自考高级英语上册Lesson 5.pptxVIP

会计学1 Women in America have made great contributions to the development of their country. However, they have been suffering from all kinds of sexual discrimination. Politically, all they do is tedious details that make the difference between victory and defeat on election day. But few of them can be promoted to higher positions while men reap their rewards. 第1页/共15页 Economically, women predominate in the lower-paying and dead-end jobs, and they are invariably paid less than a man for the same job. Many men in America deny that there is a prejudice against woman. They say this is social division of labor. 第2页/共15页 Lots of women are content with their roles as second-class citizens. Therefore the author believes, it will be a long and tough struggle for women to gain their genuine equality.第3页/共15页 Incredulous a.unable or unwilling to believe something incredulous look/expression/voice etcIncredible: too strange to be believed, or very difficult to believe SYN unbelievable It’s incredible that he survived the earthquake. 第4页/共15页 make a/the differenceto have an important effect or influence on something or someone Make a / the difference to / between Whatever she did, it made no difference. One more person wouldn’t make any difference to the arrangements. 第5页/共15页 rewardgive something to someone because they have done something good or helpful or have worked for it reward somebody with something The club’s directors rewarded him with a free season ticket. reward somebody for (doing) something She wanted to reward the cleaners for their efforts.第6页/共15页 be supposed to do / be sth used to say what someone should or should not do, especially because of rules or what someone in authority has said I’m not supposed to tell anyone. used to say what was or is expected or intended to happen, especially when it did not happen The meeting was supposed to take place on Tuesday, but we’ve had to postpone it. used to say that someth