领事馆英语职称英语综合类阅读理解第十九篇The Family逐句翻译

2021年1月19日发(作者：frosting)
The Family
家庭

The structure of a family takes different forms around the
world and even in the same society.
在全世界，甚至在同一个
社会中，
家庭结构有着不同的形式。
The family's form changes
as it adapts to changing social and economic influences.
家庭的
构成形式随着不断变化

的社会和经济影响而改变。

Until
recently,
the
most
common
form
in
North
America
was
the
nuclear
family
，直到最近，北美洲最普遍的家庭形式为核心
家庭，
consi sting of a married couple with their minor children.
由一对夫妇和他们

未婚的孩子构成。

The
nuclear
family
is
an independent unit.
核心家庭是一个独立的单位。

It must be
prepared
to
fend
for
itself.
它必须能够照料自己。
Individual
family
members
strongly
depend
on
one
another.
家庭成员紧
密依赖着彼此。

There is little help from outside the family in
emergencies.

在紧急情况下，
外界提供给家庭的帮助微乎其
微。
Elderly relatives of a nuclear family are cared for only if it is
possible for the family to do so.
核心家庭中，只有当条件允许
的时候，才会照

料家中年长的亲属。

In North America
，
the
elderly often do not live with the family they live in retirement
communities
and
nursing
homes.
在北美洲，老人很少和家人
一起生活，他们一 般住在退休社区和养老机构。

There
are
many
parallels
between
the
nuclear
family
in
industrial societies
，
such as North America
，
and of families in
societies
such
as
that
of
the
Inuits
，
who
live
in
harsh < br>environments.
在工业社会，例如北美洲，核心家庭之间有很
多相似点。在 居住在恶劣环境中的因纽特人的

社会中，家
庭间也有很多相似点。

The
nuclear
family
structure
is
well
adapted to a life of mobility.
核心家庭结构良好地适应于流动
性的生活。
In
harsh
conditions
，
mobility
allows
the
family
to
hunt for food.
在恶劣的条件下，

流动性能让一个家庭吃饱饭。
For
North
Americans
，
the
hunt
for
jobs
and
improved
social
status
also
requires
mobility.
对北美洲人来说，找工作和提高
社会地位同样需要流动性。

The
nuclear
family
was
not
always
the
North
American
standard.
核心家庭并不总是北美洲人的标准。

In
a
more
agrarian
time
，
the
small
nuclear
family
was
usually
part
of
a
larger extended family.
在农业社会时期，
小型的核心家庭经常
是大家庭的一部

分。

This might have included grandparents
，
mother and father
，
brothers and sisters
，
uncles
，
aunts
，
and
cousins.
其中可能包括了祖父母、父母、兄弟姐妹、叔伯、
阿姨以及表兄弟姐妹。
In
North
America
today
，
there
is
a
dramatic rise in the number of single-parent households.
在现
在的北美洲，

单亲家庭的数目大幅度增加。
Twice
as
many
households
in
the
United
States
are
headed
by
divorced
，
separated
，
or
never-married
individuals
as
are
comprised
of
nuclear
families.
由核心家庭构成的单亲家庭的数目是美国
由于离婚、分居或者未婚

导致的单亲家庭的两倍。
（无法理
解这段）
The structure of the family
，
not just in North America,
but throughout the world
，
continues to change as it adapts to
changing conditions.
不仅在北美洲，
在世界范围内，
家庭结构
都会随着不断变化的条件而改

变。


词汇
:

nuclear /adj.
原子核的，中心的


harsh /n.
严酷的

emergency / n.
紧急状况


agranan /adj.
土地的，耕地的


注释
:

1. lt must be prepared to fend for itself.
它必须能够照料
自己。


2. In North America
，
the elderly often do not live with the
family; they live in retirement communities and nursing homes.
在北美洲，
老人很少和家 人一起生活
;
他们一般住在退休社区
和养老机构。


3. In harsh conditions
，
mobility allows the family to hunt
for food. :
在恶劣的条件下，流动性能让一个家庭吃饱饭。


练习
:

1. Another good title for this passage would be_____.

A) What Makes a Family?

B) The Life of the Inuits.

C) Living with Hardship.

D) The Failure of theNuclear Family.

2. A nuclear family is defined as_____.

A) a married couple with their minor children