向前一步:第65期 要成功 也要受欢迎(16)

 　　Our culture needs to find a robust¹ image of female success that is first, not male, and second, not a white woman on the phone, holding a crying baby. 由此看来，我们的文化需要为成功的女性找到一个固有的形象。首先，她不是女人脸男人身；其次，她不是一手拿着电话、一手搂着啼哭婴儿的白种女人。

　　In fact, these "bad mother with a briefcase²" images are so prevalent 事实上，这类“拿着公文包的差劲母亲”的形象在我们的文化中相当根深蒂固，

　　that writer Jessica Valenti collected them in a funny and poignant³ blog post called "Sad White Babies with Mean Feminist⁴ Mommies." 以至杰西卡·瓦伦蒂搜罗了一大堆资料，写了篇既风趣幽默又让人心酸的博文，题目是《女权主义的坏脾气妈妈和可怜宝宝》。

　　Until we can get there, I fear that women will continue to sacrifice being liked for being successful. 我担心在一个女性实现自己的目标之前，她会不断地为之付出不受欢迎的代价。

　　When I first arrived at Facebook, a local blog devoted⁵ some serious pixels to trashing me. 当我最初来到脸谱网时，一个博主还颇费心思地撰写博文来批评我。

　　They posted a picture of me and superimposed a gun into my hand. 他找了一张我的照片，给我手里添了一把枪，

　　They wrote "liar⁶" in big red letters across my face. 用大号的红色字母在我脸上写上了“骗子”两个字。

　　Anonymous⁷ sources labeled me "two-faced" and "about to ruin Facebook forever." 还有匿名者给我贴上了“两面派”、“她会彻底毁了脸谱网”的标签。

　　I cried. I lost some sleep. I worried that my career was over. 我为此大哭，甚至失眠，我担心自己的事业就此完蛋了。

　　Then I told myself it didn't matter. 我安慰自己说不要在意这些恶意的评价，

　　Then everyone else told me it didn't matter — which only reminded me that they were reading these awful comments too. 每个人也都告诉我不要在意——然而这只是提醒我他们也读到了这些可怕的评论。

　　I fantasized about all sorts of rejoinders, but in the end, my best response was to ignore the attacks and do my job. 我设想了所有可能的反驳之后，发现最好的回应就是无视它们，好好工作。

　　Arianna Huffington, founder⁸ of The Huffington Post, believes that learning to withstand criticism is a necessity for women. 《赫芬顿邮报》联合创始人阿里安娜·赫芬顿相信，学会接受别人的批评对女性来说是必要的一步。

1 robust   

adj.强壮的，强健的，粗野的，需要体力的，浓的

参考例句：

• She is too tall and robust.她个子太高，身体太壮。
• China wants to keep growth robust to reduce poverty and avoid job losses,AP commented.美联社评论道，中国希望保持经济强势增长，以减少贫困和失业状况。

2 briefcase   

n.手提箱，公事皮包

参考例句：

• He packed a briefcase with what might be required.他把所有可能需要的东西都装进公文包。
• He requested the old man to look after the briefcase.他请求那位老人照看这个公事包。

3 poignant   

adj.令人痛苦的，辛酸的，惨痛的

参考例句：

• His lyrics are as acerbic and poignant as they ever have been.他的歌词一如既往的犀利辛辣。
• It is especially poignant that he died on the day before his wedding.他在婚礼前一天去世了，这尤其令人悲恸。

4 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。

5 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。

6 liar   

n.说谎的人

参考例句：

• I know you for a thief and a liar!我算认识你了，一个又偷又骗的家伙！
• She was wrongly labelled a liar.她被错误地扣上说谎者的帽子。

7 anonymous   

adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的

参考例句：

• Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
• The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。

8 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。