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保姆baby-sitter[英]['bebɪˌsɪtə] [美]['bebɪˌsɪtə] 中英文对照：如果没有电视（4） 乍一看，这个一小时不看电视的想法似平有点激进。没有这个电子保姆，父母们怎么办呢？我们该怎样打发时间呢？但这个想法一点儿也不偏激。只是在最近这25年里，电视才开始控制美国人的空余时间。35岁或更大的人会记得没有电视的童年，那时，人们有时听听收音机——这至少还可以让听众有点想象的空间——但也读书、学习、聊天、做游戏，也发明新的活动。说实话，那样做并不难。事实上我们那个时候玩得很痛快。 At first glance, the idea of an hour without TV seems radical. What will parents do without the electronic baby-sitter? How will we spend the time? But it is not radical at all. It has been only twenty-five years since television came to control the American free time. The people who are thirty-five and older can remember childhood without television, spent partly with radio—which at least involved the listener’s imagination—but also with reading, learning, talking, playing games, inventing new activities. It wasn’t that diffi¬cult. Honest. The truth is that we had a ball. 中英文例句 1. What will parents do without the electronic baby-sitter? 如果少了这位电子保姆，做父母的可怎么办呢？ 2. Unless I want to pay for the baby-sitter. 除非我愿意支付看孩子的钱。 3. The odds are that we won't get a baby-sitter. 很可能我们找不到照看孩子的人。 4. Are you sure you don't want a baby-sitter? 你确定你不想要褓母？ 5. What is the baby-sitter fee per hour? 保姆一小时的费用是多少？ |
