Television has become a baby-sitter, an introducer of conversations, the major transmitter of culture, a keeper of tradition.
电视已经成为了一个保姆,谈话的介绍者,文化的主要传播者,传统的守护者。
They may have been a great electronic baby sitter, but the unusual refunds appear to be a tacit admission that they did not increase infant intellect.
或许它们是很好的电子玩伴,但这不寻常的退款好像默认了它们没有为婴儿提升智力。
Harry: Oh, speaking of keeping busy-I have an early start tomorrow, and the baby-sitter has to get home.
Harry:噢,说道忙——我明天早上还要起早,保姆也得回家去了。
Monster: My dear friends, I think we three should have a fair game. Let's see who is the best baby sitter.
怪兽:亲爱的朋友,我们三个该进行公平的竞争,看谁可以做最好的保姆。
This three prehistoric animals not only act as a baby sitter, even after the ice and icebergs all proof of life to escort him home.
这三只史前动物不但要充当小宝宝的保姆,还要历经冰河与冰山各种千惊万险护送他回家。
MARY BETH: Yes. My new baby-sitter handles the children more easily. The children seem calmer. They're more rested and better behaved.
玛丽·贝思:是的。我的新保姆更会带孩子。孩子们看起来更安静了。他们更乖了,也更听话了。
Putting the children to bed rests with the baby-sitter.
让孩子上床睡觉是保姆负责的事。
Couldn't you work as a baby-sitter in the evenings?
你为什么不能在晚上去做保姆呢?
No, it was the baby-sitter... OK. All right. I'll call Mrs. Wang and let her know. Thanks.
不,是临时保姆…好。好吧。我给王太太打电话让她知道。谢谢。
Baby sitter: a person engaged to care for one or more children when the parents or guardians are not at home.
临时保姆:当父母或监护人不在家时被雇用来照顾一个或更多孩子的人。
All first glance, the idea of turning off TV seems radical. What shall we do without the electronic baby-sitter?
乍一看,关掉电视这个主意似乎有些激进。没有了电视这个电子保姆,我们可如何是好呢?
The baby-sitter is rocking the cradle.
保姆正在摇着摇篮。
While traveling, they entrusted their children to the care of a baby sitter.
旅行时,他们把孩子交给保姆看管。
While travelling, they entrusted their children to the care of a baby sitter.
旅行行,他们把孩子交给保姆看管。
Fighting to keep adventure alive doesn't have to look like a trip to Paris; it could be a last-minute trip to a local hotel, a surprise baby sitter for the evening or even a simple handwritten note.
保持冒险精神并不需要像去巴黎旅游那样才算,可以是最后去一次一个当地的酒店,也可以是让保姆照顾孩子一晚,就连随手留个便条也算。
What will parents do without the electronic baby-sitter? How will we spend the time? But it is not radical at all.
父母将会不用电子的保姆什么?我们将会如何花费时间?但是它一点也不是急进。
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。
I tried so hard to be the best baby-sitter ever, bathing the three little boys and reading them bedtime stories.
我一直尽力地照看好孩子,给3个小男孩洗澡,他们睡觉时给他们读故事书。
One night the new baby sitter of a couple was taking care of their 6 year old while they went out for diner.
一天晚上保姆在主人外出吃饭的时候照看六岁大的小家伙。
When I got home in the mornings I woke the baby-sitter up and sent her home with one dollar of my tip money - fully half of what I averaged every night.
每天早晨我回到家叫醒小保姆然后从自己小费里拿出一美元来打发她回家——那差不多是我平均每晚得到的一半。
"I cannot be his baby sitter and I cannot stop him any more from making himself ridiculous in front of the world," she said.
她说:“我不是他的保姆,我也不会再去管他做出什么荒谬的事。”
What will parents do without the electronic baby-sitter?
如果没有这位电子保姆,父母该怎么办呢?
There is the unpaid baby-sitter for whose children my daughter-in-law baby-sits in return and neighbours who barter their skills and labour.
还有一位免费的保姆,她的孩子我儿媳也给看。邻居们还交换技术和劳动。
There is the unpaid baby-sitter for whose children my daughter-in-law baby-sits in return and neighbours who barter their skills and labour.
还有一位免费的保姆,她的孩子我儿媳也给看。邻居们还交换技术和劳动。
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