《第67期Passage2》歌词

歌曲： 第67期Passage2

所属专辑：专四真题听写训练营05年至12年

歌手： 英语听力

时长： 01:58

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第67期Passage2-英语听力[00:00:00]

A new study from the University of New South Wales has [00:00:00]

discovered that during the working week, [00:00:03]

Australian fathers only spend an average of [00:00:06]

just over a minute each day alone with their children. [00:00:09]

Australian mothers, on the other hand, [00:00:13]

spend three hours a week [00:00:16]

purely looking after their children, a much greater disparity [00:00:18]

than in other countries like America, [00:00:22]

Denmark, Italy and France, where couples divide their [00:00:26]

child care more evenly. [00:00:30]

According to the author of the study, traditionally, [00:00:33]

Australian fathers appear to like the fun aspects of [00:00:37]

parenthood, but stay away from daily child care activities. [00:00:41]

So while they tend to be happy taking the kids to the park [00:00:47]

or to sports events, [00:00:52]

they are unlikely to participate regularly in feeding, [00:00:54]

bathing or taking the kids to school. [00:00:58]

In short, Australian parenting is seen as a woman's job [00:01:02]

and a man's hobby. [00:01:08]

However, the last 20 years have seen the arrival of the [00:01:10]

so called "new man" - the man who is willing to share [00:01:14]

the housework and child care. [00:01:18]

The mew man has a picture of his children on his [00:01:21]

computer desktop at work; [00:01:24]

he never missed the kids' school plays, [00:01:27]

and he passes on a drink after work so that he can get home [00:01:31]

in time to read their bedtime story. [00:01:34]

This new study suggests that the new man feels a little more [00:01:38]

at home in Europe than in Australian. [00:01:42]

Indeed, a poll conducted in the U.K. indicated that almost 70% [00:01:46]

of British women thought that men were as good at raising [00:01:52]

children as women. [00:01:55]