职场英语口语：养育孩子不是一件容易的事

Tom：

Who looks after the children in Chinese families?

在中国，一般都谁来看孩子?

May：

In the city, most parents need to go out to work so the children are usually looked after by old people or a nanny.

城市里的话，一般父母都得上班，所以要老人或保姆来看孩子。

Tom：

Even if they have help, parents still have heavy responsibilities.

就算有人帮，当父母的责任也不轻吧。

May：

Yeah, the parents need to devote a lot of time and energy to bringing up their child.

是啊，父母需要拿出很多时间和精力来养育孩子。

Tom：

Bringing up children has never been easy.

养育孩子向来就不是一件容易的事儿。

May：

So there are a lot of couples now that don't have children.

所以现在才有很多丁克一族。