英语报刊选读unit4American Affairs知识讲稿.ppt

英语报刊选读;Unit 4 American Affairs(Ⅳ);The New York-based Institute，a non-profit group that promotes the importance of family and fatherhood，conducted the report for the womens forum by surveying 1 000 women enrolled at secular four-year colleges.The reports authors said the telephone survey was aimed at filling a void in the national debate about marriage. The study raises pointed-questions about the social landscape on college campuses，which the authors say is bewildering and unfulfilling to many women.The sexual revolution of the 1960s and 70s swept away a concept of dating in which there was an implicit understanding that each party was shopping for a mate and not just for sex6，according to the report. With 100 women on college campuses for every 79 men，women are more apt to initiate relationships with men and are more willing to experiment with casual relationships，even when they know such liaisons leave them emotionally empty，the survey found. Where college students once abided by well-known，if constricting，rules of dating，the survey found that those are more vague than ever.College women are more likely to“hook up”with male partners—meaning engage in physical relationships often fueled by alcohol that are devoid of commitment and sometimes even of affection7.;1.unrequited adj. (esp.of love)not returned or rewarded(尤指爱情)得不到回应或报答的 2.issue v. send sth.out发出，颁布 3.embrace v. to accept and use sth.eagerly欣然接受或采用 4.feminism n. belief in the principle that women should have the same rights and opportunities as men男女平等主义；争取女权运动 5.affiliate n. person or organization attached to a larger organization(美)会员，分支机构 6.secular adj. not concerned with spiritual or religious affairs非宗教(或教会)的 7.void n. blank空白;Expressions;1.flounder v. to struggle争执 2.confess v. to say or admit承认 3.offset v. to compensate for sth.抵消或补偿 4.grab v. to have or take取或拿 5.marital adj. of or relating to marriage婚姻的 6.salvage v. to save拯救 7.panacea n. sth.that will put right all troubles or cure all illness万