写给五夜十篇学员的一封信【木仓学社】

写给五夜十篇学员的第一封信非常感谢同学们对我的信任和对五夜十篇课程的认可。

大纲发布就标志着考研复习进入到火力全开的阶段了。

政治和专业课的压力让我们必须高效的复习英语，也才能打赢这样一场重要的攻坚战！我们现在已经在学员中心上传了三份资料：1.KK三步法的文字资料；2.KK 三步法的录屏讲解；3.97年到07年的AB句对照阅读材料；这是我们开课前最基本的学习材料，学习完这些内容，我们可以基本了解题思路。

如果有疑惑，也不要着急，我们接下来的课程就会帮助大家解决这些疑惑。

找到问题是成功的第一步，接下来逐步解决就好。

今天给大家的资料是今年阅读的热点材料之一：关于性别平等问题。

同时我们也给大家命制了题目。

大家可以试着练手！今年，我们会给英语二的同学专门一晚直播课讲解英语二的最新动态和解题思路。

从历年的反馈来看，听完五夜十篇的英语二的同学考分都很高。

我们一起努力吧。

2017年9月18日星期一Text1It’s almost become a clichéto note that women are still under-earning compared to men in the workforce.But maybe this reality shouldn’t keep surprising us.The recent headlines miss an important part of the work-life balance story:plenty of working mothers are earning less than men because they want the sort of jobs and working arrangements which indeed pay less.Current labor statistics bear out these fantasies:women are twice as likely as men to work part-time even though they are also more likely to be college-educated and thus more marketable.We spill a lot of ink trying to account for this seeming failure: corporate America doesn’t do enough for families(undoubtedly true). Government doesn’t do enough for families.(Ditto.)But there’s a certain condescension in these explanations,as if we can’t quite believe a woman knows her own mind.Even in countries like the Netherlands, with a tightly woven safety net and a high degree of gender equality,the majority of mothers still opt for more time at home with their families. And why not?Maybe it’s time to stop searching for societal ills or individual pathologies to explain this fact.The costs of being a part-time worker can be high:lower pay and a sense of diminished value or exclusion,risk of lay-offs,as well as missed opportunities for promotions and praise.But these negatives may in factbe exaggerated or at the least offset by the equivalent downsides to full-time employment.The Pew poll found no difference at all on job satisfaction between full and part-time workers.The benefits of part-time work are substantial.Parents can be wage earners and role models without,literally,losing sleep.They can preserve most of their professional identity and work skills but still provide support to a wider group of dependents than would be possible with a full-time schedule,and without going insane in the process.Every family decision doesn’t have to be contested:who’s cooking, who’s“on duty”tonight,who gets to take the business trip and who is left behind to pick up the kids.These complexities don’t disappear with part-time work,of course,but they’re just a whole lot easier to navigate. And you can forego some of the expenses that full-time workers need to offset their fatigue and time crunch:take-out dinners and house cleaning, for example,or buying a second car in lieu of public transportation.It’s true that the trend toward part-time,benefit-free employment can be financially ruinous to individual workers.One fifth of the country’s jobs are part-time,and many are low-skilled,dead end positions.But it’s easy to overlook how unrewarding full-time employment can be for many people,too–especially when the researchers and reporters and pundits who write about workforce trends tend to have fascinating,flexible jobs with decent pay.We should stop limiting what women and men value by insisting that everyone has the same work aspirations.Some of us don’t want to spend the most productive and precious years of our lives trapped at the water cooler with our‘work spouses,’and we’re willing to pay the price.21.It can be inferred from Paragraph1that________.[A]the majority of women enjoy the less-paid jobs and working arrangements[B]women generally experience higher unemployment rates than men[C]workers in part-time jobs are usually paid less than those in full-time jobs[D]women have the same access to college education as their male counterparts22.What can we know about the Netherlands?[A]It has established a sound social security system,especially for women.[B]The degree of inequality between men and women is relatively low.[C]Most mothers choose to be stay-at-home moms for their families.[D]There are more housewives than working mothers.23.It can be implied from Paragraph3that the disadvantages of part-time employment________.[A]far outweigh its advantages[B]may be balanced by its advantages[C]are no more than those of full-time employment[D]may actually be less scary than people think24.Which of the following is the advantage of part-lime work?[A]Taking care of the families without missing opportunities for promotions.[B]Comping with daily chores mostly by mothers.[C]Cutting the expenses on various products that would be required by full-time work.[D]Enjoying holiday pay,sick pay and other extras that come with the job.25.What is the author’s attitude toward mothers with part-time job?[A]Indifferent.[B]Suspicious.[C]Pessimistic.[D]Positive.Text121.[答案][C][解析]推理判断题。