2010年真题 Passage Two-英语听力

[00:01.00]A new study from the University of New South Wales has discovered that during the working week, [00:07.79]Australian fathers only spend an average of just over a minute each day alone with their children. [00:14.60]Australian mothers, on the other hand, spend three hours a week purely looking after their children, [00:22.35]a much greater disparity than in other countries, like America, Denmark, Italy and France, [00:30.34]where couples divide the child-care more evenly. [00:34.08]According to the author of the study,traditionally Australian fathers appear to like the fun aspects of parenthood [00:43.85]but stay away from daily child-care activities. [00:48.24]So while, they tend to be happy taking the kids to the park or to sports events, [00:55.10]they are unlikely to participate regularly in feeding,bathing or taking the kids to school. [01:03.47]In short, Australian parenting is seen as a woman's job and a man's hobby. [01:11.15]However, the last 20 years have seen the arrival of the so-called "new man"— [01:17.82]the man who is willing to share the housework and child-care. [01:22.58]The "new man" has a picture of his children on his computer desk top at work. [01:28.76]He never misses the kids' school plays, and he passes on a drink after work [01:34.67]so that he can get home in time to read their bedtime story. [01:39.05]This new study suggests that the "new man" feels a little more at home in Europe than in Australia. [01:46.92]Indeed, a poll conducted in the UK indicated that almost 70% of British women [01:54.39]thought that men were as good at raising children as women.