英語范文背誦精華1.2 Family Life

Jane Brown has been maried for 12 years.She has three children and lives in a suburb outside Columbus,Ohio.When her youngest child reached shool age,Jane decided to to back to work.She thought that she should contribute to the household finances.Her salary could make a difference between a financial struggle and a secure financial situation for her family.Jane also felt bored and frustrated in her role as a homemaker and wanted to be more involved in life outside her home.Jane was worried about her children's adjustment to this new situation,but she arranged for them to go to stay with a woman nearby after school each afternoon.They seemed to be happy with the arrangement.The problem seemed to be between Jane and her husband Bill.When Jane was at home all day,she was able to clean the house,go grocery shopping ,wash the clothes,take care of the children and cook two or three meals each day.She was very busy,of course,but she succeeded in getting everything done.Now the same things need to be done,but Jane has only evenings and early mornings to do them.Both Jane and Bill are tired when they arive home at 6p.m.Bill is accustomed to sitting down and reading a paper or watching TV until dinners is ready .This is exactly what Jane feels like doing,but someone has to fix dinner and Bill expects it to be Jane.Jane is becoming very angry at Bill's attitude. She feels that they should share the household jobs, but Bill feels that everything should be the same as it was before Jane went back to work.