【雅思培训-写作】有种阅读叫为了写作

作为第二语言的学习，我们一直强调阅读是所有其它能力培养的基础，甚至于有人说：“得阅读者得天下。”所以，阅读有时候不仅仅只是为阅读，像下面这篇来自《ECONOMIST》（经济学人）的文章，简洁地描述了sex-orientation（性取向）与incomes(收入）的关系，不正是图表小作文的典范吗？

Labour markets are hotbeds of inequality. For every dollar a white American man in full-time work earns, the average white woman earns 78 cents and the average Latina only 56cents. Marriage is a boon for male earnings; motherhood drags female earnings down. Likewise, gay men earn about 5% less than heterosexual ones in Britain and France, and 12-16% less in Canada and America, even after controlling for things like education, skills and experience. Yet one minority appears immune to this scourge: lesbians.

hotbed   n.温床。

boon  n.好处，非常有用的东西。

heterosexual  adj. 异性恋的

immune  adj.免疫的

scourge  n. 祸害

Marieka Klawitter of the University of Washington looked at 29 studies on wages and sexual orientation last year. On average, they found a 9% earnings premium for lesbians over heterosexual women, compared with a penalty of 11% for gay men relative to straight men. This discrepancy has been borne out by research on America, Britain, Canada, Germany and the Netherlands.Even after adjusting for the fact that lesbians are on average more educated than straight women, and less likely to have children, the gap persists.

premium  n.附加费；加价。

penalty  n.处罚。

discrepancy  n.差异。

bear out  证实；支持。

persist  v. 持续存在。

 【作者简介】

上海新东方资深培训师，主讲雅思阅读。复旦大学硕士。精研雅思阅读，稳抓出题思路，授课六年有余，带出多位高分及满分学员。授课风格清晰严谨而又不失风趣幽默，擅旁征博引，重深入浅出。注重与学生积极互动，注重讲练结合，力主让学生在轻松愉快的学习氛围中扎扎实实地把握应考技能。

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