AFFIRMATIVE
China has a one-child policy.
My family consists of my parents and me. consists of=is made up of
I'm the/an only child.
My parents are pretty lenient.不是很严厉的
I had a very strict upbringing.家教很严
My folks can always give me good advice when I need it from them.
Eating together as a family has a particular significance(重要性) in children's lives.
AGAINST
Overpopulation人口过多 led to this policy.
Sometimes I feel lonely coz I have no siblings.
Sometimes I wish I had a bunch of(=some) siblings.
Just like most other Chinese parents,my parents are really strict.
Some kids never do housework at home.(including:do the dishes/do the laundry/take out the trash)
We shouldn't take our parents for granted.不要把父母的爱当成无所谓的事。
We're so busy these days even eating together as a family seems like a challenge for us.
Sometimes a good neighbour can make a house a home.
FOR
When we moved in, they respected our privacy and didn't ask us any question that would be too personal for us.
欧美人不喜欢nosy people喜欢打听事儿的人
Sometimes we invite our neighbours over for a get-together.小型的聚会
Knowing our neighbours well brings us a sense of security.安全感
We often invite our neighbours over for dinner.
There's a strong sense of community among us.
community是一个很常用的词在谈到邻居的时候，不仅指所居住的小区，也指邻居之间的良好关系
AGAINST
Our neighbours never return things that they borrow from us.
They make an awful lot of noise.在英语里面表示不好的东西很多经常会用an awful lot of...来形容
邻居发出的噪音可能有loud music,blaring TV sets或者The couple fight every day.
I hardly know my neighbours.几乎不，也可以说I rarely极少see my neighbours.
We rarely see each other.
How do you meet new people,besides people you already know?
FOR
Some people do volunteer work to meet new people.
volunteer名词，形容词，动词
Max volunteers in the school library.
It's popular to meet new people online through chatrooms and social networking websites.
Facebook,Twitter,Myspace和国内的Renren，网络社区叫online community
AGAINST
I didn't really like reading. I joined that book club just to meet new people. But when I realized I didn't share any common interests with other members, I just quit.
不再干某种工作就是quit，退出社团quit，戒烟quit smoking
I tend to feel nervous when I meet new people.
社交恐惧症 social anxiety disorder
Friends are people you can count on.(=depend on)
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
FOR
All friends of mine are intelligent,amusing,sincere and trustworthy(聪明的，有幽默感的，真诚的而且值得信任的).日常生活里amusing这个词比humorous常用
We share a lot of interests with each other.
We hit it off right away. 一拍即合
We really enjoy each other's company.陪伴
Share and share alike.---proverb谚语，有福同享
We're really tight=We're really close.两个人关系很“铁”
I have long-distance friends as well,like friends living in France and Finland.
AGAINST
They are just fair-weather friends.很像中文里面的酒肉朋友
I hate back-stabbers.出卖朋友的人
We drifted apart.=We just went our separate ways.逐渐疏远了。
很忠实的朋友叫loyal friends，不忠诚的disloyal friends。朋友还可以说成companions，或者buddies
I've lost touch with most of my childhood friends. lose touch with失去联系，反义词组是keep in touch with
We meet up in chatrooms and play online games against each other.But...we've never met in person.That's a shame.(太可惜了)
中文名字可能带有的特殊含义：
It represents prosperity.代表繁荣
It means strength and loyalty.力量与忠诚
It's associated with purity and nobility.和纯洁与高贵有关系
It signifies good luck.意味着好运
stand for通常指“是。。。的缩写”
介绍家庭的时候，如果可以正确的区分下面两组词汇，考官会很惊讶a nice suiprise
immediate family中文的家人，relatives一般是家人之外的亲戚
nuclear family指父母和孩子两代一起的家庭，而extended family指很多代人一起住的大家庭（three or even more generations live together under the same roof）
孩子像父母take after,They take after their parents/folks.
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