雅思口语素材：International Women#039;s Day(国际妇女节)
<p> <span word="International">International</span> <span word="Womens">Womens</span> <span word="Day">Day</span></p><p> <span word="March">March</span> 8</p><p> <span word="International">International</span> <span word="Womens">Womens</span> <span word="Day">Day</span> is an occasion marked by womens groups around the world. This date is also commemorated at the United Nations and is designated in many countries as a national holiday. When women on all continents, often divided by national boundaries and by ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic and political differences, come together to celebrate their Day, they can look back to a tradition that represents at least nine decades of struggle for equality, justice, peace and development.</p><p> <span word="International">International</span> <span word="Womens">Womens</span> <span word="Day">Day</span> is the story of ordinary women as makers of history; it is rooted in the centuries-old struggle of women to participate in society on an equal footing with men. In ancient Greece, Lysistrata initiated a sexual strike against men in order to end war; during the French Revolution, Parisian women calling for liberty, equality, fraternity marched on Versailles to demand womens suffrage.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="International">International</span> <span word="Womens">Womens</span> <span word="Day">Day</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="arose">arose</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="turn">turn</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="century">century</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="industrialized">industrialized</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="period">period</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="expansion">expansion</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="turbulence">turbulence</span>, <span word="booming">booming</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="growth">growth</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="radical">radical</span> <span word="ideologies">ideologies</span>.</p><p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="before">before</span> 1910, <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="turn">turn</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> 20<span word="th">th</span> <span word="century">century</span>, <span word="women">women</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="industrially">industrially</span> <span word="developing">developing</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="entering">entering</span> <span word="paid">paid</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span>. <span word="Their">Their</span> <span word="jobs">jobs</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="sex">sex</span> <span word="segregated">segregated</span>, <span word="mainly">mainly</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="textiles">textiles</span>, <span word="manufacturing">manufacturing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="domestic">domestic</span> <span word="services">services</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="conditions">conditions</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="wretched">wretched</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="wages">wages</span> <span word="worse">worse</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="depressed">depressed</span>. <span word="Trade">Trade</span> <span word="unions">unions</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="developing">developing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="industrial">industrial</span> <span word="disputes">disputes</span> <span word="broke">broke</span> <span word="out">out</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="sections">sections</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="non">non</span>-<span word="unionised">unionised</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="workers">workers</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="flames">flames</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="revolution">revolution</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="kindled">kindled</span>.</p>
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