福克斯新闻 带孩子谨防顾此失彼

Fox on Family. Raising kids is a busy life: "We as parents, we're overly productive, we want to cram¹ everything in. We're constantly working, thinking, we rarely stop to rest and we're rarely satisfied."

So how do we slow down? Business owner, author and mother-of-three Angela Nuttle, says it's a process: "When we're choosing to stay busy like that, we're actually choosing to value one thing over another."

Nuttle was working as a defense² contractor³ in Iraq when her dad called-on Father's Day-to say he loved her and she said... she'd call him back another time. But they never spoke⁴ again. A few days later he was killed in a car accident: "That's a hard way to learn a lesson, but it's one that made me step back and rethink my values and what was important."

Nuttle also says a just shift in pace can feel like downtime; for her, a break from work to take her daughter for ice cream, a journal can help. Jot⁵ down what you do every, put a heart next to the most meaningful, and then set a goal... of more hearts.

With FOX on Family, I'm Lisa Brady.

福克斯家庭新闻，带孩子是非常忙的：“有孩子之后就会过度辛劳，因为我们什么都不想放过。我们一直都在忙，都在想，基本没停下来休息过，也很少会满意。”

那要怎么样慢下来呢？身为老板，作家以及三个孩子的母亲，Angela Nuttle这样描述带孩子的过程：“选择那样忙前忙后的时候，我们其实是在顾此失彼。”

Nuttle曾经是伊拉克的一名国防承包商，有一次父亲节她爸爸打电话跟她说他爱她，但她说，她等下打给他。但两人再也没能说上话，因为几天后他爸爸就在一场交通事故中去世了：“非常惨痛的教训，但也使我回过头来重新审视我的价值观，审视我在乎的东西。”

Nuttle还说，适当放慢节奏能帮助大家稍作休息。对她来说，停下工作陪女儿去吃冰淇淋或是旅行都与帮助。摘写下每天所做的事情，在最有意义的事情旁边画上一个红心，然后定一个正确更多红心的目标。

福克斯家庭新闻，我是Lisa Brady。

1 cram   

v.填塞，塞满，临时抱佛脚，为考试而学习

参考例句：

• There was such a cram in the church.教堂里拥挤得要命。
• The room's full,we can't cram any more people in.屋里满满的，再也挤不进去人了。

2 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

3 contractor   

n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌

参考例句：

• The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
• The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 jot   

n.少量；vi.草草记下；vt.匆匆写下

参考例句：

• I'll jot down their address before I forget it.我得赶快把他们的地址写下来，免得忘了。
• There is not a jot of evidence to say it does them any good.没有丝毫的证据显示这对他们有任何好处。