大学英语四级考试巅峰听力MP3与字幕文本下载 Track 18

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[00:01.20]The authors of the survey note that

[00:03.94]as long as responsibility for childcare

[00:06.56]is with the women

[00:07.66]they will remain trapped in the family.

[00:09.85]They also point out that concessions¹ to women

[00:13.14]in the world of work often result in women

[00:15.66]being compelled into less well-paid jobs.

[00:18.72]This already happens in regard to part-time workers

[00:22.44]who are paid a lower hourly wage than full-time² workers.

[00:26.38]They point out that men have to square up

[00:28.67]to their responsibility as fathers.

[00:31.04]The key they emphasize is a change in men's attitudes.

[00:35.09]However what was not mentioned is that

[00:38.48]no matter how attitudes change,

[00:40.45]men are as powerless as individuals

[00:42.85]in regard to their working conditions as women are.

[00:46.02]With all the good will in the world

[00:48.54]they cannot change their employer-employee relationship,

[00:52.15]they cannot adjust their working hours

[00:54.44]to suit childcare just as women can not.

[00:57.41]A more fundamental conclusion would be that

[01:00.59]society at the moment,

[01:02.34]capitalism, does not want to accommodate

[01:05.40]any of the problems of childcare,

[01:07.15]preferring to leave it up to the individual

[01:09.79]to make their own arrangements as best as they can.

[01:15.06]Now the passage will be read again.

[01:19.09]The authors of the survey note that

[01:22.49]as long as responsibility for childcare

[01:24.90]is with the women

[01:26.21]they will remain trapped in the family.

[01:28.40]They also point out that concessions to women

[01:31.68]in the world of work often result in women

[01:33.97]being compelled into less well-paid jobs.

[01:36.93]This already happens in regard to part-time workers

[01:41.31]who are paid a lower hourly wage than full-time workers.

[01:44.92]They point out that men have to square up

[01:47.32]to their responsibility as fathers.

[01:49.95]The key they emphasize is a change in men's attitudes.

[01:53.99]However what was not mentioned is that

[01:56.73]no matter how attitudes change,

[01:58.81]men are as powerless as individuals

[02:01.33]in regard to their working conditions as women are.

[02:54.70]With all the goodwill³ in the world

[02:57.77]they cannot change their employer-employee relationship,

[03:01.27]they cannot adjust their working hours

[03:03.79]to suit childcare just as women can not.

[03:56.71]A more fundamental conclusion would be that

[04:00.00]society at the moment,

[04:01.52]capitalism, does not want to accommodate

[04:04.59]any of the problems of childcare,

[04:06.56]preferring to leave it up to the individual

[04:09.18]to make their own arrangements as best as they can.

[05:02.32]Now the passage will be read for the third time.

[05:07.35]The authors of the survey note that

[05:10.75]as long as responsibility for childcare

[05:13.15]is with the women

[05:14.47]they will remain trapped in the family.

[05:16.55]They also point out that concessions to women

[05:19.94]in the world of work often result in women

[05:22.34]being compelled into less well-paid jobs.

[05:25.52]This already happens in regard to part-time workers

[05:29.78]who are paid a lower hourly wage than full-time workers.

[05:33.07]They point out that men have to square up

[05:35.58]to their responsibility as fathers.

[05:38.32]The key they emphasize is a change in men's attitudes.

[05:41.82]However what was not mentioned is that

[05:44.88]no matter how attitudes change,

[05:47.07]men are as powerless as individuals

[05:49.58]in regard to their working conditions as women are.

[05:53.30]With all the goodwill in the world

[05:55.27]they cannot change their employer-employee relationship,

[05:58.99]they cannot adjust their working hours

[06:01.29]to suit childcare just as women can not.

[06:04.47]A more fundamental conclusion would be that

[06:07.20]society at the moment,

[06:09.17]capitalism, does not want to accommodate

[06:12.23]any of the problems of childcare,

[06:14.09]preferring to leave it up to the individual

[06:16.72]to make their own arrangements as best as they can.

1 concessions   

n.（尤指由政府或雇主给予的）特许权( concession的名词复数 )；承认；减价；（在某地的）特许经营权

参考例句：

• The firm will be forced to make concessions if it wants to avoid a strike. 要想避免罢工，公司将不得不作出一些让步。
• The concessions did little to placate the students. 让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。

2 full-time   

adj.满工作日的或工作周的，全时间的

参考例句：

• A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
• I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作，我不知道她是如何对付的。

3 goodwill   

n.善意，亲善，信誉，声誉

参考例句：

• His heart is full of goodwill to all men.他心里对所有人都充满着爱心。
• We paid ￡10,000 for the shop,and ￡2000 for its goodwill.我们用一万英镑买下了这家商店，两千英镑买下了它的信誉。