大学英语自学教程 上册 un15

[11:16.21]Goes to mother,drops cat,and leans against her.
[11:18.94]向母亲走来，丢下玩具猫，靠在她身上，
[11:21.67]Looks up at her, She turns him around,"
[11:23.99]抬头看她。她把他的身子转过去”。
[11:26.32]From such observations and from conversations with mothers,
[11:29.11]科学家通过观察和与母亲们的谈话，
[11:31.91]scientists learned something about the treatment of baby boys and baby girls
[11:34.83]了解到母亲对待男孩与女孩不同。
[11:37.76]While the mother keeps her daughter dose to her,
[11:39.79]母亲让女儿靠近自己，
[11:41.83]she trains her son to move away from her,to develop independence.
[11:44.77]而对儿子却训练他离开自己，培养他的独立性。
[11:47.71]Consequently, it is easy to understand why little girls
[11:50.44]因此，不难理解为什么小女孩
[11:53.17]often perform school tasks better than boys,
[11:55.53]常常比男孩完成学校作业更出色，
[11:57.90]especially if the taskrequires sitting still,
[12:00.31]特别是这些作业需要孩子坐着不动、
[12:02.73]and accepting the teacher's ideas.
[12:05.30]服从指挥、老师说什么就听什么的时候更是如此。
[12:07.88]a girl may pass early through the first few grades.
[12:10.31]女孩在小学低年级可能很容易过关。
[12:12.73]While boys of her age bring home low marks,
[12:14.86]同样年龄的男孩拿着低分回家的时候，
[12:16.99]the girl may easily get good grades.
[12:19.21]女孩也许轻而易地获得好成绩。
[12:21.43]Girls:seem to have "better brains" in school.
[12:23.77]在学校期间，女孩的大脑似乎更好使一些。
[12:26.11]Why,then, do so few become great scientists?
[12:28.75]那么，最终成为伟大科学家的女孩为什么寥寥无几呢？
[12:31.39]Why is the most important thinking in adult society done by men?
[12:34.31]为什么在成年人社会中最重要的思想出息于男性呢？
[12:37.24]According to scientists, the answer is aggression.
[12:39.77]按照科学家的看法，答案是进取心。
[12:42.31]Because boys are aggressive
[12:44.13]因为男孩具有进取心，
[12:45.96]they refuse to accept other people's solutions;
[12:48.23]他们不接受别人的解决方案，
[12:50.51]they insist upon solving problems for themselves.
[12:52.85]他们坚持靠自己解决问题。
[12:55.18]Thus,while little girls are getting high marks in school
[12:57.81]因此小女孩在学校因能
[13:00.43]for remembering what the teacher has told them,
[13:02.46]记住老师所教给的内容而得到高分，
[13:04.48]little boys are learning to think in more independent ways.
[13:07.00]反过来小男孩学会以更独立的方式思考问题。
[13:09.52]In the adult world,
[13:11.04]在成年人世界里，
[13:12.55]the aggressive person is usually the one who gets the big salary,
[13:15.22]有进取心的人通常是拿高薪的人、
[13:17.88]the great responsibility, the powerful job.
[13:20.56]承担重大责任的人、手握重权的人。
[13:23.24]And since males are trained at an early age to be aggressive,
[13:25.76]由于男人在年轻时就培养了进取心，
[13:28.28]males are more often chosen for key positions.
[13:30.61]因此有更多的机会被选拔担当重要的职位。
[13:32.93]Many people believe this situation is wrong.
[13:35.22]许多人相信这种状况是错误的。
[13:37.50]They think women could be successful in science and industry
[13:39.93]他们认为如果妇女能像男孩一样培养独立性和解决问题的能力，
[13:42.36]if they were trained to be independent and problem-solving,as boys are.
[13:45.29]那么她们也是能在科学和产业方面取得成就的。