高三英语培优外刊阅读学案：父母育儿话题.pdfVIP

高三英语培优外刊阅读

班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________

外刊精选｜喜忧参半：疫情中的新手父母

生娃养娃是人生大事，也绝非易事，疫情期间迎来自己的宝宝更是使困难升级。美国一

对夫妇在疫情期间迎来自己的女儿，随后一家三口因为感染新冠病毒而被隔离，没有任何帮

助的情况下，他们该如何解决带娃难题？又该如何调整心态？

WeWerePromisedaVillage:AYearintheLifeofPandemic-BabyParents

ByAlexandraMarch

OnMarch7,2020,Gov.AndrewCuomodeclaredastateofemergencyinNewYorkinthe

faceofrapidlyrisingCovid-19cases.

Threemonthsandonedaylater,mydaughterwasborn.Ihadwaitedsolongtomeether,but

whenthedoctorsplacedheronmychestandItiltedmyheadtoseeher,themaskIwaswearing

obscuredtheviewofhertinyfeatures.Thatwasthefirstofmanytimesthatthepandemicslipped

aveilbetweenournewchildandtheworld.

Ifhavingababyputslifeinperspective,havingababyduringapandemicsharpensthefocus

tenfold.Theexperiencehasbeendefinedbycontradictions:isolationwhenittakesavillage,new

lifeamiddeath,hopepushingdownfear.

MyhusbandandIdideverythingwecouldtoensureourdaughterwouldntgetthevirus,but

allthreeofustestedpositiveandgotsickfromthevirus.Quarantinedandwithouthelp,wed

alternatedraggingourselvesoutofbedtotakecareofourbaby,holdinghercloseandhopingthat

wewouldbeamongtheluckyones.

Ontheothersideofthatbattle,myanxietyhasabatedslightly.Thepandemichasbeenalot

ofterriblethings,butithasalsogivenusthegiftofworkingfromhome,whichhasallowedusto

seeourbabyformoreofherwakinghoursandhasgrantedustheunbridledjoyofwatchingher

rollover,crawlandworkherwayuptoafirststep.

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请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。

1.village[ˈvɪlɪdʒ]n.____________________________

2.March[mɑːtʃ]n.____________________________

3.place[pleɪs]v.____________