Helen: 大伙好，欢迎收听BBC 的地道英语， 我是Helen。
Neil: And I'm Neil. In Real English we look at words and expressions you might not find in your dictionary. Today's expression is house-husband.
Helen: 这两个词都不难，house 房屋，还有 husband 老公，先生. 这两词联在一块的意思是呢？
Neil: Well a house-husband is a man who stays at home and doesn't go to work, while his wife goes to work and earns money. It's based on the phrase2 housewife3.
Helen: A housewife 家庭主妇， 那样 a house-husband 就是正好相反的，老公在家，老婆在外工作赚钱。那他在家做什么呢?
Neil: Well, usually a man becomes a house-husband in order to look after children.
Helen: Ah, 在家看孩子。
Neil: That could be because his wife earns more than him.
Helen: 老婆的薪资比老公要高。
Neil: Or it might just be that he'd rather be a house-husband and look after the children and she would rather go to work.
Helen: 这也是双方达成的协议- 男的喜欢带孩子，而太太喜欢上班打工。
Neil: Some men might feel embarrassed4 at being a house- husband, but it's getting more common.
Helen: 有的男性刚开始可能还感觉当家庭主男不好意思， 不过目前这样的情况愈加常见了。
Example
A: Will you go back to work after you have the baby?
B: Oh yeah!
A: Who'll look after the baby when you're at work then?
B: My husband hes going to quit his job and become a house husband. I earn more than him, so it makes sense really. And he loves kids, so hell enjoy it.
Helen: 让大家复习一下，今天大家学到的新表达是，
Neil: House-husband.
Helen: 也就是家庭主男， 模范老公。
Neil: Weve run out of time now.
Helen: 大家下次节目再见!
Neil: Bye!
Helen: Bye Bye.
