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  3. A new study from the University of New South Wales has discovered that during the working week, Australian fathers only spend an

A new study from the University of New South Wales has discovered that during the working week, Australian fathers only spend an

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问题     A new study from the University of New South Wales has discovered that during the working week, Australian fathers only spend an【B1】______ of just over a minute each day along with their children. Australian mothers, on the other hand, spend three hours a week【B2】______ looking after their children—a much greater disparity(不一致)than in other countries like America, Denmark, Italy and France, where couples divide the child-care more【B3】______.
    According to the author of the study, traditionally Australian fathers appear to like the fun aspects of parenthood(父母身份), but【B4】______ daily child-care activities. So while they tend to be happy taking the kids to the park or to sports events, they are unlikely to【B5】______ feeding, bathing, or taking the kids to school. In short, Australian parenting is seen as a woman’s job and a man’s【B6】______.
    However, the last twenty years have seen the arrival of the【B7】______ "new man"—the man who is willing to share the housework and child-care. The new man has a picture of his children on his computer desktop at work; he never misses the kids’ school plays and he【B8】______ a drink after work so that he can get home in time to read their bedtime story.
    This new study suggests that the new man feels a little more at home in Europe than in Australia. Indeed, a poll conducted in the UK【B9】______that almost 70% of British women thought that men were as good at【B10】______ children as women.
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答案so-called
解析 根据空格前的定冠词the和空格后的“new man”可知，此空需要修饰“new man”的词。so-called“所谓的”。
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