美語情景對話 第1322期:Is life easier for women? 女性的生活更容易嗎?

Diego: Hello, this is Diego from Mexico ...

迭戈：大家好，我是迭戈，來自墨西哥。

Elena: And Elena from Bulgaria.

埃琳娜：我是埃琳娜，來自保加利亞。

Diego: For . Today we have a very interesting question for all the ladies. Is life easier for women? What do you think, Elena?

迭戈：今天我們要討論一個有趣的問題，和所有女性有關。女性的生活更容易嗎？你怎麼看，埃琳娜？

Elena: Um, is life easier for women than men? I think that men might still have it easier. Because historically with the whole male domination, patriarchy system I think it might have been easier for men just in terms of they have more power, they have more respect. They have at least. And they had their own ability to choose their own destiny, where as a lot of time in the past women had to do what their fathers or their husbands told them, and this is obviously not true anymore because times have changed and a lot has happened, and lot has developed since then, but in a way I still think that in some respects men have more power and especially professionally, although in the family, women rule!

埃琳娜：嗯，女性的生活比男性容易嗎？我認爲男性的生活可能更容易。因爲從歷史上看，都是男性佔統治地位，實行父權體制，因爲男性擁有更多權力，享有更多尊重，這樣來看可能男性的生活更容易。至少他們有權力。他們有能力選擇自己的命運，而以前大多數時候女性不得不聽父親或丈夫的話，當然現在已經不是這樣了，因爲時代已經改變，發生了很多變革和發展，不過從某種程度上來說，我依然認爲男性在某些方面擁有更多權力，尤其是在職場，不過女性掌握着家庭大權！

Diego: Well, I guess it's really a matter of perspective. Women can have an easier life, by just going with the flow.

迭戈：嗯，我想這與看待事物的角度有關。如果順其自然的話，女性也可以過更容易的生活。

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重點講解：
1. in terms of 在…方面；從…角度看；根據…來說；
例句：In terms of annual production, the country has dropped behind the rest of Europe.
在年產量方面，這個國家落後於歐洲其他國家。
2. at least 起碼，不管怎樣；
例句：It's not difficult to get money for research or at least it's not always difficult.
爭取到研究資金並不難，起碼不總是那麼難。
3. in a way (用於緩和語氣)在某種程度上，在某些方面；
例句：I agree with him in a way.
在某種程度上我同意他的想法。
4. go with the flow 隨波逐流；隨大流；
例句：Some of us like to have our future mapped out, others like to go with the flow.
有些人喜歡規劃未來，有些人喜歡順其自然。