Gender Equality in the Workplace【职场上的性别平等】

Gender Equality in the Workplace

A new batch of young women - members of the so-called Millennial generation - has been

entering the workplace for the past decade.

新一批的年轻女性--所谓的“千禧一代”--在过去的十年里进入了职场。

At the starting line of their careers, they are better educated than their mothers and grandmothers

had been - or than their young male counterparts are now.

在她们职业生涯的起跑线上，她们比自己的母亲和祖母们受过更好的教育--或者

比她们现在的同龄男性们所受的教育更好。

But when they look ahead, they see roadblocks to their success.

但当她们展望未来时，她们看到了通往成功的障碍。

They believe that women are paid less than men for doing the same job.

她们相信做同样的工作，女性得到的报酬比男性少。

They think it's easier for men to get top executive jobs than it is for them.

他们认为男性比女性更容易得到高层管理职位。

And they assume that if  and when they have children, it will be even harder for

them to advance in their careers.

而且他们认为，如果她们有了孩子，她们的职业发展就会更加困难。

While the public sees greater workplace equality between men and women now that

it did 20-30 years ago, most believe more change is needed.

与二三十年前相比，如今公众看到职场男女平等程度有所提高，但大多数人认为，需要作出更多改变。

Among Millennial women, 75% say this country needs to continue making

changes to achieve gender equality

in the workplace, compared with 57% of Millennial men.

在千禧一代女性中，75%的人表示，国家需要继续作出改变，以实现职场性别平等，

而千禧一代男性的这一比例为57%。

Even so, relatively few young women(15%) say they been discriminated

against at work because of their gender.

尽管如此，相对较少的年轻女性（15%）说她们在工作中因为性别而受到歧视。

As Millennial women come of age they share many of the same views and

values about work as  their male counterparts.

随着千禧一代女性成年，她们对工作的看法和价值观与男性有很多相同之处。

They want jobs that provide security and flexibility, and they place relatively

little importance on high pay.

她们想要的是能提供保障和灵活性的工作，她们相对而言对高薪不是那么看重。

At the same time, however, young working women are less likely than men to

aim at top management jobs:

然而，与此同时，年轻的职业女性比男性更不可能谋求最高管理职位：

34% say they're not interested in becoming a boss or top manager; only 24% of

young men say the same.

34%的女性说她们对称为老板或高层管理不感兴趣；只有24%的年轻男性持相同看法。

The gender gap on this question is even wider among working adults in their 30s and 40s,

when many women face the trade-offs that go with work and motherhood.

在这个问题上的性别差异在30多岁和40多岁的成年职场人士中更为巨大，这也正是很多女性面临

工作和声誉之间的权衡取舍的时候。

These findings are based on a new Pew Research Center survey of 2,002 adults, including

810 Millennial (ages 18-32), conducted Oct. 7-27, 2013.

这些发现都是基于皮尤研究中心在2013年10月7日至27日对2,002名成年人进行的最新调查，

该调查包括810名千禧一代（18岁-32岁）。

The survey finds that, in spite of the dramatic gains women have made in educational

attainment and labor force participation in recent decades, young women view this as

a man's world  - just as middle-aged and older women do.

调查发现，尽管近几十年来女性在受教育程度和劳动力参与方面取得了巨大进步，

但年轻女性和中老年女性一样把职场视为男性的世界。

2018年6月CET4真题

解析：

1、a batch of : 一批，一组，一群

　　例：A batch of warm bread is just fresh off the oven, Anyone eager for a bite?

　　一批新鲜的面包刚刚出锅，有人想要吃一口吗？

　　例：A batch of fit marathon runners are waiting at the starting line.

　　一群马拉松的运动员正在起点处等待。

2、counterpart : 职能（或地位）相当的人；对应的事物。

　　counter- : 相反 （opposite / against）

　　counter-attack (反击)；counteract(抵消)

3、roadblocks to one's success : 通往成功的障碍

　　roadblock : 路障

　　a roadblock to something : ...路上的阻碍

　　remove / address the roadblock to ... : 移除、解决障碍

4、advance in one's career : 职业发展

　　advance : 向前走 move forward

5、discriminate ： 歧视；区分

　　discriminate against someone/something : 歧视某人某物

　　discriminate between ... and ...： 区分

6、trade-off : 权衡

　　a trade-off between ... and ... : 在某物与某物之间做出权衡

　　trade off something against something : 两件事之间做出权衡

7、make dramatic gains : 取得巨大进步

　　gain : get/attain/achieve something 取得/成就...

　　例：You have had days and you have good days. Even on your bad days, there are both losses and gains.

　　有好的日子也有不好的日子，即使在不好的日子也有失有得。

8、workplace equality : 职场平等

　　gender equality : 性别平等

　　income inequality : 收入平等

9、place little importance on : 对...加很小的重要性

10、educational attainment : 受教育程度

　　school attainment : 受教育程度

11、labor force participation : 劳动力参与

12、There are trade-offs that go with each decision.

　　 每一个选择都有权衡。

文中单词

单词	释意
discriminated	v.歧视；区分
executive	adj.执行的；n.执行者
counterparts	n.对应的人（物）
trade-offs	取舍
roadblocks	n.障碍；路障
attainment	n.达到；成就
millennial	adj.一千年的
dramatic	adj.戏剧的；引人注目的
in spite of	尽管；不管；不顾
relatively	adv.比较地；相对地
greater	adj.更大的
assume	v.猜想；以为；假设；