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al and physical abuse,they may show such feeling in a subtle way, ., by drinking more or having an affair. 7. Her technique was to be sure that any man she dated was fortable with her wealthy lifestyle. (Open.) 8. First: A highearning woman must be supersensitive to a man39。s feelings. Second: She needs to acknowledge the man39。s support in private and in public. Third: She should resolve disputes by reasoning, not by referring to earning power 9. I) The mon thing between these two couples is that both men do not feel threatened by having a wife who earns more. 2) Initially Jim Campbell had a job he could do at home, so he could take care of his son. Frank Dickey didn39。t stay at his job is Iow paying and he has passed up other jobs so the family wouldn39。t need to move, he enjoys a lot of influence and freedom in his job as a high school football coach. 10. The trend is growing for women to earn more, it may still be easier to pretend that everything is fine even though couples may not be dealing with the difference well. The author39。s attitude is that the problem may be ignored and perhaps the future will provide the means to resolve it. 11. He hopes that with an increase in the number of higherpaid women, the tension might be eased. People may gradually accept the fact that some women may inevitably earn a higher salary than their husbands. 12. . It39。s useful because it is close to reality, convincing and persuasive. B 2. D 3. C 4. B 6. A 7. D 8. C 9. C 10. B Vocabulary and Structure A I. spouse 2. counterpart 3. touchy 4. counseled 5. subtle 6. therapist 7. prospective 8. adorable 9. opening 10. gallivant B I39。g 2o 3a 4b 5c 6f 7k 81 9d 1039。e IIj 12n 13h 14i 15—m C I. in public 2. holding back 3. take fort in 4. be done with it 5. make up for it 6. is connected with 7. Aside from 8. is quite fortable with D I. D. until 2. C. bee convinced that 3. A. cost of living 4. B. to have to suffer 5. B. facing retirement 6. D. the envy or admiration 7. C. isjudged 8. B. but 9. A. is that with I 0. D. fewer than those who have not E I. with 2. happier 3. poverty 4. buy 5. presents 6. loaves 7. in 8. satisfy 9. necessities 10. ines I I. symbols 12. as 13. admiration 14. other 15. greater 16. money 17. desire 18. varies 19. being 20. general Speaking (Open) Translation and Writing A 啊哈,錢 !也許這就是唯一像性本身一樣能使兩性之間的生活復雜化的東 西。當一個女人的收入高于她的配偶時,生活就會變得復雜了。目口便是最開明的 男土也會感到妻子掙的錢比他多對他是威脅。而且即使夫妻關系最融洽的夫婦也 認為如果妻子收入高于丈夫,他們必須格外努力去維護這種和諧的幸福生活。 * * * * * * * * * * * * 決定男女各自興趣和職業(yè)的性別 模式通常并不是沒有一點依據(jù)的。在某一社 會環(huán)境中,男女的性別模式觀念一般與某一時期特定的男人或女人概念密切相關。 對于兒童,如果不具有某一社會中人們觀念上所公認的性別特征,而僅僅是靠生 理上的性別特征來辨別他們,那么他們的情感,愛好以及將來的體格上將會表現(xiàn) 得不正常。他們必定會終生感到自己在同類中缺乏男子氣或女人味。這是因為他 們的文化理念是基于一系列不同的性別模式觀念,而這些性別模式觀念還是很有 道理的。 B 1. Mr. Black felt somewhat upset when his wife pulled down $1000 a week 2. With the increasing number of highpaid women, more and more men will be fortable with their spouses39。 success. 3. It is atough problem for ca~erwomen howto make up forthe responsibility to the family that they are supposed to take. 4. In order to fort the patient, the doctor thought it wise to play down the serious nature of his illness. 5. It may be hard for a person to adapt to a shift in economic power if his or her selfesteem is derived mostly from a career or ine. 6. A survey shows that some problems between husband and wife are con nected with traditional ideas. 7. Owing to the traditional idea, some husbands still try hard to hold their wives back from working outside their houses. 8. We should make everybody realize that it is stupid to retaliate by drinking more or having an affair when a person has some problems in life. 9. Wang was offered a good job in the head office of Hong Kong, but she passed it up because she had a twoyear old infant. 10. A famous movie star kept up appearances in public with her husband for eleven years but recently she has announced a divorce. Reading Practice 1 .C 2. A 3. B 4. B 5 . C Unit Six Answer Key Comprehension A 1. The philosophy is managing for both profit and the mon good.The author thinks that the philosophy may seem revolutionary today, though in the past, it was accepted. He thinks a return to it could be healthy but probably not possible. 2. Tom has a pany which is a leading producer of natural can products. He has won the support from his wife who shares his values and works together with him. 3. The idea refers to the notion of39。managing for profit and the mon good.39。The word revolutionary means pletely new or different?The idea is not new, but it hasn39。t been practised for a long time. People don39。t often think about business benefitting man in more than a financial way. 4. The education he has received at Harvard Divinity School. 5. The shared values are: a. respecting people39。s dignity。 b. valuingthe munity。 c. valuing the environment and animals of our natural world. 6. The ideaTom and his wife shared then was that they (both Tom and his wife) should go into business together, working as close partners. We learn that this idea was quite unmon in the 196039。s, when wives were not supposed to be involved in their husbands39。 work 7. He has most enjoyed trying to make his vision of the pany a reality 8. The author admires but does not ag