實(shí)戰(zhàn)口語情景對話：Soccer Moms 足球媽媽

Todd: So, Julia, now you are a parent.

托德：朱莉婭，你現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)當(dāng)媽媽了。

Julia: That's right.

朱莉婭：沒錯(cuò)。

Todd: And have you heard of all these terms that we have in the US for different types of parents? I wonder if you have them in the UK?

托德：你聽說過美國對家長的分類嗎?我想知道英國是不是也有這種分類?

Julia: You mean like soccer mum, stuff like that?

朱莉婭：你是指“足球媽媽”這種嗎?

Todd: Exactly.

托德：沒錯(cuò)。

Julia: That's the only one I've heard of actually.

朱莉婭：其實(shí)我只聽說過這個(gè)。

Todd: OK. So what do you think a soccer mom is? What have you heard?

托德：好。你認(rèn)為什么是“足球媽媽”?你聽說過什么?

Julia: My image is a mother who dedicates her time to running her kids to and from soccer practice. Is that right?

朱莉婭：我的理解是將時(shí)間都用在接送孩子參加足球訓(xùn)練上的那種母親。對嗎?

Todd: Right.

托德：對。

Julia: And also drives a big vehicle? My image is of a big SUV or a big four wheel drive.

朱莉婭：通常她們會開比較大的車?我想是SUV那種或是大的四驅(qū)車。

Todd: Right. I think it's also, it's like a parent that has many scheduled events for their child.

托德：對。我認(rèn)為就是那種為孩子安排很多活動(dòng)的家長。

Julia: Oh, OK.

朱莉婭：哦，好。

Todd: So maybe they have swimming class or soccer practice, ballet and stuff like that.

托德：可能孩子要上游泳課、足球課、芭蕾課之類的。

Julia: Oh, maybe I'm a little bit of a soccer mum.

朱莉婭：哦，也許我算是“足球媽媽”。

Todd: Yeah, I think now, yeah. I think it's actually a good term. It's like, I think a soccer mom usually is considered a caring parent.

托德：嗯，對。我認(rèn)為這是一個(gè)褒義詞。我認(rèn)為“足球媽媽”是那種關(guān)懷備至的家長。

Julia: OK.

朱莉婭：好。

Todd: And they try to have their child doing productive things

.托德：他們盡力讓孩子去做富有成效的事。

Julia: It must be pretty, quite an affluent perhaps middle class kind of parent.

朱莉婭：那一定是非常富有或是中產(chǎn)階級家長。

Todd: Yeah, exactly, exactly. Now we have the equivalent, it's called a Nascar dad.

托德：對，沒錯(cuò)?，F(xiàn)在還有一個(gè)相同意思的詞，“納斯卡爸爸”。

Julia: Is Nascar some kind of car racing?

朱莉婭：納斯卡是賽車比賽的名字嗎?

Todd: Yeah, basically it's just the, these cars they run around and ride around in a circle. It's kind of like horse racing for cars, you just go round and round. But, yeah, so I guess it's the same thing. It's just a dad who's really, you know, really into his kids, spends a lot of time with his kids.

托德：對，比賽時(shí)車輛要一圈一圈地繞賽道。就好像是賽馬比賽一樣，在賽道上一圈一圈地跑。不過我想意思是一樣的。就是指非常關(guān)心孩子、花很多時(shí)間和孩子在一起的那種爸爸。

Julia: Would this be a stay at home dad, like a...?

朱莉婭：那是全職爸爸嗎?

Todd: No, no. It's just kind of like a good old boy father, like a dad who's kind of blue collar, not rich, you know, maybe lower middle class maybe but just kind of like your typical sitcom, TV sitcom dad I guess.

托德：不是。有點(diǎn)兒像是優(yōu)秀爸爸，他們可能是藍(lán)領(lǐng)工人，不是很有錢，也可能是中低階層，或是情景喜劇里那種爸爸。

Julia: But that's nice. Takes his kids everywhere, that's nice.

朱莉婭：這很好。他們會帶孩子去各個(gè)地方，這很好。

Todd: Yeah, yeah.

托德：對，沒錯(cuò)。

Julia: Involved in the...

朱莉婭：參與其中……

Todd: Yeah, like a Nascar dad would probably take his sons hunting and maybe take his daughter shopping and stuff like that.

托德：“納斯達(dá)爸爸”可能會帶兒子去打獵，或是帶女兒去購物。