GWD30-Q24 HELP!百思不得其解

dorissze

GWD30-Q22 toQ25:

     While acknowledging that there are greater employment opportunitiesfor Latin American women in cities than in the countryside, social sciencetheorists have continued to argue that urban migration has unequivocally hurtwomen’s status.  However, the effects of migration are morecomplex than these theorists presume.  For example, effects can vary depending onwomen’s financial condition and social class. Brazilian women in the lowest socioeconomic class have relativelygreater job opportunities and job security in cities than do men of the sameclass, although there is no compelling evidence that for these women the moveto the city is a move out of poverty. Thus, these women may improve their status in relation to men but at thesame time may experience no improvement in their economic standing.

     In addition, working outside the home, which is more common in urbanthan in rural areas, helps women in the lowest socioeconomic class makecontacts to extend exchange networks—the flow of gifts, loans, or child carefrom those who currently have access to resources to those who do not.  Moreover, poor women working in urban areasactively seek to cultivate long-term employer-employee relations.  When an emergency arises that requiresgreater resources than an exchange network can provide, these women often appealfor and receive aid from their wealthy employers.  However, the structure of many poor women’s work—often a laborforce of one in an employer’s home—makes it difficultfor them to organize to improve their economic conditions in general.

     Not surprisingly, then, Latin American women in the lowest socioeconomicclass differ in their opinions about the effects of urban migration on theirlives.  Some find urban living, withaccess to electricity and running water, an improvement and would never returnto the countryside.  Others, dislikingthe overcrowding and crime, would return to the countryside if there were workopportunities for them there. Thus, urban life has had both negative andpositive impacts on women’s lives.  In general, urban migration has not providedeconomic prosperity or upward mobility for women in the lowest socioeconomicclass, despite their intelligent and energetic utilization of the resourcesavailable to them.

Q24:

The author mentions which of thefollowing as a disadvantage of urban employment for Latin American women in thelowest socioeconomic group?

             A.    It is difficult for these women toobtain reliable, long-term employment.

B.    It is difficult for thesewomen to organize effectively in order to obtain better wages.

C.    It is difficult for these women to findemployers who are supportive when emergencies arise.

D.    The structure of their jobs makes itdifficult for these women to participate in exchange networks.

E.     Working in urban areas makes thesewomen more vulnerable to health problems than they would be in rural areas.

答案是B，我选了C。看了很多前人帖子，但都没有理解。找定位也没有提到wages，前面不是一直在讨论emergencies么，为什么C不对？？？

dorissze

upupupup~~~~

Elfy

这题选B，定位在However, the structure of many poor women’s work—often a laborforce of one in an employer’s home—makes it difficultfor them to organize to improve their economic conditions in general.，员工没有improve economic conditions其实就是没有涨工资，工资涨了经济条件也就自然上去了。C定位在When an emergency arises that requires greater resources than an exchange network can provide, these women often appeal for and receive aid from their wealthy employers. 很明显C在某种程度上说反了。
这题可以这么看，第二段一开始一直在说working in urban的好处，之后来了个however转折，然后就说了弊端。

dorissze

Elfy 发表于 2013-6-17 16:30
这题选B，定位在However, the structure of many poor women’s work—often a laborforce of one in an em ...

明白了，大谢！！！！！