These days,suburban mothers battle through fierce traffic for hours as they shuttle their children from soccer practice to piano lessons,eating sand- wiches behind the wheel out of sheer necessity.

• 如今，住在城市的母亲们要用几个小时的 时间在拥挤的街道上奋力穿行，以便能把他们的孩子 从英式足球练习场送去学钢琴，完全是出于迫不得已 才在汽车里吃三明治。