我最近情绪不太好。
女儿自从结婚以来，就很少回来看我们了。
我们之间的距离越来越大。
虽说她每天要么和我们打视频电话，要么给我们短信，但是却少了很多面对面的交流。
现在的技术很先进，我却更想念那些温馨的家庭气氛，而不是冷冰冰的手机和电脑。
我决定每个星期和所有家人一起聚一聚，忽略手机和电脑，珍惜我们在一起的时光。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently |
| 情绪 | qíng xù | mood / state of mind / moodiness |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 女儿 | nǚ ér | daughter |
| 自从 | zì cóng | since (a time) / ever since |
| 结婚 | jié hūn | to marry; to get married |
| 以来 | yǐ lái | since (used after a specified time or event) |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 少 | shǎo | seldom |
| 回来 | huí lái | to return; to come back |
| 看 | kàn | to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 之间 | zhī jiān | (after a noun) between; among; amid |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 距离 | jù lí | distance |
| 越来越 | yuè lái yuè | more and more |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 虽说 | suī shuō | though / although |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 每天 | měi tiān | every day |
| 要么 | yào me | or / either one or the other |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 打 | dǎ | a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings |
| 视频 | shì pín | video |
| 电话 | diàn huà | telephone / phone call |
| 给 | gěi | to / for / for the benefit of / to do sth (for sb) |
| 短信 | duǎn xìn | text message / SMS |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 却 | què | but / yet / however / while / nevertheless / even though |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 面 | miàn | face |
| 对 | duì | (bound form) opposite; facing; matching |
| 交流 | jiāo liú | communication / interaction / to have social contact (with sb) |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 技术 | jì shù | technology; technique; skill |
| 先进 | xiān jìn | sophisticated; advanced (technology etc) / meritorious; exemplary (deeds etc) |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 想念 | xiǎng niàn | to miss / to remember with longing / to long to see again |
| 那些 | nà xiē | those |
| 温馨 | wēn xīn | soft and fragrant / warm |
| 家庭 | jiā tíng | family; household |
| 气氛 | qì fēn | atmosphere; mood |
| 而 | ér | but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates contrast) |
| 不是 | bù shì | is not |
| 冷冰冰 | lěng bīng bīng | icy; cold and unfeeling; lacking warmth or human touch |
| 手机 | shǒu jī | cell phone; mobile phone |
| 电脑 | diàn nǎo | computer |
| 决定 | jué dìng | to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 星期 | xīng qī | week |
| 所有 | suǒ yǒu | all |
| 家人 | jiā rén | family member |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | together; in company (with) |
| 聚一聚 | jù yī jù | to get together; to gather for a casual meeting |
| 忽略 | hū lüè | to neglect; to overlook; to ignore |
| 珍惜 | zhēn xī | to treasure / to value / to cherish |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 时光 | shí guāng | time / era / period of time |