GRE閱讀題目解析:女性選舉權(quán)運動的意義

　　GRE閱讀題目解析:女性選舉權(quán)運動的意義

　　P5

　　Influenced by the view of some twentieth-century feminists that women's position within the family is one of the central factors determining women's social position, some historians have underestimated the significance of the woman suffrage movement. These historians contend that nineteenth-century suffragism was less radical and, hence, less important than, for example, the moral reform movement or domestic feminism - two nineteenth-century movements in which women struggled for more power and autonomy within the family. True, by emphasizing these struggles, such historians have broadened the conventional view of nineteenth-century feminism, but they do a historical disservice to suffragism. Nineteenth-century feminists and anti-feminist alike perceived the suffragists' demand for enfranchisement as the most radical element in women's protest, in part because suffragists were demanding power that was not based on the institution of the family, women's traditional sphere. (135 words)

　　9. Select the sentence that includes a qualification of the author's critical attitude toward the study of the historians as they are described in the passage.

　　For the following question, consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply

　　10. The passage provides information to support which of the following statements about the historians discussed in the passage EXCEPT

　　(A) They rely too greatly on the perceptions of the actual participants in the events they study.

　　(B) Their assessment of the significance of nineteenth-century suffragism differs considerably from that of nineteenth-century feminists.

　　(C) They devote too much attention to nineteenth-century suffragism at the expense of more radical movements that emerged shortly after the turn of the century.

　　P5

　　1

　　Influenced by the view of some twentieth-century feminists that women's position within the family is one of the central factors determining women's social position, some historians have underestimated the significance of the woman suffrage movement.

　　一些二十世紀(jì)女權(quán)主義者認(rèn)為，女人的家庭地位是決定其社會地位的一個核心要素，一些歷史學(xué)者受此影響，低估了女性選舉權(quán)運動的重要意義。

　　2

　　These historians contend that nineteenth-century suffragism was less radical and, hence, less important than, for example, the moral reform movement or domestic feminism - two nineteenth-century movements in which women struggled for more power and autonomy within the family.

　　這些歷史學(xué)家聲稱，十九世紀(jì)的選舉權(quán)運動，不如 比方說道德改革運動，或家庭女權(quán)主義徹底，所以也不如 后二者重要 —— 它們都是女性在家庭內(nèi)部爭取更多權(quán)力和自主的十九世紀(jì)運動。

　　(查不到 suffragism 這個詞的解釋，但在維基百科中 suffragism 被重定位到 suffrage 條目，所以我在翻譯中也做了這樣的替換。)

　　3

　　True, by emphasizing these struggles, such historians have broadened the conventional view of nineteenth-century feminism, but they do a historical disservice to suffragism.

　　確實，強調(diào)這兩場斗爭的歷史學(xué)者拓展了十九世紀(jì)女權(quán)主義研究的傳統(tǒng)視野，但他們?nèi)绱嗽u價擴(kuò)大選舉權(quán)的歷史意義有失公允。

　　4

　　Nineteenth-century feminists and anti-feminist alike perceived the suffragists' demand for enfranchisement as the most radical element in women's protest, in part because suffragists were demanding power that was not based on the institution of the family, women's traditional sphere. (135 words)

　　十九世紀(jì)的女權(quán)主義者和反女權(quán)主義者都認(rèn)為，主張女性參政的人要求女性獲得平等選舉權(quán)，是婦女抗議的最根本元素，部分是因為提出這種主張的人，要求的是一種不基于家庭制度的權(quán)利，而家庭是婦女傳統(tǒng)的活動范圍。

　　9. Select the sentence that includes a qualification of the author's critical attitude toward the study of the historians as they are described in the passage.

　　“ True, by emphasizing these struggles, such historians have broadened the conventional view of nineteenth-century feminism, but they do a historical disservice to suffragism. ”

　　qualification 在此不指 賦予資格、證書、許可等動作，而是 限定條件、保留意見，如：

　　【牛津高階雙解】< I can recmmend him without qualificaiton. 我可以毫無保留地推薦他。>

　　【AHD】< an offer with a number of qualification 一項附帶許多限制的買賣 >

　　即要求我們選作者不認(rèn)同那些歷史學(xué)者的證據(jù)，證據(jù)就是 true ... but ...，確實(肯定)，但 (轉(zhuǎn)折)，disservice 傷害(行為)，直譯是 “ 對 suffragism 做了一種歷史學(xué)意義上的傷害 ”，不得不意譯。

　　For the following question, consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply

　　10. The passage provides information to support which of the following statements about the historians discussed in the passage EXCEPT

　　(A) They rely too greatly on the perceptions of the actual participants in the events they study.

　　(B) Their assessment of the significance of nineteenth-century suffragism differs considerably from that of nineteenth-century feminists.

　　(C) They devote too much attention to nineteenth-century suffragism at the expense of more radical movements that emerged shortly after the turn of the century.

　　選 AC

　　選文中 沒有 提供信息支持的。

　　A 正確項，沒支持。句 1 告訴我們，一些歷史學(xué)者受到了二十世紀(jì)的女權(quán)主義者的影響，但歷史學(xué)者們的研究對象并不是這群二十世紀(jì)的女權(quán)主義者，而是十九世紀(jì)的人和運動，完全不同兩撥人，差一百來歲呢。錯的服氣了吧。

　　B 不選。句 4 告訴我們，十九世紀(jì)的人，不論女權(quán)主義者還是反女權(quán)主義者，都覺得選舉權(quán)是頭等大事，句 2 是歷史學(xué)者的態(tài)度，他們認(rèn)為不如另外兩場運動重要。

　　C 正確，沒支持。at the expense of 在損失或損害了某事物的情況下，歷史學(xué)者沒有忽略另外兩場運動，否則他們也不會認(rèn)為那兩場運動更重要了。