新东方英语口语900句 Lesson 20: Marriage

　　B: Then they are all your cousins.

　　A: I call them all cousins, all of aunt Caroline's children are my second cousins. But uncle Pierre’s children from his first marriage are not relatives of mine.

　　B: What are they to each other?

　　A: Let's see. Aunt Caroline's children from her first marriage are uncle Pierre's stepchildren. Aunt Caroline is his children's stepmother. The children are stepbrothers and stepsisters.

　　B: I've never understood that. I thought they were half brothers and half sisters.

　　A: No, half brothers and half sisters have the same mother or father. Aunt Caroline’s and uncle Pierre's children are half brothers and half sisters to the other children.

　　B: It's very confusing.

　　A: Anyway, aunt Caroline says in her letter that they will all come to visit us next Saturday.

　　B: What? I will never know who is who.