【本期话题】'bread-winner'

As a foodstuff of great historical and contemporary importance, in many cultures in the West and Near and Middle East bread has a significance beyond mere nutrition.
在近当代的西方世界和许多中东国家以及周边地区的文化历史中，面包作为一种主食都扮演着十分重要的角色。
A 'bread-winner' is a household's main economic contributor and has little to do with actual bread-provision, for example.
This also goes along with the phrase "putting bread on the table." A remarkable or revolutionary innovation is often referred to as "the greatest thing since sliced bread."
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虽然我们常用“饭票”来戏称负责经济来源的家庭成员---尽管没哪个一家之主在为了全家上下挣口饭吃奔波一天后还得亲自下厨，但是既然牵扯到养家糊口的务实话题，你就不难理解为什么一场巨大的变革的诱因往往只是一些细枝末节的民生小事了。

The political significance of bread is considerable.
In Britain in the nineteenth century the inflated price of bread due to the Corn Laws caused major political and social divisions, and was central to debates over free trade and protectionism.
The Assize of Bread and Ale in the thirteenth century showed the importance of bread in medieval times by setting heavy punishments for short-changing bakers, and bread appeared in Magna Carta a half-century earlier. 举足轻重的政治意义十九世纪的英国，基由面包价格暴涨,制定了<农作物法>,该法令争论的重点主要针对自由贸易和贸易保护等问题,事实上却导致了主流社会的分化. 十三世纪的<麵包和麥酒法令>制定用于严惩缺斤少两的黑心面包师傅的条款已经足以展现面包在中世纪时期的重要性 ,该条款的出现比大宪章早了整整半个世纪. 来TalkOnline听故事，学美语。身在中国，学在美国！立刻加入

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