美語情景對話 第1256期:Should mothers stay home with children? 母親應該在家照顧孩子嗎

Christophe: Hello, this is Christophe from Belgium and Aiste from Lithuania. Today's question is ... Should mothers stay home when the children are young? I think the mother's should definitely stay home. My mom was a single mother and she had to work immediately after the birth because she had to earn money to raise the children and I didn't really like that I preferred to have a mom that stays at home. You had a different situtation.

克里斯托夫：大家好，我是克里斯托夫，來自比利時，這位是艾斯蒂，來自立陶宛。今天的話題是，孩子小時候，母親應該留在家裏嗎？我認爲母親絕對應該待在家裏照顧孩子。我媽媽是單身母親，她在生產後不得不馬上工作，因爲她要掙錢養孩子，我不喜歡那樣，我希望媽媽留在家裏照顧孩子。你的情況和我不一樣。

Aiste: Well, young children ... My mom stayed with me for one year when I was really a baby and after she gave birth to me she made a break in her studies and she stayed with me for one year. Later I remember both my parents going to study or to work and some neighbor or my grandmother used to stay at home and take care of me but I went to kindergarten from two years old that's kind of early I think.

艾斯蒂：嗯，小孩子……我還是嬰兒時，我媽媽在家照顧了我一年，她生產後暫停了學業，在家照顧了我一年。我記得，後來我父母就去上學或上班了，一些鄰居或我的祖母會在家照顧我，我兩歲時上的幼兒園，那個年齡是偏早的。

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重點講解：
1. prefer to do sth. 更喜歡；偏好；
例句：Most of the students prefer to live out.
大多數學生情願住在校外。
2. give birth to 生（孩子）；分娩；生育；
例句：His wife gave birth to twin girls.
她妻子生了一對雙胞胎女孩。
3. used to do sth. 過去常常；過去曾；
例句：He used to be one of the professors at the School of Education.
他曾是教育學院的一名教授。
4. take care of 照顧；照看；看護；
例句：Don't worry yourself about me, I can take care of myself.
你別擔心我，我能照顧好自己。