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听力文本
New research suggests that husbands do not do their fair share of work around the house. A study from the Ohio State University says that men who do an equal share of housework are a rare breed. Researchers looked at the lifestyles of 182 working couples who became first-time parents. Both partners worked roughly thesame amount of hours in full-time jobs. The research team found that men did less housework after the babywas born, even though both mothers and fathers worked the same number of hours outside the home. During the first few weeks of parenthood, fathers did an average of five hours a week less housework, although theyspent this time helping to look after the baby.
It is a different story for mothers. Becoming a parent added about 21 hours per week to the amount of workshe did, even with her full-time job. Most of their extra work was spent looking after her baby. The researchers explained why new fathers did not keep up with the extra work after a child was born. They said that most men were simply unaware that the mother was doing so much more work. Another reason is that after ababy is born, fathers tend to follow what happened in their own homes when they were younger. They automatically accept and follow the 'traditional' roles of the mother looking after the baby and the father working, even though the mother is also working the same number of hours in her job.
中文翻译
一项新的研究表明丈夫没有平均分担家务
。来自俄亥俄州立大学的一项研究称能够平摊家务的丈夫少之又少 。研究人员对182对初为父母的全职生活进行了调查 。夫妻之间的全职工作时间基本相同 。研究小组发现尽管父母在外工作的时间相同,但是孩子出生之后男人的家务量有所减少 。在为人父母的前几周里,父亲平均每周少干5个小时的家务,尽管他们会利用这些时间来照顾孩子 。而母亲却大为不同
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重点讲解
1.full-time job 专职工作
例句:Typewriting on computer is your full-time job.
在电脑上打字是你的专职工作
。2.look after 照顾
例句:I will look after her child when she is on a business trip.
她出差时我将照看她的孩子
。3.help to 帮助
例句:Help you to some more beer?
再给你倒点儿啤酒吧?
4.keep up with 赶得上
例句:Young girls like to keep up with the latest fashions.
年轻女孩喜欢赶最新潮流
听力题目
1. What did researchers find that husbands did not do their fair share of?
a) equality
b) complaining
c) babysitting
d) housework
2. Who do researchers say were a rare breed?
a) men who did no housework
b) men who did an equal share of housework
c) men
d) men who did housework
3. How many couples did the researchers look at?
a) 189
b) 185
c) 182
d) 172
4. What happened to the housework men did after a baby was born?
a) it went down
b) it disappeared
c) it improved
d) they did ironing too
5. How many hours a week on average do fathers look after their baby?
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 6
6. How many additional hours a week do mothers do after giving birth?
a) 20
b) 21
c) 22
d) 23
7. What were fathers unaware of after their baby was born?
a) their job
b) the ironing needed doing
c) how to feed a baby
d) the mother worked harder
8. When do fathers follow what happened when they were younger?
a) after a baby is born
b) at 6pm
c) when they get home from work
d) every time
9. What roles do fathers follow?
a) the role of a father
b) role models
c) traditional roles
d) a mother's role
10. Where is the mother doing the same number of hours?
a) in hospital
b) at work
c) in the mornings
d) upstairs
听力答案
1.d
2.b
3.c
4.a
5.c
6.b
7.d
8.a
9.c
10.b