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Passage Three
文章三
Barbara Sanders is a wife and the mother of two children, ages 2 and 4. Her husband, Tom, is an engineer and makes an excellent salary.
巴巴拉桑德斯是已婚的兩個孩子的媽媽，孩子一個兩歲一個四歲。她的丈夫湯姆是一名待遇很豐厚的工程師。
Before Barbara had children, she worked as an architect for the government, designing government housing.
在巴巴懷孕之前，她曾是一名政府的建筑師，設計政府住房。
She quit her job when she became pregnant, but is now interested in re-turning to work.
當是她懷孕了之后她就辭職了，但現在又開始對工作感興趣了。
She's been offered an excellent job with the government her husband feels it's unnecessary for her to work since the family does not need the added income.
她又在政府找到了一份待遇不錯的工作，但她的丈夫覺得沒必要，因為家里現在不缺錢。
He also thinks that a woman should stay home with her children.
他認為一個女人就應該呆在家里照顧孩子們。
If Barbara feels the need to do socially important work, he thinks that she should do volunteer work one or two days a week.
如果巴巴拉非要到社會上工作就去一周做一、兩天的志愿者工作。
Barbara, on the other hand, has missed the excitement of her profession and does not fed she would be satisfied doing volunteer work.
另一方面，巴巴拉覺得已經錯過了她職業的巔峰期也不滿足只當一名志愿者。
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.
她想有自己的收入，所以想買什么東西時她不必問丈夫要錢。
She does not think it's necessary to stay home every day with the children and she knows a very reliable baby-sitter who's willing to come to her house.
她覺得每天都呆在家里的孩子照顧孩子是沒有必要的，她認識一個可靠地并且很愿意來家里照看孩子的保姆。
Tom does not think a baby-sitter 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.
湯姆卻覺得保姆永遠代替不了媽媽的位置，認為孩子與不屬于家庭一份子的陌生人呆這么長時間，對孩子的成長沒有好處。
Question 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
問題23到25是基于你剛剛聽到的文章的。
Question 23.What was Barbara's profession before she had children?
問題23.懷孕前巴巴拉是做什么工作的？
Question 24.What does Barbara's husband suggest she do if she wants to work?
問題24.如果非要工作的話，湯姆建議妻子做什么？
Question 25.What does Tom think about hiring a baby-sitter?
問題25.湯姆對雇保姆照顧小孩有什么看法？
