英语名人堂：杰梅茵·格里尔

 杰梅茵·格里尔（Germaine Greer） ，1939年1月29日出生。西方著名的女权主义作家、思想家和勇敢的斗士，近代女权主义先驱，她和美国的贝蒂·弗里丹是上世纪六七十年代西方女权运动的两面旗帜，其代表作《女太监》名列西方七大女性主义著作之一，深深地影响了西方知识女性的思想和生活。已出版的书有：《女太监》、《完整的女人》、《障碍种族》、《性与命运》、《疯女人的内衣》、《莎士比亚》、《爸爸，我们几乎都不认识你》、《变化》以及《破烂的西比尔斯》。她现任瓦维克大学英文和比较文学研究教授。

Germaine Greer is an Australian-born writer, academic and journalist. She is most famous for speaking out on women’s issues. She is one of the boldest and clearest feminist¹ voices of modern times. She became a household name overnight after the publication of her best-seller ‘The Female Eunuch’. This ground-breaking book won her millions of admirers and critics alike and is still a must read.

 

Greer was born in Melbourne in 1939. She graduated from university with a degree in English and French language and literature, and moved to Sydney. She lectured at Sydney University and did her Master’s. Her MA thesis won her a scholarship, which she used to do her Ph.D. at Cambridge University at an all-women’s college.

 

Greer started writing witty² articles on gender³ issues for underground magazines. She married an Australian journalist in 1968, but the marriage lasted only three weeks due to her unfaithfulness. In 1970, ‘The Female Eunuch’ brought her instant fame. She toured the world to promote her book and investigate women’s situations in other countries. She was arrested in New Zealand for using ‘naughty words’ in a speech.

 

Greer has spent four decades writing and lecturing at universities. The constant theme in her work is that girls are feminized from childhood. She said this eventually leads women to feel powerless. She also continues to speak her mind. She criticized Australians as being "too relaxed to give a damn." In 2007, she called Princess Diana a "desperate woman seeking applause".

1 feminist   

adj.主张男女平等的，女权主义的

参考例句：

• She followed the feminist movement.她支持女权运动。
• From then on,feminist studies on literature boomed.从那时起，男女平等受教育的现象开始迅速兴起。

2 witty   

adj.机智的，风趣的

参考例句：

• Her witty remarks added a little salt to the conversation.她的妙语使谈话增添了一些风趣。
• He scored a bull's-eye in their argument with that witty retort.在他们的辩论中他那一句机智的反驳击中了要害。

3 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。