1. But studies have found that although fathers' income usually exceeds mothers' income, women usually contribute a larger proportion of their income to their household, while men keep more for their personal use, such as for entertainment.
    但已有研究发现，尽管父亲的收入通常要超过母亲的收入，母亲通常会将自己大部分的收入用于家庭，而父亲却多用于个人消费，如娱乐等。

2. The Pilgrim Fathers were pioneers.
    移民鼻祖是拓荒者。

3. The Population Council report found that while most countries have done extensive research on women as mothers, men as fathers have been virtually invisible to researchers.
    人口委员会的报告发现，尽管多数国家都对身为母亲的女性做了大量研究，但对身为父亲的男性，研究者们却几乎视而不见。

4. Among divorced fathers, three quarters in Japan, almost two thirds in Argentina, half in Malaysia and two fifths in the United States do not pay child support, the report said.
    报告说，在所有离了婚的父亲当中，日本有四分之三，阿根廷有大约三分之二，马来西亚有二分之一，美国有五分之二的人都不支付抚养费。

5. A more recent study in America produced a somewhat better result, but the fathers in question were still talking to their children for less than a minute a day.
    新近在美国作的研究显示了稍好的结果，但这些父亲每天与孩子的交谈时间仍不到一分钟。

6. Many mothers and fathers were thankful for news of their missing sons first brought to them by the Red Cross.
    许多父母非常感激红十字会最先给他们带来了下落不明的儿子的消息。

7. — Children in single-parent households — usually families with only a mother present — are much more likely to be overtaken by poverty than those who live with two parents, largely because of the loss of support from the fathers.
    ——单亲家庭——通常是只有母亲的家庭——的孩子，较之与双亲一起生活的孩子，更可能遭受贫穷，这主要是因为缺少父亲的经济支持。

8. — Even in households where fathers are present, mothers are carrying increasing economic responsibility for children.
    ——即使是在有父亲的家庭，母亲为孩子承担的经济责任也越来越多。

9. Collecting child support (money paid by divorced fathers to support their children) is also difficult.
    收取孩子的抚养费（离了婚的父亲支付的用于抚养孩子的费用）也是件难事。

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