2019年12月大学英语四级阅读200篇第75篇：女性幸福感为何下降

　　2019年12月大学英语四级阅读200篇汇总

　　Why Aren't Women Happier

　　Why aren't women happier these days?

　　That's the question raised by a thought-provoking study, The Paradox 01 Declining Female Happiness, released last month.The research showed that over the past 35 years women's happiness has declined, both compared to the past and relative to men even though, by most objective measures,the lives of women in the US have improved in recent decades.

　　The research, by University of Pennsylvania economists Stevenson and Wolfers, and released by the National Bureau of Economic Research, found the decline in happiness to be pervasive among women across a variety of demographic groups. The researchers, for instance, measured similar declines in happiness among women who were single Parents and married parents, "casting doubt on the hypothesis that trends in marriage and divorce, single parenthood or work/family balance are at the root of the happiness declines among women," they wrote.

　　One theory for the decline in happiness is that expectations for workplace and general advancement were raised too high by the women's movement and women might feel inadequate for not "having it all," as a Los Angeles Times columnist recently put it.

　　The researchers acknowledge that's a possibility:

　　"If the women's movement raised women's expectations faster than society was able to meet them," the paper says, "they would be more likely to be disappointed by their actual experienced lives." But they add, things could change for the better: "As women's expectations move into alignment with their experiences, this decline in happiness may reverse."

　　Readers, why do you think women are unhappier than in the past? Do you think that if expectations for "having it all" were lowered to "move into alignment with experiences," women might be happier?

　　女性幸福感为何下降?

　　此刻女性的幸福感为什么下降了?

　　五月发布的一项发人深思的观测《女性幸福感下降之狡辩》提出了上述问题。这项研究显示，在已往的35年中，无论是纵向与已往对比，照旧横向与男性对比，女性的幸福感都下降了——尽量凭据大大都客观尺度看，已往几十年来美国女性的糊口改进了。

　　这项研究由宾夕法尼亚大学经济学家史蒂文森和沃尔弗斯举办，Bureau ofEconomic由美国国度经济研究局(NationalResearch)发布。研究发明，在种种女性群体中，幸福感都普遍下降。举例来讲，研究人员发明，只身母亲和已婚母亲中幸福感的下降幅度雷同，他们写道“这对一种假说提出了质疑，这种假说认为，婚姻、仳离、只身母亲或事情/家庭均衡等问题中的成长趋势是导致女性幸福感下降的来源。”

　　正如《洛杉矶时报》一位专栏作家近所写的，关于幸福感下降的一个理论是，对事情和总体成长的期望值被妇女举动推得过高，假如没有拥有一切，女性大概就以为有所欠缺。

　　研究人员认可这是一种大概。

　　研究陈诉说，假如妇女举动提高女性期望值的速度高于社会满意她们期望值的速度，那么她们将更有大概对实际经验的糊口感想失望。不外研究人员说，形势也大概峰回路转。他们写道，跟着女性期望值与自身的经验越发贴近，幸福感的下降大概会逆转。

　　读者伴侣们，你认为女性为什么没有已往幸福了?你认为，假如对“拥有一切”的期望值被低落到“与经验相符的水平”，女性是否大概更幸福?

　　句型讲授

　　1. The research showed that over the past 35 years women's happiness has declined. both compared to the past and relative to men even though, by most objective measures, the lives of women in the US have i m proved in recent decades.

　　本句是一个复合句。that引导宾语从句，作show的宾语。compared to...men已往分词短语作状语，暗示较量。even though引导让步状语从句，意为“尽量”

　　语法重点分词短语作状语，让步状语从句

　　2. The researchers. for instance. measured similar declines in happiness among women who were single parents and married parents. "casting doubt on the hypothesis that trends in marriage and divorce, single parenthood or work/family balance are at the root of the happiness declines among women," they wrote.

　　本句是一个复合句，个中for instance是插入语，暗示举例。who引导限制性定语从句，修饰women。后头引号内的内容为直接引语。casting doubt...among women为此刻分词短语奉陪伴状语，个中that引导同位语从句，表明说明hypothesis。

　　语法重点插入语，定语从句，分词短语作状语，同位语从句

　　2019年12月大学英语四级阅读200篇汇总