For many women nowadays, choosing whether to work or not to
work outside the home is a luxury: They must work to (26) .
Others face a hard decision. Perhaps the easiest choice has to
do with (27) . One husband said, "Marge and I decided after
careful consideration that for her to go back to work at this moment was an
extravagance we couldn’t (28) . "With two preschool children,
it soon became clear in their figuring that with babysitters, (29)
, and increased taxes, rather than having more money by having a
working mother, they might (30) end up with less.
Economic factors are usually the first to be (31) , but
they are not the most important. The most important aspects of the decision have
to do with the (32) needs of each member of the family. It is
in this area that husbands and wives find themselves having to face many
confusing and (33) feelings. There are many
women who find that homemaking is boring or who feel imprisoned if they have to
stay home with a young child or several children. (34)
. From my own experience, I would like to suggest that
sometimes the decision to go back to work is made in too much haste.
(35) . I wasn’t mature enough to see how much I could have
gained at home. I regret my impatience to get on with my career. (36)
.
【参考答案】
On the other hand, there are women who think that homemaking......