【2017年整理】大学与体验英语4U4.docVIP

Unit 4 Family Warm Up Script / Answers The majority of single mothers suffers from more financial hardship and social deprivation than couples do. Single mothers are almost 70 per cent more likely to die prematurely than those who are living with a partner. 2. Women in the 21st century are highly educated, have tremendous earning potential and were brought up to believe that sexual equality was their right. The new conservative housewife has given up her high-status job to stay at home with the children. 3. A stark class divide is opening between career women and mothers who give up work to become housewives. Modem education and equal access to the workplace provide career moms increasing social capital or status. On the contrary, stay-at-home mothers rapidly lose their social status. Middle-class women are becoming more and more polarized. 4. Some people claim the constant emphasis on equal economic achievement for men and women is feeding the divorce rate and destroying family life. In addition, many mothers choose to stay at home to ensure that they, rather than an outsider, play the main role in bringing up their children. 5. While reforms in equal-opportunity legislation over the past 30 years have improved womens life chances, all the gains can be lost at the point when they have children if they are unable to afford nurseries or nannies. 6. Divorce doesnt necessarily make adults happy. But toughing it out（尽管有困难而熬过；忍受：） in an unhappy marriage until it turns around just right. A new study says, divorce didnt reduce symptoms of depression or raise self-esteem. Staying married did not tend to trap unhappy spouses in violent relationships. 7. Crucial to any familys success is an investment of time, energy, spirit and heart, an investment otherwise known as commitment. The family comes first. Family members are dedicated to promoting each others welfare and happiness -- and they expect the family to endure. Oral Preview Script /Answers American values are valued in