时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2012年(八月)


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Young Americans Turn to Old-Fashioned Domestic 1 Lifestyle



Shannon Kline and her daughter Alice are picking the last of the summer harvest from the family's vegetable garden while her husband Geoff Delanoy prepares the soil for their fall crops.


Life for this Baltimore-based family is all about living close to nature.


“We like to grow our own food because we want to know what goes into it. We want to know what we’re feeding our family,” said Shannon Kline.


Older ways


Kline also makes clothes for her two young daughters.


“The organic cotton is really soft and it is not going to hurt my young children’s skin. They like that I made it. My older daughter tells me that she’s very proud that I make her clothes,” she said.


Kline also makes and sells children's clothing online and at craft shows.


Having a home-based business allows her to spend time with her daughters. Today, she’s using some of that time to make skin lotion 2 with Alice.


“What we do here is a lot of work. It’s worth it because I’m doing it side by side with my family, and this is the time that we’re never going to get back, and this is what my daughter’s going to remember when she’s older,” she said.


Family time at home


Kline is one of a growing number of young Americans embracing the home-centered lifestyle of their grandparents’ generation.


Culture writer Emily Matchar said in an interview via Skype that she's writing a book about the movement, which she calls “New Domesticity.”


"People spend a lot of time at their computers and there’s just something very lovely and very appealing about doing something with your hands and maybe doing something that seems old-fashioned or seems to connect you with previous generations," said Matchar.


Sociologist 3 Betsy Greer said that connection is the key to this growing movement.


“It’s this dual 4 thing where it connects us to ourselves, because we have time to think while we’re doing it, and it connects us to others,” she said.


Shannon Kline agrees. “I’ve met a lot of women who have really taken up sewing and canning and gardening, and have really been loving it.”


It's a feeling that many Americans apparently 5 believe has been lost in today's fast-paced world. 




adj.家里的,国内的,本国的;n.家仆,佣人
  • This is domestic news.这是国内新闻。
  • She does the domestic affairs every day.她每天都忙家务。
n.洗剂
  • The lotion should be applied sparingly to the skin.这种洗液应均匀地涂在皮肤上。
  • She lubricates her hands with a lotion.她用一种洗剂来滑润她的手。
n.研究社会学的人,社会学家
  • His mother was a sociologist,researching socialism.他的母亲是个社会学家,研究社会主义。
  • Max Weber is a great and outstanding sociologist.马克斯·韦伯是一位伟大的、杰出的社会学家。
adj.双的;二重的,二元的
  • The people's Republic of China does not recognize dual nationality for any Chinese national.中华人民共和国不承认中国公民具有双重国籍。
  • He has dual role as composer and conductor.他兼作曲家及指挥的双重身分。
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
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