2017年12月14日雅思大作文題目

　　“In many countries, more and more fathers are staying at home to look after children, while mothers work full-time. What are the reasons? Is it positive or negative?”

　　14日雅思考試的大作文終于等來一個相對新穎的題目，要求討論現(xiàn)在社會上的一個很明顯的新現(xiàn)象，即越來越多的男人留在家里照顧家庭孩子，而女性則在外面全職工作。在唐老師的雅思寫作真題庫里，似乎沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)類似的題目，因此本次雅思寫作題可算一個新題。這是近半年來雅思考試作文難得出現(xiàn)的新題。

　　就算是新題，我相信參加本次考試的烤鴨們也不會顯得過于慌亂，我們平時其實(shí)也常關(guān)注這個社會現(xiàn)象，對其原因也進(jìn)行過思考或討論，因此對本話題并不陌生。那么，為什么當(dāng)今家庭婦男越來越多呢？

　　原因無外乎包括內(nèi)因和外因。內(nèi)因是經(jīng)過這么多年的性別平等運(yùn)動，男外女內(nèi)的傳統(tǒng)性別角色（gender roles）觀念早已動搖，多數(shù)男人已經(jīng)不再認(rèn)為在家照顧孩子是一件不可接受的事情；

　　外因則是當(dāng)今社會科技發(fā)展，很多原來由男人做的工作都被機(jī)器人代替了，男性的工作機(jī)會被大大壓縮，而另一方面服務(wù)業(yè)的迅猛發(fā)展需要更多女性，這從客觀上為女性創(chuàng)造了更多工作機(jī)會，此消彼漲，家庭婦男越來越多也就不足為奇了。

　　各位烤鴨，你是否從這些方面進(jìn)行了論證？

　　老師筆記

　　01

　　Just 30 years ago, it was extremely rare that men stayed at home and looked after the family while women worked full-time outside, but now this has become rather common. My personal view is that this development is positive and there are basically two reasons why it happens.

　　就在30年前，男人們待在家里照顧家人，而女性在外面全職工作是非常罕見的，但現(xiàn)在這種情況已經(jīng)相當(dāng)普遍了。我個人的看法是這個現(xiàn)象是積極的，其發(fā)生主要有兩個原因。

　　解析

　?。?） 本段為引入段，引入話題的方法是提供背景，然后提出自己的觀點(diǎn)。

　?。?）  rare 罕見的

　?。?）  basically 主要地

　　02

　　Men refused to stay at home and do the housework, as far as I understand, not because they did not want to, but because they were not allowed to do so in the past. The traditional gender role assigned to the husband was to work outside and earn bread for the family. A man who failed to undertake this responsibility would turn himself into a laughing stock among his friends. After years of feminist movement, however, this idea has beenessentially overturned. Today, it is perfectly acceptable and natural that the husband, rather than the wife, stays at home and takes care of the kids.

　　據(jù)我所知，男人拒絕待在家里做家務(wù)，不是因?yàn)樗麄儾幌胱?，而是因?yàn)樗麄冞^去不被允許這樣做。賦予給丈夫的傳統(tǒng)性別角色是在外面工作掙錢養(yǎng)家。一個沒有承擔(dān)這項(xiàng)責(zé)任的男人會把自己淪為朋友中的笑柄。然而，經(jīng)過多年的女權(quán)主義運(yùn)動后，這一想法已經(jīng)基本上被推翻了。今天，丈夫，而不是妻子，待在家里照顧孩子是完全可以接受的，也是很自然的。

　　解析

　　（1）本段討論原因之一：思想觀念的改變，讓男人們不再為當(dāng)家庭婦男而難為情。

　?。?）gender role 性別角色

　?。?）assign 給予；賦予

　　（4）a laughing stock 笑柄

　?。?）feminist movement 女權(quán)運(yùn)動

　?。?）essentially 本質(zhì)上地

　　03

　　Another reason has much to do with the transformed structure of the job market in recent decades. On the one hand, new technologies have made many positions previously held by men unavailable any more. For instance, much work in a construction site is now done by machines, rendering many construction workers jobless. On the other hand, more and more positions usually held by women have been created, owing to the rapid growth of theservice industry. It is then not surprising at all to see the growing number of women working full time while their husbands are left behind at home.

　　另一個原因與近幾十年來就業(yè)市場結(jié)構(gòu)的轉(zhuǎn)變有很大關(guān)系。一方面，新技術(shù)使許多以前由男性擔(dān)任的職位不復(fù)存在。例如，建筑工地上的許多工作現(xiàn)在都是由機(jī)器完成，從而使許多建筑工人失業(yè)。另一方面，由于服務(wù)業(yè)的快速發(fā)展，創(chuàng)造了越來越多通常由婦女擔(dān)任的職位。因此，越來越多的婦女全職工作，而丈夫們留在家里，這一點(diǎn)也不奇怪了。

　　解析

　?。?）本段論證原因之二：工作結(jié)構(gòu)的轉(zhuǎn)變使女性工作越來越多，而男性工作減少。

　?。?）have much to do with... 與......有很大關(guān)系

　?。?）transform 改變

　?。?）job market 就業(yè)市場

　?。?）render 使得

　?。?）owing to 由于

　?。?）service industry服務(wù)業(yè)

　　04

　　I think of this development as being positive, because it represents one step forward towards social equality and freedom. Now the househusbands no longer have to feel ashamed of themselves and the working wives have more opportunities to realize their personal ambitions.

　　我認(rèn)為這種趨勢是積極的，因?yàn)樗碇鐣降群妥杂捎诌~出了一步?，F(xiàn)在，家庭婦男們不必再為自己感到羞恥，而在外工作的妻子則有更多的機(jī)會去實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的個人理想。

　　解析

　　（1）本段為結(jié)論段，同時提出自己的觀點(diǎn)。

　?。?）think of ... as ... 把......視為......

　　（3）represent 代表

　?。?）feel ashamed of... 為......感到羞恥

　?。?）ambition 理想；野心

　　本場考試范文

　　Just 30 years ago, it was extremely rare that men stayed at home and looked after the family while women worked full-time outside, but now this has become rather common. My personal view is that this development is positive and there are basically two reasons why it happens.

　　Men refused to stay at home and do the housework, as far as I understand, not because they did not want to, but because they were not allowed to do so in the past. The traditional gender role assigned to the husband was to work outside and earn bread for the family. A man who failed to undertake this responsibility would turn himself into a laughing stock among his friends. After years of feminist movement, however, this idea has been essentially overturned. Today, it is perfectly acceptable and natural that the husband, rather than the wife, stays at home and takes care of the kids.

　　Another reason has much to do with the transformed structure of thejob market in recent decades. On the one hand, new technologies have made many positions previously held by men unavailable any more. For instance, much work in a construction site is now done by machines,rendering many construction workers jobless. On the other hand, more and more positions usually held by women have been created, owing tothe rapid growth of the service industry. It is then not surprising at all to see the growing number of women working full time while their husbands are left behind at home.

　　I think of this development as being positive, because it represents one step forward towards social equality and freedom. Now the househusbands no longer have to feel ashamed of themselves and the working wives have more opportunities to realize their personalambitions.

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