only-child parents

基本解釋

What are the difficulties for the post-1980s only-child youth in taking care of their parents?
對(duì)于是獨(dú)生子女的80后而言，他們贍養(yǎng)老人的困難有哪些呢？
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Hughes grew up in Hickory, North Carolina, the only child of older parents of modest means -- his father was a paper salesman; his mother, a former public-school teacher.
Hughes在北卡羅萊納的海克里長大，作為獨(dú)生孩子，他是謹(jǐn)慎的父母老年所得，這也就是說——他的父親是一名紙業(yè)銷售員，他的母親則是前公共學(xué)校的老師。
In Britain, you can call a child almost anything youlike-the only restrictions on parents relate tooffensive words such as swear words.
在英國，你可以給小孩取任何名字，但唯一的限制是不能帶有粗言穢語。郎。

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