卡卡英語 第406期:當(dāng)媽媽很幸福?那你是不知道她們究竟有多抑郁
當(dāng)媽媽很幸福？那你是不知道她們究竟有多抑郁
New Words:
exhausted adj. 疲憊的；耗盡的
diminutive adj. 小的，小型的，微小的
headlock n. 摔跤中的夾頭,鎖頭
hostage n. 人質(zhì)；抵押品
voodoo n. 伏都教（一種西非原始宗教）；伏都教徒
visceral adj.出于本能的；發(fā)自肺腑的；
tedious adj. 沉悶的；冗長乏味的
deplete vt. 耗盡，用盡；使衰竭，使空虛
disservice n. 傷害；幫倒忙的行為；不親切的行為；虐待
I love my daughter. I don't always love being a mother.
我愛我的女兒。我并不總是喜歡做一個(gè)母親。
I'm exhausted most days. The bulk of the games my 2-year-old demands I play are so boring that I could cry. She's diminutive, but still puts me in a firm headlock when I try to leave her room each night. Getting her into the bath is practically a hostage negotiation. And that look she gives me when she dumps her dinner on the floor — what is that? I swear it's voodoo.
我大部分時(shí)間都很累。我2歲的孩子要求我玩的游戲?qū)嵲谑翘珶o聊以至于我都快哭了。小小的她，每當(dāng)我試圖每晚離開她房間時(shí)，都會把我牢牢地鎖在懷里。把她送進(jìn)浴室實(shí)際上是人質(zhì)談判。當(dāng)她把晚餐倒在地板上時(shí)，她給了我的表情——那是什么？我發(fā)誓那是一張巫毒臉。
Loving Atika is visceral, chemical, exquisite. But raising her can be tedious and depleting. If we suggest being a mother means we must be joyful all, or even most, of the time, we do all mothers a disservice. Motherhood is remarkably difficult. Acknowledging that and taking care of our mental health is as important as taking care of our babies.
愛孩子（迪卡）是本能的，難以抑制的，強(qiáng)烈的。但是撫養(yǎng)她真的很乏味，感覺快被掏空一般。如果說做一個(gè)母親，意味著我們必須在所有的時(shí)候，甚至在大多數(shù)時(shí)候都是快樂的，那么這對于所有母親來說，無意會造成傷害。當(dāng)媽媽真的很難。承認(rèn)和顧及我們的心理健康和照看我們的孩子一樣重要。
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