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
In times of economic crisis, Americans turn to their families for support. If the Great Depression is any guide, we may see a dr
In times of economic crisis, Americans turn to their families for support. If the Great Depression is any guide, we may see a dr
admin
2017-02-11
62
问题
In times of economic crisis, Americans turn to their families for support. If the Great Depression is any guide, we may see a drop in our skyhigh divorce rate. But this won’t necessarily represent an increase in happy marriages. In the long run, the Depression weakened American families, and the current crisis will probably do the same.
We tend to think of the Depression as a time when families pulled together to survive huge job losses. By 1932, when nearly one-quarter of the workforce was unemployed, the divorce rate had declined by around 25% from 1929. But this doesn’t mean people were suddenly happier with their marriages. Rather, with incomes decreasing and insecure jobs, unhappy couples often couldn’t afford to divorce. They feared neither spouse could manage alone.
Today, given the job losses of the past year, fewer unhappy couples will risk starting separate households. Furthermore, the housing market meltdown will make it more difficult for them to finance their separations by selling their homes.
After financial disasters family members also tend to do whatever they can to help each other and their communities. A 1940 book, The Unemployed Man and His Family, described a family in which the husband initially reacted to losing his job "with tireless search for work. " He was always active, looking for odd jobs to do.
The problem is that such an impulse is hard to sustain. Across the country, many similar families were unable to maintain die initial boost in morale (士气). For some, the hardships of life without steady work eventually overwhelmed their attempts to keep their families together. The divorce rate rose again during the rest of the decade as the recovery took hold.
Millions of American families may now be in the initial stage of their responses to the current crisis, working together and supporting one another through the early months of unemployment.
Today’s economic crisis could well generate a similar number of couples whose relationships have been irreparably (无法弥补地) ruined. So it’s only when the economy is healthy again that we’ll begin to see just how many broken families have been created.
In the Great Depression many unhappy couples chose to stick together because________.
选项
A、starting a new family would be hard
B、they expected things would turn better
C、they wanted to better protect their kids
D、living separately would be too costly
答案
D
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/XHi7777K
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
Ourtalebeginstwodecadesago,whenagroupofDutchwomensetouttofindanexplanationfortheantisocialbehaviorofthem
Schoolslookingtobancellphonesmayhaveanewexcuse:agrowingnumberofpeoplearedevelopinganallergytometalinthed
AccordingtorecentUnitedStatesDepartmentofAgriculture(USDA)projections,thecountrywillseeasharpdropinmeatconsumpt
Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessaycommentingontheproverb,"Nopains,nogains."Youshouldwri
Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayaccordingtothefollowinginstructions.Youshouldwriteatle
ManypeoplethinkChristmasisthemostwonderfultimeoftheyear.Asweknow,millionsofAmericanswillcelebrateChristmaso
ForAmericans,timeismoney.Theysay,"Youonlygetsomuchtimeinthislife;you’dbetteruseitwisely."Thefuturewillno
Thetypicalpre-industrialfamilynotonlyhadagoodmanychildren,butnumerousotherdependentsaswell—grandparents,uncle
A、Sheneedstodosomeresearchonindustrialarchitecture.B、AlbertKahnisthewoman’smost-respectedarchitect.C、Sheisinte
随机试题
采用气推气的置换方法,会产生很大的(),对高程变化较大的山地更为严重。
两根梁长度、截面形状和约束完全相同,一根材料为钢,另一根材料为铝。在相同的外力作用下发生弯曲形变,两者的不同之处为()。
《中华人民共和国循环经济促进法》规定:新建、改建、扩建建设项目,必须符合本行政区域()的要求。
中国第一枚奥运会田径金牌获得者是()。
A公司委派业务员李某持授权委托书到B公司采购电视机。A、B两公司于2013年3月1日签订了电视机买卖合同。合同约定:B公司负责代办托运,货交承运人C公司后即视为完成交付;电视机总价款为200万元,在货交C公司后,A公司支付货款120万元(其中包含定金20万
原来将一批水果按100%的利润定价出售,由于价格过高,无人购买,不得不按38%的利润重新定价,这样出售了其中的40%,此时因害怕剩余水果会变质,不得不再次降价,售出了全部水果。结果实际获得的总利润是原来利润的30.2%,那么第二次降价后的价格是第一次定价的
截至2014年12月底,全国实有各类市场主体6932.22万户,比上年末增长14.35%,增速较上年同期增加4.02个百分点;注册资本(金)129.23万亿元,比上年末增长27.70%。其中,企业1819.28万户,个体工商户4984.06万户,农民专业合
在西方教育史上,第一个明确提出“教育心理学化”的教育家是
结合材料,回答问题:“孟夏之日,万物并秀。”在这美好时节,来自100多个国家的各界嘉宾齐聚北京,共商“一带一路”建设合作大计,具有十分重要的意义。今天,群贤毕至,少长咸集,我期待着大家集思广益、畅所欲言,为推动“一带一路”建设献计献策,让这一世纪工程
A、Thewomancanpayeitherperson.B、Thewomanshouldbuytheoneshelikes.C、Helikesthesameonethatthewomandoes.D、Hew
最新回复
(
0
)