1. immediate family : gia đình ruột thịt

Family
1. immediate family : gia đình ruột thịt (gồm bố mẹ và anh chị em của bạn)
Ex: There are four people in my immediate family.
2. extended family : gia đình mở rộng (gồm ông, bà, cô, chú, bác)
Ex: I see mu extended family once a year, during our annual family vacation.
3. family tree : sơ đồ gia đình (gia phả)
Ex: My son is making a diagram of our family tree for a school project.
4. family members : các thành viên trong gia đình
Ex: My husband doesn’t get along with a few of my family members.
5. distant relative : người họ hàng xa
6. loving family = close-knit family : gia đình êm ấm
Ex: I was raised in a very loving family, in which everyone helped each other.
6. carefree childhood : tuổi thơ êm đềm, không phải lo lắng gì cả.
Ex: John has a carefree childhood, growing up with happily married parents and three brothers.
7. dysfunctional family : gia đình không êm ấm, thường xuyên cãi vả.
Ex: The celebrity wrote a book about this dysfunctional family.
8. troubled childhood : tuổi thơ khó khăn (nghèo khó, bị lạm dụng, …)
Ex: Teenagers who had a troubled childhood often have behavior problems in school.
9. bitter divorce : ly thân do vấn đề tình cảm
Ex: After a bitter divorce from his wife of 20 years, the actor married a woman young enough to be his daughter.
10. messy divorce : ly thân, xảy ra tranh chấp tài sản
Ex: My aunt’s going through a messy divorce; she’s paying a fortune in legal fees.
11. divorce settlement : giải quyết các vấn đề ly hôn
Ex: The divorce settlement awarded the wife $500,000.
12. broken home : gia đình tan vỡ
Ex: A number of the kids in my classroom come from broken homes.
13. custody of the children : quyền nuôi con
14. grant joint custody : vợ chồng cùng chia sẻ quyền nuôi con
15. sole custody : chỉ vợ hoặc chồng có quyền nuôi con
Ex: Sally was granted sole custody of children from her first marriage.
16. award sole custody : được giao quyền nuôi con
Ex: A judge might award sole custody to the mother.
17. pay child support : trợ cấp tiền nuôi con
Ex: Although my salary is low, I get child support from my ex-husband.
18. mutual divorce / separation : ly hôn mà không xảy ra tranh chấp
19. on good terms with each other : mối quan hệ hòa nhã, lịch thiệp, không xung đột
Ex: I’m on good terms with all my former boyfriends.
20. get pregnant : mang thai
Ex: My sister got pregnant immediately after she got married.
21. single mother : bà mẹ đơn thân
22. have an abortion : phá thai
Ex: Many women reget having an abortion years afterwards.
23. give the baby up for adoption : đem con cho người ta nhận nuôi
24. due date = baby is due : ngày dự sinh
Ex: My wife is pregnant with twins. They’re due in February.
25. have the baby = give birth : sinh con
Ex: A friend of mine gave birth to her son at home with the help of a nurse.
26. adoptive parents : bố mẹ nuôi
27. raise the child = bring up the child : nuôi nấng
Ex: I was raised by my grandparents after my parents passed away.
28. adopted child : con nuôi
Ex: They have three biological children and two adopted children.
29. birth mother (biological mother) : mẹ ruột
Ex: When the adopted child is older, he or she tries to find their birth mother.