3. In what way are women prejudiced against in politics ?
4. What helped her defeat her male opponent in the local election ?
5. How are women discriminated against economically ?
6. What are the occupations usually taken by American women ?
7. What are some of the problems the author is determined to help to solve ?
8. What fine qualities do wonen have that men don’t have according to the author ?Explain why you agree or disagree with her.
Key A
1. She is the first black woman elected to congress .
2. Because the men don’t realize the prejudice against women and the women are much more brainwashed and content with their roles as second-class citizens .
3. The women only do the tedious work , such as stuffing envelopes , organizing card-party , making difference between victory and defeat on election day , but they are not allowed to run for offices .
4. The women who registered to vote in her district helped her defeat her male opponent .
5. The women are paid less than men even when they do the same job .
6. The American women predominate in the lowerpaying , menial, unrewarding , dead-end jobs , such as secretaries , librarians , teachers and so on .
7. The problems are (1)the children going to bed hungry (2)There is not a good school for every child (3)spend wealth on hardware to murder people (4)prejudice against minorities (5)unfair housing and employment .
8. The good qualities that women have a empathy , tolerance ,insight , patience and persistence . Yes , I agree with the author . The women naturally have these qualities .
A. Translate the following sentences into Chinese :
1.I was the first to overcome both handicaps at once .
2.It will take years for whites –including those who think of themselves as liberals –to discover and eliminate the racist attitudes they all actually have .
3.In such a job , she gets a number of free trips to state and sometimes national meetings and conventions , where her role is supposed to be to vote the way her male chairman votes .
1. When a bright young woman graduate starts looking for a job ,why is the first question always :”Can you type ?”
2. Plenty of others have advised me , every time I tried to take another upward step , that I should go back to teaching , a woman’s vocation , and leave politics to the men .
3. But until that happens –and we all know it will no be this year or next –what we need is more women in politics because we have a very special contribution to make .
4. It is women who can bring empathy , tolerance , insight , patience , and persistence to government ---the qualities we naturally have or have had to develop because of our suppression by men .
5. At present , our country needs women’s idealism and determination , perhaps more in politics than anywhere else .
Key B
1. 我是第一个克服这两个不利因素的人.
2. 美国白人-----包括那些自认为开明的自由主义者------需要很多年的时间来发现, 并消除他们所有的种族主义态度.
3. 在这样的职位中, 她们可能会获得几次免费参加州或全国会议, 或民主党和共和党各自召开的全国代表大会.她们所做的也只是按照男主席的方式投一样的票.
4. 当一位聪明的女大学生毕业后开始找工作时, 为什么第一个问题总是::”你会打字吗?”
5. 每一次我试图再上一个新台阶时, 许多人会劝我回到妇女的职业, 做一名教师, 把政治留给男人.
6. 但直到这些发生-----我们知道这不是今年或明年的事------因此我们所要做的是要更多的妇女进入政界, 因为我们对此有特殊贡献.
7. 妇女善解人意/宽容,具有很强的洞察力/耐心和毅力------这些都是我们与生俱来或由于受男人的压制而形成的品质, 女人能把这些品质带到政府中来.
8. 目前, 我们的国家也许在政治上比其它任何领域更需要女人的理想主义和决心.
B. Fill in the blank in each sentence with the best word or expression from the box below , changing its form when necessary :
Rather than register think of aware of predominate instead of lie behind prejudice menial separate make the difference phenomenon
1. Don’t overlook the job of a secretary . It makes the difference between failure and success for the company .
2. The newly –launched satellite is expected to obtain data on solar radiation , sky brightness and other important phenomena.
3. How can you be content to do such menial tasks as washing dishes here in the States ?
4. A prejudice is a judgement formed before examining the evidence .
5. We all listen to music according to our separate capacities .
6. Knowledge will always predominate over ignorance .
7. When this corporation entered the Chinese market 8 years ago ,it aimed to occupy a larger market share rather than to make profit in the short run .
8. Of all the animals , the ape is thought of as the most forgiving animal .
C. Choose the right word or expression in the brackets to complete each of the following sentences :
1. His story of having discovered the treasure buried by some pirates seemed (incredible, incredulous ) to everyone .
2. “But the piano is out of ( tone, tune ) , “she said in a disappointed ( tone, tune).
3. Her friends expressed great (sympathy , empathy ) to her when her mother died .
4. They are now enjoying a short (vocation , vacation ) at the seashore .
5. A (content , contented ) person is one who is happy with what he has .
6. All the streets will be ( eliminated , illuminated )tomorrow evening for the celebration .
7. Her ( perseverance , persistence ) in wearing that old-fashioned hat surprised her husband .
8. The effect of the officer’s speech was such that the army recovered its (moral , morale ) at once .
D. Explain the underlined words in English :
1. Of the two handicaps , being black is much less of a drawback than being female .
2. part of the problem is that women in America are much more brainwashed . ..
3. …which is invariably the lot of women in politics .
4.