1. After my grandfather died, my grandmother lived, more than ever, through her children.
    外公死后，外婆比以往更加依赖她的孩子们。

2. She told me that my great-grandmother was still living in the surroundings of Beijing.
    她告诉我：我的外曾祖母还住在北京的郊区。

3. She was the mother of seven, grandmother of eighteen, an active member of her church, a leader of volunteer associations in her community, a concert piano player, and a piano teacher for over thirty years.
    原来她是7个孩子的母亲，18个孩子的祖母，教会里的活跃分子，社区志愿者协会的领导人，音乐会钢琴演奏家，从教30余年的钢琴教师。

4. Sometimes I kiss and hold Laurie so much she starts crying — which is, in effect, what my grandmother was doing to my mother, all her life.
    有时候，我又亲又抱劳里，把她都要弄哭了。实际上，外婆一生都是这样对待妈妈的。

5. Michael told us an incredible story about his grandmother catching a thief.
    迈克尔给我们讲了一个他祖母抓小偷的令人难以置信的故事。

6. My grandmother reared a big family.
    我祖母生育了好多孩子。

7. My great-grandmother passed away last year at the age of 100.
    去年我外曾祖母在她100岁时去世了。

8. My mother called last week to tell me that my grandmother is dying.
    上星期，妈妈打电话告诉我外婆快要死了。

9. My grandmother was born in Russia to a large and prosperous Jewish (犹太人的) family.
    我外婆出生在俄罗斯一个富有的犹太大家族里。

10. My grandmother on my mother's side invented the shoe pocket.
    我的外祖母则发明了鞋底袋。