He was a beacon of hope for the younger generation.(他是年輕一代的希望之燈。)

Bullies pick on younger children.(恃強(qiáng)凌弱的家伙欺負(fù)更年幼的孩子。)

The younger teachers were considered fair game by most of the kids.(多數(shù)小孩認(rèn)為年輕教師是可作弄的對(duì)象。)

Her husband had moved in with a younger woman.(他丈夫已經(jīng)和一個(gè)更年輕的女人同居了。)

He was pensioned off and his job given to a younger man.(他被迫退休，工作交給了一個(gè)年輕一些的人。)

Tom was in some ways a younger clone of his handsome father.(湯姆在某些方面是他英俊父親年輕時(shí)的翻版。)

There were signs of restiveness among the younger members.(這些年輕成員們流露出了不滿的情緒。)

She resigned and handed over to one of her younger colleagues.(她辭職了，由一位比她年輕的同事接任。)

Why do police officers seem to be getting younger?(為什么警察好像越來(lái)越年輕了？)

When I was younger, I had romantic ideas of becoming a writer.(我年輕一些的時(shí)候幻想過(guò)要成為一名作家。)

家庭

A：Tell me about your family, Simon. Are you from a big family?
西蒙，給我們講講你們家的事。你來(lái)自一個(gè)大家庭嗎？

B：No, my immediate family is quite small. There are only five of us. My parents, my younger brother and my younger sister. But my parents both come from large families.
不，我們自己的直系家庭相當(dāng)小，只有五口人，（包括）我的父母，弟弟和妹妹。但是我父母都來(lái)自大家庭。

A：How many people are in your extended family?
你的大家庭中有多少人呢？

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B：There are too many to count. I suppose, well over 100 people.
太多了，數(shù)不過(guò)來(lái)。我想有一百多人吧。

A：Do you get to see your family often?
你常和家里人見過(guò)面嗎？

B：I see my immediate family every weekend, and I see my extended family about once or twice a year.We usually see each other for Christmas, Easter, and other big celebrations, like weddings.
我每個(gè)周末都和直系小家庭成員見面。我一年中能見到其他大家庭的成員一或倆次。我們經(jīng)常在圣誕節(jié)，復(fù)活節(jié)和其他大的慶?；顒?dòng)，如婚禮上見面。

A：Have you ever been to a family reunion?
你參加過(guò)家庭聚會(huì)嗎。

B：Actually, I have been to one, but it wasn’t mine! It was one of my friends’. He didn’t want to be theonly boy there, so I went with him to keep him company. This was a long time ago, of course.
我倒是去過(guò)一次。但不是我自己家的聚會(huì)，是我的一個(gè)朋友家的聚會(huì)。他不想成為聚會(huì)上的唯一男孩，所以我去陪他。當(dāng)然了，這也是很久以前的事了。

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A：Are many of your relative divorced?
你的親屬中有很多人離婚嗎？

B：Let me think. I believe it’s just my one uncle. He’s always been a rebel. My grandmother was very religious, so most of my relatives were too scared to get divorced!
讓我想一下。我想只有我的一個(gè)叔叔離了婚。他一直是個(gè)叛逆者。我奶奶是個(gè)很虔誠(chéng)的教徒，所以我的大多數(shù)親屬都不敢離婚！

A：Do you have any relatives who are single mothers?
你的親屬中有單身母親嗎？

B：I have just one-her father is the one who got divorced. Their family is sort of the black sheep of our extended family.
我只有一個(gè)親屬是單身母親。她的父親也離了婚。他們家是我們大家庭中的另類。

It is fit that the yonger obey the elder.