双语有声阅读：每个女人都应该知道

Every Woman Should Know……

每个女人都应该知道……

 

Every woman should know how to fall in love without losing herself…

每个女人都应该知道如何陷入情网但不迷失自我……

 

Every woman should know how she feels about having kids...

每个女人都应该知道有了孩子会有什么感受……

 

Every woman should know how to quit a job, break up with a lover, and confront a friend without ruining the friendship...

每个女人都应该知道如何辞去一份工作，如何与一位恋人分手，如何与一位朋友发生冲突而 不致断送友情……

 

Every woman should know when to try harder and when to walk away...

每个女人都应该知道何时应再努一把力，何时应抽身而去……

 

Every woman should know how to have a good time at a party she’d never choose to attend...

每个女人都应该知道如何在一个自己绝不会主动参加的晚会上过得愉快……

 

Every woman should know how to ask for what she wants in a way that makes it most likely she’ll get it...

每个女人都应该知道如何巧妙地达到目的，得到自己想要的……

 

Every woman should know that she can’t change the length of her calves¹, the width of her hips², or the nature of her parents...

每个女人都应该知道她无法改变她小腿的长度，她臀部的宽度，和她父母的本性……

 

Every woman should know that her childhood may not have been perfect... but it’s over...

每个女人都应该知道她的童年也许并不完美……但那已成为往事……

 

Every woman should know what she would and wouldn’t do for love or more...

每个女人都应该知道为了爱，她该做什么，不该做什么……

 

Every woman should know how to live alone, even if she doesn’t like it...

每个女人都应该知道如何独处，尽管她并不喜欢那样……

 

Every woman should know whom she can trust, whom she can’t, and why she shouldn’t take it personally...

每个女人都应该知道谁可以信任，谁不可信任，又为何不该从个人角度去判断……

 

Every woman should know where to go... be it to her best friend’s kitchen table... or a charming inn in the woods... when her soul needs soothing³...

每个女人都应该知道该去哪里 ??是去她最好朋友家里的厨房，还是去树林中那迷人的小木屋 ??当她的心灵需要抚慰的时候……

 

Every woman should know what she can and can’t accomplish in a day... a month... and a year...

每个女人都应该知道一天内、一月里、一年中她能做成什么，又无法做成什么……

1 calves   

n.(calf的复数)笨拙的男子，腓；腿肚子( calf的名词复数 )；牛犊；腓；小腿肚v.生小牛( calve的第三人称单数 )；（冰川）崩解；生（小牛等），产（犊）；使（冰川）崩解

参考例句：

• a cow suckling her calves 给小牛吃奶的母牛
• The calves are grazed intensively during their first season. 小牛在生长的第一季里集中喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 hips   

abbr.high impact polystyrene 高冲击强度聚苯乙烯，耐冲性聚苯乙烯n.臀部( hip的名词复数 )；[建筑学]屋脊；臀围（尺寸）；臀部…的

参考例句：

• She stood with her hands on her hips. 她双手叉腰站着。
• They wiggled their hips to the sound of pop music. 他们随着流行音乐的声音摇晃着臀部。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 soothing   

adj.慰藉的；使人宽心的；镇静的

参考例句：

• Put on some nice soothing music.播放一些柔和舒缓的音乐。
• His casual, relaxed manner was very soothing.他随意而放松的举动让人很快便平静下来。