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Unit10 Text A Working Women --— East and West 东西方的职业妇女 Work，for most American and Chinese women aged 55 and under， involves responsibility n.责任，责任心；职责 for a household，a child or children，and a job outside the home as well（也）．对于大多数55岁或55岁以下的美国妇女和中国妇女来说，工作包括家务、照顾一个或几个孩子以及一份家庭以外的工作，It all adds up to a busy life．所有这些加起来就是忙碌的生活。How is it going for them — for us? 她们现在的情况怎么样?我们中国的情况又怎么样呢? Experts have observed [???????] vt.vi.观察 that life forms a different sort of adv.有几分地a.有几分地 pyramid for women in China than in the United States．专家学者已经注意到，对中美两国妇女来说，生活形成的“金字塔”形状各不相同。In China，nearly all young mothers are employed被雇佣 outside the home，在中国，几乎所有年轻的母亲都有职业， with their numbers decreasing [???????????????????] vt./vi./n.减小，减少 as they approach middle age．但随着年龄步人中年，人数越来越少。The reasons are clear：原因很清楚：the second income of the woman is an absolute绝对的 necessity必要性 for a young family with a child or two．对于有一两个孩子的夫妇来说，妻子的这第二笔收入绝对是必要的。Later on，以后，when the children grow up，孩子长大了，the older couple [?????] n.夫妇；(一)对；几个can more easily live on the husband’s earnings plus the wife’s pension [???????] n. 养老金 ，老两口靠丈夫的收入加上妻子的养老金，生活就不太困难了。and fewer middle-aged women continue in employment．中年妇女继续工作者为数不多。 The pyramid for American women is the opposite [?p?zit]．美国妇女的“金字塔”形状恰好相反：with fewer young women employed , 年轻妇女工作的人数较少，and the number increasing 增加at older ages．而岁数较大时，人数却增加了。Many young mothers have found it more efficient有效的 to stay home，care for children themselves，许多年轻的母亲觉得呆在家里自己照顾孩子效果更好，and then find employment n.就业later when the children are older and more independent. 等孩子长大些后，能比较独立地生活了，再去找工作。But rising costs of living are requiring要求 more young American women to help support [???????] vt.支撑；支持；维持their families，但是，生活费用的增加需要更多的美国年轻妇女帮助养家，and it is increasingly 逐渐地true that young American women want to have jobs．而且美国年轻妇女想出去工作也日益成为事实。 But the American working mother often feels troubled by the complexity [????????????] n.复杂(性) of her life．但是，有工作的美国母亲往往对生活的复杂性感到苦恼。Childcare is u