第八期 2010年6月真题 文章(5/6)-英语听力

[00:00.00]Passage Three [00:02.43]Barbara Sanders is a wife and the mother of two children, ages two and four. [00:10.04]Her husband, Tom, is an engineer and makes an excellent salary. [00:16.13]Before Barbara had children,she worked as an architect for the government,designing government housing. [00:24.14]She quits her job when she became pregnant, but is now interested in returning to work. [00:31.27]She's been offered an excellent job with the government. [00:34.82]Her husband feels it's unnecessary for her to work since the family does not need the added income. [00:42.45]He also thinks that a woman should stay home with her children. [00:46.64]If Barbara feels the need to do socially important work, [00:50.96]he thinks that she should do volunteer work one or two days a week. [00:55.53]Barbara, on the other hand, has missed the excitement of her profession [01:00.22]and does not feel she would be satisfied doing volunteer work. [01:04.63]She would also like to have her own income, [01:07.27]so she does not have to ask her husband for money whenever she wants to buy something. [01:13.04]She does not think it's necessary to stay home every day with the children [01:17.86]and she knows a very reliable baby-sitter who's willing to come to her house. [01:22.90]Tom does not think a baby-sitter can replace a mother [01:27.26]and thinks it's a bad idea for the children to spend so much time with someone who's not part of the family.