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
When I decided to quit my full time employment it never occurred to me that I might become a part of a new international trend.
When I decided to quit my full time employment it never occurred to me that I might become a part of a new international trend.
admin
2012-03-23
48
问题
When I decided to quit my full time employment it never occurred to me that I might become a part of a new international trend. A lateral move that hurt my pride and blocked my professional progress prompted me to abandon my relatively high profile career although, in the manner of a disgraced government minister, l covered my exit by claiming "I wanted to spend more time with my family".
Curiously, some two-and-a-half years and two novels later, my experiment in what the Americans term "downshifting" has turned my tired excuse into an absolute reality. I have been transformed from a passionate advocate of the philosophy of "having it all", preached by Linda Kelsey for the past seven years in the page of She magazine, into a woman who is happy to settle for a bit of everything.
I have discovered, as perhaps Kelsey will after her much-publicized resignation from the editorship of She after a build-up of stress, that abandoning the doctrine of "juggling your life", and making the alternative move into "downshifting" brings with it far greater rewards than financial success and social status. Nothing could persuade me to return to the kind of life Kelsey used to advocate and I once enjoyed: 12 hour working days, pressured deadlines, the fearful strain of office politics and the limitations of being a parent on "quality time" .
In America, the move away from juggling to a simpler, less materialistic lifestyle is a well-established trend. Down shifting—also known in America as "voluntary simplicity" — has, ironically, even bred a new area of what might be termed anticonsumerism. There are a number of best-selling downshifting self-help books for people who want to simplify their lives; there am newsletters, such as The Tightwad Gazette, that give hundreds of thousands of Americans useful tips on anything from recycling their cling-film to making their own soap; there are even support groups for those who want to achieve the mid-90’s equivalent of dropping out.
While in America the trend started as a reaction to the economic decline—after the mass redundancies caused by downsizing in the late 80’s—and is still linked to the politics of thrift, in Britain, at least among the middle-class downshifters of my acquaintance, we have different reasons for seeking to simplify our lives.
For the women of my generation who were urged to keep juggling through the 80’s, downshifting in the mid-90’s is not so much a search for the mythical good life—growing your own organic vegetables, and risking turning into one—as a personal recognition of your limitations.
"Juggling one’s life" probably means living a life characterized by______.
选项
A、non-materialistic lifestyle
B、a bit of everything
C、extreme stress
D、anti-consumerism
答案
C
解析
细节判断题。第四段第一句指出,从“juggling”到一种更简朴的,不那么追求物质享受的生活方式的转变是一种新兴的趋势,由此可判断“juggling one’s life”定是与简朴、自在的生活相对应的。故选C。A不追求物质享受的生活方式。B随遇而安,这正是简朴生活的特点。D反消费主义。根据第四段第二句,“自愿过简朴生活”与“反消费主义”是一致的。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/goiO777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
Well-traveledAmericanbusinesspeopleareincreasinglyrealizingthattheymusttakeintoconsiderationthevariationsincultu
Sometimesoon,accordingtoanimal-rightactivities,agreatapewilltestifyinanAmericancourtroom.Speakingthroughavoice
ItissaidthatGeorgeWashingtonwasoneofthefirsttorealizehowimportantthebuildingofcanalswouldbetothenation’s
Shakespeare’scomediesincludethefollowingexcept______.
ReligioninAmericanLifeDiversityisthechieffeatureofreligionintheUnitedStates.AlthoughChristianityhasalways
BadInvestmentTakeitfromabusinessman:TheWaronDrugsisjustmoneydownthedrain.AsaRepublican,I’mneithersof
A______isavarietyoflanguagethatservesasamediumofcommunicationamonggroupsofpeoplefordiverselinguisticbackgro
Thedistinctionbetweencompetenceandperformanceisproposedby______.
我接触过不少老人,其中有的是我的好朋友,只要一见面,就会天南地北,无所不谈。从这些老人地谈话中,我感到他们常常为“闲得无聊”而发愁。这些老人的空闲时间特别多,同外边接触的机会又比较少,常常会被忙碌的晚辈忘记。不少年轻人,在家中可以同朋友和同事们兴致
HenryFielding,thefamousnovelistwhowasalsoaLondonmagistrate,oncemadeanightraidtotwoknownhideoutsinthis【M1】_
随机试题
下列哪种动物生殖活动是不正确的()。
A.国务院药品监督管理部门B.国务院卫生行政部门C.国务院劳动和社会保障部门D.省级人民政府药品监督管理部门E.省级人民政府卫生行政部门《药品经营质量管理规范》的具体实施办法、实施步骤由()部门规定
关于骨盆直肠间隙脓肿的叙述,正确的是
目前各国对非居民营业所得的纳税普遍采用常设机构原则。关于该原则,下列哪些表述是正确的?(2010年卷一84题)
天然花岗石板中的剁斧板,常用于()。[2009年真题]
E公司为一家上市公司,为了适应外部环境变化,拟对当前的财务政策进行评估和调整,董事会召开了专门会议,要求财务部对财务状况和经营成果进行分析,相关资料如下:资料一:公司有关的财务资料如表1、表2所示:资料二:该公司所在行业相关指标平均值:资产负
体现“身教重于言教”思想的学习理论派别是()。(2007年)
在某个航班的全体乘务人员中,飞机驾驶员、副驾驶员和飞行工程师分别是余味、张刚和王飞中的某一位。已知:副驾驶员是个独生子,钱挣得最少;王飞与张刚的姐姐结了婚,钱挣得比驾驶员多。从以上陈述,可以推出下面哪一个选项为真?
A.Howdoesthe"grid"work?B.PowersharedC.JustmakearequestD.LimitationsofpresentInternetuseE.Distanceisnota
Thereisaboystudentdownstairs______.
最新回复
(
0
)