首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] Have you ever seen an old American television show from the 19
[originaltext] Have you ever seen an old American television show from the 19
游客
2023-12-23
80
管理
问题
Have you ever seen an old American television show from the 1950s? If you have, try to picture the typical family that appears in those shows. There’s father, who puts on a suit and goes to work every day. There’s mother, who takes care of the house and children. And there are usually two or three children, and maybe a dog. In those days, that was considered to be a typical American family.
But today, the typical American family looks very different. Consider these statistics: in 1965, only 35% of American women worked outside the home. Ten years later, in 1975, it jumped to 55%. And today, close to 80% of American women work outside the home.
Why is that? Well, there are two important reasons why most American women now work. The first one, very simply, is that they need the money. These days the cost of living is so high that most families need two paychecks in order to make ends meet.
The other reason why women are working in larger and larger numbers is that they have more opportunities than they did 30 or 40 years ago. There are laws in the United States that give women the same opportunity as men to go to college and get jobs. As a result, women today are working in professions that were not as open to them 30 or 40 years ago. To give just one example, today more than half the students in American medical schools are women.
So, to summarize so far, we’ve seen that the American family has changed dramatically since the days of those old television shows. In the typical family both the father and the mother have jobs. This means that most American homes don’t have a full-time homemaker anymore, and that creates new problems for families, such as who takes care of babies and old people; who shops, cooks, and cleans; who volunteers at the children’s school and so on.
Now, as the American family has changed, American businesses have changed too. More and more companies understand that people can’t do good work if they’re worried about their kids or if they’re under a lot of stress. As a result, some companies are trying to help their workers with flexible policies and new programs that benefit working families.
For most people, trying to work and taking care of a family at the same time is still very, very difficult. In my opinion, our government and our society need to do a lot more to help working parents and their children.
23. What was the percentage of American women worked outside home in 1975?
24.Which statement is NOT the reason why most American women work now?
25.Which one is NOT a problem for two-paycheck families?
26.What are some companies trying to do for their workers?
选项
A、They offer their employees more flexibility.
B、They gave their employees a rise in salary.
C、They provide better working surroundings for them.
D、They improve their management skills.
答案
A
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3298735.html
相关试题推荐
Americans’ParadoxicalBehaviorOneofthegeneralitiesmostoftenn
Americans’ParadoxicalBehaviorOneofthegeneralitiesmostoftenn
Americans’ParadoxicalBehaviorOneofthegeneralitiesmostoftenn
Americans’ParadoxicalBehaviorOneofthegeneralitiesmostoftenn
Americans’ParadoxicalBehaviorOneofthegeneralitiesmostoftenn
Americans’ParadoxicalBehaviorOneofthegeneralitiesmostoftenn
Americans’ParadoxicalBehaviorOneofthegeneralitiesmostoftenn
Americans’ParadoxicalBehaviorOneofthegeneralitiesmostoftenn
Americans’ParadoxicalBehaviorOneofthegeneralitiesmostoftenn
Americans’ParadoxicalBehaviorOneofthegeneralitiesmostoftenn
随机试题
InevertrustedhimbecauseIalwaysthoughtofhimassucha______character.A、g
ThewaveofstrikesthathasgrippedFranceforamonthshowedsomesignsofaba
选购天然花岗石材时最好不用()的,含放射性元素极少或不含放射性元素的花岗石多为
男性,52岁,低热,肝区胀痛2个月并消瘦,近3周发现尿黄、巩膜黄染。18年前发现
以下哪项不属不良反应()A.服用麻黄碱引起中枢兴奋症状 B.久用四
胰岛素由何种细胞分泌()A.胰岛α细胞和β细胞B.胰岛β细胞C.胰岛α细胞D.
物体作定轴转动的运动方程为φ=4t-3t2(φ以rad计,t以s计)。此物体内,
净额清算方式的主要优点是可以()。A:简化操作手续,减少资金在交收环节的占用B
李某于2019年底承包甲公司,不改变企业性质,协议约定李某每年向甲公司缴纳400
根据《建设工程监理规范》,总监理工程师不得委托给总监理工程师代表的工作有()。A
最新回复
(
0
)