2018年6月大学英语六级听力常考时文：A Growing Number of American Men Get Alimony

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　　1.According to divorce lawyers, how many men could get alimony five years
ago? ...
        　　2.According to Kathryn Retting, what must women do, if they want equality
under the law? Take the responsibility for ...
        　　3.Why do some women prefer to pay alimony rather than give property?
Because alimony is ...
        　　Across the country, a growing number of divorced men are getting alimony
from their former wives. While far more women receive alimony than men, divorce
lawyers estimate that 5% to 10% of their male clients now get such payments, up
from only 3% five years ago. Men seeking financial support from the rich and
famous ex-wives have made headlines in recent years. But the ranks of
ex-husbands getting alimony from their former spouses now are as likely to
include the guy around the corner who gets a monthly check from an ex-wife whose
bank account is fatter than his. “Women are getting better, higher-paying jobs
at the same time that men’s wages are decreasing,” says Kathryn Rettig, a
sociologist at the University of Minnesota, explaining why the number of men
receiving alimony is increasing. She adds， “If women want equality under the
law, they have to take the responsibility for supporting dependent spouses.”
Like women, men are being awarded alimony for a few years as compensation for
putting their wives through college or graduate school or for following
transferred spouses around the country. And, like women, men are persuading
judges to award them alimony indefinitely if they are sick or disabled or have
stayed home to raise children. In out-of-court settlements, high-income women
are even agreeing to pay alimony to their ex-husbands instead of giving them
some property because alimony is tax-deductible.