PETS-2每日對(duì)話(huà)練習(xí)162

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The next day, Jun and the Robinsons are having breakfast
     Jun: This breakfast is huge! Are all Mormon breakfasts this big?
     Laura: Ones in good households, at least. A Mormon woman's most basic purpose is being a good wife and mother. So I do my best every single day.
     Jun: Wow. It's not like that in Taiwan anymore. Most women are too busy with their jobs.
     Laura: Really? I thought some of you Chinese had family values like we do. I guess you're losing your heritage. Pity.
     Jun: I guess so. Anyway, is everyone in Utah a Mormon?
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    隔日,小君和羅賓森一家人在吃早餐
    小君:這早餐真豐盛!摩門(mén)家庭的早餐都這么豐盛嗎?
    勞拉:至少在虔誠(chéng)摩門(mén)家庭中是如此。摩門(mén)女人最基本的目的就是要做個(gè)好太太和好媽媽。所以我每一天都很盡力。
    小君:哇。在臺(tái)灣早就不興那套了。大部分的女人都太忙于工作了。
    勞拉:真的?我還以為你們中國(guó)人中,有些人跟我們一樣有家庭價(jià)值觀(guān)。我猜你們正在流失傳統(tǒng)。真可惜。
    小君:我想是吧。那么,猶他州的每個(gè)人都是摩門(mén)教徒嗎?
    重點(diǎn)解說(shuō):
     ★ household (n.) 一家人,家戶(hù)
     ★ family values 家庭價(jià)值觀(guān)
     ★ heritage (n.) 傳統(tǒng),遺產(chǎn)
     ★ pity (n.) 同情,可惜。在此是That's a pity.的縮短句