考研英語時文賞讀（126）：全職奶爸正在涌現(xiàn)

　　More married men approve of stay-at-home fathers

　　更多的已婚男性開始做全職爸爸了

　　Married men outnumber women when it comes to having a supportive attitude toward stay-at-home fathers, showed a recent survey by the China Youth Daily.

　　《中國青年報》最近的一項調查顯示，就如何看待全職爸爸方面，持支持態(tài)度的已婚男性人數(shù)超過了女性。

　　Of the 1,987 married people surveyed, 52.4 percent of male respondents are supportive of men being a full-time caregiver of children, whereas the figure among women was slightly lower, standing at 45.8 percent.

　　在對1987名已婚人士的調查中，52.4%的男性受訪者支持男性全職照顧孩子，而女性的比例略低，僅為45.8%。

　　The fact that dads are willing to be more involved in their children’s lives shows that the traditional mentality of ’career husband and domestic wife’ is changing, Zhang Baoyi, a professor on sociology at the Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences, told the newspaper, adding that society is accepting diverse values and ways of parenting.

　　天津社會科學院社會學的張寶義教授告訴記者，爸爸們愿意更多地參與孩子生活的事實表明男主外、女主內的傳統(tǒng)觀念在發(fā)生改變，社會正在接受不同的價值觀和育兒方式。

　　However, more mothers remain the one juggling their children while trying to stick to household duties. Close to 36 percent of respondents said mothers are the primary caregiver, and the proportion of fathers playing the role is only 16.7 percent, according to the poll.

　　然而，越來越多的母親仍然一邊照顧孩子、一邊還要承擔照顧家庭的責任。調查顯示，近36%的受訪者表示，母親才是孩子主要的照顧者，而父親承擔這一角色的比例僅為16.7%。

　　The survey suggested that the stereotyped image of husbands being the breadwinner prevents fathers from doing so as nearly 60 percent expressed such concerns.

　　調查顯示，丈夫養(yǎng)家糊口的傳統(tǒng)觀念阻礙了父親的育兒行為，近60%的父親表達了這種看法。

　　"To embrace the practice, we need to recognize the contributions and values of homemakers," said Zhang, believing the stereotype will change as society evolves.

　　張寶義說：“實際上，我們需要認識到家庭主婦的貢獻和價值。”他認為，隨著社會的發(fā)展，這種成見將會改變。

　　(全文共211個詞，China Daily)

　　重難點詞匯：

　　mentality  n. 心態(tài)；智力；精神力；頭腦作用

　　domestic  adj. 國內的；家庭的；馴養(yǎng)的；一心只管家務的 n. 國貨；傭人

　　stereotyped  adj. 老一套的; 傳統(tǒng)的; 陳腐的

 

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