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Unit 1 Why mom gets roses, and dad a collect call(为什么妈妈得到玫瑰,而爸爸得到的却是“对方付费电话”)美国人在母亲节和父亲节都会庆祝。然而，在这两个场合中，父亲和母亲从孩子那儿收到的礼物却不相同。这篇文章研究了差异背后的问题。Let’s face it: there’s something about a silk tie that strangles sentiment.我们要面对这样一个事实：有些东西就像丝带一样，扼制了我们的情感表达。Whereas May overflows with tender tokens for mom-measured by the 150 million greeting cards and the wire-jamming long-distance telephone calls--dear old dad generally will make do with much less this Sunday. As many dads know, Father’s Day is the No.1 day for collect call—and for proudly modeling a new glow-in-the-dark football tie.尽管母亲节使五月充满了温情的礼物，包括1亿5千万张贺卡和多得使线路堵塞的长途电话，但亲爱的老爸在这个周日却要凑合着少得多的纪念品。许多父亲都知道，父亲节是“对方付费电话”最多的一天，也是父亲们骄傲地展示一条新的、会在暗处发光的足球领带的最多的一天。Even if dads don’t mind, the Father’s Day/Mother’s Day discrepancy nonetheless speaks to society’s views on parenthood and father’s role in raising children. “ the “gag gifts” associated with Father’s Day reflect the profound ambivalence（正反感情并存）that our culture feels about emotional connections to fathers,” says Scott Coltrane, a sociologist at the University of California at Riverside.虽然父亲们并不在意，但父亲节和母亲节的差异依然说明了社会对于父母身份和父亲在抚养孩子中的角色的看法。“那种与父亲节有关的、戏弄式的礼物反映了意义深远的矛盾，这就是我们的文化所感觉到的与父亲情感上的联系。”加利福尼亚大学赛德分校的一位社会学家Scott Coltrane说道。But how Americans celebrate fatherhood may catch up with today’s dads, others say. “Gender roles and gender behavior are changing all the time,” says Frederic Brunel, associate professor of marketing at Boston University School of Management.但是，也有人说，美国人庆祝父亲节的方式已经赶上了现代父亲们的节奏。波士顿大学管理学院营销学副教授Frederic Brunel说：“性别角色和性别行为是一直在变化的。”There are some signs that may be happening. Hallmark’s wares feature few dads befuddled by diaper changes and more straight-faced sentiment. Boston’s Bella Sante spa recommends pampering pop with a manicure or facial, and 911G offers tranquility fountains and European soaps. The top sellers, however, are a money clip, a pocket tool and a hand- cranked radio/light, proving that shopping for dad still comes down to “ties and tools,” as Mr.B