So first word we have is immediate family or a nuclear family.

第一个词是直系亲属，或者核心家庭。

Now a lot of people do not use the word nuclear family so much.

现在很多人不常用核心家庭这个词。

So they bought a nice house at the end of the cul-de-sac...and started their nuclear family.

所以他们在小路尽头买了套不错的房子过上了普通家庭的生活。

No one has access to the nuclear family, the living room environment over the course of many years in someone's family.

没有人可以有机会接触到核心家庭，并且在某个人的家庭里待上几年的时间去体验他们日常起居的环境。

“Nuclear families as we know them in the West are not that common here, ” Rupke adds.

“我们在西方所熟知的核心家庭在这里并不常见，”Rupke 补充道。

Another term for this is nuclear family.

另一个术语是核心家庭。

So it's not a nuclear family, then?

- 那么这不是一个核心家庭吗？

We won't just have nuclear or traditional families coming.

我们不会只有核心家庭或传统家庭到来。

The nuclear family is actually a relatively new development.

核心家庭实际上是一个相对较新的发展。

In the past, most American families were what we call " nuclear families."

过去，大多数美国家庭都是我们所说的“核心家庭” 。

The " nuclear family" refers traditionally to the father, the mother, and the children.

“核心家庭” 传统上指的是父亲、母亲和孩子。

The nuclear family has been the basis for our cultural stories and our laws.

核心家庭一直是我们文化故事和法律的基础。

The majority of us are not in a nuclear family with a spouse and kids.

我们大多数人并不生活在一个有配偶和孩子的核心家庭中。

The nuclear family, I'm sorry to say, but it's a bit of a disaster.

核心家庭，我很抱歉，但这有点灾难。

I've a really big family but for my nuclear family just my dad, my mum, my sister and my brother, so actually just five.

我来自一个大家庭，不过就核心家庭来说，我家有五口人，爸爸、妈妈、姐姐、哥哥和我。

Today we tend to live in small nuclear families rather than large extended families.

现在，人们更倾向于生活在凝聚的小家庭里而不是大家庭里。

So how did we end up with this current US emphasis on nuclear family?

那么，我们是如何结束当前美国对核心家庭的强调的呢？

I mentioned earlier when talking about nuclear families about how the population has changed.

我之前在谈论核心家庭时提到人口是如何变化的。

It was made up of the nuclear family of  the Sapa Inca plus some extended family.

它由萨帕印加的核心家庭加上一些大家庭组成。

Everybody talks about the nuclear family and the importance of having Mom and Dad home, something we didn't have.

每个人都在谈论核心家庭和有爸爸妈妈在家的重要性，这是我们没有的。