新视野大学英语视听说教程 听力材料及答案 (第(17)

Nuclear Family Living Patterns

A nuclear family is in higly-industiralized societies. Beginning in the early 20th century, the two-parent family, as the nuclear family, was the predominant American family type. children live with their parents until they go away to a

college or university, or until they their own jobs and move into their own or home.

In the early mid-20th century, the father was typically the wage earner, and the mother was the children's care giver. Today, often both parents hold

jobs. that does not start in the morning and end in the late afternoon. In these families, one of the parents manages the children while the other works.

Prior to school, care centers have sprung up to fulfill this need. Increasingly,

They are coming for Christmas.

1. What news does the man tell his son on the phone?

2. What are the reasons the father gives for the divorce?

3. What does the son do after receiving his father's call?

4. What will the daughter and son do? Why?

5. How does the father feel in the end? Why?