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1、大学英语四六级考试精读荟萃100篇(45)Passage Fifteen (The Second Wave of Feminism)The statistics Ive cited and the living examples are all too familiar to you. But what may not be so familiar will be the increasing number of women who are looking actively for advancement of for a new job in your offices. This woman
2、 may be equipped with professional skills and perhaps valuable experience, She will not be content to be Executive Assistant to Mr. Seldom Seen of the Assistant Vice Presidents Girl Friday, who is the only one who comes in on Saturday.She is the symbol of what I call the Second Wave of Feminism. She
3、 is the modern woman who is determined to be.Her forerunner was the radical feminist who interpreted her trapped position as a female as oppression by the master class of men. Men, she believed, had created a domestic, servile role for women in order that men could have the career and the opportunit
4、y to participate in making the great decisions of society. Thus the radical feminist held that women through history had been oppressed and dehumanized, mainly because man chose to exploit his wife and the mother of his children. Sometimes it was deliberate exploitation and sometimes it was the inno
5、cence of never looking beneath the pretensions of life.The radical feminists found strength in banding together. Coming to recognize each other for the first time, they could explore their own identities, realize their own power, and view the male and his system as the common enemy. The first phases
6、 of feminism in the last five years often took on this militant, class-warfare tone. Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, Germaine Greer, and many others hammered home their ideas with a persistence that aroused and intrigued many of the brightest and most able women in the country. Consciousness-raising
7、groups allowed women to explore both their identities and their dreamsand the two were often found in direct conflict.What is the stereotyped role of American women? Marriage. A son. Two daughters. Breakfast. Ironing. Lunch. Bowling, maybe a garden club of for the very daring, non-credit courses in
8、ceramics. Perhaps an occasional cocktail party. Dinner. Football or baseball on TV. Each day the same. Never any growth in expectationsunless it is growth because the husband has succeeded. The inevitable question: “Is that all there is to life?”The rapid growth of many feminist organizations attest
9、s to the fact that these radical feminists had touched some vital nerves. The magazine “Ms.” was born in the year of the death of the magazine “Life.” But too often the consciousness-raising sessions became ends in themselves. Too often sexism reversed itself and man-hating was encouraged. Many had
10、been with the male chauvinist.It is not difficult, therefore, to detect a trend toward moderation. Consciousness-raising increasingly is regarded as a means to independence and fulfillment, rather than a ceremony of fulfillment itself. Genuine independence can be realized through competence, through
11、 finding a career, through the use of education. Remember that for many decades the education of women was not supposed to be useful.1. What was the main idea of this passage?A. The Second Wave of Feminist. B. Womens Independent Spirits.C. The Unity of Women. D. The Action of Union.2. What was the a
12、uthors attitude toward the radical?A. He supported it wholeheartedly. B. He opposed it strongly.C. He disapproved to some extent. D. He ignored it completely.3. What does the word “militant” mean?A. Aggressive. B. Ambitions. C. Progressive. D. Independent.4, What was the radical feminists view point
13、 about the male?A. Women were exploited by the male.B. Women were independent of the male.C. Womens lives were deprived by the male.D. The male were their common enemy.Vocabulary1. trapped 被诱入圈套的，陷阱2. servile 屈从的，奴隶的，奴性的3. dehumanized 使失去人/个性的4. pretension 要求，权利，借口5. look beneath 看到下面6. band togethe
14、r 紧密团结在一起7. explore 探索，考察8. phase 阶段，方面，形式9. class-warfare 阶级斗争10. hammer home 硬性灌输hammer home an idea into sb. 硬向某人灌输某种观念11. intrigue 使着迷，密谋，用诡计取得12. stereotype 固定不变的，陈规旧习的13. attest 证明，证实，表明14. chauvinist 沙文主义者，男子至上主义这15. moderation (政治，宗教上)稳健中庸，缓和16. fulfillment 臻于完善，发挥潜在能力17. sexism 性别歧视(常指其实妇女)
15、18. be independent of 独立于之外，不受控制/支配难句译注1. She will not be content to be Executive Assistant to Mr. Seldom Seen of the Assistant Vice Presidents Girl Friday, who is the only one who comes in on Saturday.这是杜撰的名字，含有讽刺内涵。Mr. Seldom Seen 很少见到的先生。说明公司很难见到他。那么做他的助手就是她替他干一切活。星期五姑娘。星期五是鲁滨逊漂流记中的一个人物，是鲁滨逊的仆人。这
16、位星期六休假日来上班的姑娘，当然得干主人的一切活。参考译文 她不会满意做“很少见”先生的助手，也不愿做助理副主席的星期五姑娘，那位姑娘是的一个星期六来上班的人。2. Men, she believed, had created a domestic, servile role for women in order that men could have the career and the opportunity to participate in making the great decisions of society.结构简析 she believed 形式上插入语，实际 Men 句是它的宾语从句。In order that 义：为的是。目的状语。参考译文 她认为男人为妇女创制了一个持家
