今天的句子：

While employers and the nation depend on families to produce skilled workers and solid citizens, we expect parents to raise them well unaided. Improved birth control allows women to invest in educations and build solid salaries before starting families.

思考题：

The lack of support from  employers and the nation may push  women to invest in educations and build solid salaries before starting families.

第一句：

While employers and the nation depend on families to produce skilled workers and solid citizens, we expect parents to raise them well unaided.

切分：

1.While employers and the nation depend on families to produce skilled workers and solid citizens,

虽然雇主和国家都得依靠家庭生育出更多劳动力与合格的公民，

2. we expect parents to raise them well unaided.

但是我们却指望父母们在没有帮助的情况下将他们养好。

第二句：

Improved birth control allows women to invest in educations and build solid salaries before starting families.

加强节育，使妇女能够在结婚生育前在教育上投资并获得稳定的收入。

句子不难，但是有隐藏的逻辑。

第一句

雇主和国家希望家庭多生育，但是政府（我们）又不提供支持。

第二句：

所以，妇女就会选择推迟生育，先上学赚钱再生育，因为政府不帮啊！

（读了这篇文章我突然觉得，多生孩子的人真得很伟大，他们是在为这个国家培养人才啊，养孩子是多么累的事情啊，多生育的父母真的太伟大了，在政府根本不提供任何帮助的情况下，生了这么多，太伟大了！）

思考题：

The lack of support from  employers and the nation may push  women to invest in educations and build solid salaries before starting families.

雇主和国家不提供支持可能促使妇女在结婚生育前先上学赚钱。

由于加了May所以就更正确了。

明天的句子：

Maybe Walmart’s new program, as Kelchen says, shows that the company has learned from the successes and failures of other employer-sponsored tuition programs, or, more cynically, it’s a chance to change the narrative about how it treats its employees. But one thing is for sure: There are a lot of employees who stand to benefit.

思考题

What is author’s attitude towards Walmart’s new program?

A. cynical B. supportive C. questionable D. critical