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1、英语中级听力课程Lesson-16精品文档Lesson 16BBC interviewer: Its probably true to say that women have been affected more than men by recent changes in the way we actually live. Over a hundred years ago people began to question whether men were really so much wiser, stronger, altogether more sensible and simply be
2、tter than women as the laws of the country made out. In the end women got the vote, and very recentlyin 1975the Sex Discrimination Act was passed. But its doubtful whether legislation has changed the way we women actually think. A lot is heard about the dilemma of womens two roles. How can a woman b
3、e a wife and mother and have a full-time job as well? In this new series we are going to try to find out what people are really thinking and feeling about this problem, and how it affects their personal lives. In the studio with me today is Mrs. Marina Spiden, who recently experienced the problem of
4、 having too much to do at home. With Mrs. Spiden are her husband Brian, her mother Mrs. Vera Cresswell and Mr. Tom Penman, their local newsagent. Mrs. Spiden . tell us what happened will you? Mrs. Spiden: Well . you just said it . the problem of having too much to do at home. I do an afternoon job s
5、o I have to get the housework and shopping . er . done in the morning. And one morning you see . er . I just couldnt stand it no more. The . the baby was bawling her head off. Jimmythats my little boy . hes twohad thrown the radio out of the window . Interviewer: Really! Mrs. Spiden: Yes really . Th
6、e dog . you know . had made a . a mess on the carpet. And there was Brianmy husbandthere he was snoring a way on the settee. Didnt lift a finger he didnt . not a finger to help me. Mr. Spiden: Now now love . Dont get all her up about it again . I mean thats your side of the story . Interviewer: Of c
7、ourse Mr. Spiden . Wed like to hear your side later. So . what did you do about it? Mrs. Spiden: Well . What do you do when youve got something youre fed up with or . or . you dont want like . You put them up for sale dont you? And thats exactly what I did do. Put the whole damn lot of em up for sal
8、e. Interviewer: The family you mean. Mrs. Spiden: Yes . the family . including the dog. Mr. Penman: She came into my shop that very day and Tom, she says, Ive just about had enough of it. Im sick of slaving for a husband what sleeps all day. So here you are, she says. And she gives me an advert on a
9、 card to put up in the window of the paper shop. Interviewer: What did it say? Mr. Penman: Ive got it here. Interviewer: Read it for us will you? Mr. Penman: For SaleOne house-trained dog, one reasonably trained boy of two years, one baby girl of two weeks and one man that needs training. Any offers
10、 considered. Apply within. Interviewer: And were there any offers? Mrs Cresswell: It was me what wrote that advert. You see . I live with Marina and Brian . Mr Spiden: She and her dog . Mr. Penman: Oh yes. Caused quite a stir it did. I should say I had inquiries from . from about a couple of dozen h
11、ousewives in all. Interviewer: And what offers did they make? Mr. Penman: Well one woman offered 25p. She said thats all a man was worth. Interviewer: What about you Mr. Spiden? What was your reaction to the advertisement? Mr. Spiden: Well . you can imagine . My wife told me about it but I thought s
12、he was joking. Little did I realize . I was bloody furious when I saw it there. It wasnt till next morning. We live upstairs of the paper shop and when I come down to go on my milk round . Interviewer: Yes of course . youre a milkman . Mrs. Spiden: Thats right. I often have a dekko at the adverts To
13、m puts up. And when I saw that one sort of . staring me in the face . I nearly blew me top. Interviewer: What did you do? Mrs. Cresswell: Ill tell you what he did. He came and blamed me for everything. Mr. Spiden: Well it was you . wannit . that egged her on. It was you that wrote the advert. Mr. Pe
14、nman: It was a big joke really. Just that Brian took it all the wrong way. Know what he did? When he come off his milk round he barges into the shop and he says, Take that bloody advert out and put one in for me. Ask some kind taxi-driver or someone to come and take my mother-in-law back to Birmingh
15、am. Mr. Spiden: But its all blown over now . innit. Its done us a world of good in a way. Were the best of friends again. Even the dog started to .Interviewer: Im going to talk to you now about the suffragette movement. Were you yourself ever a suffragette? Mrs. Bruce: No, I did not approve of suffr
16、agettes. I did not want to have the vote. I felt the man of the house should be in charge of that section. And the woman, of course, to look after the home and the children. I think that voting was unnecessary, at that time. But Im not going to say now, that perhaps it has had its advantages. Interv
17、iewer: How common was your attitude at the time that the suffragettes were being militant? Mrs. Bruce: Oh, I was very much against them. Id be highly insulted if anybody called me a suffragette. I remember walking with my governess down Downing Street just past Number 10 and they chained themselves
18、to the railings. Of course, I had a good laugh but I thought it wasnt going to be me. Interviewer: Were they a popular movement in their day? Mrs. Bruce: Well, with a certain number of course. And they tried very hard and eventually they got the vote, er through their efforts, so I suppose their eff
19、orts were good in quite a lot of ways. Er, I think women in Parliamentthere arent many, but those thatve been there have done a lot of good. Interviewer: So you think in the long term . Mrs. Bruce: In the long term, no harm was done. As long as their demonstrations were peaceful. Interviewer: Do you
20、 think it would matter very much if women didnt, hadnt achieved the vote, if they hadnt got the vote at all and still didnt have it? Mrs. Bruce: I dont think it wouldve made a great deal of difference, no, but there are certain things theyve donethose thatve been Members of Parliamentthat have been
21、very useful in helping women in their jobs, in other vocations. I think its good that it happened. But I wish it happened a little bit more peacefully, perhaps. Interviewer: What sort of things can you remember, what other sorts of demonstrations do you remember? Mrs. Bruce: Marching, they were marc
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