我曾被叫做“挂钥匙儿童”。
I was a so-called latchkey kid.
【解说】So-called 意为号称、所谓的，如He’s a so-called Christian, but he neverseems to go to church. （他号称是基督教徒，可是很少看到他去教堂）我爸爸把家庭放在第一位。
My father puts family before everything else.
【解说】请记住put A before B (把A 放在B 之前)这种表达方式。如He puts his work.before his family. （他重视工作甚于家庭）。He puts quantity before quality.
（他重视数量甚于质量）。照顾爷爷是件很辛苦的事。
Taking care of my grandfather is a lot of work.
【解说】照顾（小孩或者病人）一般使用take care of ~,也可以表示负责作～。如I’ll take care of buying food.(我负责购买食物)。我们和亲戚之间不大走动。
We don’t have much to do with our relatives.
【解说】Don’t have much to do with ～表示与与～不达有关系，do with ~ 此处意为be connected with ~（与～有关系）have something to do with ~表示与～多少有点儿关系，have nothing to do with ~ 表示与～毫无关系。新年那天，所有亲戚都聚集在我家里。
On New Year’s Day, all the relatives get together at my house.
【解说】Get together 集合也可以用have a reunion 来表示，后者多用来表示没有什么特别节目的聚会。