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　　A Change in Women’s Life

　　The important change in women\'s life-pattern has only recently begun to have

　　its full effect on women’s economic position. Even a few years ago most girls

　　left school at the first opportunity, and most of them took a full-time job.

　　However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to

　　it. Today the school-leaving age is sixteen, many girls stay at school after that

　　age, and though women tend to marry younger, more married women stay at work at

　　least until shortly before their first child is born. Very many more afterwards

　　return to full-time or part-time work. Such changes have led to a new

　　relationship in marriage, with the husband accepting a greater share of the

　　duties and satisfactions of family life and with both husband and wife sharing

　　more equally in providing the money, and running the home, according to the

　　abilities and interests of each of them. (154 words)

　　Useful Words and Expressions:

　　life-pattern 生活方式

　　effect [i\'fekt] n. 结果，效果，作用，影响

　　The old system is still in effect. 旧制度仍然有效。

　　He is, in effect, my rival. 实际上他是我的竞争对手。

　　The medicine quickly took effect. 药物很快见效了。

　　share vt. 分享;共享，参与 n. 一份，部分，份额

　　share responsibility 共同负责

　　share a room with sb. 与某人共居一室

　　share the joys and hardships 同甘共苦

　　We shared the sweets. 我们分吃了糖果。

　　one\'s share of the cake分享的一份好处，应得的一份

　　Town and Country Life in England

　　There is a big difference between town life and country life in England. In

　　the country, everybody knows everybody else. They know what time you get up, what

　　time you go to bed and what you have for dinner. If you want help, you will

　　always get it and you will be glad to help others.

　　In a large town like London, however, It can sometimes happen that you have

　　never seen your next door neighbor and you do not know his name or anything about

　　him. People in London are often very lonely. This is because people go to

　　different places in the evenings and at weekends. If you walk through the streets

　　in the centre of London on Sunday, it is like a town without people. One is sorry

　　for old people living on their own .They could die in their homes and would not

　　be discovered for weeks or even months. (154 words)

　　Useful Words and Expressions:

　　next door . n.隔壁

　　the neighbors nex door隔壁邻居

　　lonely adj.孤独的，寂寞的，偏僻的，人迹罕至的

　　lonely life孤单的生活

　　a lonely old man一位孤独的老人

　　a lonely sand一个孤岛

　　the loneliest night最孤独的夜晚

　　on (one’s) own独自;独立地;通过自己的努力

　　She lives on her own.她一个人过。

　　She go th eob on her own.她自己找到了这份工作。

　　He Is now out of colleg6 and on his own.他现在离开了大学并且自己生活。

　　Reading

　　Nowadays few of us read books after we leave school.

　　This is rather disturbing, for one should know that books are no less

　　necessary to one’s mental life than fresh air is to one’s physical life. From

　　good reading we can derive companionship, experience and instruction. A good book

　　is our faithful friend. It can increase our contentment when we are cheerful and

　　happy, and lessen our pain when we are sad or lonely. Books can also offer us a

　　wide range of experience. Few of us can travel far firom home or live long over

　　100, but all of us can live many lives through the pages of books. What\'s more,

　　reading books can increase our intellectual ability, broaden our minds and make

　　us wise.

　　With the coming of TV, books are no longer read as widely as they once were.

　　However, nothing can replace the role that books play in our lives. (154 words)

　　Useful Words and Expressions:

　　leave school 离校，中学毕业

　　disturbing adj.使人不安的，烦扰的

　　mental adj.精神的，智力的

　　mental powers智力

　　mental illness精神病

　　mental Patient精神病患者

　　Don’t listen to him; he’s mental.别听他的，他是个疯子。

　　derive vt.得自，得到

　　derive a conclusion from facts从事实推出结论

　　companionship n.侣伴，交谊

　　contentment n.满意

　　intellectual 智力的

　　an intellectual book知性的书

　　an intellectual problem需要动脑子解决的问题

　　an intellectual person 知识分子

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