美語情景對話 第951期:Soccer Moms 足球媽媽

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

託德：朱莉婭，你現在已經當媽媽了。

Julia: That's right.

朱莉婭：沒錯。

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?

託德：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.

託德：沒錯。

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

朱莉婭：其實我只聽說過這個。

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

託德：好。你認爲什麼是“足球媽媽”？你聽說過什麼？

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：我的理解是將時間都用在接送孩子參加足球訓練上的那種母親。對嗎？

Todd: Right.

託德：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那種或是大的四驅車。

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

託德：對。我認爲就是那種爲孩子安排很多活動的家長。

Julia: Oh, OK.

朱莉婭：哦，好。

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

託德：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.

託德：嗯，對。我認爲這是一個褒義詞。我認爲“足球媽媽”是那種關懷備至的家長。

Julia: OK.

朱莉婭：好。

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

託德：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階級家長。

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

託德：對，沒錯。現在還有一個相同意思的詞，“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.

託德：對，比賽時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。就是指非常關心孩子、花很多時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.

託德：不是。有點兒像是優秀爸爸，他們可能是藍領工人，不是很有錢，也可能是中低階層，或是情景喜劇裏那種爸爸。

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地方，這很好。

Todd: Yeah, yeah.

託德：對，沒錯。

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.

託德：“納斯達爸爸”可能會帶兒子去打獵，或是帶女兒去購物。

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