何凯文第二十三句

今天的句子：

Central to the lawsuit is an evaluation of whether members of the men’s and women’s teams perform substantially the same job. Historically, courts have upheld wage disparities between men and women in sports under assertions that men face greater physical and public pressures than women performing jobs in the same field. 思考题：

Courts have supported the salary disparities between men and women due to different pressures facing them.

(T or F)

再来看看单词：

1.A is central to B: A是B 的关键。

2.substantially 这个语境下：大体上地

3.upheld 支持

4.wage disparities 工资差异

5.assertion 观点

6.perform job 做工作

7.face 注意这个词的用法；

我们面对的压力：

pressure facing us (这里要求用ing而不是ed)

或者pressure that we are facing;

8.under assertions 基于理念

第一句：

Central to the lawsuit is an evaluation of whether members of the men’s and women’s teams perform substantially the same job.

主干识别：

an evaluation is central to the lawsuit.（这是一个完全倒装还原）

切分成分：

of whether members of the men’s and women’s teams perform substantially the same job. 定语

参考译文：这场诉讼的核心是对男女球队成员的工作表现是否基本相同的评价。

第二句：

Historically, courts have upheld wage disparities between men and women in sports under assertions that men face greater physical and public pressures than women performing jobs in the same field.

主干识别：

courts have upheld wage disparities between men and women in sports

切分成分：

1.under assertions （状语）

2.men face greater physical and public pressures than women performing jobs in the same field. （同位语从句）

参考译文：从历史上看，法院一直支持男女在体育运动中的工资差距，认为男子面临的身体和公共压力比从事同一领域工作的女性更大。

所以思考题是正确的！

Courts have supported the salary disparities between men and women due to different pressures facing them.

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