跟读练习: Emma Watson to United Nations: I'm a feminist - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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I was appointed as Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women six months ago, and the more I've spoken about feminism, the more I have realized that fighting for women's rights
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I was appointed as Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women six months ago, and the more I've spoken about feminism, the more I have realized that fighting for women's rights
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has too often become synonymous with man-hating.
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If there is one thing I know for certain, it is that this has to stop.
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For the record, feminism by definition is the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities.
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It is the theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexes.
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I started questioning gender-based assumptions a long time ago.
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when I was eight, I was confused by being called bossy because I wanted to direct the plays that we would put on for our parents.
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But the boys were not.
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When at 14, I started to be sexualized by certain elements of the media.
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When at 15, my girlfriends started dropping out of their beloved sports teams because they didn't want to appear muscly.
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when at 18, my male friends were unable to express their feelings.
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I decided that I was a feminist, and this seemed uncomplicated to me.
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But my recent research has shown me that feminism has become an unpopular word.
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Women are choosing not to identify as feminists.
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Apparently, I am among the ranks of women Whose expressions are seen as too strong Too aggressive Isolating
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And anti-men Unattractive, even Why has the word become such an uncomfortable one?
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I am from Britain, and I think it is right that I am paid the same as my male counterparts.
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I think it is right that I should be able to make decisions about my own body.
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I think...
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I think it is right that
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women be involved on my behalf in the policies and the decisions that will affect my life.
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I think it is right that socially I am afforded the same respect as men.
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But sadly, I can say that there is no one country in the world where all women can expect to receive these rights.
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No country in the world can yet say that they have achieved gender equality.
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These rights I consider to be human rights, but I am one of the lucky ones.
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My life is a sheer privilege because my parents didn't love me less because I was born a daughter.
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My school did not limit me because I was a girl.
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My mentors didn't assume that I would go less far because I might give birth to a child one day.
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These influences were the gender equality ambassadors that made me who I am today.
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They may not know it, but they are the inadvertent feminists who are changing the world today.
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We need more of those.
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And if you still hate the word, it is not the word that is important.
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It's the idea and the ambition behind it.
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Because not all women have received the same rights that I have.
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In fact, statistically, very few have been.
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In 1997, Hillary Clinton made a famous speech in Beijing about women's rights.
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Sadly, many of the things that she wanted to change are still true today.
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But what stood out for me the most was that less than 30% of the audience were male.
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How can we affect change in the world when only half of it is invited or feel welcome to participate in the conversation?
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Men, I would like to take this opportunity to extend your formal invitation.
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invitation.
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Gender equality is your issue too.
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Because to date, I've seen my father's role as a parent being valued less by society, despite my needing his presence as a child as much as my mother's.
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I've seen young men suffering from mental illness, unable to ask for help, for fear it would make them less of a man, or less of a man.
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In fact, in the UK, suicide is the biggest killer of men, between 20 to 49, eclipsing road accidents, cancer, and coronary heart disease.
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I've seen men made fragile and insecure by a distorted sense of what constitutes male success.
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Men don't have the benefits of equality either.
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We don't often talk about men being imprisoned by gender stereotypes, but I can see that they are, and that when they are free, things will change for women as a natural consequence.
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If men don't have to be aggressive in order to be accepted, women won't feel compelled to be submissive.
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If men don't have to control, women won't have to be controlled.
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Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive.
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both men and women should feel free to be strong.
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It is time that we all perceive gender on a spectrum instead of two sets of opposing ideals.
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If we stop defining each other by what we are not and start defining ourselves by who we are,
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we can all be freer.
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And this is what he or she is about.
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It's about freedom.
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I want men to take up this mantle so that their daughters, sisters and mothers can be free from prejudice but also so that their sons have permission to be vulnerable and human too.
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Reclaim those parts of themselves they abandoned and in doing so, be a more true and complete version of themselves.
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You might be thinking, who is this Harry Potter girl?
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And what is she doing speaking at the UN?
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And it's a really good question.
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I've been asking myself the same thing.
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All I know is that I care about this problem, and I want to make it better.
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And having seen what I've seen and given the chance, I feel it is my responsibility to say something.
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Statesman Edmund Burke said, All that is needed for the forces of evil to triumph is for good men and women to do nothing.
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In my nervousness for this speech, and in my moments of doubt, I've told myself firmly, if not me, who?
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If not now, when?
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If you have similar doubts when opportunities are presented to you, I hope that those words will be helpful.
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Because the reality is that if we do nothing,
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it will take 75 years, or for me to be nearly 100, before women can expect to be paid the same as men, for the same work.
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15.5 million girls will be married in the next 16 years as children.
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And at current rates, it won't be until 2086 before all rural African girls can have a secondary education.
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if you believe in equality you might be one of those inadvertent feminists that I
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spoke of earlier and for this I applaud you we are struggling for a uniting word but the good news is that we have a uniting movement.
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It is called He for She.
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I am inviting you to step forward, to be seen, and to ask yourself, if not me, who?
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If not now, when?
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Thank you very, very much.
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背景与背景
艾玛·沃特森在她担任联合国妇女署亲善大使的讲话中，传达了她对女性权利和性别平等的坚定信念。她强调，女权并不意味着仇恨男性，而是追求男女应享有平等的权利和机会。沃特森从自身经历出发，质疑性别歧视的存在，并指出无论是男性还是女性，都在传统性别角色的束缚下受到了限制。她呼吁更多人参与到有关性别平等的讨论中来，共同致力于改变社会中根深蒂固的刻板印象。
日常交流中的五个常用短语
- “Equal rights and opportunities” - 平等的权利和机会
- “Gender equality” - 性别平等
- “Make decisions” - 做决定
- “Mental health” - 心理健康
- “Changing the world” - 改变世界
这些短语在艾玛·沃特森的讲话中频繁出现，对于日常沟通和雅思口语练习都十分实用。在学习英语时，尝试将这些短语运用到不同的句子中，可以帮助你更好地理解其语境。
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