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
2017-08-15
71
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, I 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. Downshifting—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 are 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-’90s 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 ’80s—and is still linked to the politics of thrift, in Britain, at least among the middle-class down-shifters 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 ’80s, downshifting in the mid-’90s 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.
Which of the following is true according to Para. 1?
选项
A、Full-time employment is a new international trend.
B、The writer was compelled by circumstances to leave her job.
C、A lateral move means stepping out of full-time employment.
D、The writer was only too eager to spend more time with her family.
答案
B
解析
本题可参照文章的第1段。从中可知,当我决定辞去全职工作时,我从未想到自己可能成为国际新潮流的一分子;一次平级调动伤害了我的自尊,也妨碍了我的业务上的进步,这件事促使我放弃了我那前途令人欣羡的职业;但是,我以一种失宠的政府大臣的口气宣称,“我想多陪陪家人”,以此来掩饰我辞职的真正原因。据此可知,作者是因为形势所迫而辞职的。B项与文章意思相符,因此B项为正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/iZFO777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
Evenbeforeheis80,theagingpersonmayundergoanotheridentitycrisislikethatofadolescence.Perhapstherehadalsobeen
Evenbeforeheis80,theagingpersonmayundergoanotheridentitycrisislikethatofadolescence.Perhapstherehadalsobeen
Evenbeforeheis80,theagingpersonmayundergoanotheridentitycrisislikethatofadolescence.Perhapstherehadalsobeen
Evenbeforeheis80,theagingpersonmayundergoanotheridentitycrisislikethatofadolescence.Perhapstherehadalsobeen
____aresearchstudent,Iwouldatleastmastertwoforeignlanguages.
Theactivitiesoftheinternationalmarketingresearcherarefrequentlymuchbroaderthan____.
ThecurrentemergencyinMexicoCitythathastakenoverourlivesisnothing.Icouldeverhaveimaginedformeormychildren.
Ihearmanyparentscomplainingthattheirteenagechildrenarerebelling.Iwishitwereso.Atyourageyououghttobegrowin
Havinga(n)______attitudetowardspeoplewithdifferentideasisanindicationthatonehasbeenwelleducated.
随机试题
下列关于制冷用润滑油说法错误的是()。
FIDIC合同条件中,合同计价方式只采用单价合同的是()。
营业税在销售商品方面,只限于销售无形资产和不动产两种。()
一般来说,市净率较高的股票,投资价值较高。()
甲公司是一家传统制造业上市公司,只生产A产品。2019年公司准备新上一条生产线,正在进行项目的可行性研究。相关资料如下:(1)如果可行,该生产线拟在2019年初投产,经营周期4年。预计A产品每年销售1000万只,单位售价60元,单位变动制造成本40元,
阅读下面材料,回答问题。一个初一的学生,经常坐爸爸的车外出,每逢堵车或有人超车时,爸爸总是口出不逊张嘴就骂,不是骂警察就是骂别的司机。一天妈妈放学接他,正见他站在校门口对另一个同学口吐狂言:“小子!你给我等着,明天老子收拾你,小兔崽子,敢惹你大爷
个体身心发展有两个高速发展期:新生儿与青春期,这是身心发展()规律的反映。
学校教育
巴枯宁主义
设A1,A2和B是任意事件,且0
最新回复
(
0
)