words and phases
perm烫发
moisten使潮湿
seamless无缝的
tap轻拍
hushed寂静的
knowingly会意地，故意地
scalp头皮
lineage血统，门第
precede高于，先于
stunning绝妙的，绝色的，令人震惊的
trimming装饰
forgo放弃
tuxedo男用小晚礼服
fluffy松软的
lengthy过长的，冗长的
jot down草草记下
procession行列，队伍
henna一种棕红色染剂
tempo节奏，音速度
exhaustion精疲力竭
tenderness柔嫩
bedridden卧床不起的
morphine吗啡
sizzling极热的
spinach菠菜
lace our fingers together牵手
poplar杨树
shiver颤抖
makeshift临时的
mosque清真寺
rug厚毯子
the deceased死者
windshield挡风玻璃
indignity无礼，侮辱
on their own terms用自己的方式
cemetery墓地
shovelful一铲
maple枫树
unplug拔去
snippet碎片
in clusters一簇
a winding gravel path一条布满砂砾的曲折小道
hedge树篱
a bouquet of一束
headstone墓碑
migraine偏头痛
pain subsided疼痛消退
bloodshot充满血丝的
petty微小的
sulk生气
don穿上
wind缠绕
geranium天竺葵花
orchid植兰花
malady弊病，疾病
flutter飘动
monologue独白，滔滔不绝的话
rampage横冲直撞，暴跳如雷
prior在前的，优先的
break down离开，跑开
wedlock已婚状态
dab轻拭
tears squeeze out挤出泪水
slur含糊地说
pull away开走
double standard双重标准
maverick有独立意见者
housewarming乔迁
freesia小苍兰
dreadfully极其，非常
aisle过道
chagrin懊恼，悔恨
ministry position政府公职
hold back踌躇，克制
attorney律师
hiss发出嘶嘶声
posh上流社会的，时髦的
be a whole lot better than要比……好得多
bruise伤害
query问题，疑问
slaughter屠杀
a sheen of……的光辉
moisture水气
rage on激烈进行
puppet government傀儡政府
flock to人群涌向
daunting看上去吓人的
overt公开的，毫无掩饰的
query询问，疑问
allude间接提及，影射
perk up提神，活跃起来
in a terse voice以一种简洁的语调
round-bellied圆肚子的
plump肥胖的
be littered with充斥着
trundle滚动
notch水平，等级
lab slip化验单
ultrasound超声波
hysteroscopy子宫镜检查
uterus子宫
snap off脱开
letax gloves乳胶手套
infertility不孕
meticulous细致的
gown礼服，长袍
sterile不育的
specimen样本
grill trout烤鳟鱼
honeysuckle忍冬
caress爱抚
ambivalent矛盾的
rev up加速，刺激
equation相等，均衡
linger on逗留
potted geranium盆栽的天竺葵
peaked苍白的，憔悴的
sun deck日光甲板
fire pit火炉
bemoan哀悼
well-intended用意良好的
overbearing专横的，霸道的
screen door纱门，屏蔽门
cricket蟋蟀
chirp唧唧叫
womb子宫
seep into渗透
sentences
*I had relieved her of the greatest fear of every Afghan mother:that no honorable khastegar would ask for her daughter's hand.That her daughter would age alone,husbandless,childless.Every woman needed a husband.Even if he did silence the song in her. *
In this part,Amir considered himself as a saver who lifted Soraya out of a husbandless and childless situation.From his standpoint,marrying a woman was a gift for a man like him,even at the price of silencing the song in her.Soraya's mom was silenced by her husband who wouldn't allow her to sing in the public,even for once.
Nowadays,marriage for women is not that important in China,especially in big cities.But it is still disturbing to think that young singles have gotten through in every Spring Festival,most of them are still in their early 20s.How long will it take for people to understand that marriage is an optional instead of a necessary choice?
Gender equality is far from achieving.That's why even in America,a democratic nation boasted as the shining example of freedom,people elected Donald Trump to be the president who claimed to grab a woman's pussy without feeling ashamed.That's why women are being discriminated in the workplaces when they try to find jobs.That's why cohabitation brings women more gossips and pointed fingers while some men morbidly treasure girls' hymen and the First Night without taking a little bit notice of themselves.
"I didn't step out of the house for weeks.And when I did,I heard whispers or imagined them everywhere I went.That was four years ago and three thousand miles away and I'm still hearing them."
In a modern society like ours,in this new Internet era,people are more easily traced and there is no place to hide as long as you use Internet.So if you,unluckily,get involved into a not so good thing,for example having an affair,and be posted on the website.Then you'll absolutely get loads of messages to criticize you or even curse you for a long time to go until another thing occurs and shifts the public's attention.
So just a little advice,please do think twice before typing your own comments.
a feminist's speech
Ashley Judd’s Speech at the Women’s March
Washington, D.C.
January 21, 2017
Michael.
My name is Ashley Judd, and I am a feminist. And I want to say hello to Independence Avenue in the back, all the way down to 17th Street, and I bring you words from Nina Donovan, a 19-year-old in Middle Tennessee. She has given me the privilege of telling you what she has to say: I am a nasty woman.
Independence Avenue独立大道
Tennessee田纳西州
I’m not as nasty as a man who looks like he bathes in Cheeto dust – a man whose words are a distract to America; Electoral College-sanctioned hate speech contaminating this national anthem.
I am not as nasty as Confederate flags being tattooed across my city. Maybe the South actually is gonna rise again; maybe for some, it never really fell. Blacks are still in shackles and graves just for being Black. Slavery has been reinterpreted as the prison system in front of people who see melanin as animal skin.
Confederate flags联邦星条旗
in shackles and graves在枷锁和坟墓中
reinterprete重新解释，重新诠释
the prison system监狱体制
melanin黑色素
I am not as nasty as a swastika painted on a pride flag. And I didn’t know devils could be resurrected, but I feel Hitler in these streets – a mustache traded for a toupee; Nazis renamed the cabinet electoral conversion therapy, the new gas chamber, shaming the gay out of America, turning rainbows into suicide notes.
swastika万字符
resurrect复兴，起死回生
toupee男用小型遮秃假发
gas chamber毒气室
suicide notes自杀遗言
I am not as nasty as racism, fraud, conflict of interest, homophobia, sexual assault, transphobia, white supremacy, misogyny, ignorance, white privilege.
conflict of interest利益冲突
homophobia恐同症
sexual assault性侵犯
transphobia跨性别恐惧
white supremacy白人至上
misogyny厌女症
white privilege白种优势
I’m not as nasty as using little girls like Pokémon before their bodies have even developed.
Pokémon口袋妖怪
I am not as nasty as your own daughter being your favorite sex symbol – like your wet dreams infused with your own genes.
sex symbol性符号
wet dreams梦遗
infuse with灌输，灌入
But yah, I am a nasty woman – a loud vulgar, proud woman.
I’m not nasty like the combo of Trump and Pence being served up to me in my voting booth.
vulgar粗俗的，不堪的
the combo of的组合
I’m nasty like the battles my grandmothers fought to get me into that voting booth.
I’m nasty like the fight for wage equality. Scarlett Johansson, why were the female actors paid less than half of what the male actors earned last year? See, even when we do go into higher-paying jobs, our wages are still cut with blades, sharpened by testosterone. Why is the work of a black woman and a Hispanic woman worth only 63 and 54 cents of a white man’s privileged daughter? This is not a feminist myth. This is inequality.
Scarlett Johansson斯嘉丽·约翰逊
testosterone睾酮素
Hispanic拉丁美洲国家的
So we are not here to be debunked. We are here to be respected. We are here to be nasty.
debunk批判，拆穿真相
I am nasty like my bloodstains on my bed sheets. We don’t actually choose if and when to have our periods. Believe me, if we could, some of us would. We don’t like throwing away our favorite pairs of underpants. Tell me, why are pads and Tampax still…well, there’s a brand name…why are tampons and pads still taxed when Viagra and Rogaine are not? Is your erection really more than protecting the sacred messy part of my womanhood? Is the bloodstain on my jeans more embarrassing than the thinning of your hair?
bloodstain血迹
pad护垫
tampon卫生棉条
Tampax丹碧丝
Viagra万艾可
Rogaine落健
erection阴茎勃起
womanhood女性
thinning稀疏的
I know it is hard to look at your own entitlement and privilege. You may be afraid of the truth. I am unafraid to be honest. It may sound petty bringing up a few extra cents. It adds up to the pile of change I have yet to see in my country.
entitlement权益
privilege特殊利益，优惠待遇
petty细小的，微不足道的
I can’t see. My eyes are too busy praying to my feet – hoping you don’t mistake eye contact for wanting physical contact. Half my life, I have been zipping up my smile – hoping you don’t think I wanna unzip your jeans.
I am unafraid to be nasty because I am nasty like Susan, Elizabeth, Eleanor, Amelia, Rosa, Gloria, Condoleezza, Sonia, Malala, Michelle, Hillary.
And our pussies ain’t for grabbin’. They’re for reminding you that our walls are stronger than America’s ever will be. Our pussies are for our pleasure. They are for birthing new generations of filthy, vulgar, nasty, proud, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Sheikh – you name it – for new generations of nasty women.
pussy阴道
filthy肮脏的，污秽的
vulgar粗俗的
nasty讨厌的
Sheikh酋长，长老
So if you are a nasty woman or love one who is, let me hear you say:
Hell Yeah!
Hell Yeah!
Hell Yeah!
I love you. Thank you.