时间:2019-01-22 作者:英语课 分类:英语生活新闻


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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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acceleration in circular motion
alarm dosemeter
argentometric titration
as-annealed condition
automation measurement methods
avoidal
Beethovenian
benzo-eugenol
binam
blue lips
bornesite
Bradley aberration
Brooklynite
calculate on hand cost
cancellability
carbarsone
cardassians
cellular foamed polystyrene
cementitious
civet bean
co-immunoprecipitation
coach wrench
coast recession
codeic acid
color of medium
colour palette
colour reversible electrochemical filter
computer print control
container vessels
crassula perfoliata l.
Crulai
cytosolic
Dacotah
dead eye hitch
decumbitures
duck calls
egg washer
eight-digit binary number
eluvial placer
escapologists
fabricatory
face loop
factor-proportions model
ferrite magnet
fibre packing
fortunei
function of manager
gleetier
graininesses
gut-shot
haloalkylamines
hemoglobinometry
henicosane
hyperstereoscopy
hypothalamic releasing hormones
keratinous
knitwear press
koivinite
laser fracturing
loop pass
low-alloy cast iron
low-pressure injection moulding
Magdalena, Mt.
magnetoelastic coupling constant
make someone stare
mathematical expectation value
matla
mechanical tentioning equipment
microhematuria
midsleep
Modest Mussorgsky
moleskin
Mosjφen
omoclavicular triangle
oversubscribed
parcel post clause
peryshing
pneusomete
preputium penis
prinipal cutting edge
propellant expenditure
Ranomena
re-evacuation
remissly
revindications
risorgimentoes
rotation skin flap
sea-water distillator
separating zipper
serpasils
sinuated
sports commentator
ST2
stem-like
swelling properties
teales
thimble coupling
tripyridyl
turnover equation
ungraceful
untestate
utilization of waste heat