To talk about your family

雅思口语常用语：What's your family like？展示了家庭规模、家庭成员、家庭关系等方面的内容，并提供了一个示例回答，有助于学习者更好地组织语言来介绍自己的家庭。

To talk about your family

• Family
  • Nuclear family: partner & children
  • Extended family :parents ,grandparents, brothers,sisters，uncles
• Children
  • As a parent, I try not to be overprotective.
  • I don't want to spoil my children.
  • I try not to spoon feed them.
• Parents
  • I look like my father/mother. 我长得像爸爸/妈妈
  • I'm the spitting image of my father/mother. 长得一摸一样
  • I take after my father. (to have the same personality as your parents
  • My parents brought me up with good values. (用良好的价值观抚养我长大） to bring up a chlid= to educate and raise a child.
  • As for my Dad, I don't see a lot of him.
  • My grandparents have passed away.
  • My grandfather passed away many years ago.
• Relationship
  • My sister and I are like two peas in a pod. (too similar 形影不离）
  • My sister and I are like chalk and cheese. (complete different 完全不同）
  • We have our UPS and downs。 （sometimes get on well sts don't 起起伏伏）
  • We don't always see eye to eye（C I to I） 我们并不总是意见一致
  • Sometimes， we fall out，but then we make up。 to fall out = 闹翻argue and no longer talk to make up= 和好 to become friends/love eachother again
  • We are a close family (关系亲近） We have our differences，but we're a tight knit family. 我们有分歧， 但我们是一个紧密团结的家庭）
  • My family is everything to me I love them/my family two bits。（非常爱，爱到极点） My family mean the world to me。
• Family Size
  • I come from a big/small/a medium-sized family.
  • I was an only child.
  • I was one of three siblings.
  • Q: How many people are in your family? A: There are 5 of us in my family. (more natrual)
• Leisure activities\Hobbies\Pastimes
• Model Answer
  • Q: What's your family like? A : I am from a medium-sized family, I was the youngest child of three siblings. I think all three of us are quite different.My brother and sister are quite extrovert(外向）, and I'm definitely the most introvert(内向）. We certainly have our ups and downs,and although we do fall out sometimes, we usually make up. Unfortunately I don't see a lot of them. because I live abroad,but we do stay in touch with wechat. Talking about my parents I take after my dad,and actually I'm also the spitting image of him. I would say I have my mother's love of cooking . I am married now and I have been for around 20 years and we have a son who is eleven. We complement each other. As for our son, he is a mix of both of us in a way. I would say undoubtedly he is much smarter and better looking than the pair of us. so that is a little bit about my family.
• Spouses / Partners,WIVES, HUSBANDS
  • It was love at first sight.一见钟情
  • I fell for her instantly.
  • We just clicked. to click=to get on well.
  • We've grown to love each other over time. 随着时间的推移，我们彼此相爱了。
  • We've grown closer and closer over the years.
  • Blood is thicker than water = family is more important than friends.血浓于水