★奧利維亞懷了一個男孩。Olivia is expecting a baby boy.
★她生了一個健康的男孩兒。She delivered a healthy boy.
★母乳喂養對嬰兒來說很健康。It’s healthy to feed the baby on mother’s milk.
★她為自己的孩子唱搖籃曲。She sang a lullaby to her baby.
★我是在農場由姨媽撫養大的。I was raised by my aunt on a farm.
pregnant [ˈpregnənt] 懷孕的
•懷孕 pregnancy [ˈpregnənsi]
•妊娠 gestation [dʒeˈsteiʃən] 懷孕 conceive [kənˈsiːv]
•流產 abortion [əˈbɔːʃən] miscarriage [ˌmisˈkæridʒ]
hope for a boy 希望生男孩
antenatal [æntiˈneit(ə)l] 產前的
•產檢 antenatal care
•胎教 antenatal training
expect a baby 懷孕
•懷孕 be with child
birthplace [ˈbəːθpleis] 出生地
•故鄉 hometown [ˈhəumˈtaun]
•搖籃 cradle [ˈkreidl]
•祖國 motherland [ˈmʌðəlænd]
give birth to 分娩
•繁殖 breed [briːd] reproduce [ˌriːprəˈdjuːs]
due date 預產期
•到期 expiration date
born [bɔːn] 出生
•剛出生的 newborn [ˈnjuːbɔːn]
•出身豪門 born with a silver spoon
infant [ˈinfənt] 嬰兒
•寶貝 baby [ˈbeibi]\/babe [beib]
•幼兒教師 infant teacher
deliver [diˈlivə] 生（孩子）
•助產士 midwife [ˈmidwaif]
maternity ward 產科病房
birthday [ˈbəːθdei] 生日
•出生日期 date of birth
blow out the candles 吹滅蠟燭
•許願 make a wish
hold a birthday party 舉辦生日派對
•舉辦生日派對 host a birthday party
divide up the cake 切蛋糕
•一份 piece [piːs]\/portion [ˈpɔːʃən]
dead ringer (for) 酷似某人
•與……非常相似 is the picture of sb.
•與……相像 take after
•長得像媽媽 get one’s mother’s features
hand down 傳下去
•相傳 pass down
•現成的舊衣服 hand-me-downs [ˈhændmiːˌdaun]
gene [dʒiːn] 基因
•隱性基因 a recessive gene
•顯性基因 a dominant gene
inherit [inˈherit] 繼承
•繼承人 inheritor [inˈheritə]
•遺傳 inheritance [inˈheritəns]
innate [ˌiˈneit] 先天的
•天生麗質 innate beauty
•天生的才能 innate ability
name after 用……的名字命名
pick a name 起名
•起名 choose a name
•想出一個名字 come up with a name
raise [ˈreiz] 養育
•養育孩子 bring up a child\/rear a child
mother’s milk 母乳
•母乳 breast milk
nurser [ˈnəːsə] 奶瓶
•奶粉 milk powder
•配方奶粉 formula [ˈfɔːmjulə]
•奶嘴 pacifier [ˈpæsifaiə]
•溫奶瓶 warm the nurser
lullaby [ˈlʌləbai] 搖籃曲
•兒歌 nursery rhyme
exemplary father 模範父親
•模範 model [ˈmɔdəl]
•榜樣 example [igˈzɑːmpl]
hold a baby (in one’s arms) 懷抱嬰兒
take care of 照顧
•照看 look after
•忽視 neglect [niˈglekt]
bathe a baby 給嬰兒洗澡
•洗澡 have a bath\/take a shower
•洗 wash [wɔʃ]
wee-wee [ˈwiːwiː] 撒尿
•尿尿 pee-pee [ˈpiːpiː] have a pee
•小便 urinate [ˈjuərineit]
•大便 poop [puːp]
wean [wiːn] 使斷奶
•嬰兒食品 baby food
diaper [ˈdaiəpə] 尿布
•換尿布 change the diaper
•紙尿褲 disposable\/reusable diaper
•尿布疹 diaper rash
breast-feeding 母乳喂養
•喝母乳長大的 breast-fed [ˈbrestfed]
•喝牛奶長大的 bottle-fed [ˈbɔtlfed]
stroller [ˈstrəulə] 嬰兒手推車
•嬰兒車 baby carriage
cradle [ˈkreidl] 搖籃
•搖籃曲 cradlesong [ˈkreidlˌsɔŋ]
•從生到死 from the cradle to the grave
•墳墓 tomb [tuːm]
crawl [krɔːl] 爬行
•偷偷摸摸地走 creep [kriːp]
grow up 成長
•成年人 grown-up [ˈgrəunˈʌp]
•成熟的 mature [məˈtjuə]
bed-wetting [ˈbedˌwetiŋ] 尿床
weak body 虛弱的身體
•強壯的身體 strong body
•健康的 healthy [ˈhelθi]\/fit [fit]
baby’s rattle 撥浪鼓
•玩具 toy [tɔi]
•布娃娃 rag doll
•毛絨玩具 stuffed animal
•玩具槍 peashooter
affection [əˈfekʃən] 喜愛
•喜愛 love [lʌv]
•顯露感情的 affectionate [əˈfekʃənət]
•無情的 affectionless [əˈfekʃənlis]
cling to 緊緊抱住
•擁抱 hug [hʌg] embrace [imˈbreis] cuddle [ˈkʌdl]
★吃早飯前去把臉洗洗。Wash your face before breakfast.
★別衝我吐舌頭！Don’t stick your tongue out at me!
★她視力特別好。She has sharp eyes.
★把你的好消息告訴我吧，我洗耳恭聽。Tell me your good news, I’m all ears.
★約翰的腳踝嚴重扭傷。John twisted his ankle badly.
head [ˈhed] 頭
•頭蓋骨 skull [skʌl]
•大腦 brain [brein]
•額頭 forehead [ˈfɔrid]
•搖頭 shake one’s head
•頭暈 dizzy [ˈdizi]
•頭疼 headache [ˈhedeik]
•點頭 nod [nɔd]
eye [ai] 眼睛
•視力 eyesight [ˈaisait]
•眼線筆 eyeliner [ˈailainə]
•眼影 eye shadow
•引人注意的 eye-catching [ˈaiˌkætʃiŋ]
•令人大開眼界的事物 eye-opener [ˈaiˌəupnə(r)]
mouth [mauθ] 嘴
•撅嘴 pout one’s mouth
•閉嘴 shut one’s mouth
•口對口人工呼吸 mouth-to-mouth
face [feis] 臉
•臉頰 cheek [tʃiːk]
•顴骨 cheekbone [ˈtʃiːkbəun]
•麵對麵 face to face
•丟臉 lose face
ear [iə] 耳朵
•耳機 earphone [ˈiəfəun]
•耳塞 ear-plug [ˈiəplʌg]
•耳飾 earring [ˈiəriŋ]
•書角折起的 dog-eared [ˈdɔgˌiəd]
tongue [tʌŋ] 舌頭
•口誤 a slip of the tongue
•繞口令 tongue-twister [tʌŋˈtwistə]
•伸出 stick out
eyelid [ˈailid] 眼瞼
eyebrow [ˈaibrau] 眉毛
•舉起 raise [ˈreiz]
•拔 pluck [plʌk]
•皺眉 knit [nit]
•濃眉 bushy\/thick eyebrows
•眉筆 eyebrow pencil
tooth [tuːθ] 牙齒
•牙痛 toothache [ˈtuːθeik]
•牙膏 toothpaste [ˈtuːθpeist]
•牙刷 toothbrush [ˈtuːθbrʌʃ]
•牙簽 toothpick [ˈtuθpik]
•牙醫 dentist [ˈdentist]
lip [lip] 嘴唇
•口紅 lipstick [ˈlipstik]
•密封 seal [siːl]
•吻 kiss [kis]
•咬嘴唇 bite one’s lips
jaw [dʒɔː] 頜
•下頜骨 jaw bone
•險境 jaw of death
•上頜 upper jaw
•下頜 lower jaw
chin [tʃin] 下巴
•雙下巴 double chin
•小下巴的 chinless [ˈtʃinlis]
•方下巴的 square-jawed [ˈskweədʒɔːd]
throat [θrəut] 喉嚨
•清嗓子 clear one’s throat
•嗓音 voice [vɔis]
•切斷喉嚨 cut one’s throat
eyelash [ˈailæʃ] 睫毛
•眨眼 wink [wiŋk]
•假睫毛 false eyelashes
•睫毛膏 mascara [mæˈskɑːrə]
skeleton [ˈskelitən] 骨骼
•骨頭 bone [bəun]
•萬能鑰匙 skeleton key
arm [ɑːm] 手臂
•前臂 fore arm
•上臂 upper arm
•挽著胳膊 arm in arm
•單座沙發 armchair [ˌɑːmˈtʃeə]
shoulder [ˈʃəuldə] 肩膀
•肩並肩 shoulder to shoulder
•聳肩 shrug [ʃrʌg]
•冷淡對待 cold shoulder
wrist [rist] 手腕
•手表 wrist watch
•腕帶 wrist band
•掰手腕 hand wrestling
hip [hip] 臀部
•臀部 butt [bʌt] bottom [ˈbɔtəm] ass [æs]
chest [tʃest] 胸部
•胸部 breast [brest]
•重感冒 chest cold
elbow [ˈelbəu] 手肘
•可以自由活動的空間 elbow-room [ˈelbəurum]
•非常近 at one’s elbow
finger [ˈfiŋgə] 手指
•小指 little finger
•無名指 ring finger
•中指 middle finger
•食指 forefinger [ˈfɔːˌfiŋgə] index finger
•拇指 thumb [θʌm]
waist [weist] 腰
•腰圍 waistline [ˈweistlain]
•腰帶 waistband [ˈweistbænd]
•（西服的）背心 waist coat
•腰部狹窄的 waisted [ˈweistid]
limb [lim] 四肢
•人造的 artificial [ˌɑːtiˈfiʃəl]
•孤立無援 out on a limb
•大卸八塊 tear sb. limb from limb
neck [nek] 脖子
•V字領 V-neck [ˈviːnek]
•高領 turtle neck
•項鏈 necklace [ˈneklis]
•摔斷 break [breik]
intestine [inˈtestin] 腸
•闌尾 appendix [əˈpendiks]
•消化 digest [ˈdaidʒest]
•腸的 intestinal [inˈtestinəl]
•小腸 small intestine
•大腸 large intestine
heart [hɑːt] 心髒
•心髒病發作 heart attack
•令人心碎的 heart-broken [ˈhɑːtˌbrəukən]
•善良的 kind-hearted [ˈkaindˈhɑːtid]
•心貼心的 heart to heart
kidney [ˈkidni] 腎髒
•腎髒的 renal [ˈriːnəl]
•移植 transplant [trænsˈplɑːnt]
vessel [ˈvesəl] 血管
•血液 blood [blʌd]
•血壓 blood pressure
•毛細血管 blood capillary
stomach [ˈstʌmək] 胃
•肚子 belly [ˈbeli]
•腹部 abdomen [ˈæbdəmen]
•令人反胃 turn one’s stomach
•胃疼 stomachache [ˈstʌməkeik]
spine [spain] 脊柱
•骨幹 backbone [ˈbækbəun]
•沒骨氣的 spineless [ˈspainlis]
★寵物狗是我們家的一員。Our pet dog is one of our family members.
★我生活在一個單親家庭。I live in a single parent family.
★瑪麗五歲時就成為了孤兒。Mary has been an orphan since she was five.
★他努力工作來養家糊口。He works hard to support the family.
★卡羅爾是父親的掌上明珠。Carol is the apple of her father’s eye.
family tree 家譜
•宗譜 genealogy [ˌdʒiːniˈælədʒi]
•宗族 clan [klæn]
•部落 tribe [traib]
paternity [pəˈtəːnəti] 父係
•母係 maternity [məˈtəːnəti]
•母係的 maternal [məˈtəːnəl]
•父係的 paternal [pəˈtəːnəl]
kin [kin] 家族
•血緣關係 kinship [ˈkinʃip]
ancestor [ˈænsestə] 祖先
•族長 patriarch [ˈpeitriɑːk]
•祖先 forefather [ˈfɔːˌfɑːðə]
•祖先 forebear [ˈfɔːbeə]
offspring [ˈɔfspriŋ] 後代
•後代 descendant [diˈsendənt]
•血統 descent [diˈsent]
family member 家庭成員
sibling [ˈsibliŋ] 兄弟姐妹
•姐妹 sister [ˈsistə]
•兄弟 brother [ˈbrʌðə]
•姐姐 older sister
•妹妹 younger sister
•哥哥 older brother
•弟弟 younger brother
parent [ˈpeərənt] 父母
•母親 mother [ˈmʌðə]
•夫婦 couple [ˈkʌpl]
•配偶 spouse [spauz]
•父親 father [ˈfɑːðə]
uncle [ˈʌŋkl] 叔叔
•嬸嬸 aunt [ɑːnt]
grandmother [ˈgrændˌmʌðə] 祖母
•祖父 grandfather [ˈgrændˌfɑːðə]
•爺爺 grandpa [ˈgrændpɑː]
•奶奶 grandma [ˈgrændmɑː]
•孫子（女）grandchild [ˈgræntʃaild]
•孫子 grandson [ˈgrænsʌn]
•孫女 granddaughter [ˈgrænˌdɔːtə]
nephew [ˈnevjuː] 侄子
•侄女 niece [niːs]
•堂（表兄弟姐妹）cousin [ˈkʌzən]
the only child 獨生子（女）
•雙胞胎 twins [twins]
nuclear family 核心家庭
•大家庭 extended family
•單親家庭 single parent family
•丁克家庭 dink family
relative [ˈrelətiv] 親戚
•近親 close\/near relative
•遠親 distant relative
children [ˈtʃildrən] 孩子們
•小孩 kid [kid]
•兒子 son [sʌn]
•女兒 daughter [ˈdɔːtə]
•男孩 boy [bɔi]
•女孩 girl [gəːl]
fiancee [fiˈɔnsei] 未婚妻
•未婚夫 fiancé [fiˈɔnsei]
stepmother [ˈstepˌmʌðə] 繼母
•繼父 stepfather [ˈstepˌfɑːðə]
•繼子 stepson [ˈstepsʌn]
•繼女 stepdaughter [ˈstepˌdɔːtə]
mate [meit] 配偶
•伴侶 companion [kəmˈpænjən]
•家夥 guy [gai]
•夥伴 buddy [ˈbʌdi]
•哥們 dude [djuːd]
intimate [ˈintimət] 親密的
•親密的 close [kləuz]
•熟悉的 familiar [fəˈmiljə]
•友誼 friendship [ˈfrendʃip]
orphan [ˈɔːfən] 孤兒
•孤兒院 orphanage [ˈɔːfənidʒ]
•托兒所 nursery school
•幼兒園 kindergarten [ˈkindəˌgɑːtən]
•養老院 home [həum]
★我的外教來自加拿大。My foreign teacher is from Canada.
★蒂娜是我初中時的同班同學。Tina is my classmate of primary school.
★新來的同學是一個總是帶著淺淺微笑的男生。The new comer is a boy with a slight smile.
★你的功課學會了嗎？Have you learnt your lessons?
★我喜歡沙包遊戲。I like the game of beanbag.
kindergarten [ˈkindəˌgɑːtən] 幼兒園
•幼兒園 play school
•托兒所 nursery school
•幼師 kindergarten teacher
•在上幼兒園 in kindergarten
•民辦幼兒園 private kindergarten
•幼兒園 preschool [ˈpriːˈskuːl]
classmate [ˈklɑːsmeit] 同班同學
•新同學 new classmate
•男同學 boy classmate
•同學 schoolfellow [ˈskuːlfeləu]
•校友 former student
•領先於同班同學 ahead of classmates
grade [greid] 年級
•低級別 low grade
•成績單 grade report
•平均分數 average grades
•取得好成績 make good grades
school bus 校車
•乘公共汽車上學 go to school by bus
•在校車上 on the school bus
•班車 shuttle bus
monitor [ˈmɔnitə] 班長
•副班長 vicemonitor
•班委會 class committee
•學習委員 commissary in charge of studies
•團支部書記 league branch secretary
nervous [ˈnəːvəs] 緊張的
•緊張的 anxious [ˈæŋkʃəs]
•變得緊張 get nervous
•感到緊張 feel nervous
•因為……緊張 nervous of
kind [kaind] 親切的
•仁慈的心 kind heart
•體貼的丈夫 kind husband
•對某人親切 kind with sb.
•盛情邀請 kind invitation
teacher [ˈtiːtʃə] 教師
•班主任 head teacher
•數學老師 mathematics teacher
•語文老師 language teacher
•體育老師 athletics teacher
•曆史老師 history teacher
•生物老師 living creature teacher
•地理老師 geography teacher
schoolbag [ˈskuːlbæg] 書包
•背包 backpack [ˈbækpæk]
•腰包 waist bag
•單肩包 shoulder bag
•手提包 the carrier
•工具包 kit [kit]
•錢包 purse [pəːs]
manage [mənidʒ] 管理
•用……處理 manage with
•管理團隊 manage team
•經營一家連鎖超市 manage a chain store
•管理家務 manage household
the top class 大班
•第一名 top of the class
•小班 the bottom class
•中班 the middle class
wonder [ˈwʌndə] 感到好奇
•極好的 wonderful [ˈwʌndəful]
•仙境 wonderland [ˈwʌndəlænd]
•對……好奇 be curious about
greeting [ˈgriːtiŋ] 招呼
•電話問候 greeting call
•賀卡 greeting card
•新年祝福 season’s greeting
•誠摯的問候 cordial greeting
•微笑致意 smile a greeting
new comer 新來的
•初來乍到 come to a place for the first time
textbook [ˈtekstbuk] 教科書
•標準本教科書 standard textbook
•教科書 school book\/course book
•讀者 reader [ˈriːdə]
•識字課本 primer [ˈpraimə]
seat [siːt] 座位
•後座 back seat
•請坐 take a seat
•安全帶 seat belt
platform [ˈplætfɔːm] 講台
•黑板 blackboard [ˈblækbɔːd]
•粉筆 chalk [tʃɔːk]
•馬克筆 marker [ˈmɑːkə]
•粉筆擦 blackboard eraser
desk [desk] 課桌
•台燈 desk light
•付款台 cash desk
•服務台 information desk
•辦公寫字桌 office desk
•寫字台 writing desk
mop [mɔp] 拖把
•用拖把拖洗 mop up
•長柄拖把 dust mop
•擦洗者 mopper [mɔpə]
•洗碗刷 dish mop
dust bin 垃圾桶
•垃圾桶 garbage can
•廢物箱 waste bin
deskmate [ˈdeskmeit] 同桌
•鄰桌 student next to my table
•前排 front row
•後排 back row
•前排座席 the front pew
on duty 值日
•不值班 off duty
•夜班 night duty
•值日生 student on duty
stationery [ˈsteiʃənəri] 文具
•文具盒 stationery case
•文具商 stationer [ˈsteiʃənə]
•自動鉛筆 propelling pencil
•信紙 letter paper
corner [ˈkɔːnə] 角落
•在角落裏 in the corner
•在拐角處 around the corner
•十字路口 four corners
•街角小店 corner shop
•抄近路 cut off a corner
•窘境 tight corner
broomstick [ˈbrumstik] 掃帚
•拿起掃帚 pick up the broomstick
•打掃 sweep [swiːp]
•垃圾 trash [træʃ]
•紙屑 waste paper
wash [wɔʃ] 清洗
learn [ləːn] 學習
•得知 learn of
•了解 learn about
•向某人學習 learn from
•自學 earn by oneselfteach oneself
schoolbell 上課鈴聲
•上課鈴響 the school bell rings
•警鈴 alarm bell
•按門鈴 ring the bell
•門鈴 door bell
distract [disˈtrækt] 走神
•使某人分心 distract sb
•注意力分散在……distract in...
•分心 distraction [disˈtrækʃən]
•使從……分心 distract from...
stand up 起立
•坐下 sit down
•堅持 stand up for
•抵抗 stand up against
hand in 交上
•交上 give in
•參與 take a hand in
•分發 hand out
late [leit] 遲的
•晚一小時 an hour late
•深夜 late hour