My grandparents live there too.

我祖父母也住在那里。

A Most of my family is in San Francisco area. My grandparents too.

A 我的大多数家人都住在旧金山那一片。我的祖父母也是。

B They live there also?

B 他们也住在那里？

A Yes, my grandparents live there too.

A 是的，我的祖父母也住在那里。

B That must be good. You’re very lucky to have all your family in one area.

B 那一定很不错。你非常幸运，所有的家人都住在一个区域内。

A Yes, it’s good for everybody. It makes life easier for everyone.

A 是的，这样对大家都好。对每个人来说生活都比较容易。

B Apart from your older brother in LA! He’s the only one who has to travel to see his family. Although he has his own family now.

B 只有你的哥哥在洛杉矶！他是唯一要旅行才能看望家人的人。尽管他现在已经有了自己的家庭。

Notes 注释

1 If you want to talk about a general area or region rather than the exact or specific city, you can say area / area or region /region, e.g. Most of my family is in San Francisco area / Most of my family is in San Francisco area.

如果你想谈论一个大致的区域或者地区而不是一个具体的城市，你可以说area / a区域或者region /地区。例如Most of my family is in San Francisco area /我的大多说家人都在旧金山一带。

2 More words for family and relatives: grandparents / grandparents; grandfather / grandfather; grandmother / grandmother. Often these more informal words are used for grandfather: granddad; grandpa: and for grandmother: grandma. We also use grandchildren / grandchildren;grandchild / grandchild.

学习更多的表示家庭或者亲属关系的词语：grandparents / 祖父母、外祖父母；grandfather / 祖父、外祖父； grandmother / 祖母、外祖母。通常下面这些非正式的词语可以表示祖父、外祖父: granddad; grandpa: 表示祖母、外祖母的是grandma. 我们也用 grandchildren / 孙子们、外孙子们、孙女们、外孙女们； grandchild /孙子、外孙子、孙女、外孙女。

Key phrases and sentences

Most of my family is in San Francisco area.

My grandparents too.

They live there also?

Yes, my grandparents live there too.

That must be good.

You’re very lucky to have all your family in one area.

Yes, it’s good for everybody.

It makes life easier for everyone.

Apart from your older brother in LA!

He’s the only one who has to travel to see his family.

Although he has his own family now.

我的大多数家人都住在旧金山那一片。

我的祖父母也是。

他们也住在那里？

是的，我的祖父母也住在那里。

那一定很不错。

你非常幸运，所有的家人都住在一个区域内。

是的，这样对大家都好。对每个人来说生活都比较容易。

只有你的哥哥在洛杉矶！

他是唯一要旅行才能看望家人的人。

尽管他现在已经有了自己的家庭。