1、高三英语培优外刊阅读班级：_学号：_姓名：_外刊精选职场女性为何有“排便羞耻”？真没必要当下，许多职场女性都有这样一个烦恼：她们不希望被人看出去厕所上大号，为此她们还会故意让人认为是去小便或者补妆，这种心理叫做“排便羞耻”，给许多职场女性带来了多种身体和心理的困扰。是什么形成了女性的“排便羞耻”？女性应该如何应对？Women Poop. Sometimes At Work. Get Over It.By Jessica Bennett and Amanda McCallThere once was a woman who walked regularly from her office in
2、Midtown Manhattan to a hotel across the street in order to use the restroom, and that woman may have been one of us.That woman had a friend, at another office job, who repeatedly forced her body to do the deed so quickly racing from cubicle to bathroom and back, in an effort to deflect attention fro
3、m what she might be doing in there that it led to a semi-serious hemorrhoid problem.As her former colleague put it: “She was pooping at the speed of pee.”We may be living in an age where certain pockets of the corporate world are breathlessly adapting to womens needs company-subsidized tampons, sala
4、ry workshops, lactation rooms.But even in the worlds most progressive workplace, its not a stretch to think that you might have an empowered female executive leading a meeting at one moment and then sneaking off to another floor to relieve herself the next.Poop shame is real and it disproportionatel
5、y affects women, who suffer from higher rates of irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease. In other words, the patriarchy has seeped into womens intestinal tracts. Lets call it the pootriarchy.【词汇过关】请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。1.poop pup vi. _2.repeatedly rpitdli adv._3.deed did n._4.cubicle kj
6、ubkl n. _5.bathroom brum brm n. _6.semi-serious semisris adj. _7.breathlessly brelsli adv. _8.progressive prresv adj. _9.disproportionately dsprpntli adv. _10.pootriarchy便权制【词块学习】请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。1.别抓着不放，别大惊小怪；克服难关；忘掉_2.曾经有一个人 + who引导的从句_3.试图去做某事_4.把注意力从某事上引开_5.痔疮问题_6.如某人所言_7.小小的一部分_8.A 调整自己去适应 B_
7、9.B由 A 来补贴提供 B_10.不难想象的是_11.悄悄溜去某地_12.排便羞耻_13.女性患肠易激综合症_14.炎症性肠病_拓展练习阅读理解Think back to the last time you pooped. Was it hard or soft? Was it dark or light brown? You might find these questions uncomfortable. Yet the wastes our bodies shed can say a lot about our health. And it is hard to remember pa
8、st poops and pees well enough to describe to doctors. Theres something in those wastes not visible to the eye. But smart toilets can help.Scientists hope that one day such toilets will be able to diagnose cancer and viruses. But thats for the future. The smart toilet being developed at Stanford Univ
9、ersity can take pictures of your feces, track how often you go and measure how long each poop takes. It also can measure the number of white blood cells and types of protein in urine (尿), which could indicate an infection of the urinary tract or bladder. The data will move through the Internet to a
10、secure computer. An artificial-intelligence program then will assess the data. If it finds a problem, the program can notify a patients doctor.But how will the toilet know who is on the seat? Seung-min Park, a biomedical engineer on the project, and his team use a scanner to image the butt. The user
11、 just sits down on the seat. An image of the butt will later be used to identify data obtained from that persons toilet visit.However, potential users may not want to have a camera underneath their butts, Park says. So on the next model, his team will replace the camera with an infrared or laser sca
12、nner.Scanning ones privates is hardly the only privacy issue with smart toilets. The data could be misused by insurance companies or others. And some toilets might one day be able to test your DNA, containing details you dont want to share with anyone.Park appreciates such privacy concerns. However,
13、 he also thinks the benefits may outweigh the risks. “The more you expose your privacy,” he believes, “the better the health care.”37.What do we know about the smart toilet being developed at Stanford?A.It helps diagnose cancer and viruses.B.It can provide information about a potential disease of us
14、ers.C.It can inform the doctor if a problem appears.D.It tells the eating habits of users.38.What is the problem with smart toilets?A.They may lead to privacy invasion.B.They have limited functions.C.They may offer inaccurate diagnoses.D.They are too expensive.39.What is Parks attitude towards smart
15、 toilets?A.Contradictory.B.Critical.C.Prejudiced.D.Favorable.40.What is the best title for the passage?A.Smart Toilets Are Not So SmartB.Smart Toilets Are Invading Your PrivacyC.Smart Toilets Will Replace Traditional OnesD.Smart Toilets Will Guard Your Health外刊精选答案【词汇过关】请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。1.poop pup
16、vi. 排便，排遗2.repeatedly rpitdli adv. 重复地；习惯性地3.deed did n.事情，行为4.cubicle kjubkl n. 小隔间5.bathroom brum brm n. 洗手间6.semi-serious semisris adj. 轻微的7.breathlessly brelsli adv. 马不停蹄地；呼吸困难地；气喘吁吁地8.progressive prresv adj. 进步的9.disproportionately dsprpntli adv. 不成比例地10.pootriarchy便权制【词块学习】请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。1
17、.get over it别抓着不放，别大惊小怪；克服难关；忘掉2.There once was a person + who曾经有一个人 + who引导的从句3.in an effort to do sth.试图去做某事4.deflect attention （away）from（that）把注意力从某事上引开5.hemorrhoid problem痔疮问题6.as sb. put it如某人所言7.pockets of sth.小小的一部分8.A adapt to B A 调整自己去适应 B9.A-subsidized B由 A 来补贴提供 B10.Its not a stretch to
18、think that.不难想象的是11.sneak off to some place悄悄溜去某地12.poop shame排便羞耻13.irritable bowel syndrome女性患肠易激综合症14.inflammatory bowel disease炎症性肠病【全文翻译】女人也会便便，职场女性不例外，别再大惊小怪曾经有一个女人为了上个厕所，经常从曼哈顿中城的办公室步行至街对面的一家酒店，而她可能曾是我们当中的任何一个人。她有一位在别处工作的女性朋友，曾长期强迫自己的身体快速完成排便，甚至跑着来回于工位和厕所之间，试图避免让人注意到她可能是去排便，结果得了轻微痔疮。正如她的前同事所言：“她排便的速度和小便一样快。”也许我们正生活在这样一个时代里：企业界的一些公司正马不停蹄地投入人力物力以适应女性的需求，例如补贴卫生棉条、举办薪资研讨会以及设立哺乳室。但即便是在世界上最为进步的工作场所，也不难想象这样的场景：一位女性高管前一刻还在意气风发地主持会议，下一秒却悄悄溜到另一层楼去一泻千里。排便羞耻是真实存在的，而且它对女性影响更甚，因为女性患肠易激综合症和炎症性肠病的几率更高。换言之，父权制的毒素已然渗入女性的肠道。我们姑且称其为“便权制”。拓展练习阅读理解参考答案37.B 38.A 39.D 40.D
