VOA慢速英语:More American Fathers Stay Home to Raise Kids

短语讲解：

1. Two fathers talk about getting their kids ready for a baseball-themed birthday party that evening.

talk about 谈论
例句：He went on to talk about his accident.
他接着谈到了他的意外事故。

2. A new study finds that in the U.S. more than two million fathers are staying home to take care of the house and family.

take care of 照顾
例句：Good-bye. Take care of yourself.
多多保重，再见。

3. He looks like the kind of man that would be hard to frighten.

be hard to 很难（难以）
例句：After a broken promise, it is hard to count on a person.
一次失约,再要人相信你就难了。

4. And, Blake Humphreys says stay at home mothers seem more willing to make friends with other women in their position.

make friends  with 与…交友，与…交朋友
例句：I tried to make friends with my classmates.
我努力和同学们交朋友。

5. And so, that took some getting used to and some skills to figure out how to manage that social situation.

figure out 合计
例句：I can't figure out why he quit his job.
我琢磨不透他为什么要辞掉工作.

6. Blake volunteers at his children’s school partly, he says, to battle that isolation and to build up his sense of self-worth.

build up 积聚
例句：Take part in the physical exercises and build up your strength.
参加体育活动增强体力。

7. If he goes back to work, they will have to pay someone to pick up their kids from school, to drive them to sports and other activities, and to babysit when both parents are at work.

pick up 捡起
例句：He immediately stooped to pick up the fallen book.
他立即弯下腰捡起了地上的那本书。