Englishpod英語(yǔ)文化脫口秀第261期:二胎否?看美國(guó)人如何帶一堆孩子

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One-child policy: 計(jì)劃生育、一胎政策

Twins: 雙胞胎

To raise children/kids: 帶孩子

Parenting: 育兒

I'm an only-child: 我是獨(dú)生子女

Two-child policy: 二胎政策 (雖然child的復(fù)數(shù)是children, 但是用在這個(gè)特有名詞里，是two-child policy)

Siblings: 兄弟姐妹

Generation: 年代

Average family size: 平均家庭大小

You don't get nearly as much help and support as we do in China: 在美國(guó)帶孩子的幫助遠(yuǎn)不及中國(guó)

American grandparents don't get as involved in raising the grandchildren: 美國(guó)老人不會(huì)那么緊密參與撫養(yǎng)、照顧第三代

Nanny: 保姆

Nanny is a luxury in the US: 雇保姆在美國(guó)是一件奢侈的事

Live-in nanny: 住家保姆

Part-time nanny: 兼職、鐘點(diǎn)工保姆

Wealthy/well-off: 非常有錢

"Fammy"(father mommy)/guytai: 家庭主夫

Rising living costs: 生活成本越來越高

Daycare: 托兒所，美國(guó)很多daycare接收只有幾個(gè)月大的嬰兒

Maternity leave: 產(chǎn)假

Salary: 薪水

Public school: 公立學(xué)校

How do you do it? 你們?cè)趺醋龅降?

The center of attention: 關(guān)注的焦點(diǎn)

Precious: 珍貴

Don't run around:不要亂跑

Snacks: 零食

Give up: 放棄

As long as their lives are not endangered, they are fine: 只要他們的生命安全沒有危險(xiǎn)，那就沒問題

Conflicted: 糾結(jié)

Things work themselves out in a way: 船到橋頭自然直

When you have one child, all your energy goes into the one child. When you have two children,you learn to split your energy: 有一個(gè)孩子的時(shí)候，你全部的精力都在一個(gè)孩子身上。有兩個(gè)孩子的時(shí)候，你的精力會(huì)分配給兩個(gè)孩子。

When the children outnumber the parents, it becomes scary: 當(dāng)孩子的數(shù)字超過父母時(shí)，是一件很可怕的事

Triplets: 三胞胎

Perspective: 觀點(diǎn)、視角