听力原文

美丽的职场女性，其职业能力常常处在一个尴尬的境地：当她们事业有成的时候，人们总是将成功归功于她们的容貌，她们的工作业绩在人们的眼里会因为长得美丽而大打折扣。在美女当道的今天，有谁会对其说不呢？

【英文原文】

RENEE MONTAGNE, host:

And today's last word in business is about the downside of good looks.

A new study from the University of Colorado says attractive women get overlooked when applying for some kinds of jobs. Those jobs are in traditionally male professions such as prison guards, tow-truck drivers and mechanical engineers. When given a stack of photos, study participants usually said the attractive women were less suitable for the jobs.

Though one of the study's authors said there's plenty of upsides to beauty. Attractive women and men usually tend to make more money and get better performance reviews.

And that's the business news on MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne.

STEVE INSKEEP, host:

And I'm Steve Inskeep.

重点词汇

1. downside n. 下降趋势；底侧

The downside is that customers must have a card reader attached to their computer.
缺点是消费者一定要被附上一个卡片读者到他们的电脑。

The only downside was that you could not sleep in as the rooms are near a busy street.
唯一的不足就是，因为房间靠近繁忙热闹的街道，使你根本就不能入睡。

2.overlook vt. 忽略；俯瞰；远眺；检查；高耸于…之上

The important details were overlooked by them,
很重要的细节都被他们忽略掉了。

We can overlook the sea from the window of our room.
从我们房间的窗口，我们可以俯瞰大海。

3.a stack of 一堆，一叠
4.mechanical adj. 机械的；力学的；呆板的；无意识的；手工操作的

The most mechanical reaction to suffering is negative emotions.
对于痛苦最机械的反应是负面情绪。

It is these facts which make forecasting an art and not just a mechanical procedure.
正是这些实际情况使预测成为一种艺术而不是一个机械的过程。