文档介绍：Unit Four
The No-child Family: Going Against 100,000 Years Of Biology
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Speaker:Meng Haiyan
Producer:Zhang Yaping
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“It’s a life-style choice,” Ellen says. “We chose freedom and spontaneity, privacy and leisure. It’s also a question of where you want to give your efforts—within your own family or in the munity. This generation faces serious questions about the continuity of life on earth as well as its quality. Our grandchildren may have to buy tickets to see the last redwoods or line up to get their oxygen ration.
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There are men plain about being caught in a traffic jam for hours on their way home to their five kids but can’t make the association between the children and the traffic jam. In a world seriously threatened by the consequences of overpopulation we’re concerned with making life without children acceptable and respectable. Too many children are born as a result of cultural coercion. And the results show up in the statistics on divorce and child-abuse.
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根据美国2005年的调查显示,%的虐待儿童者是父母,其次是父母的未婚伴侣。让人震惊的是,40%的受害儿童是被亲生妈妈单独虐待的,%是被爸爸妈妈一起虐待的。
父母们为什么虐待自己的孩子?移居美国的德国心理学家苏珊·巴布尔博士认为,最主要的原因是施虐者本人也遭受过虐待。此外,被压力和无助感压垮的父母也有虐待孩子的倾向。父母如果连自己都没有时间照顾,或者没有掌握正确管教孩子的方法,也会增加虐待的风险。
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question of something:a matter or topic that needs to be discussed or dealt with (待讨论或处理的)事情,议题,课题
there is no question of something
毫无疑问的事情
例句
There is no question that the charter-school movement is very important and is an expression of people's desire to do something excellent for their children.
毫无疑问,特许学校运动是非常重要的,是人们的愿望并希望能为他们的孩子做出什么出色的表现。
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as well as
…之外(也),同…一样(也);
And this will lead into what you’re going to see next time as well as what you're going to do tomorrow.
这会对于你接下来要学到的和明天要做的东西起一个引导作用。
…一样(程度) ;
She plays as well as her sister.
她演奏得和她姐姐一样好。
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line up : form a row or arrange people or things in a row.
例句
“Now all of you line up according to your height and tell us why you should be admitted into this Jungl