2021-2022学年度第12期总第849期 (4版)
Breaking down walls (Page 4)

I. Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions.

1. What happened to Indian female scientist Linda?
_____________________________________________________

2. How did Lily feel despite the fact that she completed her doctoral study in chemical and biological engineering?     
_____________________________________________________

3. What did female scientists at the forum say was needed to change gender discrimination in modern society?
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II. Fill in the blanks.
1. When asked about the reason, she just got the reply: “You’re a woman and a mother now. That’s the job more suitable for you,” noted the website Feminism in India.    
本句中When asked about the reason = (1) ________________，当从句的主语和主句主语一致时，可以省去从句中的主语+ be动词，即连词+过去分词表示被动。

如：When asked about the secret to his success, he gave credit to his family’s support. 
译文：(2) __________________________________________

2. Despite the fact that she completed her doctoral study in chemical and biological engineering, she got the feeling that she was turned away from academia due to her gender and skin color.
•句中despite the fact that和got the feeling that后面均为(3) _________，分别解释说明前面的抽象名词 (4) ____和(5)_____的具体内容。
•due to her gender and skin color 意为“(6)_____________”，此处 due to“ 因为”是介词短语，后面接名词短语。
 

参考答案：
I. 1. When she returned to work after a short break to be with her children, Linda was given jobs including sorting out files needed by other support staff just because she is a woman and a mother now. But as an ambitious woman, Linda felt “exhausted mentally”.
2. She felt that she was turned away from academia due to her gender and skin color. “It felt like I had to work harder to be treated with the same amount of respect and to be given the same amount of time from professors than other students did.”
3. • “To achieve that, role models of women scientists need to be better represented on important international stages and allow their voices to be heard as a way to encourage youths to see women can fulfill their potentials in science arenas as well,” Lenore Blum, a female scientist from the US, said.
•But more importantly, “If you want to get something, you have to fight for it; you must show your ability,” said Ye Shuhua, China’s first female observatory (天文台) director.     
II. (1) When she was asked about the reason;
(2) 被问到成功的秘诀时，他将其归功于家庭的支持。
(3) 同位语从句
(4) fact 
(5) feeling
(6)由于她的性别和肤色