时间:2018-12-06 作者:英语课 分类:地道美语播客


英语课

   Gladys: Hi, Dan. I’m surprised to see you here at the supermarket in the middle of the day.


  Dan: Why?
  Gladys: I thought you’d be working.
  Dan: I am working. I’m a stay-at-home dad and I take care of the kids while my wife goes to work.
  Gladys: Oh, did you get laid off from your job?
  Dan: No, my wife works full-time 1 out of the house and I work full-time at home.
  Gladys: You mean that your wife is the breadwinner and you’re a househusband?
  Dan: If you want to put it that way, yes. I’m the caretaker for the kids during the day and I do the household chores.
  Gladys: Oh, your wife must be a feminist 2.
  Dan: No, my wife is just a modern woman with modern sensibilities.
  Gladys: Well, I know that some families like to live radical 3 lifestyles these days, changing up gender 4 roles.
  Dan: We don’t think of it as radical. In fact, it’s quite common nowadays.
  Gladys: if you say so. Tell your wife I’d be happy to share my recipes with her when you go back to work and she’s a housewife again.
  Dan: [sigh]
  Script by Dr. Lucy Tse

1 full-time
adj.满工作日的或工作周的,全时间的
  • A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
  • I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作,我不知道她是如何对付的。
2 feminist
adj.主张男女平等的,女权主义的
  • She followed the feminist movement.她支持女权运动。
  • From then on,feminist studies on literature boomed.从那时起,男女平等受教育的现象开始迅速兴起。
3 radical
n.激进份子,原子团,根号;adj.根本的,激进的,彻底的
  • The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
  • She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。
4 gender
n.(生理上的)性,(名词、代词等的)性
  • French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语,所有的名词都有性。
  • Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。
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