BBC Real English – House-husband 家庭主男

　　BBC Learning English – Real English

　　House-husband 家庭主男

　　Helen: 大家好，欢迎收听BBC 的地道英语， 我是Helen。

　　Neil: And I’m Neil. In Real English we look at words and expressions you might not find in your dictionary. Today’s expression is house husband

　　Helen: 这两个词都不难，house – 房子，还有 husband 丈夫，先生. 这两词联在一起是什么意思呢？

　　Neil: Well a house-husband is a man who stays at home and doesn’t go to work, while his wife goes to work and earns money. It’s based on the phrase housewife.

　　Helen: A housewife 家庭主妇, 那么 a house-husband 就是正好相反的，丈夫在家，妻子在外工作赚钱。那他在家干嘛呢?

　　Neil: Well, usually a man becomes a house-husband in order to look after children.

　　Helen: Ah, 在家看孩子。

　　Neil: That could be because his wife earns more than him.

　　Helen: 妻子的工资比丈夫要高。

　　Neil: Or it might just be that he’d rather be a house-husband and look after the children and she would rather go to work.

　　Helen: 这也是双方达成的协议- 男的喜欢带孩子，而太太喜欢上班打工。

　　Neil: Some men might feel embarrassed at being a house-husband, but it’s getting more common.

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