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　　1. ancestor
　　n. 祖宗;祖先；
　　e.g. to worship the ancestors 祭祖
　　e.g. Twelve thousand years ago, our ancestors were primitive savages living in caves.
　　注：savage 野蛮人;未开化的人
　　听力真题 6-4-4
　　The ancestors of the Gir Sanctuary lions were protected by a prince.

　　原文：
　　It is because all of them are descended from a few dozen lions that were saved by a prince.
　　注：be descended from起源于…；是…的后裔
　　n. descendant
　　syn. antecedent
　　ante- 前缀：“前面”“在…之前”
　　e.g. Many people feel a great curiosity to find out about their antecedents.
　　需要区分的单词：
　　predecessor: /'priːdɪsesə/
　　n. a person who had a job or position before someone else. 更多侧重于工作上的前辈，前任等。

　　2. immediate
　　adj. 直系的；
　　Hospital visits are limited to immediate family. 直系亲属。
　　如：parents; spouses; children；grandparents
　　另有一个表达：nuclear family
　　核心家庭：范围更小，多指爸妈和小孩组成的家庭。
　　e.g. Today we tend to live in small nuclear families rather than large extended families.
　　注：extended family 大家庭
　　distant family 远房亲戚
　　补充：
　　close-knit family/ community
　　互相关爱的；关系紧密的家庭、社区。

　　3. bond /ˈbɑːnd/
　　n. 纽带；联系；关系
　　e.g. family/kinship bonds 家庭/亲属关系
　　e.g. Family meals allow for conversation and strengthen the family bonds.
　　e.g. Lilo meets and forms an unbreakable bond with Stitch.
　　注：口语话题常用 strengthen/form/ forge bonds 表示亲情;友情;爱情等纽带关系。
　　v. 形成亲近关系 bond with sb.
　　e.g. We were strangers at first, but we bonded with each other quickly.

　　4. lineage /'lɪnɪɪdʒ/
　　n. 家系；家族；血统
　　They can trace their lineage back to the 18th century. 血统追溯到…
　　5. kinship
　　n. 亲属关系；
　　n. 亲切感；亲近感
　　搭配：feel a (sense of) kinship
　　e.g. He feels a strong kinship with his admirers and fans.