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女性会比男性更加快乐?

2011-12-22来源:CRI

短语讲解:

1. It surveyed people whose ages ranged from 15 to 34 about how happy they felt. On a 0-to-10 scale, where 10 meant extremely happy and 0 stood for extremely miserable, young women had an average number of 7.5, while young men had an average of 7.

stand for代表, 表示
例句:Dictatorship stands for the denial of individual freedom.
独裁意味着否定个人自由。

2. Among male respondents, ten out of ten agreed that men shoulder much more pressure than women, and that the burdens mainly come from financial and familial responsibilities.

come from由…造成, 源自
例句:Knowledge comes from practice.
知识来自于实践。

3. When it comes to marriage, it's the man who should pay for the wedding.

when it comes to当提到……;当谈到……;当涉及到……
例句:When it comes to German, I know nothing.
谈到德语,我一窍不通。
pay for为…付钱
例句:I have to pay 150 dollars for the sewing machine.
我得花150美元买这台缝纫机。

4. Wei Wei complains that women have never really been treated fairly, so they are the ones who must deal with more difficulties.

deal with应付, 处理; 对待
例句:There are many difficulties to be dealt with when starting a new business.
开展一项新业务时, 有许多困难需要解决。

5. At work, bosses tend to assign men more important tasks, because they simply think that men are more capable.

tend to趋向
My grandmother tends to go to bed early every day.
我祖母每天通常比较早睡。

6. It's not like in old times when women had to rely on men.

rely on信赖, 依赖,依靠
例句:He had proved that he could be relied on in a crisis.
他已表明在紧要关头他是可以信赖的。