英语作文-中考 Should Women Return to the Kitchen？

英语作文-中考

写作题目：Should Women Return to the Kitchen？

　　Directions： For this part you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Should Women Return to the Kitchen？ You should write no less than 150 words and base your composition on the outline （given in Chinese） below：

　　1.现在社会上失业和下岗人数增加

　　2.有人认为妇女回到厨房是解决的办法

　　3.我的看法

　　范文：

　　The traditional belief is that a woman's place is the home and that a woman ought not to go out to work after marriage. Now once again we hear such words.

　　People hold the view base their argument on the two assumptions. First， since jobs now are scarce and unemployment rates higher， if women returned to the kitchen， there would be more jobs available to men. Second， the majority of female workers earn a little， only one-fifth of their male counterparts， who may earn a little more if their wives stay at home devoted¹ wholly to children and housework. But they fail to notice that deprived of work， most women will suffer unspeakable boredom² and misery³. For most women， work is not only a means of earning a living， but more important， the focus of their lives and the source of satisfaction， and the absence of work tends to exert a harmful effect on their psychological well-being⁴. Furthermore， withdraw from employment to complete domesticity means the loss of certain social status that women have now enjoyed after many years of struggle. It should be recognized that the current frequent occurrences of brutality⁵， desertion and divorce are to some extent attributed to the fact they have no say in the matter of finance.

　　No， women should not return to the kitchen， for we cannot afford to waste the wealth of their talent in their contribution to waste the wealth of their talent in their contribution to society and to risk losing the social status they should have.

1 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。

2 boredom   

n.厌烦，厌倦，乏味，无聊

参考例句：

• Unemployment can drive you mad with boredom.失业会让你无聊得发疯。
• A walkman can relieve the boredom of running.跑步时带着随身听就不那么乏味了。

3 misery   

n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦

参考例句：

• Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。

4 well-being   

n.安康，安乐，幸福

参考例句：

• He always has the well-being of the masses at heart.他总是把群众的疾苦挂在心上。
• My concern for their well-being was misunderstood as interference.我关心他们的幸福，却被误解为多管闲事。

5 brutality   

n.野蛮的行为，残忍，野蛮

参考例句：

• The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
• a general who was infamous for his brutality 因残忍而恶名昭彰的将军