新视界大学英语 综合教程 4Unit 5Reading_across_cultures.ppt

Allthedaylong,Whetherrainorshine,She’sapartoftheassemblyline.She’smakinghistory,Workingforvictory,RosietheRiveter.Keepsasharplookoutforsabotage(破坏者),Sittingupthereonthefuselage(飞机的机身).Thatlittlegirlwilldomorethanamalewilldo.…There’ssomethingtrueabout,Red,white,andblueabout,RosietheRiveter.ExampleShe’sdressedinworkingclothesandhashersleevesrolledupasthoughshe’sseriousaboutherwork.IndiraGandhi(1917–1984)waswell-knowninternationallyasthefirstfemalePrimeMinisterofIndia(1966–1977;1980–1984).Herfather,NawaharlalNehruhadbeenPrimeMinister(1947–1965).ShewasnotrelatedtoMahatmaGandhibuttookhernamefromherhusbandwhohadadoptedthename.MargaretThatcher(1925–)wasBritain’sfirstfemalePrimeMinister(1979–1990)andoneofthelongestservingprimeministersofthecountry.ShestudiedatOxfordUniversityandbecamearesearchchemistbeforeretrainingtobecomealawyer,thenbecameamemberofParliament(1959–1992).Believinginafree-marketeconomy,she

privatizedstate-ownedindustriesand

services,loweredtaxesandreduced

socialservicesexpenditures.In1984she

signedtheagreementwithDengXiaoping

forthereturnofHongKongtoChinain1997.

Shewasknownas“theIronLady”andoncesaidshe

owednothingtothewomen’sliberationmovement.GoldaMeir(1898–1978)asPrimeministerofIsrael(1969–1974)wasoneofthefirstwomentoleadacountryinthemodernworld.ShewasbornintheUkraine,waseducatedintheUS,whereshetrainedasateacherbeforegoingtoPalestinetomanageachickenfarm.LatershewasIsrael’sfirstambassadortotheSovietUnionandForeignMinister.Knownasastrong-willed,straight-talkingleadershewasalsodescribedas“theIronLady”.AngelaMerkel(1954–)isGermany’sfirstfemalechancellor.ShegrewupinaruralareanorthofBerlininwhatwasthenEastGermanyandwas