实用英语：House-husband 家庭主男

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　　Helen: 大家好，欢迎收听BBC 的地道英语， 我是Helen。
        　　Neil: And I'm Neil. In Real English we look at words and expressions you
might not find in your dictionary. Today's expression is house-husband.
        　　Helen: 这两个词都不难，house 房子，还有 husband 丈夫，先生. 这两词联在一起是什么意思呢?
        　　Neil: Well a house-husband is a man who stays at home and doesn't go to
work, while his wife goes to work and earns money. It's based on the phrase
housewife.
        　　Helen: A housewife 家庭主妇， 那么 a house-husband
就是正好相反的，丈夫在家，妻子在外工作赚钱。那他在家干嘛呢?
        　　Neil: Well, usually a man becomes a house-husband in order to look after
children.
        　　Helen: Ah, 在家看孩子。
        　　Neil: That could be because his wife earns more than him.
        　　Helen: 妻子的工资比丈夫要高。
        　　Neil: Or it might just be that he'd rather be a house-husband and look
after the children and she would rather go to work.
        　　Helen: 这也是双方达成的协议- 男的喜欢带孩子，而太太喜欢上班打工。
        　　Neil: Some men might feel embarrassed at being a house- husband, but it's
getting more common.
        　　Helen: 有些男人一开始可能还觉得当家庭主男不好意思， 不过现在这种情况越来越普遍了。
        　　Example
        　　A: Will you go back to work after you have the baby?
        　　B: Oh yeah!
        　　A: Who'll look after the baby when you're at work then?
        　　B: My husband – he’s going to quit his job and become a house husband. I
earn more than him, so it makes sense really. And he loves kids, so he’ll enjoy
it.
        　　Helen: 让我们复习一下，今天我们学到的新表达是，
        　　Neil: House-husband.
        　　Helen: 也就是家庭主男， 模范丈夫。
        　　Neil: We’ve run out of time now.
        　　Helen: 我们下次节目再见!
        　　Neil: Bye!
        　　Helen: Bye Bye.