迷你对话学地道口语第216期:持家

　　迷你对话：
A: More and more women don’t want to stay at home and keep house now.
现在越来越多的女人不想呆在家里做家务了。
B: This is the result of women’s liberation¹.
这是女性解放的结果。
A: Now, many people think that women’s liberation is a kind of civilization, but children are getting less love from their mother because of that. What is your opinion?
现在许多人认为女性的解放是一种文明，但因此孩子得到的母爱越来越少。你的看法呢？
B: I have no idea.
我不知道。
地道表达：keep house
解词释义：keep是“保持”，引申为“收拾，料理”。例如：keep a lawn（养护草地），keep a farm（照料农场），那么keep house自然就是“持家”的意思了。
支持范例：
Many men don't appreciate how much work it takes to keep house and cook three meals a day.
许多男人不理解操持家务和一天做三顿饭要干多少活。
Lt's not easy work to keep house.
管家是件不易的事。
The old man depended on his daughter to keep house.
那老人依靠他女儿管理家务。
Was she going to act and keep house?
难道她要一边演出一边持家吗？
词海拾贝：
stay at home：呆在家中
women’s liberation：女性解放
a kind of ：一种
get love from their mother：得到母爱
because of ：因为
have no idea：不知道

1 liberation   

n.解放，解放运动（为获得平等权利和地位的行为）

参考例句：

• We should help those who are still struggling for liberation.我们应当帮助那些仍在为独立而斗争的人们。
• Many people died during famines every year before liberation.解放前每年有许多人在饥荒中死亡。