M: what's your opinion about childless couples? Will you choose to have no kids?
N: to be honest, I wouldn't.
M: why? Do you have to make a choice now?
N: not really. But it has puzzled me for a long time.
M: what's the puzzle?
N: my husband and I prefer to have no kids, but my mother-in-law is very traditional and wants grandkids.
M: oh, I see. I think the older generation tend to think in a different way.
N: yes. It seems she can never accept a childless marriage. We had a fight last night.
M: oh, really? Maybe she is just eager to see her grandchildren.
N: but it's absolutely our own business to have a child or not.
M: definitely.
N: you know, I often overhear our neighbor, the young couple, fighting about how to raise their kid and I really don't want kids to spoil our hapoiness.
M: don't worry. I think in most cases, children are the glue that keeps a family together.
N: I guess you're right. But I still prefer to have no child.
M: sure. You can fully enjoy your time together.
你是怎么看待那些不要孩子的夫妻的?你打算要不要孩子。
說實(shí)在的,我不打算要孩子。
為什么?你現(xiàn)在必須做出選擇嗎?
不是,只是這事已經(jīng)困擾我很久了。
那你到底愁什么呢?
我和我丈夫打算不要孩子,但是我婆婆很傳統(tǒng),很想抱孫子。
啊,這樣啊。我覺得老人們總是和我們想法不太一樣。
是啊,可是我婆婆就是不能理解,為什么結(jié)了婚卻不要孩子。我們昨天還吵了一架。
是嗎?也許她只是抱孫心切吧。
但是要不要孫子,完全是我們自己的事。
是啊。
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不要擔(dān)心。大多數(shù)情況下,孩子還是家庭的粘合劑。
好吧,但是我還是不想要孩子。
好的,那你們就可以好好享受二人世界了。
Words Storm
Puzzle 迷惑
Traditional 傳統(tǒng)的
Generation 代
Childless 沒有孩子的
Absolutely 當(dāng)然,絕對地
Business 職責(zé)
Overhear 無意中聽到
Raise 養(yǎng)育
Spoil 破壞
Gule 膠水
Phrases
Childless couple
不要孩子的夫妻
To be honest
說實(shí)話
Make a choice
做選擇
Mother-in-law
婆婆或岳母
Have a fight
吵架
In most cases
大多數(shù)情況下
DINK families refer to families that have dual income and no kids.
丁克家庭是指有雙份工資但是沒有孩子的家庭。
To have kid or not puzzled us for years.
要不要孩子已經(jīng)困擾了我們很多年。
The childless couple boom reflects the lack of confidence in their marriage in this erve-changing society.
現(xiàn)在越來越多的夫妻不要孩子,這反映了他們面對這個日益變化的社會,對自己的婚姻沒有信心。
They consider children as a heavy burden.
他們認(rèn)定孩子是沉重的負(fù)擔(dān)。
Parents always worry about their children.
父母總會牽掛自己的孩子。