天津一高校英语试题被指出现性别歧视

 　　A teacher at a university in Tianjin has been accused of sexism for including an article on how women should please men as part of an English exam.

　　天津某高校一名老师被指责性别歧视，原因是他将一篇“女人应如何取悦男人”的文章放到了英语考试当中。

　　Students at Tianjin Chengjian University took to social media to condemn¹ the article, which was included in an English language test last Wednesday for sophomores² at the school.

　　天津城建大学的学生们在社交媒体上谴责了这篇文章，该文章出现在了该校上周三对大二学生的一场英语语言测试当中。

　　According to a photo of the test uploaded by a student on Sina Weibo, the article contains phrases such as "you don't want to be a waited girlfriend" and "a man needs an easy relationship."

　　据一名学生上传到新浪微博上的这场考试的照片显示，这篇文章中含有像“你不想成为一个独守空房的女友”和“男人需要一个简单的关系”等语句。

　　天津一高校英语试题被指出现性别歧视

　　The teacher said the article was for testing purposes only and did not represent the opinions of the school, according to people.cn.

　　据人民网报道，该教师称这篇文章仅用于测试目的，不代表学校的意见。

　　The text was apparently³ taken from the article "Why a man will marry you" by Nicole Gayle, a regular contributor on dating and relationships for ezinearticles.com.

　　这篇文章是摘自尼克尔·盖伊的《为什么一个男人会娶你？》，她是ezinearticles网站关于约会和关系栏目的定期供稿人。

　　Opinions on social media were mixed, with a surprising number of comments playing down the accusations⁴.

　　社交媒体上对这件事的意见褒贬不一，出人意料的很多评论都淡化了对这件事的指责。

　　"Be clear that it is only a reading comprehension test, not an official opinion," wrote Net user "Xuyidong."

　　网友“Xuyidong”说道：“要搞清楚这只是一篇阅读理解，而不是官方的意见。”

1 condemn   

vt.谴责，指责；宣判(罪犯)，判刑

参考例句：

• Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他，而有些人谴责他。
• We mustn't condemn him on mere suppositions.我们不可全凭臆测来指责他。

2 sophomores   

n.（中等、专科学校或大学的）二年级学生( sophomore的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We are freshmen and they are sophomores. 我们是一年级学生，他们是二年级学生。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Over half the students in the course are sophomores. 听这门课的一大半是二年级学生。 来自辞典例句

3 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

4 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。