首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Listen to the following passage. Write in English a short summary of around 150-200 words of what you have heard. You will hear
Listen to the following passage. Write in English a short summary of around 150-200 words of what you have heard. You will hear
admin
2017-02-22
38
问题
Listen to the following passage. Write in English a short summary of around 150-200 words of what you have heard. You will hear the passage only once and then you will have 25 minutes to finish your summary. This part of the test carries 20 points. You may need to scribble a few notes to write your summary.
Until yesterday and for most women even today, every wife becomes a housewife. And this is not always a congenial role.
Statistics show that a generation ago only about a third of the girls among high school graduates displayed interest in the domestic arts, and even fewer — less than a fifth — among college women. The figures would doubtless be less today. A fairly large number of women are drawn into housework as an occupation by marriage, in spite of an absence of positive interest. Coming to terms with domesticity is not the least of the housewife’s trauma, however much the sheer drudgery of housework has been alleviated. Housekeeping remains an uncongenial occupation to many women.
I remember what Philip Slater once said " The housewife is nobody". Her work is menial labor. And the unpaid nature of her job is even more status-degrading. Few deny the economic as well as the sociological importance of housework. Housework is part of the great infrastructure on which, as David Riesman has reminded us, the entire superstructure of the economy and the government rests. If women did not supply the services of taking care of the living arrangements of workers, industry would have to do so, as in the case of lumber camps, ships, and the military. But housewives are not in the labor force. They are not paid for the services that they perform.
Housework is a dead-end job; there is no chance of promotion. One cannot grow in it. Not only does the wife not grow but the non-specialized and detailed nature of housework may actually have a deteriorating effect on her mind. Since her husband’s work is highly competitive and thus more prestigious, the wife is often left to feel inadequate.
The difference in the work of wives and husbands has other alienating effects on the relationship also. They do not share the same kinds of problems.
As life is now organized in small, private living units, housework is isolating. Isolation has negative psychological effects on people. It encourages brooding; it leads to erratic judgments, and it renders one more susceptible to psychoses. It also heightens one’s sense of powerlessness. Anything, therefore, that increases isolation constitutes a hazard.
On the other hand, while it is true that not all girls may display a positive interest in housework, or in bringing up children, it is also true that not many men display similar interests before marriage.
It is argued that, in most Western societies at least, housekeeping is no longer menial drudgery or a form of unpaid labour for whoever does the work. Most homes are relatively easy to maintain and to run.
If the woman chooses to work more at home, or entirely in the home, as some choose to do, or as is the custom in some societies, then her share of the bargain is reasonable. She is the boss in her own four walls. She has no one to tell her what to do. She has no anxieties over reaching a higher rank and a higher salary and no fear of unemployment. A comfortable home is much less a cul-de-sac than a tunnel in a mine or a remorseless assembly line. How can she experience any reduction in status if her work is needed and is appreciated by her husband and children? And if the wife argues that her work at home is uninteresting, she should not forget that few workers, male or female, outside the home find every aspect of their work to their taste.
As for the complaint that the domestic work in one’s own home is unpaid labour, it could be argued that whoever works in the home on a full-time basis, the husband or the wife, does not normally have to earn the money to buy food, or clothes, and pay the rent.
The enjoyment of the children, the marriage relationship, the wider network of family and friends, and the respect given by society through intangible rewards, are of greater value than cash.
The person who runs the home is the master of the immediate environment, and is free to plan the daily routine to allow for time off, or for reading, or cultural and social activities, much more so than the worker in a factory or office.
Thus, any housewife who is easily affected by a sense of injustice about the traditional occupation of wife, home-builder and mother, might well ask herself whether she is more imprisoned in her role than the working woman is imprisoned in hers, which is to provide food, shelter and financial security and also contribute to running the home and bringing up children after a hard day’s work.
选项
答案
Until yesterday and for most women even today, every wife becomes a housewife. And this is not always a congenial role. Statistics show that a generation ago only about a third of the girls among high school graduates displayed interest in the domestic arts, and even fewer — less than a fifth — among college women. The figures would doubtless be less today. A fairly large number of women are drawn into housework as an occupation by marriage, in spite of an absence of positive interest. Coming to terms with domesticity is not the least of the housewife’s trauma, however much the sheer drudgery of housework has been alleviated. Housekeeping remains an uncongenial occupation to many women. I remember what Philip Slater once said, " The housewife is a nobody. " Her work is menial labor. And the unpaid nature of her job is even more status-degrading. Few deny the economic as well as the sociological importance of housework. Housework is part of the great infrastructure on which, as David Riesman has reminded us, the entire superstructure of the economy and the government rests. If women did not supply the services of taking care of the living arrangements of workers, industry would have to do so, as in the case of lumber camps, ships, and the military. But housewives are not in the labor force. They are not paid for the services that they perform. Housework is a dead-end job; there is no chance of promotion. One cannot grow in it Not only does the wife not grow but the non-specialized and detailed nature of housework may actually have a deteriorating effect on her mind. Since her husband’s work is highly competitive and thus more prestigious, the wife is often left to feel inadequate. The difference in the work of wives and husbands has other alienating effects on the relationship also. They do not share the same kinds of problems. As life is now organized in small, private living units, housework is isolating. Isolation has negative psychological effects on people. It encourages brooding; it leads to erratic judgments, and it renders one more susceptible to psychoses. It also heightens one’s sense of powerlessness. Anything, therefore, that increases isolation constitutes a hazard. On the other hand, while it is true that not all girls may display a positive interest in housework, or in bringing up children, it is also true that not many men display similar interests before marriage. It is argued that, in most Western societies at least, housekeeping is no longer menial drudgery or a form of unpaid labour for whoever does the work. Most homes are relatively easy to maintain and to run. If the woman chooses to work more at home, or entirely in the home, as some choose to do, or as is the custom in some societies, then her share of the bargain is reasonable. She is the boss in her own four walls. She has no one to tell her what to do. She has no anxieties over reaching a higher rank and a higher salary and no fear of unemployment. A comfortable home is much less a cul-de-sac than a tunnel in a mine or a remorseless assemblyline. How can she experience any reduction in status if her work is needed and is appreciated by her husband and children? And if the wife argues that her work at home is uninteresting, she should not forget that few workers, male or female, outside the home find every aspect of their work to their taste. As for the complaint that the domestic work in one’s own home is unpaid labour, it could be argued that whoever works in the home on a full-time basis, the husband or the wife, does not normally have to earn the money to buy food, or clothes, and pay the rent. The enjoyment of the children, the marriage relationship, the wider network of family and friends, and the respect given by society through intangible rewards, are of greater value than cash. The person who runs the home is the master of the immediate environment, and is free to plan the daily routine to allow for time off, or for reading, or cultural and social activities, much more so than the worker in a factory or office. Thus, any housewife who is easily affected by a sense of injustice about the traditional occupation of wife, home-builder and mother, might well ask herself whether she is more imprisoned in her role than the working woman is imprisoned in hers, which is to provide food, shelter and financial security and also contribute to running the home and bringing up children after a hard day’s work.
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/Ey0O777K
本试题收录于:
CATTI二级口译综合能力题库翻译专业资格(CATTI)分类
0
CATTI二级口译综合能力
翻译专业资格(CATTI)
相关试题推荐
Theprojectwillbea______plantobuildmorethan100townhomes,restaurantsandretailspacearoundthecity.
TheEnglishlanguagehasalwayschanged,buttherateofchangehasbeenuneven.
WegenerallythinkofCanadaasthenorthernneighboroftheU.S.,however,morethanhalfoftheU.S.extendingfarthernortht
InwhichyeardidCanadastarttorankasthebestplacetoliveintheworld?
InwhichyeardidCanadastarttorankasthebestplacetoliveintheworld?
InwhichyeardidCanadastarttorankasthebestplacetoliveintheworld?
InwhichyeardidCanadastarttorankasthebestplacetoliveintheworld?
ThetroubledU.S.-Canadarelationshipmightbefixedby______.
随机试题
脾胃湿热的舌象是
某散养鸡群,生长发育不良,精神委顿,食欲减退,便秘或下痢,有时见血便。镜检见有大量虫卵,虫卵呈长椭圆形.卵壳厚、光滑,内含一个胚细胞。对该鸡群应用的药物是()
危重病人,突然头额冷汗大出,四肢厥冷,属于
某项目的工程费用为250000万元,按项目进度计划,项目建设期为5年,工程费用比例为第1年10%,第2年20%,第3年30%,第4年30%,第5年10%,建设期内年平均价格上涨指数为6%,则该项目的第3年涨价预备费为()万元。
把下面的六个图形分为两类,使每一类图形都有各自的共同特征或规律,分类正确的一项是()。
《中华人民共和国义务教育法》第三十八条规定,不得参与或变相参与编写教科书的人员是()。①科研人员②中小学教师③国家机关工作人员④教科书审查人员
根据下面材料回答下列问题。2012年全年全社会固定资产投资374676亿元,比上年增长20.3%,增速比2011年回落3.5个百分点;扣除价格因素,实际增长19.0%。其中,固定资产投资(不含农户)364835亿元,增长20.6%,比2011年回落3.4
关于法的起源,下列表述不正确的有()。
十进制数75等于二进制数( )。
【B1】【B9】
最新回复
(
0
)