万花筒 2013-12-01&12-05 男保姆带孩子 须眉不让巾帼

 Families are opting¹ to hire mannies to watch their kids.And I start out first hand about only have to offer.

She is the most iconic nanny of all time, but now it's time to say goodbye to Mary Poppins and say hello to manny Poppins.That's what Sophia character Gloria did on a recent episode of modern family. 

Gloria, we are back.

Who are you?

I'm the new manny.

Am I being replaced?

So what exactly is a manny, we went straight to the source to find out.

A manny is essentially² a male nanny, but we brought it to a new level. We call it a big brother, we can it a mentour, we call it a camp counselor³.

John is the co-founder of NYC Mannies, a New-York city based only-nanny agency with a fleet of 50 or so mannies, that he says do the job just as well as the female nanny most people are used to.

I think guys make great curricular, they can be just as caring, they can be just as good with kids, so I don't really like to just put a gender⁴ role on it.

Many mums agree, especially those with particular active kids that benefit from a more rough and tumble approach to childcare.

My personal preference is always young, enthusiastic and energetic, because my daughter,that's what she likes. When it comes to male-babysitter or manny whatever I want to call them, they just try a little harder. It seems, you know, they just make an extra effort to prove that they are awesome⁵.

I decided⁶ to see how a manny will handle my 19-month old son Jake. His regular nanny Shamon was skeptical⁷ but she handed him over to John for an afternoon at an indoor playground. The other nannies and mums raised their eyebrows⁸ at first but then quickly came around.

I must say he is doing a really good job and Jake is very comfortable with him.

And Jake well, he had a great time too.

We say goodmorning America.That was close enough.

Always got it,right?

Pretty close,he is got a future.

Yeah, he does. John the owner of NYC mannies told us that he became a manny because he lost his father at a very young age and he thinks it's very important that kids have positive male role models in their lives as well as starting at a young age they can bound with mannies as well as their own female nannies.

1 opting   

v.选择，挑选( opt的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• What courses are most students opting for? 多数学生选什么课程？ 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Wells doesn't rule out opting out and then re-signing with Houston. 威尔斯没有排除跳出合同再与火箭重签的可能。 来自互联网

2 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

3 counselor   

n.顾问，法律顾问

参考例句：

• The counselor gave us some disinterested advice.顾问给了我们一些无私的忠告。
• Chinese commercial counselor's office in foreign countries.中国驻国外商务参赞处。

4 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• 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。

5 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

6 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

7 skeptical   

adj.怀疑的，多疑的

参考例句：

• Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
• Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。

8 eyebrows   

眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Eyebrows stop sweat from coming down into the eyes. 眉毛挡住汗水使其不能流进眼睛。
• His eyebrows project noticeably. 他的眉毛特别突出。