双语阅读英语外刊精讲：凯特王妃的第三胎(附音频)

2018-10-29 09:02:00来源：酷学英语

　　Will and Kate aren't having to rethink their plans for a family and their futures, their security is coming at the taxpayer's expense.”

　　To be clear, the majority of Will and Kate's “royal allowance” doesn't come from the taxpayers (though a portion of their funding does), but the point still stands, and was made many times over on Twitter.

　　allowance: N-COUNT An allowance is money that is given to someone, usually on a regular basis, in order to help them pay for the things that they need. 补贴

　　U.S. organization Having Kids started urging the royals to stop at two children even before the announcement revealing Kate's pregnancy. Following the Duchess's joke in Prague about wanting another baby, the group wrote an open letter to the royals about the importance of small families for the world's resources.

　　“As you know and appreciate, the example the British Royal Family sets is extremely influential. Many studies also show that public figures serve as effective role models when it comes to family planning. Your discussion of having a larger family raises compelling issues of sustainability and equity,” reads the letter.

　　appreciate: [T not in progressive,不用进行式] to understand how serious or important a situation or problem is or what someone's feelings are理解，明白

　　serve as: 担任；充当；起……作用

　　role model: 行为榜样

　　family planning: 计划生育

　　compelling issue: 引人注目的问题

　　sustainability: 持续性

　　equity: 公平（性）

　　equal相等的，平等的；equality平等；equation方程式；adequacy足够；equator赤道；equivalent相等的，等价的

　　“Large families are not sustainable,” it continued, citing the impact that family planning has on climate change, and the well being of children overall.

　　well being: 幸福，健康

　　Valid points are certainly made by the royal critics, but perhaps it's the political (and patriarchal) system that deserves the scrutiny, and not the newly pregnant Kate.

　　patriarchal: ADJ A patriarchal society, family, or system is one in which the men have all or most of the power and importance. （家庭、社会、制度等）男权的；父系的

　　scrutiny: N-UNCOUNT If a person or thing is under scrutiny, they are being studied or observed very carefully. 仔细研究；仔细观察

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