A: That's amazing. Do you have a large extended family?
这太有意思了，你们家族很庞大吗？
B: I can show it to you now, if you like. I think it goes back about 8 generations so far.
如果你想看，我现在就可以拿给你。我想这本大概能追溯到8代前。
B: At first, she was quite critical of her, but now that they've been married for a few years, she's starting to accept the fact that my father divorced my mother.
原来她好像总是挑她的刺，后来他们结婚的年头久了，她似乎开始接受我父亲和我母亲离婚的这个现实了。
A: Are you very close to your first-cousins?
你和你的堂兄弟姐妹关系走的近吗？
B: Sure. My mom has been working on our family tree for years. She's always updating it.
当然有了。我妈妈这些年来一直在整理家谱，而且保持更新。
A: Does your family have a record of your ancestors?
你们家有族谱吗？
B: The ones that are my age are close relatives. Now that I'm older, I don't spend as much time with them as I used to, so I don't know my younger cousins as well as the older ones.
跟我年龄相近的几个是近亲。既然我们一起长大，不会像以前那样有很多时间和他们一起玩。所以那些年纪很小或很老的亲戚，我都不怎么认识。
B: I've got 30 cousins on my mom's side and 10 cousins on my dad's side.
在我母亲那边我大概有30个堂兄弟姐妹，我父亲这边大概有10个。
A: That's interesting. What does your grandfather think of your step-mother?
这真有趣。你奶奶是怎么看你继母的？
A: Do you have a copy of your family tree in your house? I'd love to see it.
你家里有副本吗？我很想看一看。
A: I see. who's the head of your household?
明白了。谁是你家的一家之主？
A: That's pretty much how you feel about your step-mother. Like grandmother, like grandson.
这大概也是你对你继母的感觉吧。真是有其祖母，必有其孙子。
B: It's definitely my mother. And, her mother is definitely the matriarch of the bigger family.
当然是我母亲。而她的母亲算是这个大家庭的族长。