双语：职场妈妈依赖“亲友团”平衡生活

 　　In I Don't Know How She Does It, Sarah Jessica Parker just about manages to juggle¹ a job in a financial market firm with being the mother of two children. But she does it with a lot of help from a nanny。

　　Many modern working mothers can't afford personal childcare, though. Instead they rely heavily on a close-knit circle of up to ten close friends and family to juggle their busy lives。

　　Moms call on their support network, dubbed² 'Team Mom', to help out for around ten hours a week as they try to fit everything around their office hours, a survey found。

　　Their own mothers are the first port of call in emergencies, while friends, neighbours and other children's moms are also likely to be on hand when needed。

　　The study, carried out by Tesco Baby, found that 67 per cent of mothers believe they would have to give up work if they didn't receive help from Team Mom。

　　Having a close support network saves the average mon ￡140 a month in childcare costs. That adds up to a saving³ of ￡1,680 per year。

　　The trend was revealed⁴ in a study carried out among 2,000 moms by Tesco to launch⁵ its 'Help a Mom' campaign。

　　Spokeswoman Lorna Dickinson said: 'Moms work incredibly hard and it's only natural that they rely on other people to help them out。

　　'Juggling⁶ work, meal times, housework and various appointments can be difficult so having a trusted network of reliable people can make a difference.'

　　The study found moms typically enjoy ten hours of support from their network of friends and family, but one in 20 women has 31 hours of help every week。

　　Two thirds those who took part in the poll⁷ said their own mother was the one person they could not do without, and one third of women said their mother babysits their kids while they are at work。

　　Tesco's survey also revealed one in ten relies on their mother-in law's child-minding skills while five per cent get granddad to muck in。

　　在影片《凯特的外遇日记》中，莎拉?杰西卡?帕克扮演的女主角勉强能平衡好金融公司职员与两个孩子的母亲两种身份。不过，她是在保姆的鼎力相助下才办到的。

　　但很多现代的职场妈妈都没有足够的经济实力找保姆照看孩子。所以，她们十分依赖亲友团，需要多达10名亲友来帮她们应付劳碌的生活。

　　调查显示，职场妈妈每周要请 “妈妈团”来帮忙10个小时，才能把工作摆平。

　　遇到急事，她们会首先请来自己的妈妈，有需要时也会请好友、邻居、和其他孩子的妈妈们来帮忙。

　　该调查由“乐购宝贝”开展，结果显示，67%的受访妈妈认为，如果没有“妈妈团”的帮助，自己就得辞职。

　　亲友团的协助让每位妈妈平均每月节省140英镑的育儿开销，每年可节省1680英镑。

　　乐购公司针对两千名妈妈开展了此项调查，以启动其“帮助妈妈”的活动。

　　女发言人罗娜?迪金森说：“妈妈们工作非常辛苦，靠别人帮忙很正常。”

　　“繁忙的工作、用餐、家务事、各种约会都让她们疲于应付，有值得信赖的亲友团帮忙就会好很多。”

　　调查显示，妈妈们一般每周得到亲友团10个小时的帮助，但也有1/20的妈妈们每周能得到亲友31个小时的帮助。

　　三分之二的受访者表示，最离不开的是自己母亲的帮助。另有三分之一的受访者表示，上班时由自己的母亲照看孩子。

　　调查还显示，十分之一的受访者得到婆婆的帮助，还有5%的家里公公也会帮忙

1 juggle   

v.变戏法，纂改，欺骗，同时做；n.玩杂耍，纂改，花招

参考例句：

• If you juggle with your accounts,you'll get into trouble.你要是在帐目上做手脚，你可要遇到麻烦了。
• She had to juggle her job and her children.她得同时兼顾工作和孩子。

2 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 saving   

n.节省，节约；[pl.]储蓄金，存款

参考例句：

• Energy saving is term strategic policy of our country.节约能源是我国长期的战略国策。
• Old-fashioned housewives were usually very saving.旧时的家庭主妇通常都很节俭。

4 revealed   

v.显示( reveal的过去式和过去分词 )；揭示；泄露；[神学]启示

参考例句：

• They revealed to me that the experiment had failed. 他们向我透露试验失败了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His insincerity is revealed by the quick goggle of his eyes. 他眼睛的快速转动泄露了他的不诚。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 launch   

vt.发动，推出；发射；n.发射，下水，投产

参考例句：

• The makers are about to launch out a new product.制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。
• Would it be wise to launch into this rough sea?在这样汹涌的大海中游泳明智吗？

6 juggling   

n. 欺骗, 杂耍(=jugglery) adj. 欺骗的, 欺诈的 动词juggle的现在分词

参考例句：

• He was charged with some dishonest juggling with the accounts. 他被指控用欺骗手段窜改账目。
• The accountant went to prison for juggling his firm's accounts. 会计因涂改公司的帐目而入狱。

7 poll   

n.民意测验，民意调查，选举投票

参考例句：

• The result of the poll won't be known until midnight.选举结果要到午夜才能揭晓。
• They expected a heavy poll.他们期望会有很高的投票数。