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home．”A 10t of guys say things like that．Usually it’s code for。，”My wife(read：any woman)is the better parent．”
1 was a stay-at-home father for eight years。so his declaration made me bristle．It implied mat our family’s choice could only have been correct if was a“better”parent than my wife．
I think men shoot themselves in the foot with this kind of thinking4．I suppose an argument could have been made that when I began staying home my wife was the“better”parent：She had spent more time with Ry，could read him better and calm him more quickly．And given a choice，he’d have picked her over me。．But as she was the more employable one．my wife went out to work and looked after our son．
Know what? I caught up．Because of the increased time I spent with him，I soon knew Ry well，understood what he needed and could 100k after him more or less as well as my wife could．Actually, the experience helped me unlock one of the world’s great secrets。：Women are good at looking after children because they do it．It’s not because。of any innate female aptitude or a mother’s instinct--which I think is mostly learned anyway．It’s because they put in the time and attention required to become good at the job．
Women obviously get a biological head start from giving birth and nursing，but over the long term experience is more important．Ⅵmen I got the experience myself,1 was good．too．As good? I don’t know．Who cares? Children are not made of glass．Other people are capable of looking after them besides Morn．
词汇：
host n．(电视)主持人
given n．假定的事实，已知的情况
aptitude n．天资，才能
biological adj．生物的
nursing n．抚养，喂养
bristle v．紧张；激动
innate adj．内在的
instinct n．本能
head start n．占先，领先
练习：
1．Which of the following does the first paragraph imply?
A)Men are no longer given the opportunity to stay at home．
B)In more and more families the wife earning more than the husband．
C)111e author works at a TV station．
D)More and more men choose to stay at home to look after their children．
2．The author decided to stay at home to look after their son eight years ago because
A)he though the was the better parent．
B)it was easier for his wife to find a job． -
C1 their sonly liked him better．
D)he was earning less than his wife．
3．which of the following is NOT mentioned as a thing that a good parent should do with his
or her child? ?
A)Spending more time with him．
B)Taking’ him to sch001.
C)Reading stories to him．
D)Being able to calm him down．
4．Women generally are better than men at taking care of children because
A)they were born with the ability．
B)they just enjoy doing it．
C)they spend more time with them．
D)they have learned to do it at sch001．
5．which of the following is the conclusion the author draws at the end of the article?
A)He is better than his wife at taking care of children．．
B)He is as good as his wife at taking care of children．
C)Anyone Can take good care of children as far as he has the experience．
D)Children prefer to be taken care of by their mother than by anyone else．
第3篇
Goal of American Education
Education is all enormous and expensive part of American life. Its size is matched by its variety.
Differences in American schools compared with those found in the majority of other
countries lie in the fact that education here has long been intended for everyone—not just
for a privileged elite. Schools ale expected to