aSo Chris, I've heard that you're from a big family. How many people?
克里斯，我听说你来自一个大家庭。有多少人？
bNine total. Seven children and my parents.
一共9人。7个孩子和我父母。
aSeven children? That's a lot. Why did your parents have so many?
7个孩子？那很多喔。为什么你父母要这么多孩子？
bWell, my mother came from a big family, and wanted to have one of her own. My father was an only child, and didn't really care about having a large family, but my mother talked him into it.
aJeez, seven children. That must have a lot of problems. We have four children in my family and my grandparents can never get our names right.
唉呀，7个孩子。那一定有很多问题。我家有4个孩子，我祖父母从未叫对过我们的名字。
bIt can be hard, and there are certain sacrifices you have to make.
确实很难，你必须做出某些牺牲。
aLike what? I assume that there's no privacy.
什么样的？我想是没有隐私。
bThat's one. Another is the lack of personal property. Everything you have, from toys to clothes, is used by your brothers and sisters. Especially clothes. Three quarters of my wardrobe are hand-me-downs.
aAnd the age gap is also annoying. There's a ten-year difference between my younger brother and me. We have nothing in common.
再者代沟也很恼人。我弟弟和我相差十岁。我们没有任何共同之处。
bSame problem here. There's an 18-year gap between the oldest and youngest child in my family. The last child was born just as the oldest was going to college.
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