臺(tái)灣籍旅美老師今天交給我們的句子是:
The problem with these stories is that they show what the data shows: women systematically underestimate their own abilities. If you test men and women, and you ask them questions on totally objective criteria like GPAs, men get it wrong slightly high, and women get it wrong slightly low.
這種故事的問(wèn)題出在數(shù)據(jù)所表明的事實(shí):女性被系統(tǒng)化地低估了她們自身的能力。如果你測(cè)試男性和女性,你問(wèn)他們問(wèn)題,按完全客觀的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)平均成績(jī)來(lái)算,男性會(huì)錯(cuò)誤的高估一些,女性則會(huì)錯(cuò)誤地低估一些。
學(xué)習(xí)重點(diǎn):
1.data 數(shù)據(jù)
data (n.) 數(shù)據(jù)
database (n.) 數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)
2.systematically 有系統(tǒng)地
systematically (adv.) 有系統(tǒng)地
system (n.) 體系、系統(tǒng)
3.underestimate 低估
underestimate (v.) 低估
underestimate (n.) 低估
overestimate (v.) 高估
4.objective 客觀、目標(biāo)
objective (adj.) 客觀、目標(biāo)
object (n.) 物體
subjective (adj.) 主觀的
5.criteria 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)
criteria (n.) 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)
criterion (n.) 準(zhǔn)則