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口译资料无限网 Passage 1 Equal Rights This is supposed to be an enlightened age, but you wouldn’t think so if you could hear what the average man thinks of the average woman. Women won their independence long ago. After a long, bitter struggle, they now enjoy the same educational opportunities as men in most parts of the world. They have proved repeatedly that they are equal and often superior to men in almost every field. 你会认为这应该是一个摆脱了偏见的时代，可当听到一名普通男子谈论他对一名普通女 子的看法时，你就不会这样认为了。妇女早已赢得了独立。她们经过长期艰苦的斗争，在全 球大部分地区可以与男子享有同等的教育机会。她们一次又一次地证明，妇女在几乎所有领 域里都不比男子差，甚至还常常胜过男子。 The hard-fought battle for recognition has been won, but it is by no means over, it is men, not women, who still carry on the sex war because the attitude of many men remains basically hostile. In many countries and regions, women there continue to be regarded as second-rate citizens. To hear some men talk, you’d even come to the horrible conclusion that men and women belonged to different species. 这场艰苦的女性能力认可战虽已打赢，却远未终结。延续这场战斗的是男性而非女性， 因为许多男子对女子的态度基本上仍然是敌视性的。许多国家和地区的妇女仍然被视为二等 公民。如果听信一些男人所言，你甚至会得出男女两性非同种同类的可怕结论。 On the surface, the comments made by these men about women’s abilities seem light-hearted. This apparent light-heartedness does not conceal the real contempt that many men feel for women. However much men sneer at women, their claims to superiority are not borne out by facts. Let’s consider the matter of driving, for instance. We all know that women cause far fewer accidents than men. They are generally very conscientious and in fact, have succeeded in any job you care to name. As politicians, soldiers, doctors, factory-hands, university professors, farmers, managers, lawyers, scientists and presidents of countries, they have often put men to shame with their achievements. And we must remember that they