英語口語練習小對話 第216期:持家
迷你對話：
A: More and more women don’t want to stay at home and keep house now.
現在越來越多的女人不想呆在家裏做家務了。
B: This is the result of women’s liberation.
這是女性解放的結果。
A: Now, many people think that women’s liberation is a kind of civilization, but children are getting less love from their mother because of that. What is your opinion?
現在許多人認爲女性的解放是一種文明，但因此孩子得到的母愛越來越少。你的看法呢？
B: I have no idea.
我不知道。
地道表達：keep house
解詞釋義：keep是“保持”，引申爲“收拾，料理”。例如：keep a lawn（養護草地），keep a farm（照料農場），那麼keep house自然就是“持家”的意思了。
支持範例：
Many men don't appreciate how much work it takes to keep house and cook three meals a day.
許多男人不理解操持家務和一天做三頓飯要幹多少活。
Lt's not easy work to keep house.
管家是件不易的事。
The old man depended on his daughter to keep house.
那老人依靠他女兒管理家務。
Was she going to act and keep house?
難道她要一邊演出一邊持家嗎？
詞海拾貝：
stay at home：呆在家中
women’s liberation：女性解放
a kind of ：一種
get love from their mother：得到母愛
because of ：因爲
have no idea：不知道
