英语四级必读的美文100篇_大学英语阅读

英语四级必读的美文100篇

　　Why Arent Women Happier

　　女性幸福感为何下降?

　　Why arent women happier these days?

　　现在女性的幸福感为什么下降了?

　　Thats the question raised by a thought-provoking study, The Paradox 01 Declining Female Happiness, released last month. (1) The research showed that over the past 35 years womens happiness has declined, both compared to the past and relative to men even though, by most objective measures,the lives of women in the US have improved in recent decades.

　　五月公布的一项发人深思的调查《女性幸福感下降之诡辩》提出了上述问题。(1)这项研究显示，在过去的35年中，无论是纵向与过去相比，还是横向与男性相比，女性的幸福感都下降了尽管按照大多数客观标准看，过去几十年来美国女性的生活改善了。

　　The research, by University of Pennsylvania economists Stevenson and Wolfers, and released by the National Bureau of Economic Research, found the decline in happiness to be pervasive among women across a variety of demographic groups. (2) The researchers, for instance, measured similar declines in happiness among women who were single Parents and married parents, casting doubt on the hypothesis that trends in marriage and divorce, single parenthood or work/family balance are at the root of the happiness declines among women, they wrote.