NPR边听边练179：妈妈养家

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　　一、泛听建议：

　　1、完整听一遍，掌握大意。

　　2、继续听，特别注意关键信息。遇到相似的词，写下来。

　　3、复述新闻。

　　Bank earnings¹ in the US are on the rise as the industry rebounds² from the financial crisis five years ago. The federal deposit insurance cooperation says banks _1_ just over 40 billion dollars in the first quarter of this year. Banks impart to _2_ losses from bad loans. That's more than an any quarter on record.

　　随着工业从五年前的金融危机中复苏，美国的银行业绩也随之上升。联邦保险局表示，银行今年第一季度赢利超过400亿美元。银行用于支付次贷损失的开支减少。这比任何季度的纪录都要高。

　　A new report finds that mothers are now the main bread winners in nearly 40% of families with children in the US. But NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports the American public _3_ feelings about the increase in the number of single moms and mothers who earn more than their husbands.

　　一份新报告表明，美国有孩子的家庭中，近40%由母亲挣钱养家。但是据NPR新闻的詹妮弗·卢登报道，单亲母亲以及比丈夫挣钱多的女性数量增加，美国公众对这一现象怀有复杂感情。

　　The Pew Research center finds that share of bread _4_ moms has quadruple since 1960. Women are now nearly half the workforce³, 2/3 of married mothers work, and yet, most Americans tell Pew this is making it harder to raise children and harder for marriages to succeed. Half of Americans say it's better for children if their mother is home, though just 8% say the same about fathers. The Pew study finds most bread winning mothers are single, unlike in the past, a growing share of them _5_. Jennifer Ludden NPR News, Washington.

　　皮尤研究中心发现，负责养家的母亲数量自1960年以来翻了四倍。目前女性几乎占据了劳动人口的一半，三分之二已婚并有孩子的女性在工作，而大部分美国人接受皮尤的调查时表示，这种情况很难抚养孩子，也很难维持婚姻。一半美国人认为母亲在家对孩子更好，只有8%认为父亲应该在家照顾孩子。皮尤研究发现，与过去不同，大多数养家的女性是单身，从来没结过婚的女性比例日益上升。NPR新闻，詹妮弗·卢登华盛顿报道。

　　词汇解析：

　　1. impart to:. 告诉；透露：给予，分给：

　　eg:She imparted the secret to her friend.

　　她将秘密透露给了她的朋友。

　　eg:Only the chairman's strong control was able to impart some sense of seriousness to the meeting.

　　只有主席强有力的掌握会场的能力才能使会议具有某种严肃感。

　　2、bread winner n.养家糊口的人

　　eg. I've always paid the bills and been the breadwinner.

　　一直由我支付账单，维持家庭生计。

　　eg. Hero is a normal human, just like breadwinner.

　　英雄平时就是个普通人， 一样得养家活口。

　　3、quadruple . 四倍的；四重的. 使…成四倍. 成为四倍. 四倍

　　eg:China seeks to quadruple its income in twenty years.

　　中国力求在20年内将其收入翻两番。

　　eg:Fifty-nine percent of its residents have attended graduate school – quadruple the national average.

　　该地区59％的居民读过研究生–是全国平均水平的4倍。

　　eg:The quadruple murder has replaced property prices as the sole topic of interest.

　　这4起连环谋杀案已经取代房价成为了人们惟一感兴趣的话题。

　　参考答案：

　　1、earned 2、fewer losses 3、has mixed

　　4、winning moms 5、have never been

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