雙語閱讀：男性干家務常被女性忽視

　　摘要：一項調查稱，男性所做的家務活遠比他們得到承認的多。女人之所以對他們的貢獻“視而不見”，是因為他們不會表功。

　　Men do far more housework than they are givencredit for, according to research that claims womendo not notice because their male partners "don'tmake a fuss".

　　Men said they spent 13 hours a week on householdchores including cleaning the lavatory, taking out therubbish and changing the bed linen.

　　一項調查稱，男性所做的家務活遠比他們得到承認的多。女人之所以對他們的貢獻“視而不見”，是因為他們不會表功。

　　調查顯示，男性每周在做家務活上所花的時間為13個小時，這其中包括打掃衛生間、倒垃圾和換床單等。

　　But 60 per cent of the 1000 men questioned said their efforts were unnoticed by the woman intheir lives because they did not like to make a fuss.

　　在1000名受訪男性中，有60%的人說他們的努力常被伴侶忽視，這主要是因為他們不喜歡邀功。

　　Almost half said they felt women were more prone to showing off about the amount ofhousework they take on.

　　近一半的男性認為女性更喜歡把自己干了多少活掛在嘴邊。

　　The task most men said they did was taking out the rubbish – with 85 per cent claiming credit.Carrying the shopping bags was the second most popular chore among men, with 80 per centsaying they take the weight off their wife's shoulders.

　　根據調查結果，男性做得最多的家務活是倒垃圾，其中85%的人承擔這一任務。其次是購物時幫忙拎東西，有80%的男性通過這種方式為妻子減輕負擔。

　　Food shopping came in third place – with 78 per cent saying they are responsible for restockingthe fridge each week.

　　采購食品排在第三，78%的男性說他們每周負責把冰箱填滿。

　　The research by Dove, the beauty brand, found men spend 4.7 hours a week on housework aswell as 1.5 hours on DIY and 6.9 hours on childcare.

　　這項由多芬護膚品公司開展的調查發現，男性每周花4.7個小時干家務，1.5個小時做一些水管電工活，6.9個小時照看孩子。

　　Paul Connell, brand manager of Dove Men Care, said: "Our research shows that modern menare becoming more vocal about the contribution they make in the home, and the popularstereotype of men doing nothing around the house is no longer accurate."

　　多芬男士護膚品的品牌經理保羅·康奈爾說：“我們的調查顯示，現代男性更愛直言說出他們對家庭所做的貢獻，那種認為男性在家什么也不做的看法現在該改改了。”

　　相關閱讀：家務的英語怎么說

　　housework

　　household duties

　　menage

　　house-hold

　　house work

　　雙語例句：

　　他一做家務事就裝成舍生取義的樣子。

　　He always acts the martyr when he has to do the housework.

　　他們平等分擔家務。

　　They share the housework equally between them.

　　我們有個女仆干家務活兒。

　　We have a maid to do the housework.

　　我的周末全用在做家務上了。

　　My weekend was dominated by housework.

　　我們將早起并且做點家務。

　　We will get up early and do some housework.

　　家務勞動使母親整天忙忙碌碌。

　　Housework keeps mother on the fly all day.

　　我們輪流做家務。

　　We alternate in doing the housework.

　　電力應用于家務上使做家務事容易多了。

　　The appliance of electricity to household tasks makes housework much easier.

　　他每周用兩個小時的時間做家務。

　　It takes him two hours every week to do the housework.

　　我很討厭單調的日常家務。

　　I hate the daily grind of the housework.