外刊精读 | 都知道white collar，你知道pink collar是什么意思吗？

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难度指数7级（共8级）

第一步：泛读原文（盲听1遍，泛读1遍，对照文本听1遍）

But the same is not true in the other direction. Traditionally female occupations, especially in what I call the HEAL fields—in health, education, administration and literacy—have, if anything, become even more “pink collar.” Just 26% of HEAL jobs are held by men, down from 35% in 1980. The gender desegregation of the labor market has so far been almost entirely one-way. Women are doing “men’s jobs.” Men are not doing “women’s jobs.”

第二步：精读原文（精读1遍，对照文本听1遍，精读1遍）

读原文（精读1遍，对照文本听1遍）

01

学习一个知识点：

HEAL: 这里是后面health, education, administration and literacy，这里被称之为Acronym。An acronym is a word formed from the initial letters of a name (for example, NATO, from North Atlantic Treaty Organization) or by combining initial letters of a series of words (radar, from radio detection and ranging).

02

学一个固定表达：

pink collar: connected with low-paid jobs done mainly by women, for example in offices and restaurants (办公室、餐馆等)以女性为主低薪职业的，比如说：pink-collar workers 粉领工人

对比一下：blue-collar和white-collar.

blue-collar: connected with people who do physical work in industry从事体力劳动的

white-collar: working in an office, rather than in a factory, etc.; connected with work in offices 从事脑力劳动的。

03

学一个单词：

desegregation: de+segregation,

desegregate: to end the policy of segregation in a place in which people of different races are kept separate in public places, etc. 废除…的种族隔离

segregate: 种族隔离。

背景补充：历史上最著名的种族隔离发生在南非和美国，拥有欧洲白人血统者能享有至高的权力地位，而非裔、亚裔与种族混合血统者则受到法律限制其参与政治及提升经济能力的机会。另外，澳大利亚、罗得西亚、德国、印尼等国家也均发生过种族隔离行为。斐济、马来西亚、澳大利亚、以色列等国如今仍存在一定程度的种族隔离行为。有人认为以色列的种族隔离政策比当年的南非还严重。

04

学一个写作知识：

Traditionally female occupations, especially in what I call theHEALfields—in health, education, administration and literacy—have, if anything, become even more “pink collar.”

If anything:插入语，表示：如有什么值得可说的话。写作中我们要经常用插入语，这可以是写作的句子更富有多样性。

e.g. If anything, the pandemic has rekindled our affection for it. 如果真要说，疫情甚至让我们重新爱上了这个真实世界。来源：国家地理

2023年考研作文：龙舟比赛，主题为弘扬中国文化。如果用上着这句话，其中一句可以这样写：The traditional festivals, especially the dragon boat festival, if anything, become even more popularly among the younger generation.

翻译

但在另一个方向上情况就不是这样了。传统女性职业，特别是在我称之为HEAL的领域——医疗、教育、行政和读写——如果发生了什么变化的话，那就是它们已经变得更加“粉领”了。在HEAL领域中，只有26%的工作由男性从事，低于1980年的35%。到目前为止，劳动力市场中打破性别隔离的趋势几乎完全是单向的。女人在做“男人的工作”，而男人不做“女人的工作”。

第三步：阅读双语文章

上下滑动阅读双语全文

But the same is not true in the other direction. Traditionally female occupations, especially in what I call the HEAL fields—in health, education, administration and literacy—have, if anything, become even more “pink collar.” Just 26% of HEAL jobs are held by men, down from 35% in 1980. The gender desegregation of the labor market has so far been almost entirely one-way. Women are doing “men’s jobs.” Men are not doing “women’s jobs.”

但在另一个方向上情况就不是这样了。传统女性职业，特别是在我称之为HEAL的领域——医疗、教育、行政和读写——如果发生了什么变化的话，那就是它们已经变得更加“粉领”了。在HEAL领域中，只有26%的工作由男性从事，低于1980年的35%。到目前为止，劳动力市场中打破性别隔离的趋势几乎完全是单向的。女人在做“男人的工作”，而男人不做“女人的工作”。

第三步：回答问题（评论区回答问题）

Reading Questions：

1. What are the HEAL fields?

2. What is the percentage of HEAL jobs held by men in 1980?

滑动查看答案

Q1

Fields in health, education, administration and literacy.

Q2

35 percent.

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