研究生写作9 essay writing1.ppt

comment Assuming that the title is an accurate reflection of the articles contents, arguably the most relevant article would be Article 3: The Origins of Conflict and Instability in the Modern Family. Although the term divorce does not appear in this title, divorce is clearly related to the notions of conflict and instability in the modern family. The term origins suggests the article will be concerned with providing explanations. 4.3 Skimming a text for relevance Another technique you can use to find out quickly if a text is going to be useful is to skim read it - that is to read over the text rapidly to get a general impression of its contents. The following three short texts are broadly about the subject of divorce. Two of them however, are concerned specifically with the topic at hand - explanations for rising divorce. Task: Skim read the previous reading passages Text1, Text2 and Text3 and identify as quickly as you can the two ‘explanations’ texts. Think about the words or phrases in these texts that help you to make your judgments. Text 1 Nicky Hart argues that the increasing divorce rate can be seen as a product of conflict between the changing economic system and its social and ideological superstructure (notably the family). In advanced capitalist industrial societies, there is an increasing demand for cheap female wage labor. Wives are encouraged to take up paid employment not only because of the demand for their services, but also because the capitalist controlled media has raised material aspirations - the demand for goods that families desire. These material aspirations can only be satisfied by both spouses working as wage earners. However, conflict results from the contradiction between female wage labor and the normative expectations which surround married life. Working wives are still expected to be primarily responsible for housework and raising children. In addition, they are still expected, to some degree, to play a subser