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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.kqp
a-month
above value
Abrahamitic
audiofrequency meter
auditory curve
automatic priority group
axial-flow fans
bacteriophagology
benatar
catena (soil)
catforming process
Chinese Pharmaceutical Association
cluster well
co-reference
d-n.
degreasing bath
denumerable outcome variable
diplospora viridiflora dc.
disembittered
Display PostScript
dissociative disorders
dormer
due date of coupon
egg nuclei
extended coupon
fast back welt
febricity
finely divided resin
foreseize
frequency-meter of network
Frode's tests
gas cavity
gohei
graybeards
greenfields
halfbeaks
Harker Glacier
hepatolithiasis
hoe-type opener
indigofera spicata
inserting network
internal translator
ionization probability
label for dangerous goods
landing energy
lannonite
lehders
Loitzendorf
Maggellan
mamsie
mean time of no failure operation
memel (klaipeda)
monacolin
month tropical
Nachi-katsuura
natural frequency of foundation
nezer
Ogosta
P54C
phase-distortion coefficient
photopic range
planned performance
pre-galvanized
pre-rut
preobservations
programmed control
quinic
random set
re-railer
rectal feeding
recursive filter
reflex finder system
Rhinonyssus
ridge-bone
roentgenite (rontgenite- (ce))
royauxes
sabbathize
schicksas
sea bird,seabird
sec.s
sideloaded
siebel
sine-wave carrier
stability of waveform
stage of turning
statement of applicationof funds
the printing press
theoretical concentration
Thorn's ananeuver
trap-door incision
Tsementnyy
Tungelinvar
underpulls
vanning machine
vescalagin
vichyssoise
weather plane
wine gum
wipe with
zopilotes
zorah