2019-03-13
Glassed-in: women and work
*glassed-in 被玻璃笼罩着的（建筑物），此处指后文中提到的女性在职场上遭遇“玻璃天花板”而升职难的问题
① Today is International Women's Day.
② After decades of improvement, progress for women in the workplace has recently stalled.
“stall ①汽车熄火 ②之前在发展的东西现在停止发展了
③ The Economist's latest glass-ceiling index tracks where women have the best chance of equal treatment at work within the rich world.
*glass-ceiling 一个人在职场发展中无法逾越的限制
④ It finds that the gender pay gap is stuck at around 14%, women's share of management jobs remains at 32% and labour-force participation has barely budged.
*gender pay gap 由性别产生的收入差距
*labour-force participation 劳动参与率
*budge vt./vi ①挪动 ②（想法、立场 ）改变 → He will never budge from his position.
【赏析】除了展示数据本身，还用动词（be stuck at/remain/barely budge）展示除了数据的负面性。
⑤ There are bright spots.
【结构】用单独成段的短句来转移话题。
⑥ Nordic countries are particularly good at helping women complete university and secure a job.
⑦ They also offer supportive parental leave, while mandatory quotas for women on boards have boosted representation.
*supportive 支持性的
*parental leave 产假 （男女共有） → maternity leave （只针对女性的产假）
*mandatory 法律规定的，强制的
*quotas（for sth）配额，定额
⑧ Asia, with stubborn societal norms, fares worst.
*stubborn 常用于形容人的性格
*societal norms societal 跟social差不多，但两者搭配不同，social更多用于个人。
⑨ In Japan and South Korea, the division of labour at home is woefully unbalanced: women do five times more housework than men.
*division of labour 劳动的分工（固定的搭配）
⑩ Many must choose between a family and a career.
⑪ Women who choose to work often struggle to secure top jobs; men are typically favoured for promotions.
【感想】
身为女性，我自己也面临这样的社会问题，尤其是在家庭方面，有时候会困惑如何达到二者之前的平衡，还好男朋友目前还是比较支持自己的工作的。