臺(tái)灣籍旅美老師今天交給我們的句子是:
As children there is no limit to what we believe we can become but as girls and boys, we are steered in different directions growing up. This happens because of what we call "gender stereotypes."
如果被定位成孩童,我們對(duì)自己未來發(fā)展的可能性就不被設(shè)限,但如果被定位成女孩和男孩,我們則被導(dǎo)向了不同的成長(zhǎng)之路。之所以會(huì)造成這樣的差別是因?yàn)槲覀兯^的性別刻板印象。
學(xué)習(xí)重點(diǎn):
1.limit 界線;界限;限制
limit (n.) 界線;界限;限制
limitation (n.) 限制;局限
2.steer 駕駛;指導(dǎo);帶領(lǐng)
steer (v.) 駕駛;指導(dǎo);帶領(lǐng)
guide (v.) 帶領(lǐng) ;引導(dǎo)
3.direction 方向;方位
direction (n.) 方向;方位
orientation (n.) 定向;(對(duì)新工作、新活動(dòng)的)培訓(xùn)
4.stereotype 刻板印象,老套俗見
stereotype (n.) 刻板印象,老套俗見
discrimination (n.) 歧視;區(qū)別對(duì)待