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听力文本
The government in Kenya has agreed on a new law on marriage. It has made many female politicians very angry. The Marriage Bill allows men to have as many wives as they want. Men will soon be able to marry other women without even telling their wife. There was a big argument between the male and female politicians. Many female lawmakers walked out of the debate in anger. The law was going to make it illegal to have more than one wife, but male lawmakers changed their mind. One male politician said the law was fair to women. He said that for the first time, women who get divorced would have 30 per cent of the family house and other things of value belonging to the couple.
Kenyan politician Samuel Chepkong'a said the new law simply keeps alive Kenya's traditions. He told reporters: "When you marry an African woman, she must know the second one is on the way, and a third wife. This is Africa." Kenya's Nation newspaper said the law did not show Kenya as a modern country. It wrote: "This is a [backwards] move that is simply taking us back into the Dark Ages, at a time when we should be strengthening family values." Female politician Sopian Tuya said the law was unfair to the first wife because the second wife would take all the money. She also warned men about marrying in secret, saying: "We know that men are afraid of women's tongues more than anything else."
中文翻译
肯尼亚政府通过了新的婚姻法
。这项法律惹怒了许多女政治家 。婚姻法允许男性拥有多名妻子 。男性可以在不告知其她妻子的情况下结婚 。关于此事,政界的男性和女性展开了热烈的讨论 。出于气愤,许多女性法律制定者退出了争论 。一夫多妻制是不合法的,但是男性却改变了注意 。一位男性政界人士称这项法律对女性很公平 。他说离婚女性可以第一次拿到房产的30%,以及夫妻共同所有的其他事物 。肯尼亚政治家塞缪尔称新法仅仅是传承了肯尼亚的传统
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重点讲解
1.Dark Ages 黑暗时代
Some education experts hail the change as a step forward from the ideological dark ages.
有些教育专家欢呼这一改变“从意识的黑暗时代向光明迈出了一步”
。2.change one’s mind 改变主意
Tearful begging for not change one's mind about, but will lose more embarrassed.
泪流满面的乞求换不了回心转意,只是会输的更加难堪而已
。3.belong to 属于
There are these antichrists,and notice it says: "They went out from among us but they did not belong to us.
这里提到“敌基督的“,注意它说:,“他们从我们中间出去,却不是属我们的
听力题目
1.Who did Kenya's new marriage law anger?
a) men
b) married couples
c) divorced couples
d) female lawmakers
2.How many wives will Kenyan men be able to have?
a) still to be decided
b) as many as they want
c) 5
d) a maximum of 19
3.What did female politicians do during a debate?
a) sing
b) sit in silence
c) lock the doors
d) walk out
4.What was the law originally going to do?
a) ban divorce
b) let women have many husbands
c) make having more than one wife illegal
d) increase the marrying age to 21
5.How much will a woman get after a divorce?
a) 60%
b) 50%
c) 40%
d) 30%
6.What did a politician say the law kept alive?
a) Kenya's population
b) men
c) Kenya's traditions
d) family
7.What did a newspaper say the law showed?
a) Kenya wasn't modern
b) men like getting married
c) women are more sensible
d) the news
8.What did the newspaper say should be getting stronger?
a) men's marriage duties
b) women
c) family values
d) politicians
9.What might a second wife do?
a) fight the first wife
b) take all the money
c) say "no more wives"
d) marry in secret
10.What did a female politician say women were most afraid of?
a) women's tongues
b) loneliness
c) themselves
d) divorce
听力答案
1.d
2.b
3.d
4.c
5.d
6.c
7.a
8.c
9.b
10.a