一. 精華詞語
1. Due date 預產期
2. pediatrician n. 小兒科醫師
3. dissertation n 博士學位論文;專題論文(長而正式的論文);學位論文 【記】dissert(vi 論述)
4. dissect v 解剖;仔細檢查、分析或詳細評論=analyze
5. discrepancy [d?s?krep?ns?] n. 相差;差異;矛盾
6. back and forth 反復地,來回地
7. lopsided adj 傾向一方的;不平衡的 【記】lop(v 砍伐;v 下垂)
8. epilogue n 收場白(戲劇結束后對觀眾說的道白或短詩);尾聲(文學作品結束時簡短的關于作品人物的未來的附加性或總結性章節)
9. cafeteria [?k?f??t??r??] n. 自助食堂
10. collaborative adj. 合作的,協作的,協力完成的
二. 經典語句
1.No wonder when asked at a conference what men could do to help advance women’s leadership, Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter answered, “The laundry.”13 Tasks like laundry, food shopping, cleaning, and cooking are mundane and mandatory.
三. 讀后感
As the author said, the single most important career decision that a woman makes is whether she will have a life partner and who that partner is. How to keep balance between life and work is a longtime course for both wife and husband. We women do the things we can do and men should assist partners to do the housework that they can do.