都說80后的青年男女都流行“閃婚”，這個勢頭還沒有過去，又來了一個“閃孕”的趨勢。據說是好多女白領擔心在經濟危機期間丟了工作而采取的應對措施。可是，小編有點不解的是，下一次經濟危機的時候她們怎么辦呢？

They are female white-collar workers. They didn't have any plan to have a child until the economic crisis struck. Then they decided to get pregnant - as quickly as possible.

在這個群族之列的都是女性白領員工。她們一直沒有生育計劃，而經濟危機來臨的時候，她們突然決定要快速懷孕。

They are afraid of getting fired. China's labor law stipulates that a company should not fire a pregnant employee unless the company is insolvent. "Get pregnant as soon as possible" became a mantra at the height of the economic crisis. Indeed, so many female employees made this choice that they were collectively dubbed "the rush-to-get-pregnant tribe".

因為她們怕被炒魷魚。我國勞動法規定除破產情況以外，公司不得解雇懷孕員工。這使得“盡快懷孕”成了經濟危機高漲時的一個護身符。因為有很多女性員工選擇快速懷孕，所以就出現了一個新的群體，被稱為“閃孕族”。

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（中國日報網英語點津 Helen 編輯）

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