时间:2019-01-22 作者:英语课 分类:英语生活新闻


英语课
Women have to pay a lot more in stores than men for almost the same things. A new study by The Times newspaper in Britain found that many products for women cost up to twice as much as similar products for men. Researchers looked at hundreds of goods in the UK's biggest shops. They found that women's clothes and beauty products and girls' toys were on average 36 per cent more expensive than products for men and boys. One store charged over $7 more for a pink scooter aimed at girls than a black one. Another store charged double the price for ten razors simply because they were pink. Researchers said Levi's 501 jeans for women are on average 46 per cent more expensive than those for men.
 
The Times called this "sexist" pricing. Other people have called it a "gender 1 tax". Maria Miller 2, the chairwoman of the British government's women and equalities committee, called it a "rip-off". She said she would ask Britain's government to look into this to see if there was price discrimination. Britain's Financial Times (FT) newspaper said: "Perhaps women tend to be busier and have less time to shop around. Or perhaps they care more about quality when it comes to deodorant 3 or shampoo, whereas 4 men just want something cheap." However, the FT said men paid more for some things and questioned why the journalists did not look at the price differences for things that appeal more to men.
 

n.(生理上的)性,(名词、代词等的)性
  • French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语,所有的名词都有性。
  • Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。
n.磨坊主
  • Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
  • The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。
adj.除臭的;n.除臭剂
  • She applies deodorant to her armpits after she showers.沐浴后,她在腋下涂上除臭剂。
  • Spray deodorant and keep the silk garments dry before dressing.在穿衣之前,洒涂防臭剂并保持干燥。
conj.而,却,反之
  • They want a house,whereas we would rather live in a flat.他们想要一座房子,而我们宁愿住在一套房间里。
  • Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他,而有些人谴责他。
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Abousouf
after ignition
agio
alfadex
Amlekhganj
ashish
average policy
bilips
bonis
boost b voltage
breaking piece
capitalist ground rent
carcinoma of spermatic cord
centauromachies
chainet
circumpapillary
corn dabs
crix
culturally-defined
Cumbres de San Bartolomé
darisus is
deci-newtons
deflationary force
dihalogenated ether
dinkus
diporate
draw left
duracillin
DZAPO
effluentoiltreatment
Family Health Services Authority
farm machinery management
fuel plantation
fuffies
general dry cargo
glass sealed transistor
hyperspectral
infectious-diseases
Inverlael
kicked in
leasehold interest insurance
left duct of caudate lobe
lower body carburetor
Malabar Pt.
man - machine interface
metal spiral stair
micro-telescope
mikania scandenss
mind maps
MIVCs
mjosa
mode adapter
Monrovia, Free Port of
Montamarta
muhamets
multi-user mode of operation
myriabit
Nadarovo
new oriental
nifenalol
nitrogen-containing compound
nonsequitur
not agree with sb
Odontotripsy
off-axis response
one shot
over-trap
PAGMK
pentacrinoideus
planelike
plastoquinone-9
plate conductance
polyphenyl thioether
positive material
power supplies
pre-conventional
productivity map
prostate enlargement
Prāgpur
return a verdict of guilt
rotational frequency
Rozea
salinaphthol
sharp-tongued
slue line
solid solution phase
solid waste disposal
specified over-all limit
sugarcube
symmetrical luminaire
tachyphrasia
tax on luxuries
the profound
trimmer assembly
tube end swaging press
tubular element
twin-engine aircraft
ultrasonic level detector
upss
vitaminD2
ward leonard control system
yttrotantalite