白宫新报告介绍美国妇女现状一托福阅读机经背景.docxVIP

智课网TOEFL备考资料白宫新报告介绍美国妇女现状一托福阅读机经背景 March is Women’s History Month in the United States, an opportunity to examine how far women have come and the areas where there is still work to be done. One of these areas is employment and income, according to a recent report released by the White House. 在美国，3月是妇女历史月，这是一个检验妇女状况有多大进步以及还有那些方面有待改进的机会。据白宫不久前发表的一份报告，一个有待改进的地方是就业和收入方面。 Women in America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being offers a look at the full measure of a woman’s life. 这份报告的题目是《美国妇女：社会和经济福祉指标》。报告对妇女的生活做了一个全面展示。 It’s the first comprehensive federal report of this nature since President Kennedy appointed Eleanor Roosevelt in the early 1960s to do a report on women, says Rebecca Blank, undersecretary of economic affairs, adding the new report covers five main areas of women’s lives. It brings together data focusing on families, education, income and employment, health, and crime and violence, and really highlights the trends of what’s happening in women’s lives across all of those domains over the last 20 to 30 years. 主管经济事务的副部长吕贝卡.布兰克说：“自从肯尼迪总统1960年代早期委派埃里诺.罗斯福起草一份妇女问题报告以来，这是第一份这种性质的全面的联邦报告。”布兰克介绍说，新报告涵盖妇女生活的5大方面，“它汇集了关于家庭、教育、收入及就业、健康、犯罪和暴力。报告并且突出了过去二、三十年在所有那些领域妇女生活中出现的趋势。” Compiling data from a variety of federal agencies, Blank says, revealed both positive and negative trends. Women are less likely than in the past to be the victims of violent crimes, including homicide. Women are marrying later and having fewer children than in the past. They make up 51 percent of the general population, and 57 percent of Americans over 65. Women are more likely than men to face health problems such as arthritis, obesity and depression… and are less likely to suffer from heart disease and diabetes. The report highlights significant improvement in the field of education. 布兰克说，汇编来自各联邦机构的资料显示了正反两面的趋势。妇女不像以往那样易于沦为谋杀等暴力犯罪的受害者。妇女现在结婚较晚，生孩子较少。妇女在总人口中占51%，在65岁以上美国人口中占57%。妇女比男人更可能有关节炎、肥胖症和忧郁症等健康问题。她们患心脏病和糖尿病的可能性比男性小。 There is good news in this report t