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Passage Three
段落三
Barbara Sanders is a wife and the mother of two children, ages 2 and 4.
巴巴拉·桑德斯既是一位妻子，也是一位有著兩個孩子的母親。孩子分別是兩歲和四歲。
Her husband, Tom, is an engineer and makes an excellent salary.
她的丈夫，湯姆是一位工程師，有很高的薪水。
Before Barbara had children, she worked as an architect for the government, designing government housing.
在芭芭拉有孩子之前，她曾是政府房屋設計的建筑師。
She quit her job when she became pregnant, but is now interested in returning to work.
當她懷孕了，她就辭掉了工作。但她現在想回到工作崗位上。
She's been offered an excellent job with the government.
她以前在政府的工作很好。
Her husband feels it's unnecessary for her to work since the family does not need the added income.
她的丈夫覺得她沒必要工作，因為家里不需要額外的收入了。
He also thinks that a woman should stay home with her children.
他還認為一個女人應該和她的孩子留在家里。
If Barbara feels the need to do socially important work, he thinks that she should do volunteer work one or two days a week.
如果芭芭拉感覺她需要做一份社會性的重要工作，她可以每周做一兩天的志愿者。
Barbara, on the other hand, has missed the excitement of her profession and does not feel she would be satisfied doing volunteer work.
另一方面芭芭拉渴望她那令人興奮的工作，并且不滿足于做志愿者的工作。
She would also like to have her own income, so she does not have to ask her husband for money whenever she wants to buy something.
她也希望能有自己的收入，所以當她想買東西的時候就不用向丈夫要錢。
She does not think it's necessary to stay home every day with the children and she knows a very reliable babysitter who's willing to come to her house.
她覺得沒必要每天在家帶孩子，而且她認識一個非常可靠的保姆，愿意來她家。
Tom does not think a babysitter can replace a mother and thinks it's a bad idea for the children to spend so much time with someone who's not part of the family.
湯姆并不認為保姆可以替代母親，他認為讓孩子和外人經常在一起是一個壞主意。
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
基于你聽到的對話，回答33至35題。
Question 33. What was Barbara's profession before she had children?
問題33. 芭芭拉生孩子之前做什么工作？
Question 34. What does Barbara's husband suggest she do if she wants to work?
問題34. 如果她想工作，芭芭拉的丈夫是怎么建議她的？
Question 35. What does Tom think about hiring a babysitter?
問題35. 湯姆對于雇傭保姆怎么看？
