TED演讲:我从全职奶爸经历中学到的知识(2)

 So, I had issues¹ with this, because I haven't seen a lot of stay-at-home dads before and I thought men would judge me, 所以我又遇到问题了，因为我之前没怎么见过全职奶爸，我觉得男人可能会议论我，

so get this, I said this -- please don't be offended² -- I said, "Uh, you know, that sounds boring. 想到这个，我就说--恕我冒犯--我说，“呃，你知道，这听上去很无聊。

And what do stay-at-home moms do all day, anyway?" 你说全职妈妈每天都干些啥？”

She smiled at me a smile only a woman full of knowledge can smile 她冲我笑了笑，这个笑容充满智慧，

and said, "Well, this should be easy for you. And it will save us some money, it seems like a no-brainer." 说，“这对你来说应该很轻松。并且会替我们省下一些钱，对你来说带小孩又不废脑子。”

Fast-forward six months, I'd been a stay-at-home dad for about a week. 半年之后，当我已经做了全职奶爸一周。

I was standing³ in my bathroom, looking into the mirror crying, tears -- running all down my face. 我在卫生间里对着镜子，哭着，泪流满面--泪流满面。

My one-and-a-half-year-old was banging⁴ on the bathroom door 一岁半的那个在砸卫生间的门，

because I locked them out, you know -- crying, tears running down his face. 因为我把他们关在外面，你们懂的--哭得泪流满面。

And my newborn was in the bassinet, crying, tears running down his face. 刚出生的那个在摇篮里，也哭得稀里哗啦。

I looked at myself in the mirror, and I said ... 我看着镜子里的自己，说，

"Which friend can you call to call in a bomb threat⁵? We've got to get out of here." “你能打电话给谁来一个电话炸弹威胁呢？我们必须走出困境。”

See, I had traded my manager for my children. I didn't know what I got myself into. 看见了吧，我把我的领导变成了我的小孩。我真不知道我为啥这样。

I thought I knew everything about being a stay-at-home parent, and in fact, I knew nothing at all. 我以为我懂得怎么做全职奶爸，实际上，我一无所知。

Because even though my manager was -- well, at least my children were a lot cuter than my manager, they were just as demanding. 因为，即使我的领导--当然，至少我的孩子们比领导可爱多了，他们都会一直提要求。

 

1 issues   

（水等的）流出( issue的名词复数 )； 出口； 放出； （特别重要或大众关注的）问题

参考例句：

• Let's start with the more easily addressable issues. 我们先从较容易处理的问题着手。
• Employment and taxation are the bread-and-butter issues of politics. 就业和征税是很重要的政治问题。

2 offended   

v.触怒( offend的过去式和过去分词 )；得罪；冒犯；使反感令人不适

参考例句：

• They'll be offended if you don't go to their wedding. 你若不参加他们的婚礼，他们会生气的。
• She was offended by the vulgarity of their jokes. 他们那些粗俗的笑话使她大为不快。

3 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

4 banging   

vt.猛击，猛撞（bang的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• The baby was banging the table with his spoon. 小宝宝用调羹敲打着桌子。
• Stop banging around, children, Father is trying to sleep. 孩子们，别到处乱敲！爸爸想睡觉。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 threat   

n.威胁，恐吓，造成威胁的事物

参考例句：

• Never submit to a threat.永远不要屈服于威胁。
• There was a threat of typhoon.有刮台风的兆头。