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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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 Jungle Republic,” the Preside said.
总统说,“现在所有人按身高排列起来,告诉大家,你们是犯了什么罪才会来到丛林共和国的。”
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make the association between A and B
将A与B联系起来
例句
They held a meeting to discuss the association between firms’ investment opportunities, position and firm performance
他们开会讨论了公司的投资机会、董事会机构和稳定绩效三者之间的联系。