Part 2

Question 1

heterosexual

Now, usually in a heterosexual parenting situation, the person who ends up leaving the labor force to care for the kids is the woman, right? But it was not going to go down like that in this home.

Answer 1

heterosexual noun [ C ]

a person who is sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex
異性戀者

Question 2

scarce

What the heck is going on with the day care market? Day care is so scarce for parents.

Answer 2

scarce adjective

not easy to find or get
難得的，稀有的，罕見的

Food and clean water were becoming scarce.
食物和乾淨的水越來越少了。
scarce resources
稀有資源
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Question 3

What’s the deal with

Bluff’s. What’s the deal with Bluff’s?

Answer 3

used when you want to know about a problem or something strange that is happening

So what’s the deal? Why is he so mad?

Question 4

sergeant

Yep. Like Sergeant Bluff.

Answer 4

1. sergeant noun [C] (SOLDIER)

a soldier of middle rank
軍士

Sergeant Lewis/Tom Lewis
路易斯軍士／湯姆·路易斯軍士
[ as form of address ] Dismiss the men, Sergeant.
軍士，解散部下吧。

2. sergeant noun [C] (POLICE OFFICER)

in the UK and some other countries, a police officer whose rank is above constable and below inspector, or, in the US, a police officer whose rank is below a captain
（英國或其他國家的）巡佐；（美國的）警佐

Sergeant Bates/Bill Bates
蓋茨警佐／比爾·蓋茨警佐
[ as form of address ] Thank you, Sergeant.
謝謝你，警佐。

Question 5

suburb

So Sergeant Bluff is our town, like, this suburb. Yep.

Answer 5

suburb noun

an area on the edge of a large town or city where people who work in the town or city often live
城郊；近郊住宅區

Box Hill is a suburb of Melbourne.
博士山屬於墨爾本的近郊住宅區。
We drove from middle-class suburbs to a very poor inner-city area.
我們從中產階級的近郊住宅區驅車前往市中心的貧民區。

Question 6

on ramp

And infant classes, like this one, for the baby babies - this is where things are the most broken in the day care market, the on ramp, getting those chubby little baby feet in the door.

Answer 6

on-ramp noun
[ C ] US (UK slip road)

a short road on which vehicles drive on to a highway or other main road
入口匝道，駛進匝道，駛進坡道

Question 7

chubby

And infant classes, like this one, for the baby babies - this is where things are the most broken in the day care market, the on ramp, getting those chubby little baby feet in the door.

Answer 7

chubby adjective

(especially of children) fat in a pleasant and attractive way
（尤指兒童）圓圓胖胖的，胖乎乎的，豐滿的

chubby legs
胖乎乎的腿
chubby cheeks
圓嘟嘟的臉蛋

Question 8

ballpark

And then can you give me, like, a ballpark? Like, how much money do you pay in payroll or in labor?

Answer 8

1. ballpark noun [ C ] US

a place where ball games, especially baseball games, are played
（尤指）棒球場

2. ballpark adjective [ before noun ] US

A ballpark estimate or figure is a number that is a guess, but one that you believe is near the correct number.
（數字）大致準確的

We’ll have to go away and cost this carefully, but as a ballpark figure I’d say that it’ll be about two million dollars.
我們要回去仔細計算它的成本，但我估計會在200萬美元左右。

Question 9

get by

And then what do you think of that pay? I mean, is that enough to, you know, really get by in Sergeant Bluff?

Answer 9

get by — phrasal verb with get verb

to be able to live or deal with a situation with difficulty, usually by having just enough of something you need, such as money
勉強過活，勉強應付過去

How can he get by on so little money?
他是怎樣靠那一點兒錢維持生計的？
We can get by with four computers at the moment, but we’ll need a couple more when the new staff arrive.
我們眼下可以將就著用四臺電腦，但新職員到來時就需要再添置幾臺了。