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Todd: So, Julia, now you are a parent.
托德:朱莉娅,你现在已经当妈妈了 。
Julia: That's right.
朱莉娅:没错 。
Todd: And have you heard of all these terms that we have in the US for different types of parents? I wonder if you have them in the UK?
托德:你听说过美国对家长的分类吗?我想知道英国是不是也有这种分类?
Julia: You mean like soccer mum, stuff like that?
朱莉娅:你是指“足球妈妈”这种吗?
Todd: Exactly.
托德:没错 。
Julia: That's the only one I've heard of actually.
朱莉娅:其实我只听说过这个 。
Todd: OK. So what do you think a soccer mom is? What have you heard?
托德:好 。你认为什么是“足球妈妈”?你听说过什么?
Julia: My image is a mother who dedicates her time to running her kids to and from soccer practice. Is that right?
朱莉娅:我的理解是将时间都用在接送孩子参加足球训练上的那种母亲 。对吗?
Todd: Right.
托德:对 。
Julia: And also drives a big vehicle? My image is of a big SUV or a big four wheel drive.
朱莉娅:通常她们会开比较大的车?我想是SUV那种或是大的四驱车 。
Todd: Right. I think it's also, it's like a parent that has many scheduled events for their child.
托德:对 。我认为就是那种为孩子安排很多活动的家长 。
Julia: Oh, OK.
朱莉娅:哦,好 。
Todd: So maybe they have swimming class or soccer practice, ballet and stuff like that.
托德:可能孩子要上游泳课、足球课、芭蕾课之类的 。
Julia: Oh, maybe I'm a little bit of a soccer mum.
朱莉娅:哦,也许我算是“足球妈妈” 。
Todd: Yeah, I think now, yeah. I think it's actually a good term. It's like, I think a soccer mom usually is considered a caring parent.
托德:嗯,对 。我认为这是一个褒义词 。我认为“足球妈妈”是那种关怀备至的家长 。
Julia: OK.
朱莉娅:好 。
Todd: And they try to have their child doing productive things.
托德:他们尽力让孩子去做富有成效的事 。
Julia: It must be pretty, quite an affluent perhaps middle class kind of parent.
朱莉娅:那一定是非常富有或是中产阶级家长 。
Todd: Yeah, exactly, exactly. Now we have the equivalent, it's called a Nascar dad.
托德:对,没错 。现在还有一个相同意思的词,“纳斯卡爸爸” 。
Julia: Is Nascar some kind of car racing?
朱莉娅:纳斯卡是赛车比赛的名字吗?
Todd: Yeah, basically it's just the, these cars they run around and ride around in a circle. It's kind of like horse racing for cars, you just go round and round. But, yeah, so I guess it's the same thing. It's just a dad who's really, you know, really into his kids, spends a lot of time with his kids.
托德:对,比赛时车辆要一圈一圈地绕赛道 。就好像是赛马比赛一样,在赛道上一圈一圈地跑 。不过我想意思是一样的 。就是指非常关心孩子、花很多时间和孩子在一起的那种爸爸 。
Julia: Would this be a stay at home dad, like a...?
朱莉娅:那是全职爸爸吗?
Todd: No, no. It's just kind of like a good old boy father, like a dad who's kind of blue collar, not rich, you know, maybe lower middle class maybe but just kind of like your typical sitcom, TV sitcom dad I guess.
托德:不是 。有点儿像是优秀爸爸,他们可能是蓝领工人,不是很有钱,也可能是中低阶层,或是情景喜剧里那种爸爸 。
Julia: But that's nice. Takes his kids everywhere, that's nice.
朱莉娅:这很好 。他们会带孩子去各个地方,这很好 。
Todd: Yeah, yeah.
托德:对,没错 。
Julia: Involved in the...
朱莉娅:参与其中……
Todd: Yeah, like a Nascar dad would probably take his sons hunting and maybe take his daughter shopping and stuff like that.
托德:“纳斯达爸爸”可能会带儿子去打猎,或是带女儿去购物 。
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