/mid30s/late40s
middle-aged people 中年人,大概40多~50多
pensioners/retired people/seniors/the elderly 概念不同,但都是老年人

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