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On average, women are paid about 20 percent less than men.

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人們對男女工資差距的忽略 (What people miss about the gender wage gap)

Part of the wage gap reflects the fact that women are concentrated in lower-paying occupations.

部分的薪資差距反映出女性多半得到較低薪資工作機會的事實。

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學習重點

1. reflect反映

reflect

[rɪˋflɛkt](v.)反映

2. concentrate集中

concentrate

[ˋkɑnsɛn͵tret](v.)集中

3. occupation職業; 工作

occupation

[͵ɑkjəˋpeʃən](n.)職業; 工作

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Intro:

G’day VoiceTubers, welcome back. I’m your Monday host, Jenny. Did you know that September 18th is the annual International Equal Pay Day? The Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC) started this holiday in 2019 to raise awareness on the topic of the gender pay gap. You can watch our video of the day to learn more about this issue. But before you do that, let’s take a look at our pronunciation challenge sentence and vocabulary words.

Sentence:
Part of the wage gap reflects the fact that women are concentrated in lower-paying occupations.
部分的薪資差距反映出女性多半得到較低薪資工作機會的事實。

Pronunciation tip:

part of: linking words
reflect: the two ‘e’s have different sounds
women: is the plural version of woman. One woman, two women.

Vocabulary:
1. reflect (v.) KK [rɪˋflɛkt] IPA /rɪˈflekt/
反映 to show, express or be a sign of something.

Example:
As my son gets older, I often reflect back on the time when he was still a baby.
隨著兒子長大，我經常回想起他還是個嬰兒的時候。

2. concentrate (v.) KK [ˋkɑnsɛn͵tret] IPA /ˈkɑːn.sən.treɪt/
集中 to bring or come together in a large number or amount in one particular area.

Example:
It’s hard for me to concentrate when there’s too much noise around me.
當我周圍有太多噪音時，我很難集中注意力。

3. occupation KK [͵ɑkjəˋpeʃən] IPA /ˌɑː.kjəˈpeɪ.ʃən/
職業; 工作 a person’s job

Example:
Catching the flu is unfortunately an occupational hazard when you are a school teacher.
不幸的是，當你是一名學校教師時，感染流感是一種職業危害。

Outro:

The gender pay gap or gender wage gap is the average difference between the remuneration for men and women who are working. Countless bureau research has been done around the world and on average, women are paid about 20 percent less than men. An obvious reason stems from the ‘motherhood penalty’ as women are likely to take absences from work due to their ‘womanly’ duties.

Surprisingly (or not so surprisingly), women are under-represented in decision-making roles in the workforce. Women also carry out at least 2.5 times more unpaid work than men. And a lot of women took the hardest hit during the covid-19 pandemic as school and daycare closures had a substantial effect on working mothers’ ability to fulfill their work obligations.

In recent years, more and more governments and large corporations are proposing to address the gender wage gap through transparency and information sharing. However, at the current rate of progress, four more generations of women will have to wait until the global gender pay gap is closed.

And that’s it guys, time for me to wrap up today’s episode. The key to improving your English pronunciation is to listen more and also practice your speaking skills more. A lot of you are doing a great job with your voice recordings. Please keep up the good work and I’ll see you here again next week!