疯狂英语口语现场 Un03_3

[00:00.00]Three    Why did your parents have so many?
[00:02.35]为什么你父母要这么多孩子？
[00:04.70]1   Introduction
[00:07.47]A  Many American couples that can not have a baby come to Asia to adopt babies.
[00:11.10]许多不能生育的美国夫妻来亚洲领养小孩。
[00:14.73]B   Some Americans think abortion is very cruel and against humanity.
[00:18.21]一些美国人认为堕胎是很残忍的，没有人道。
[00:21.68]Most American women use contraceptive methods such as the birth control pill.
[00:24.76]大多数美国妇女采用避孕措施如避孕丸。
[00:27.85]C  Modern families have a tendency
[00:30.52]现代家庭有一种倾向
[00:33.20]of bearing children in their thirties or late twenties.
[00:35.33]那就是在他们三十多岁或者二十好几的年龄生育
[00:37.46]It’s the responsibilities that couples are worried about.
[00:39.69]让夫妻担心的是这种责任。
[00:41.93]D  In America,
[00:43.90]在美国，
[00:45.87]about half of workingwomen return to work within a year of having a baby.
[00:48.95]大约一半的妇女劳动者生完小孩一年之内就返回工作。
[00:52.04]American women with children usually work.
[00:54.27]美国妇女通常有小孩的情况下也工作。
[00:56.50]2  Sample Sentences
[00:59.74]1.Tell me about your brother and sister.
[01:02.01]跟我说说你的哥哥、妹妹。
[01:04.29]2.She has only a single parent.
[01:06.77]她只有一个单身父（母）亲。
[01:09.25]3.My daughter was attending a meeting
[01:11.47]我的女儿要去参加一个会议，
[01:13.69]and asked me to baby-sit my 3-year old granddaughter.
[01:16.17]所以要我照顾我三岁的小孙女。
[01:18.65]4.  The teacher of my 4-year old daughter,
[01:21.14]我四岁女儿的老师，
[01:23.62]a very attractive single woman in her mid twenties, told me the following story.
[01:27.11]一位很迷人的二十多岁的单身女人，告诉了我以下的故事。
[01:30.59]5.Hans is his first child,
[01:33.27]汉斯是他的第一个小孩
[01:35.95]so it’s understandable that he pampers him so much.
[01:38.22]所以他过分宠爱他是可以理解的。
[01:40.49]6.Some friends of ours, who have a son our daughter's age, are getting divorced.
[01:44.03]我们的朋友要离婚了，他们有一个像我女儿这么大的儿子。
[01:47.57]7.My wife was explaining to my seven-year old daughter
[01:50.51]我的妻子对我七岁的女儿解释
[01:53.45]why they had decided to get divorced.
[01:55.37]为什么他们决定了离婚。
[01:57.29]8.My elder son remarried.
[01:59.67]我年长的那个儿子重婚了。
[02:02.04]9.We are expecting a child and will be getting married very shortly.
[02:05.28]我们在等着小孩的出生，并且不久我们就会结婚。
[02:08.52]10.Do you two plan to have a baby sometime soon?
[02:11.30]你们两个打算不久的将来生一个小孩吗？
[02:14.09]3  Conversations
[02:17.25]Terry:  So Chris, I've heard that you're from a big family.  How many people?
[02:20.83]——克里斯，我听说你来自一个大家庭。有多少人？
[02:24.40]Chris:  Nine total.  Seven children and my parents.
[02:26.63]——一共9人。7个孩子和我父母。
[02:28.85]Terry:  Seven children?  That's a lot.  Why did your parents have so many?
[02:31.93]——7个孩子？那很多喔。为什么你父母要这么多孩子？
[02:35.01]Chris:  Well, my mother came from a big family, and wanted to have one of her own.
[02:37.99]——嗯，我母亲来自一个大家庭，因而想要一个自己的大家庭。
[02:40.97]My father was an only child, and didn't really care about having a large family,
[02:43.91]我父亲是独子，因而确实不想要一个大家庭，
[02:46.84]but my mother talked him into it.
[02:48.62]但我母亲说服了他。
[02:50.40]Terry:  Jeez, seven children.  That must have a lot of problems.
[02:53.37]——唉呀，7个孩子。那一定有很多问题。
[02:56.35]We have four children in my family and my grandparents can never get our names right.
[02:59.58]我家有4个孩子，我祖父母从未叫对过我们的名字。
[03:02.80]Chris:  It can be hard, and there are certain sacrifices you have to make.
[03:05.44]——确实很难，你必须做出某些牺牲。
[03:08.08]Terry:  Like what?  I assume that there's no privacy.
[03:10.51]——什么样的？我想是没有隐私。
[03:12.94]Chris:  That's one.  Another is the lack of personal property