1. “The reality is that trends like unmarried mothers, rising divorce rates and smaller households are not unique to America, but are occurring worldwide.”
    事实上，像未婚妈妈的出现、离婚率上升和家庭变小这样的趋势，不是美国独有的，而是发生在世界各地。"

2. — Unmarried mothers are increasingly common virtually everywhere, reaching as many as a third of all births in the north of Europe, for example.
    ——未婚妈妈越来越常见，几乎到处都有。比如在北欧，未婚生育的孩子占出生率的三分之一。

3. One apparent exception to the general trends is Japan, where single-parent households and unmarried mothers have remained relatively rare.
    对于这一总体趋势，日本明显是个例外，该国的单亲家庭和未婚妈妈一直相对较少。