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听力文本
Families in the U.K. now pay more on childcare than on their mortgage. The annual costs of raising children are now outstripping yearly housing loan repayments. This is according to a survey conducted by Britain's Family and Childcare Trust. The organization says that in some parts of the country, nursery fees have risen by 13 per cent in the past year. The cost for babysitters and child-minders has risen by an average of four per cent. The report's author Jill Rutter told the Nursery World website that her findings showed that childcare in the U.K. is becoming less and less affordable for families. She also said an insufficientnumber of places in nurseries shows the U.K.'s system isn't working.
The report could well make would-be parents think twice about starting a family, or about the number of children they have. A family of four with one child attending a nursery and another in an after-school club spends an average of $12,571 a year. This compares to the average yearly housing loan payments of $12,000.Families are now spending a quarter of their income on childcare. This does not include the costs of feeding, clothing and entertaining children. There are also the costs of toys, books and electronic gadgets on top of that. The chief executive of the Trust warned that when many parents have to spend more than a quarter of their income on childcare, it's clear that the system "isn't fit for purpose".
中文翻译
英国家庭花在孩子上面的钱要高于房贷
。养孩子的年消费远远超过了房贷 。这是英国家庭儿童基金会所作出的调查 。这项组织称在英国的许多地方,育婴费用比去年升高了13% 。找保姆和替人照看小孩的费用也提高了4% 。这项报告的作者吉尔·拉特告诉育儿网站,称她的发现证明英国家庭很难支付起养孩子的重任 。她还说许多地方的数据并不完善,这证明英国的这项政策并没有奏效 。这项报告让那些想成为父母的家庭考虑再三,或是考虑着他们要几个孩子合适
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重点讲解
1.child-minder 受雇代人照看小孩者
Many jobs at present are held by women mainly such as secretary child-minder and nurse.
许多工作目前主要由女性承担,如做秘书、照顾孩子、当护士等
。2.housing loan 住房贷款
Personal housing loan business by its earnings, reliable guarantee high risk, etc, to control the favour of banking industry.
个人住房贷款业务以其担保可靠、收益较高、风险易控等特点,倍受银行业的青睐
。3.would-be parent 准父母
If one principle defined the Document Object Model, it would be that information is arranged as a parent-child hierarchy. For example, the following XML
如果存在一个定义文档对象模型的原则,它将把信息排列成父-子层次结构
。4.compare to 把...比作
How does this development process compare to the approach you use today?
相比你现在使用的方法,这个开发方法如何呢?
听力题目
1.What are yearly costs or raising children outstripping?
a) inflation
b) average incomes
c) food costs
d) annual housing loan repayments
2.How were these conclusions discovered?
a) word of mouth
b) via a survey
c) guesswork
d) government statistics
3.By how much have some childcare costs risen in the UK?
a) give or take 13%
b) 13% on the button
c) a little over 13%
d) by up to 13%
4.What has risen 4%?
a) the height of UK kids
b) the number of surveys
c) babysitters and child-minders
d) children's mobile phone bills
5.What did an author say wasn't working in Britain?
a) babysitters
b) family life
c) the whole country
d) the childcare system
6.How many times could the report make prospective parents think?
a) three times
b) countless times
c) two times
d) just one time
7.What family size did the article mention?
a) 4
b) 5
c) 6
d) 7
8.How much are average housing loan repayments in the UK?
a) $11,000
b) $11,571
c) $12,000
d) $12,571
9.What electronic things are not included in childcare costs?
a) books
b) gadgets
c) circuits
d) surveillance systems
10.Who said the UK's childcare system wasn't "fit for purpose"?
a) a chief executive
b) a babysitter
c) Britain's prime minister
d) a child
听力答案
1.d
2.b
3.d
4.c
5.d
6.c
7.a
8.c
9.b
10.a