和vacation假期一字之差的vocation是啥意思？你有你的vocation吗？

你知道在我国领养小孩需要具备哪些条件吗？

其中很主要的一点就是：领养者必须具有抚养、教育和保护者收养人的能力。

尤其大多被领养的都是被遗弃的小孩，他们有的家境困难，有的亲人早逝，有的意外走失，有的则是逃离了原生家庭的“魔窟”......对于新的家庭，并不是所有的小孩儿都有勇气去融入。

今天我们就一起跟着 外教 Max 老师 和 Cecilia 老师来聊聊和“领养”有关的话题，并学习有关的表达吧⬇️

一定一定要点开音频

对照笔记一起学习，效果最好。

01.

领养

Adopt 

To take another person’s child legally into your own family to raise as your child.

I came across a nice news article about a family that adopted their kids.

我看到了一篇关于一个家庭收养他们孩子的好文章。

How many children did they adopt?

他们领养了多少个孩子？

02.

寄养家庭

Foster home

A place that operates by taking in children from their homes due to the lack of care or abuse of their parents.

这附近有一个寄养家庭，我们捐点钱给他们吧。

Some foster homes rely entirely on volunteers.

有些寄养家庭完全依靠志愿者。

03.

孤儿院

Orphanage

A place that takes in children with no parents or children whose parents have abandoned them.

我直到18岁才离开孤儿院，没人想要我，因为我太咄咄逼人了。

We should give more money to orphanages so they can raise children with good food and in clean surroundings.

我们应该给孤儿院更多的钱，这样他们就可以用好的食物和干净的环境来养育孩子。

04.

放弃，抛弃

Abandon

To leave a place, thing, or person, usually forever.

We had to abandon the car.

我们不得不弃车了。

By the time the rebel troops arrived, the village had already been  abandoned.

叛军到达时，这个村庄已经被遗弃了。

05.

私人看护

Carers

Someone who takes care of a person who is young, old, or sick.

我想我们度假时应该雇一个人来照顾爷爷。

Carers are amazing people, but they can be very expensive.

护工都是很棒的人，但是，雇他们可能会需要很多钱。

06.

天职，使命

Vocation  

A type of work that you feel you are suited to doing and to which you should give all your time and energy.

Photography is my true vocation, but I got caught up with my current job.

摄影是我真正的天职，但我忙于目前的工作。

Being a carer has always been my vocation.

做一名私人看护一直是我的天职。

07.

亲身父母

Biological parents

Your natural parents, parents who are related to you by blood.

我是一个孤儿，我很小就被遗弃了，以至于我不知道我的亲身父母是谁。

Do you think we should tell Jimmy who his biological parents are?

你觉得我们应该告诉Jimmy，谁是他的亲生父母嘛？

08.

监护人

Guardian

A person who has the legal right and responsibility of taking care of someone who cannot take care of himself or herself, such as a child whose parents have died.

I am the legal guardian of Jimmy.

我是Jimmy的合法监护人。

I was the guardian of Sarah for several years until her biological parents decided they wanted her back.

我当了Sarah好几年的监护人直到她的亲生父母决定把她找回去。

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