大学英语课文及词汇.doc

On our first date after our twin daughters were born, my husband and I went to see the movie? HYPERLINK javascript:// Toy Story. We enjoyed it, but afterward my husband asked, Where was the dad? At first, it seemed? HYPERLINK javascript:openwords(wordsaopen.html \l 1) \o a. insignificant, trifling, trivial 小的，琐碎的；不重要的 petty?to criticize an entertaining family movie because of one small point. The more I thought about it, however, the more? HYPERLINK javascript:openwords(wordsaopen.html \l 2) \o a. unpleasantly bright耀眼的，显眼的，突出的 glaringan omission it seemed. Not only was dad not around, he wasnt even mentioned — despite the fact that there was a baby in the family, so dad couldnt have been that long gone. It was as if the presence— or absence — of a father is a minor detail, not even requiring an explanation. 　?　This is only one example of the media trend toward? HYPERLINK javascript:openwords(wordsaopen.html \l 6) \o v. neglect, ignore 忽视，忽略，排斥 marginalizing?fathers, which mirrors enormous social changes in the United States.? HYPERLINK javascript:// David Blankenhorn, in his book HYPERLINK javascript:// Fatherless America, refers to this trend as the unnecessary father concept. 　 We are? HYPERLINK javascript:openwords(wordsaopen.html \l 8) \o v. worry with questions, requests, complaints, etc. 困扰，质问 bombarded?by stories about the struggles of working mothers (as opposed to non-working mothers, I suppose). Meanwhile, a high proportion of media stories about fathers focus on abusive husbands or? HYPERLINK javascript:openwords(wordsaopen.html \l 12) \o a. very tired and having no energy 筋疲力尽的 deadbeatdads. It seems that the only time fathers merit attention is when they are criticized for not helping enough with the housework (a claim that I find? HYPERLINK javascript:openwords(wordsaopen.html \l 13) \o a. feeling doubt, uncertain怀疑的；无把握的；靠不住的 dubious?anyway, because the definition of housework rarely includes cleaning the HYPERLINK