PeriodTwoLesson2ThePaparazziⅠ
阅读理解AAmericancollegesanduniversitiesawardedaboutonemillionsevenhundredthousandbachelor’sdegrees(学士学位)intheschoolyearendingin2010
57%ofthereceiversweregirlstudents
Yetonly18%ofthegirlstudentsearneddegreesincomputerandinformationsciences
ReshmaSaujaniwouldliketochangethat
Shestartedaprogramcalled“GirlsWhoCode”(编程女生)in2011
Hergoalistogetmoregirlsinterestedinscienceandtechnology
“It’spredictedthatwe’llhaveabout1
4millionjobsthatareopeninthenexttwentyyearsinthescienceandtechnologyrelatedfields(领域).Butonly29%ofAmericanstodayhavetheskillstoactuallyfillthosejobs
AndmanyofthoseAmericansaremen
Andlessthan20%ofwomenareactuallygoingintothetechnologyandsciencerelatedprofessions
Andsowehaveahugedifference
”Andshesaysthelownumberofwomeninthefieldsofscience,technology,enginee