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______________ a typical construction site. The heavy machinery and the work trucks ________________ lumber and steel. Now ______________ the construction crew hard at work in their DayGlo vests and hard hats, their tool belts __________________ dusty dungarees. Now ______________________________________________________________. So if you just had a brief moment of ______________ __________ , you're probably not the only one. Our stereotypical _______________ of the ____________________________________________ is male. And _____________________________, it's not hard to see why. Only______________________of the ______________________ in the US is female. And that includes ________________________________. _____________________lines of actual construction sites, only four percent of construction workers are female. Four percent. Just one in 25. That's totally__________________. But it's also __________________, both for women and for__________________. A new ___________________________________: carpenters, welders, electricians and masons, are __________________________________________________________, _______________________their power tools, ______________________ and new ideas about who can and should ________________________________________________________. I _____________________ help more women _______________________________________________. Because these are exciting, ______________________ and __________________ jobs.
Picture a typical construction site. The heavy machinery and the work trucks filled with lumber and steel. Now picture the construction crew hard at work in their DayGlo vests and hard hats, their tool belts slung over dusty dungarees.
想象一个典型的建筑工地。重型机械和装满木材和钢材的工作卡车。现在想象一下，努力工作的建筑工人穿着DayGlo背心，戴着安全帽，他们的工具带悬挂在尘土飞扬的工作服上。
picture这里名词作为动词用，想象...的画面 construction [kənˈstrʌkʃn] n.建设;施工; lumber [ˈlʌmbər] n.木材; steel [stiːl] n.钢 vt.下决心对付 hard hat 安全帽 slung over sth 悬挂在某物上 dungaree n.工装裤 filled 这里是动词的过去分词，做定语，限定修饰定语前的名词truck，译为装满... 类似的用法比如： frozen food 冷冻食品 closed shop 关门的商店 written language 书面语言 retired worker 退休工人
Now picture that that crew is all women. So if you just had a brief moment of cognitive dissonance, you're probably not the only one. Our stereotypical image of the construction worker is male. And by the numbers, it's not hard to see why. Only 11 percent of the construction industry in the US is female. And that includes operational positions.
那再想象一下那些工人都是女性。如果你觉得这不符合认知常理，不是你一个人有这种感受。我们对于建筑工人的固有印象就是男性。通过数据来看，原因就更显而易见。在美国只有11%的建筑工人是女性。而且这个数据还包括了运营岗位的工作。
that that 这里不是作者结巴，而是确实需要两个that，第一个 "that" 引导的是一个宾语从句，作为动词 "picture" 的宾语；第二个"that"是指示代词，用来指代前文提到的 "crew" cognitive [ˈkɑːɡnətɪv] a. 认知的 dissonance [ˈdɪsənəns] n. 不一致、不和谐 stereotypically [ˌsteriəˈtɪpɪkli] adv.刻板印象地；带有成见地 operational positions 运营岗位
On the front lines of actual construction sites, only four percent of construction workers are female. Four percent. Just one in 25. That's totally unacceptable. But it's also a huge opportunity, both for women and for the trades.
而真正在建筑工地前线的，只有4%的建筑工人是女性。4%，即二十五分之一。这实在令人无法接受。但这对女性和这个行业来说也是一个巨大的机会。
Four percent. Just one in 25. 常见的表达分数或百分数的方式：（以4% 、即1/25 举例） one in 25 one twenty-fifth 分子是基数词/分母是序数词 （分数所表示的是整体中的一部分，而这一部分是按照顺序来划分的，所以分子用基础词，分母用序数词，比如one second 二分之一； one third 三分之一； one fourth 或 one quarter 四分之一） one out of twenty-five / 4 out of 100 four percent
A new wave of tradeswomen: carpenters, welders, electricians and masons, are rising through the ranks, armed with their power tools, creative thinking and new ideas about who can and should get to build our world.
新一波的女性职业者—木匠、焊工、电工和泥瓦匠，正通过他们有力量的工具、创造性思维以及关于谁能够和应该建设我们的世界的新想法，不断晋升。
建筑业相关的职业： carpenter [ˈkɑ:rpəntər] n.木工;木匠 welder [ˈweldər] n. 焊工 electrician [ɪˌlekˈtrɪʃn] n. 电工 mason [ˈmeɪsn] n. 石匠，瓦匠 rise through the ranks 排名上升 creative thinking 打破常规的想法；创造性思维
I am determined to help more women enter into and grow in the trades. Because these are exciting, well-paying and essential jobs.
我致力于帮助更多的女性在这个行业中立足并成长，因为建筑是令人兴奋、高薪、且不可或缺的职业。
be determined to do sth 下决心做/致力于做某事 enter into and grow in the trades 在这个行业中立足和成长 essential [ɪˈsenʃl] adj本质的；必不可少的