求助OG11-49题

lianou

49.Which of the following ,if true ,would most weaken theexplanation provided by the human capital theory for women's concentration on certain occupations in seventeen-century Florence?

(A)Women were unlikely to work outside the home even in occupations whose hours were flexible enough to allow women to accommodate domestic tasks as well as paid labor.

human capital 学说认为妇女集中在那些工作是因为那些工作可以在家里进行,削弱它的答案为什么是A,妇女不可能在家外面工作?谢谢

amonra

同问，我选的是D ，OG说D选项是Support ，怎么会是support呢？

lianou

In the seventeenth-century Florentine textile industry, women were employed primarily in low-paying, low-skill jobs. To explain this segregation of labor by gender, economists have relied on the useful theory of human capital (human capital: n. 人力资本). According to this theory, investment in human capital—the acquisition of difficult job-related skills—generally benefits individuals by making them eligible to engage in well-paid occupations. Women’s role as child bearers, however, results in interruptions in their participation in the job market (as compared with (as compared with: adv.与...比较) men’s) and thus reduces their opportunities to acquire training for highly skilled work. In addition, the human capital theory explains why there was a high concentration of women workers in certain low-skill jobs, such as weaving, but not in others, such as combing or carding, by positing that because of their primary responsibility in child rearing women took occupations that could be carried out in the home.

There were, however, differences in pay scales that cannot be explained by the human capital theory. For example, male construction workers were paid significantly higher wage than female taffeta weavers. The wage difference between these two low-skill occupations stems from the segregation of labor by gender: because a limited number of occupations were open to women, there was a large supply of workers in their fields, and this “overcrowding” resulted in women receiving lower wages and men receiving higher wages.

我把文章贴出来.我今天又看了一遍,更不理解了,妇女如果无法外出工作,那那些聚集在纺织业的女工是哪里来的?

amonra

我觉得你是把自己的见解用到解题里面去了，文中不是说了吗：
theory explains (why there was a high concentration of women workers in low-skill jobs,such as ....)by positing that (because of those women's responsibility in child rearing women took occupations that could be carried out in the home.)
意思是：理论解释的原因是妇女们因为肩负着养育孩子的责任而选择那些能够在家进行的职业
后面的括弧里的话对应前面括弧里的话可以看出这段话的潜台词就是 weaving 这个职业是在家进行的，
再说明白一点就是：
women paid a high concentration to the low-skill jobs,such as weaving
women took occupations that could be carried out in the home.
这篇文章说的是17世纪的事，不是现在的工业化大生产。

我把49题全贴出来吧
49.Which of the following ,if true ,would most weaken theexplanation
provided by the human capital theory for women's concentration on
certain occupations in seventeen-century Florence?
(A) women were unlikely to  work outside the home even in occupations whose hours were flexible enough to allow women to accommodate domestic tasks as well as paid labor.
(B) parents were less likely to teach occupational skills to their daughters than they were to their sons.
(C) women's participation in the florentine paid labor force grew steadily throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
(D) The vast majority of female weavers in the Florentine wool industry had children.
(E) few women worked as  wavers in the Florentine silk industry, which was devoted to making cloths that required a high degree of skill to produce.

呵呵 给你解释完了我才明白D选项为什么是support 

lianou

楼上的GG可不可以再说明白一些啊,我脑子转不过来啊......

妇女选择了可以在家里进行的工作,削弱它的理由是:妇女不可能选择不在家工作?

maomm

MM,虽然我也错了,但我现在想通了.文中说:"妇女因为要照顾小孩,所以没法出来工作",而答案A说:"妇女是不想出来工作,即使...."(跟小孩一点关系也没有),所以这一点是最削弱文中观点的.希望能帮到你.

lianou

谢谢哦!那就是说unlikely是不想的意思.....,那这样是有道理.....

shiguang

因为原文说的意思是 妇女因为NO SKILLED AND HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF CHILDREN 所以从事这种在家的工作，A选项是他因WEAKEN，就是说不是因为没有技术和要在家看孩子这个原因才从事这种工作的，而是另有他因——自己不愿意去做，即使不需要在家看孩子 Did I make myself clear?