英语故事:男女大不同

1. SUCCESS 从对成功的定义看……

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
成功的男人就是：挣得永远比老婆花得多。

A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
成功的女人就是：能找到上述那样的老公。

2. FUTURE 从对未来的看法看……

A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
女人直到找到老公前都在担心未来。

A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
男人直到找到老婆后才开始担心未来。

3. MARRIAGE 从对婚姻的看法看……

A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn\'t.
女人嫁给一个男人，希望他能改变，可他不。

A man marries a woman expecting that she won\'t change! And she does.
男人娶了一个女人，希望她永远不变，可她变了。

4. DRESSING UP 从穿着看……

A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the garbage, answer the phone, read a book, and get the mail.
买东西，浇花，倒垃圾，接电话，读书和取信的时候，女人都会打扮。

A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.
看到男人穿的正式点，那不是去婚礼就是去葬礼。

5. NATURAL 从容貌的真实度看……

Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed.
男人起床后和上床前看起来差不多。

Women somehow deteriorate during the night.
女人过了一晚上的容颜会变糟。

 
6. NAMES 从朋友间的称呼看……

If Laurie, Linda, Elizabeth and Barbara go out for lunch, they will call each other Laurie, Linda, Elizabeth and Barbara.
如果劳瑞，琳达，伊丽莎白和芭芭拉出去吃饭，她们会互相称呼彼此为劳瑞，琳达，伊丽莎白和芭芭拉。

If Mark, Chris, Eric and Tom go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Godzilla, Peanut-Head and Scrappy.
如果马克，克里斯，埃里克和汤姆出去吃饭，他们会亲切地称对方为胖子，怪兽，傻瓜和刺儿头。

12. OFFSPRING 从对孩子的态度看…

A woman know all about her children. She knows about romances, best friends, favorite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams.
女人了解孩子的方方面面，包括他们的罗曼史，好朋友，喜欢的食物，心底的恐惧、希望以及梦想。

A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.
男人模模糊糊地知道和一些小人儿们住在一起。