留美老师带你每天说英文 第996期:性别刻板印象
2020-09-10来源:和谐英语
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台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是:
As children there is no limit to what we believe we can become but as girls and boys, we are steered in different directions growing up. This happens because of what we call "gender stereotypes."
如果被定位成孩童,我们对自己未来发展的可能性就不被设限,但如果被定位成女孩和男孩,我们则被导向了不同的成长之路。之所以会造成这样的差别是因为我们所谓的性别刻板印象。
学习重点:
1.limit 界线;界限;限制
limit (n.) 界线;界限;限制
limitation (n.) 限制;局限
2.steer 驾驶;指导;带领
steer (v.) 驾驶;指导;带领
guide (v.) 带领 ;引导
3.direction 方向;方位
direction (n.) 方向;方位
orientation (n.) 定向;(对新工作、新活动的)培训
4.stereotype 刻板印象,老套俗见
stereotype (n.) 刻板印象,老套俗见
discrimination (n.) 歧视;区别对待