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Jane also mentioned the old argument that women are so weak that they are unsuitable for many jobs. I must disagree.
簡也提到一個由來已久的爭論，婦女很孱弱，她們不適合很多工作。我很不認同。
Looking around, we can still see some women doing manual labour on farms and building sites.
環(huán)顧四周，我們還看見一些婦女在農(nóng)場合建筑基地做體力活。
Thus, women can do heavy, physical work, and do it well, in the same way as men do.
因此，婦女能做繁重的體力工作，而且和男人一樣同樣做得好。
Furthermore, statistics show that women have a longer average life expectancy than men.
此外，數(shù)據(jù)顯示婦女的平均年齡比男人的要長一些。
So how can we say women are weaker?
那么我們怎么能說婦女要更孱弱些？
Though men may be better at weightlifting, few jobs actually require physical strength these days.
雖然男人可能更善于舉重，但是現(xiàn)在的工作幾乎都不需要體力。
In his speech, James tried to pay us a compliment when he said that since women are superior to men at bringing up children, they should stay at home.
詹姆斯在辯論中說到既然婦女在扶養(yǎng)孩子方面勝過男子，她們就應(yīng)該呆在家里時，他是在恭維我們。
I concede that many women are better at taking care of children.
我承認很多婦女更善于照顧小孩。
However, a recent study has shown that working women spend only five hours less a week with their children than non-working women.
然而，最新研究表明上班的婦女每周照顧小孩的時間只比家庭主婦少5個小時。
Thus, a child is not damaged if his or her mother works.
因而，如果小孩的媽媽工作的話，他/她是不會受到傷害的。
Every woman should have the right to work out her own priorities.
每個婦女都有權(quán)實施她自己的優(yōu)先權(quán)。
In our city, over 51% of the female population now have jobs.
在我們城市中，現(xiàn)在超過51％的女性都有工作。
Many of them also manage to run a home, and so they carry a double burden.
很多人同時也在照顧家庭，所以她們承擔著雙重負擔。
Very few men could manage this.
很少有男人能做到這點。
Thus, I have shown that some traditions of the past were unfair, and that women are not the weaker sex.
因此，我展示了過去的一些傳統(tǒng)是不公平的，而且女性并不是更孱弱些。
I believe we are capable of doing any job a man can do.
我相信我們能夠做男人做的任何工作。
As Simon pointed out in his speech, there is still so much discrimination against women that their abilities are often wasted.
正如西蒙在他的演講中指出，現(xiàn)在仍然對婦女有很大的歧視，她們的能力常常被荒廢。
As a community, we are wasting our valuable resources if we don't let women play their full part.
作為一個社會，如果我們不能讓婦女充分發(fā)揮作用，那我們就是在浪費寶貴的資源。
A woman's place is not only in the home, but also in the office, in the design studio, in the bank and in the managing director's chair.
婦女的社會位置不僅僅在家里，而且還在辦公室、設(shè)計室、銀行和常務(wù)董事席位上。
I urge you to vote against the proposition. Thank you.
我呼吁各位對這個議題投反對票。
