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Passage One
文章一
Jane Brown's been married for 12 years.
简·布朗已经结婚2年了。
She has three children and lives in the suburb outside Columbus, Ohio.
她有三个孩子，住在俄亥俄州州府哥伦布市郊。
When her youngest child reached school age, Jane decided to go back to work.
最小的孩子够上学年龄时，她决定返回工作岗位。
She thought that she should contribute to the household finances.
她想她应该为家庭经济做出贡献。
Her salary could make the difference between the financial struggle and a secure financial situation for her family.
她的薪水可能改变家庭经济拮据、节衣缩食这种困境，使家庭经济状况趋于稳定。
Jane also felt bored and frustrated in her role as a homemaker and wanted to be more involved in life outside her home.
简对她的家庭主妇的角色也感到极度厌倦、非常失望了，因此渴望更多地参与到家庭以外的社会生活中去。
Jane was worried about her children's adjustment to this new situation.
简担心她的孩子们适应不了这种新的变化，
But she arranged for them to go stay with a woman nearby after school each afternoon.
于是做出安排，让孩子们每天下午放学后去跟邻近一位妇女在一起。
They seemed to be happy with the arrangement.
孩子们似乎对这样的安排很满意。
The problem seemed to be between Jane and her husband, Bill.
问题好像在于简和她的丈夫比尔之间。
When Jane was at home all day, she was able to clean the house,
以前简整天在家的时候，她清扫屋子，
go grocery shopping, wash the clothes, take care of the children and cook two or three meals each day.
去百货店购物，清洗衣服，照料孩子，每天煮两三顿饭，样样事情都能干。
She was very busy, of course, but she succeeded in getting everything done.
不用说，她忙个不停，但她把家务活都干好了。
Now these same things need to be done.
现在，一样的家务需要人做，
But Jane has only evenings and early mornings to do them.
可是简只有在傍晚和早晨才能做家务。
Both Jane and Bill are tired when they arrive home at 6 p. m.
简和比尔下午六点回到家里，两人都觉得劳累了。
Bill's accustomed to sitting down and reading the paper or watching TV until dinner is ready.
比尔习惯于坐下来看报或看电视，直到晚餐做好为止。
This is exactly what Jane feels like doing.
这恰恰也是简希望做的事。
But someone has to fix dinner and Bill expects that to be Jane.
但总得有人准备晚餐。比尔盼望这个人是简。
Jane's becoming very angry at Bill's attitude.
简对比尔的态度很生气。
She feels that they should share the household jobs.
她觉得他们两人应该共同分担家务，
But Bill feels that everything should be the same as it was before Jane went back to work.
但比尔认为一切应该照旧，就像简重返工作岗位以前那样。
Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.
问题16到19是根据上面文章所提出的问题
Question 16. Why did Jane want to go back to work?
问题16 为什么简想要重新开始工作？
Question 17. How did Jane spend her days before she went back to work?
问题17 在简重新工作前，过的是什么样的生活？
Question 18. What problem arose when Jane went back to work?
问题18 简开始工作后，家里开始出现什么问题？
Question 19. What does the story try to tell us?
问题19 从这个故事中，我们可以学到些什么？
