【双语有声阅读】做男人/女人真棒,因为……(上)

It's Great to Be a Guy/Woman Because...

 

做男人/女人真棒，因为……

It's Great to Be a Guy Because...

我想成为一个男子汗因为……

Our last name stays put.

称谓还等着我们去填写。

We can be President.

我们可能称谓总统。

The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades.

几年保持同一个发型，也许是十年。

Car mechanics tell us the truth.

汽车修理师告诉我们一个真理。

We don't give a darn if someone doesn't notice our new haircut.

如果没有人注意我们的新发型，我们也就不关心。

Same work... more pay.

同一个工作，更多的收入。

Gray hair and wrinkles add character.

灰白的头发，脸上的皱纹塑造着性格。

People never glance at our chest when we're talking to them.

当我们和人们交谈的时候，他们不在意我们的胸怀。

The occasional belch¹ is practically expected.

一次偶然的打嗝是预测不到的。

New shoes don't cut, blister², or mangle³ our feet.

新鞋不会刺痛，磨伤和损坏我们的双脚。

One mood, all the time.

总是保持一种心情。

Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat.

电话通话保持在30秒内。

We know stuff about tanks and airplanes.

我们知道有关坦克和飞机的事物。

We don't have to pretend we're "freshening up" to use the bathroom.

我们不必假装我们很干净地使用浴室。

Bathroom lines are 80% shorter.

浴室排队的人减少了80%。

Old friends don't care if we've lost or gained weight.

我们的老朋友并不关系我们是否减轻了或者是增加了体重。

When surfing channels, we don't have to stop on every shot of someone crying.

当我们搜索频道的时候，我们不会因为有在哭的场景电视节目而停下来。

We can be showered and ready in 10 minutes.

我们十分钟就能淋浴洗好澡。

If someone forgets to invite us something, they can still be our friend.

如果有人忘记邀请我们，我们还可以是朋友。

None of our co-workers have the power to make us cry.

我们的同事谁都不会让我们感到悲伤。

We can whip our shirt off on a hot day.

天气炎热的时候我们的衬衣会因为流汗被打湿。

A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase.

一个五天的小假期只需要一个小提箱。

1 belch   

v.打嗝，喷出

参考例句：

• Cucumber makes me belch.黃瓜吃得我打嗝。
• Plant chimneys belch out dense smoke.工厂的烟囱冒出滚滚浓烟。

2 blister   

n.水疱；(油漆等的)气泡；v.(使)起泡

参考例句：

• I got a huge blister on my foot and I couldn't run any farther.我脚上长了一个大水泡，没办法继续跑。
• I have a blister on my heel because my shoe is too tight.鞋子太紧了，我脚后跟起了个泡。

3 mangle   

vt.乱砍，撕裂，破坏，毁损，损坏，轧布

参考例句：

• New shoes don't cut,blister,or mangle his feet.新鞋子不会硌脚、起泡或让脚受伤。
• Mangle doesn't increase the damage of Maul and Shred anymore.裂伤不再增加重殴和撕碎的伤害。