丹麦幼儿园新政鼓励家长“造人”-英语听力

[00:00.000]This is Malcolm Brabant in Denmark,
我是丹麦的马尔科姆·布拉班特。 [00:01.000]where a group of nursery workers have made the children's parents an offer that's hard to refuse,
这儿的托儿所工作人员提出了一个让孩子的父母难以拒绝的提议 [00:07.000]"We'll look after your children for an extra two hours for free, so that you can go to bed and make more babies."
我们将无偿额外照顾你的孩子两个小时，所以你们能够去到床上制造更多的宝宝。 [00:14.000]This once-off service is designed to draw attention to the dwindling number of births and to do something about it.
这种一次性的服务是为了引起人们对出生人口减少的注意力，并且为此做些什么。 [00:21.000]In terms of birth rate, Denmark languishes at number 185 out of 221 countries in the world.
依照出生率，丹麦的世界排名在221国家中衰退到了185名. [00:28.000]If the increasingly older population continues to expand,
如果老年人口持续不断地增长， [00:31.000]Denmark will not be able to support pensioners and others dependent on state benefits.
丹麦将无法发放养老金，以及运行其他依靠国家利益的事情。 [00:36.000]The nurseries offering free babysitting are in the district of North Fyn, to the west of Copenhagen,
无偿照看幼儿的托儿所覆盖了哥本哈根以西的北芬区， [00:42.000]where 200 fewer babies were born last year.
这些地区相比去年出生幼儿少了200个。 [00:45.000]Dorthe Nyman, the head of the Grasshopper nursery, described it as a serious problem.
托儿所所长多尔特·尼曼说这是一个非常严重的问题。 [00:51.000]50% of parents have accepted their offer,
百分之五十的父母已经接受了他们的提议， [00:53.000]but there'll be no time for a romantic dinner and slow seduction because couples only have two hours to perform in the national interest.
但是由于只有两个小时的时间来为国家利益服务，父母们来不及享受浪漫的晚餐以及慢生活生活。 [01:01.999]Ms Nyman said if their offer was successful, they'd be happy to do it all over again.
尼曼说如果提议成功的话，他们将会很乐意再来一遍。