VOA慢速英语 女性在科学界面临的问题

　　For Women in Science, a World That Is With and Without Limits

　　女性在科学界面临的问题

　　VOICE ONE:

　　I'm Faith Lapidus.

　　VOICE TWO:

　　And I'm Bob Doughty with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about female scientists around the world and some of the problems they face.

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　　VOICE ONE:

　　Women have been making scientific discoveries since ancient times. More recently, women scientists have developed drugs to treat diseases like cancer, diabetes and malaria. Women have made important discoveries about the human body and improved their country's effectiveness in fighting wars.

　　Twelve women have won the Nobel Prize in science, one of the highest honors in the world. Some female scientists never married. Some worked with their husbands. Others raised large families. But it has been difficult for women to be successful scientists.

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　　In the early eighteen hundreds in England, Mary Anning became one of the first women recognized for her discoveries about the ancient history of the Earth. Mary and her father collected fossils in their village on the southern coast of Great Britain. Fossils are plants or parts of animals that have been saved in rocks for millions of years.

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