Changes in Family Life
家庭生活的变化
Life in the past was harder for people.
过去的生活对人们来说更艰难。
The way people live now has changed, but some things are also similar.
现在人们的生活方式变了，但有些东西也差不多。
People in the past and now need food, shelter, and clothing.
过去和现在的人们需要食物、住所和衣服。
Corn and wheat are kinds of crops.
玉米和小麦都是农作物。
At harvest time, these crops are gathered.
在收获季节，这些作物被收集起来。
In the past, on farms, people harvested crops using their hands.
过去，在农场里，人们用手收割庄稼。
Now people have machines to help them, and the work has become easier.
现在人们有机器来帮助他们，工作变得更容易了。
Shelter has also changed.
庇护所也发生了变化。
In the past, people lived in small houses.
过去，人们住在小房子里。
Now people also live in apartments.
现在人们也住在公寓里。
Our clothing has changed.
我们的衣服变了。
Women in the past wore dresses only.
过去的女性只穿裙子。
Women today wear many different kinds of colorful and interesting clothes.
今天的女性穿着许多不同种类的多彩有趣的衣服。