2019英语专八听力mini lecture训练mp3音频附文本（十）

2019英语专八听力mini lecture训练mp3音频附文本（十）

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2019英语专八听力mini lecture训练mp3音频附文本十二篇

　　[00:23.44]MINI-LECTURE 10

　　[00:25.04]In this section

　　[00:26.47]you will hear a mini-lecture.

　　[00:28.42]You will hear

　　[00:29.38]the mini-lecture ONCE ONLY.

　　[00:30.64]While listening to the mini-lecture,

　　[00:33.38]please complete the gap-filling task

　　[00:35.53]on ANSWER SHEET ONE and write

　　[00:37.84]NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS

　　[00:39.59]for each gap.

　　[00:40.80]Make sure the word(s) you fill in

　　[00:44.82]is (are) both grammatically

　　[00:46.73]and semantically acceptable.

　　[00:49.67]You may use the blank sheet

　　[00:51.21]for note-taking.

　　[00:52.41]You have THIRTY seconds

　　[00:54.29]to preview the gap-filling task.

　　[01:26.50]Now listen to the mini-lecture.

　　[01:28.28]When it is over,

　　[01:29.84]you will be given THREE minutes

　　[01:31.27]to check your work.

　　[01:33.47]Sexism in English

　　[01:35.21]Good morning, everyone.

　　[01:36.71]Today we will talk

　　[01:38.50]about sexism in English.

　　[01:40.63]As we all know,

　　[01:41.56]sexism in English language

　　[01:43.30]has existed for a long time,

　　[01:45.96]which is the reflection

　　[01:47.59]of the traditional ethics

　　[01:49.04]that men are superior to women.

　　[01:51.26]Today I will focus on the causes

　　[01:53.83]of sexism in English language,

　　[01:56.74]and I will discuss it

　　[01:58.20]from four aspects:

　　[01:59.85]the cultural factor,

　　[02:01.20]the physiological factor,

　　[02:03.04]the social factor

　　[02:04.31]and the psychological factor.

　　[02:06.57]First, let's have a look

　　[02:07.74]at the cultural factor.

　　[02:09.12]The Holy Bible is actually

　　[02:11.39]a book of men.

　　[02:12.43]As Christianity is

　　[02:14.50]such a powerful religion

　　[02:16.09]in Western countries,

　　[02:17.13]it is unreasonable to deny

　　[02:19.29]that this helps to set

　　[02:21.11]and consolidate the inferiority

　　[02:23.64]of women.

　　[02:24.47]From the Holy Bible,

　　[02:26.08]we know the man came

　　[02:27.39]to the world first

　　[02:28.77]while the woman was made

　　[02:30.07]from one of the man's ribs.

　　[02:31.66]From the order of the birth,

　　[02:33.56]it is obvious to see

　　[02:35.09]the different importance

　　[02:36.29]of men and women.

　　[02:37.50]In addition, the first sin is

　　[02:40.25]also committed

　　[02:41.01]by the woman,

　　[02:41.70]who was seduced

　　[02:42.70]by the snake into eating the fruits

　　[02:44.83]of the tree of the knowledge

　　[02:46.21]of good and evil

　　[02:47.39]and having the man eat them too.

　　[02:49.85]At last, the woman was punished

　　[02:52.06]to bring forth children in pain

　　[02:53.97]and was ruled over by the man.

　　[02:56.32]From above,

　　[02:57.92]the superiority of men

　　[02:59.65]and inferiority of women

　　[03:01.64]is clearly seen.

　　[03:02.71]Second, we'll move

　　[03:04.86]to the physiological factor.

　　[03:06.75]For extended work

　　[03:08.72]and life together,

　　[03:09.82]people realized that men are tall

　　[03:12.61]in stature, strong in muscle

　　[03:14.46]and robust in physique.

　　[03:16.59]In contrast to men,

　　[03:18.04]women are small in stature,

　　[03:20.08]weak in physique

　　[03:21.28]and have more fat

　　[03:22.42]and less muscle than men.

　　[03:24.16]Women also mature more rapidly.

　　[03:26.85]In a word, men are stronger

　　[03:29.27]than women.

　　[03:30.26]This determines that men

　　[03:32.54]play a more important role

　　[03:34.08]in social and economic lives.

　　[03:36.56]A man's job is to work outside

　　[03:39.62]but a woman's job is

　　[03:41.04]to stay at home,

　　[03:42.43]doing the housework

　　[03:43.22]and taking care of the children.

　　[03:44.95]Women are treated

　　[03:46.31]as the weaker ones

　　[03:47.62]and they realize their own values

　　[03:49.94]through their marriages to men.

　　[03:51.90]At last, women are lower in status.

　　[03:55.46]They have to depend on men

　　[03:57.70]and are dominated by men.

　　[03:59.73]Gradually, people begin

　　[04:01.08]to discriminate against women

　　[04:03.23]and think that they are inferior

　　[04:05.54]in intelligence.

　　[04:06.92]This wrong perspective

　　[04:08.75]forms slowly

　　[04:09.63]and reflects in language.

　　[04:11.66]Third, I'll focus on the social factor,

　　[04:14.89]or we might say

　　[04:15.88]the division of labor.

　　[04:17.26]Feminists all claim

　　[04:19.13]that we live in a patriarchal society:

　　[04:21.23]a society of men, ruled by men

　　[04:24.50]and for men.

　　[04:25.62]Patriarchy depicts men

　　[04:27.76]as the perfect norm against

　　[04:29.58]which women are measured

　　[04:30.98]and found lacking.

　　[04:32.27]Both the Western

　　[04:33.78]and Eastern societies use sex,

　　[04:36.18]to one degree or another,

　　[04:37.87]in allocating tasks, activities, rights,

　　[04:40.74]and responsibilities.

　　[04:41.98]As for the job done

　　[04:43.75]by men and women,

　　[04:44.74]there is a long-stereotyped notion

　　[04:47.52]of what they can do.

　　[04:49.02]In history, there has been

　　[04:50.66]a division of labor—

　　[04:51.85]a division in which women's place

　　[04:54.35]was restrained at home

　　[04:55.82]for housework and childcare

　　[04:57.86]while men worked outside

　　[04:59.87]being the breadwinner.

　　[05:01.30]At last, men had dominance

　　[05:03.71]over women,

　　[05:04.40]and women had to

　　[05:05.42]be dependent on men.

　　[05:07.13]This was

　　[05:08.41]the turning point for women.

　　[05:10.15]From then on, in paternal society,

　　[05:13.06]slavery society

　　[05:14.04]and capitalist society,

　　[05:16.22]women had been

　　[05:17.31]at the bottom of society.

　　[05:19.09]In the long and endless course

　　[05:21.72]of history,

　　[05:22.45]sexism against women

　　[05:23.79]has been accumulated.

　　[05:25.44]It is the division of labor

　　[05:27.76]that leads to different social status.

　　[05:30.59]This has been clear in ancient

　　[05:32.84]and modern society.

　　[05:34.31]Later,

　　[05:35.06]in addition to domestic work,

　　[05:37.17]women began

　　[05:37.92]to enter the paid workplace.

　　[05:39.98]However,

　　[05:41.01]even though half of women

　　[05:42.54]are employed outside the home,

　　[05:44.91]the belief persists

　　[05:46.02]that a woman's role is primarily

　　[05:48.80]that of a wife and a mother.

　　[05:50.45]Due to women's

　　[05:51.66]relative physical weakness

　　[05:53.60]and lower

　　[05:54.31]educational background,

　　[05:55.67]they do primarily

　　[05:56.82]the low-status,

　　[05:58.17]low-paying jobs.

　　[05:59.90]Although men also

　　[06:01.05]have family roles,

　　[06:02.40]they are defined primarily

　　[06:04.43]by their economic

　　[06:05.72]or occupational position.

　　[06:08.12]Thus sexism in the society

　　[06:10.06]has been in existence,

　　[06:11.64]the embodiment

　　[06:13.07]of which is necessarily sexism

　　[06:15.38]in language.

　　[06:16.39]Finally, let's look

　　[06:18.53]at the psychological factor.

　　[06:20.60]Because of the social

　　[06:22.11]and cultural factors,

　　[06:23.16]women are always considered

　　[06:25.24]to be the weak.

　　[06:26.21]People treat women

　　[06:27.59]as men's appendages.

　　[06:28.92]They educate men to be manly,

　　[06:31.78]decisive, and brave

　　[06:33.43]while women are required

　　[06:34.15]to be polite, conservative,

　　[06:36.09]obedient, and gentle.

　　[06:37.62]Because women are

　　[06:38.95]in subordinate status in the society,

　　[06:42.03]they have to constrain

　　[06:43.50]their emotions

　　[06:44.09]and give up their own needs

　　[06:45.81]to satisfy those of men.

　　[06:47.99]As time passes,

　　[06:49.68]women pay more attention

　　[06:51.09]to the elegance and standard

　　[06:53.42]of language than men.

　　[06:54.99]They use more pleasant

　　[06:56.06]and polite words in the hope

　　[06:58.00]that they can receive others'

　　[06:59.48]approval.

　　[07:00.43]And they are taught

　　[07:01.68]to speak softly,

　　[07:02.63]to avoid contradicting others,

　　[07:05.25]and to be obedient

　　[07:06.28]in communication.

　　[07:07.89]They mould themselves

　　[07:09.47]to be inferior

　　[07:10.46]in their sub-consciousness.

　　[07:12.39]Therefore, women try their best

　　[07:14.65]to strengthen their social status

　　[07:16.51]through their speech than men do.

　　[07:19.03]The lower women's position is,

　　[07:21.27]the more polite they are

　　[07:22.45]in the presence of others.

　　[07:24.49]And the standard of the language

　　[07:26.31]they use can show

　　[07:27.50]their submission

　　[07:28.45]and politeness.

　　[07:29.58]This also suggests that women are

　　[07:33.14]in a lower position in the society.

　　[07:35.07]With this, we're coming

　　[07:36.83]to the end of today's lecture.

　　[07:38.99]Next time, we'll talk

　　[07:40.41]about the phenomena

　　[07:41.42]of sexism in English language.

　　[07:44.09]Thanks for your listening.

　　[07:45.34]Wish my explanation may

　　[07:47.47]give you some help.

　　[07:48.70]See you next time.

　　[07:50.94]Now, you have THREE minutes

　　[07:52.64]to check your work.

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