＜今日の進捗＞Book7 - 43 (Do you agree that sometimes emotional abuse may have more tragic consequences than physical abuse?)
＜オリジナル回答＞What do we mean by maternity ward?By maternity ward we mean the department of a hospital where women go to give birth to their babies.
Is it hard in your country to adopt an infant? Why?Yes, it’s hard in my country to adopt an infant because it’s not popular here in Japan.
What’s a foster family?A foster family is a family which takes another person’s child into your house for some time without becoming their legal parents.
What kind of things or processes can happen to an orphaned child?An orphaned child can become financially weak for their lifetime.
＜単語・イディオム＞newborn :
新生児
maternity ward :
産科病棟
toddler :
よちよち歩きの幼児
baptize :
～に洗礼を施す
adopt :
～を養子にする；（人・動物など）を引き取る
foster :
（ある期間、他人の子供を）～を養育する、里親になる（法的な親子関係にはならない）
foster family :
里子・病人などを預かる家庭、児童保護施設
orphaned :
孤児にする、親を失わせる、独りぼっちにさせる；孤児
orphanage :
孤児院
provide for :
～を扶養する、養う
children’s home :
養護施設
parental right :
親権
abuse :
虐待する；酷使する
child abuse :
児童虐待
psychiatric disorder :
精神障害
emotional abuse :
精神的虐待
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