双语阅读：女人易因财务问题睡不着

 　　It's official - women spend most of their time lying awake at night because of financial worries, while men are kept awake by... 'nothing.'

　　In a new survey, women were asked what keeps them up at night - and the number one answer, from 30 percent of the women, was financial worries. 35 percent of men, however, said 'nothing.'

　　The Manilla.com study looked at the habits of 1000 average wage-earning women and men in the US。

　　The second most common reason for women lying awake at night, at 18 percent, was put down to 'to-do lists' and work stress。

　　Linda Descano of Women & Co. told Manilla.com: 'With today's busy lifestyles, keeping on top of one's personal finances can seem daunting¹ in the face of the many demands in life。

　　'And with 66 percent of women now serving as CFO of their household, according to Women & Co. research, it's not surprising there is more to keep them up at night.'

　　The findings would come as no surprise to some social scientists - and, indeed, working mothers。

　　Arlie Russell Hochschild's seminal² 1989 work, The Second Shift, lifted the lid on the imbalance between women's and men's workloads³。

　　The study showed, for the first time, that household chores remained mainly the responsibility of working women。

　　A recent Time study pointed⁴ out that household habits have changed to the advantage of women, and, according to The Huffington Post, yet other studies show that household chores are linked to high blood pressure。

　　Personal finance expert, Manisha Thakor, told Mint.com that the picture is greyer yet for women。

　　The financial stresses they face are exacerbated⁵ by living an average of 5 to 7 years longer than men, earning just 77cents for each male dollar and working for 11.5 fewer years than men because of caring for babies and elderly parents, she said。

　　The new survey also revealed that women are more acutely affected⁶ by being disorganised than men. '73 percent of women say they are frustrated⁷ by disorganization, compared to just 59 percent of men,' said Manilla.com。

　　'When organized, 50 percent of women say they feel relaxed and 40 percent say they feel happy. That compares to 41 percent and 37 percent of men respectively,' it said。

　　这可是官方消息——女人们晚上睡不着觉是大多是因为财务上的烦恼，而男人睡不着觉是因为……根本没有什么事会让男人睡不着觉！

　　在一项新的调查中，女人们被问到什么会让她们晚上睡不着觉，排在第一的答案是财务上的烦恼，30%的女人因此而失眠，而35%的男人称没什么事会让他们睡不着觉。

　　马尼拉网站的研究调查了1000位中等收入的美国男性和女性的睡眠习惯。

　　导致女人晚上睡不着的第二大普遍的原因(18%)是老想着还要干什么和工作压力。

1 daunting   

adj.使人畏缩的

参考例句：

• They were faced with the daunting task of restoring the house.他们面临着修复房子的艰巨任务。
• Starting a new job can be a daunting prospect.开始一项新工作有时会让人望而却步。

2 seminal   

adj.影响深远的；种子的

参考例句：

• The reforms have been a seminal event in the history of the NHS.这些改革已成为英国国民保健制度史上影响深远的一件大事。
• The emperor's importance as a seminal figure of history won't be diminished.做为一个开创性历史人物的重要性是不会减弱的。

3 workloads   

（某一人或组织）工作量，工作负担( workload的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Project management software can provide such visibility into everyone's skills and workloads. 项目管理软件可以提供这样的能见度到每个人的技能和工作量。
• Doctors have complained of heavy workloads. 医生投诉工作越来越繁重。

4 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

5 exacerbated   

v.使恶化，使加重( exacerbate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The symptoms may be exacerbated by certain drugs. 这些症状可能会因为某些药物而加重。
• The drugs they gave her only exacerbated the pain. 他们给她吃的药只是加重了她的痛楚。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

7 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》