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i was addressing a small gathering in a suburban virginia living room—— a womens group that had invited men to join them.
在弗吉尼亚教区的一个会客厅里，我正在一个小型集会上讲话。
这个集会以女人为主，也聘请了一些男性兄弟。

throughout the evening， one man had been particularly talkative，frequently offering ideas and anecdotes while his wife sat silently beside him on the couch.
整个晚上，有位男人特别善谈，不断地宣告观点，讲一些奇闻轶事。可是，他的老婆就一向恬静地坐在他周围的沙发上（不怎么说话）。

toward the end of the evening ，i commented that women frequently complain that their husbands dont talk to them.
集会快结束的时分，我说了一句：“女人常常会诉苦自个的丈夫不怎么跟自个说话。”

this man quickly noddedin agreement.
那个（侃侃而谈的）男人立马就答应附和了。

he gestured toward his wife and said
他指着他老婆对咱们说：?窃勖羌易钕

舶祷暗娜恕！?br>

the room burst into laughter; the man lookedpuzzled and hurt.
我们捧腹大笑。可是，那位男人却看起来茫然、黯然神伤。

he explained. when i come home from work i have nothing to say. if she didnt keep the conversation going wed spend the whole evening in silence.
“这是真的。每回下班回到家，我都发现自个不晓得该找啥?怠Ｒ皇俏依掀潘祷暗幕埃徽鐾砩希勖羌铱梢远际峭螋ゾ慵拧！彼怠?br>
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this episode crystallizes the irony that although american men tend to talk more than women in public situations，they often talk less at home.?
这段阅历呈现了一个讥讽的表象：尽管美国男人在公共场合比女人善谈，可是在家，他们常常一声不吭。

and this pattern is wreaking havoc with marriage.
而且，这个表象正在严峻损坏他们的婚姻。

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the pattern was observed by political scientist andrew hacker in the late 1970s.
20世纪70年代末，政治学家安德鲁.哈克就留心到了这种表象。

sociologist catherine kohler riessman reports in her new book divorce talk that most of the women she interviewed — but only a few of the men — gave lack of communication as the reason for their divorces.
社会学家凯瑟琳.科勒.理斯曼在她的新书《离婚谈》中说到，在她采访的人中，大大都女人和少量男性，认为短少交流是他们离婚的缘由。

given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent，that amounts to millions of cases in the united states every year — a virtual epidemic of failed conversation.
如今的离婚率将近50%，美国每年发生数百万的离婚案子，实践上是虚拟“感患病”——交流失利，构成的。

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in my own research，complaints from women about their husbands most often focused not on tangible inequities such as having given up the chance for a career to accompany a husband to his or doing far more than their share of daily life-support work like cleaning ，cooking and social arrangements .
我的研讨发现，女人对他们丈夫的诉苦不是会集在一些具体的不对等作业上。
比方：她们扔掉自个作业生计的机缘去陪丈夫打开他们的视界，又比方，承担远超她们本分有些的往常家务，像打扫清洁，煮饭和组织交际。

instead， they focused on communication:
相反，女人的诉苦会集和丈夫的交流上。?惶宜祷啊！薄8缓梦宜祷啊！?br>

i found， as hacker observed years before，that most wives want their husbands to be， first and foremost， conversational partners， but few husbands share this expectation of their wives.
我发现，就像哈克几年前发现的那样，大大都老婆期望他们的丈夫首要！首要！变成一个谈天目标。
可是，丈夫很少对老婆有这样的期望。

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in short，the image that best represents the current crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene of a man sitting at the breakfast table with a newspaper held up in front of his face，while a woman glares at the back of it，wanting to talk.
总之，这样一种经典漫画场景最能代表其时这种危机：一个男的坐在餐桌边上，报纸的正面遮着男人的脸，他老婆怒火冲冲地看着报纸不和，等着男人开口和他说话。 26.what is most wives main expectation of their husbands?
大大都老婆最期望他们的丈夫干啥？
a. talking to them.
和她们说话
b. trusting them.
信赖她们
c. supporting their careers.
撑持她们的作业
d. sharing housework.
分管家务

27. judging from the context , the phrase “wreaking havoc”(line 3,para.2)most probably means ___.
从全文来看，“wreaking havoc”是啥意思？
a. generating motivation.
发生动力
b. exerting influence
发生影响
c. causing damage
发生损坏
d. creating pressure
发生压力

28. all of the following are true except_______
下面哪个不正确？
a. men tend to talk more in public than women
在揭露场合，男人比女人更善谈
b. nearly 50 percent of recent divorces are caused by failed conversation
50%的离婚是交流失利致使的
c. women attach much importance to communication between couples
女人更垂青夫妻之间的交流
d. a female tends to be more talkative at home than her spouse
在家里，老婆比丈夫善谈

29.which of the following can best summarize the main idea of this text ?
下面哪句话最能归纳主旨？
a the moral decaying deserves more research by sociologists .
道德滑坡，需要社会学家做更多研讨。
b marriage break up stems from sex inequalities.
离婚是因为性别不对等。
c husband and wife have different expectations from their marriage.
丈夫和老婆对婚姻的期望不一样
d conversational patterns between man and wife are different.
男女之间的交流方法不一样

30.in the following part immediately after this text ,the author will most probably focus on ______
文章接下来有些，作者最有可以写啥？
a. a vivid account of the new book divorce talk
生动形象地介绍新书《离婚谈》
b. a detailed description of the stereotypical cartoon
具体描绘这副经典漫画
c.other possible reasons for a high divorce rate in the u.s.
美国离婚率高的其他缘由
d. a brief introduction to the political scientist andrew hacker
扼要介绍政治学家安德鲁.哈克