时间:2019-01-12 作者:英语课 分类:2014年VOA慢速英语(十一)月


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Record Percentage of Americans Have Never Married


Wendy Wang has studied changes in the American family for many years. But she says even she was surprised by some recent census 1 data about Americans between the ages of 24 and 35.


“Almost half of them have never been married.” 


That percentage is a record low for the United States. 


Ms. Wang is a researcher with the Pew Research Center in Washington, DC. The center’s new report on marriage shows another important change. It found that women who continued their education beyond college are now just as likely to be married as women who never went to college. In 1960, Ms. Wang says, women with advanced degrees paid a “marriage penalty.” About one in three never married.  ? 


Today, she says, women are overall better educated than men, and they are looking for husbands with steady jobs. At the same time, the job market for men is getting worse. 


Amanda Bradford believes she has a solution. Ms. Bradford is the founder 2 of an online application for high-achieving people interested in meeting other high-achievers. This dating app is called The League. It is launching in San Francisco this week. Soon, it will be available in other cities, including New York, London, Budapest, and Buenos Aires.   


?Not everyone is invited to join. Ms. Bradford says The League considers applicants’ Facebook and LinkedIn profiles. Users see other users’ education history and job title, along with their pictures.  


Some media stories about The League have called it “elitist” or “snobby.” But Amanda Bradford says The League is just trying to give its users more information about potential dates. She says people in her generation – people born in the 1980s and early 1990s – do not have time to meet each other in person. 


“We need a way to efficiently 3 find a couple different people that may fit what we’re looking for and then meet them, versus 4 the old fashioned way of just going out with friends and hoping and praying that you may meet your Prince Charming, you know, at someone’s party.” ? 


?Ms. Bradford is 29 years old -- the same age as the average user of The League. She says she was raised to pursue a perfect career more than a perfect spouse 5. She adds that her male friends would probably say the same thing. 


But what about the differences Wendy Wang described between what women and men were looking for? In the Pew Study, most never-married women said they wanted to find a man with a good job. But never-married men said finding a woman who would be a good mother was more important.  ? 


Amanda Bradford said her studies showed something even more interesting. Nearly equal numbers of women and men have signed up for The League. And, she said, the better educated a man was, the more interested he was in finding an educated, career-oriented woman.  ? ?


Wendy Wang would probably not be surprised by Ms. Bradford’s finding. Her study showed it is now men who did not go to college who face a “marriage penalty.” Today, they are the ones most likely not to be married.   



n.(官方的)人口调查,人口普查
  • A census of population is taken every ten years.人口普查每10年进行一次。
  • The census is taken one time every four years in our country.我国每四年一次人口普查。
n.创始者,缔造者
  • He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
  • According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说,罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。
adv.高效率地,有能力地
  • The worker oils the machine to operate it more efficiently.工人给机器上油以使机器运转更有效。
  • Local authorities have to learn to allocate resources efficiently.地方政府必须学会有效地分配资源。
prep.以…为对手,对;与…相比之下
  • The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
  • The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。
n.配偶(指夫或妻)
  • Her spouse will come to see her on Sunday.她的丈夫星期天要来看她。
  • What is the best way to keep your spouse happy in the marriage?在婚姻中保持配偶幸福的最好方法是什么?
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