VOA标准英语2011.12.03 support, challenge, protection, 非洲, 英语

Rebecca949

Another challenge for Africa is the decline of informal systems of social protection. That is, cash and support from both the extended family and community sources.
非洲面对的另一个挑战是非正式的社会保障制度的衰退，也就是来自于大家庭和社区的资金和各项支持的衰退。

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As the extended family erodes, he says, the nuclear family will become dominant. A nuclear family is defined as a mother, father and children sharing living quarters.
当大家庭慢慢瓦解，核心家庭将占据主导地位。核心家庭主要指每家只住有母亲、父亲和孩子。

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李武军

it's hard for me to get the meaning, though I listened again and again

雨落风残

回复 2# 李武军


    Well, I think you should try to improve if your study or work is related to English. Even if not so, English will give you a credit in the job market.

sama

口音太重

雨落风残

非洲英语就是让人崩溃的，说句实在话，这段还属于非洲英语中口音不算太重的。