2022届高三英语培优外刊阅读学案：学历话题

高三英语培优外刊阅读 班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________ 外刊精选｜在日本，高学历为何成了女性减分项？ 东京大学是日本最顶尖的学府，但作为一所文理并举的综合性大学，男女比例却严重失衡。其中一大原因，是日本社会普遍认为女性进入顶尖大学，就意味着其在婚恋市场的贬值；同时，大部分女性自身及其父母，都对学业期望不高。日本社会为何不推崇女性获得高学历？这背后的社会根源是什么？ At Japan’s Most Elite University, Just 1 in 5 Students Is a Woman ① From a young age, Satomi Hayashi studied hard and excelled academically. It seemed only natural that she would attend the University of Tokyo, Japan’s most prestigious institution. ② As soon as she was admitted, her friends warned that she was spoiling her marriage prospects. Men, they said, would be intimidated by a diploma from Todai, as the university is known in Japan. Spooked, she searched Google for “Can Todai women get married?” and discovered it was a well-trod stereotype. ③ The admonitions didn’t stop her. But Ms. Hayashi, 21, wondered if other women were scared off. ④ For nearly two decades, enrollment of women at the University of Tokyo has hovered around 20 percent, an imparity that extends across many top colleges. ⑤ The dearth of women at Todai is a byproduct of deep-seated gender inequality in Japan, where women are still not expected to achieve as much as men and sometimes hold themselves back from educational opportunities. ⑥ Young girls are repeatedly fed the idea that academic achievement is not feminine, said Akiko Kumada, one of the few female engineering professors at Todai. ⑦ Some Todai men avoid socializing with female classmates, favoring activities where most of the women come from other universities. Erica Nakayama, 24, a masters student at Todai, said Todai men frequently typecast female peers as too serious. “They said we weren’t cute enough,” she said. 【词汇过关】 请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。 1.elite [iˈliːt, eɪˈlit] adj. ______________________________ 2.excel [ɪkˈsel] vi. ______________________________ 3.academically [ˌækəˈdemɪkəli] adv.______________________________ 4.prestigious [preˈstɪdʒəs] adj. ______________________________ 5.institution [ˌɪnstɪˈtʃuːʃən, ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃ