2017考研英语阅读理解题材解析之妻子离婚特权.docVIP

为学生引路，为学员服务 第  PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 2 页 共  NUMPAGES \* MERGEFORMAT 2 页 2017考研英语阅读理解题材解析之妻子离婚的特权 ? ? 每年考研英语阅读篇章很多都取材于经济学人，因此考研复习之初，一定要从基础打好，稳扎稳打。考研频道分享《经济学人》文章，希望大家能够多看、多练，提升阅读能力！ 考研英语阅读题源经济学人文章：妻子离婚的特权 　　Divorce 　　离婚 　　Work to rule 　　依法力争 　　England becomes a slightly worse place for idle ex-wives 　　英格兰不再是那些懒散前妻们的理想之地 　　ENGLAND has long been the jurisdiction of choice for wives who have the luxury of being ableto choose where they divorce. English law (Scotland is different) tries to balance lifelong needand fairness. The poorer partner—typically a wife bringing up children—can expect housingand many years of income, especially if she has sacrificed her career for the marriage. 　　英格兰一直以来都是妻子们垂青的辖区，因为她们有可选择在何处离婚的特权。英国法律(和苏格兰法律不同)试图平衡终身需求与公平。夫妻中较为贫穷的一方(尤其是带着孩子的母亲)有希望得到住宿问题的解决和多年的收入，特别是那些为了婚姻牺牲事业的女性。 　　A court ruling on February 23rd has nonetheless continued a recent trend of tilting thebalance a little towards husbands. Tracey Wright objected to her ex-husbands bid to cut her75,000 ($116,000) annual maintenance, awarded after an 11-year marriage failed in 2008. Sheargued that she was too busy with the two children (one at boarding school, the other, agedten, at home) even to look for work. She lost, on appeal. Lord Justice Pitchford said MrWrights payments should taper off as he neared retirement and that his ex-wife should get ajob. 　　但是2月23日法院判决近期这种平衡要略微要丈夫一方倾斜。特雷西·怀特反对她前夫请求减少每年给她的75000英镑(约合116000美元)，这是自她于2008年结束了11年的婚姻之后的赡养费。她声称因为太忙于照顾两个孩子(一个在寄宿学校，另一个年仅十岁，留在家中)甚至无暇顾及工作。她为此上诉却败诉了。上诉法院法官皮特福德称怀特先生因为快要退休，所以赡养费应该减少，而他的前妻则应该自己找一份工作。 　　The ruling is a legal landmark chiefly because it sets out a mothers duty at least to have toseek a job as her children grow older. As David Hodson, a specialist lawyer, notes, thatprinciple has long applied to poor women when it comes to claiming welfare benefits. But anex-wife will still be able to argue that no suitable work is available for her and that she needsher ex-husbands help in order to keep up her own and