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綜合教程課文翻譯awomancanlearnanythingamancanunitteta綜合教程課文翻譯awomancanlearnanythingamancanunitteta綜合教程課文翻譯awomancanlearnanythingamancanunittetaUnit6Woman,HalftheSkyCarolynTurkworksinaprofessionthathastraditionallybeenacareerformen.Hereshetalksabouthowshecametodosoandhowhersuccessjustgoestoshowthatawomancanlearnanythingamancan.卡洛琳特克從事的職業(yè)傳統(tǒng)上向來是男人們的天下。在本文，她談到自己是怎樣干上這一行的，并經(jīng)過她的成功表示男人們能學會的事女人們也能做到。TextAAWomanCanLearnAnythingaManCanCarolynTurk男人學得會的，女人也學得會卡羅琳·特克1WhenIwasakid,everythinginmybedroomwaspink.Ihavetwosistersandwehadacompleteminiaturekitchen,aherdofMyLittlePoniesandseveralandKendolls.Wedidn'thaveanytoytrucks,G.I.Joesorbasketballs.

BarbieWedidhaveaWiffle-ballset,butyouwouldhavebeenhard-pressedtofinditinourplayroom.Tomboysweweren't.我小的時候?qū)嬍依锏拿繕訓|西都是粉紅色的。我有兩個姐妹，我們有一個千姿百態(tài)的微型廚房，一群各樣顏色的小馬駒，還有好幾個芭比和凱恩玩具娃娃。我們沒有玩具卡車，沒有玩具大兵，也沒有籃球。我們的確有一套空心棒球，可是很難再我們的游戲室找到，畢竟我們不是假小子。2SosomepeoplemayfinditironicthatIgrewuptobeamechanicalengineer.Infact,Iamtheonlyfemaleengineeratmycompany.Inordertogetmycollegedegree,Ihadtotakealotofmathandscienceclasses.Ialsohadtoworkwithateamofstudentsaspartofanationalcompetitiontoconvertagas-guzzlingSUVintoahybridelectricvehicle--that'swhereIlearnedhowtofixcars.I'mproudtosaythatIgotA'sinallmyclasses,includingmultivariablecalculusanddifferentialequations.I'vealwaysbeenprettygoodatmathanddesign,butIdidn'tunderstandwherethatcouldtakeme.Iwasexpectedtogotocollege,butnooneevertoldmeI'dmakeagoodengineersomeday.正由于這樣，有些人對我長大后成了一名機械工程師或許感覺出乎不測。事實上，我是我企業(yè)里獨一的一個女工程師。為了獲得大學文憑，我要上很多半學和自然科學方面的課程。我還得和幾個學生一同工作，作為參加一次全國性比賽的一部分，把一輛耗費汽油特多的運動型多用途汽車改裝成混淆型電動車——就是這樣我學會了修汽車。我能夠驕傲的說，我門門功課都是A，包含多變量微積分和微分方程。我的數(shù)學和設(shè)計總是相當好，可是我不知道這些會給我?guī)硎裁礃拥慕Y(jié)果。家里要我上大學，可是沒人告訴我有一天會成為一名優(yōu)異的工程師。3WhenI

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tothemechanic.Becausehonestly,themechaniccouldhaveshownmeanelectriccanopenerandsaid,"Thisispartofyourcarandit'sbroken--paymetofixit,"andIwouldn'thaveknownanybetter.我上高中時對工程全無所聞。我那時不可以夠鑒別變速器和溝通發(fā)電機。我開的車需要維修，可是我不敢把車開到維修工那里，由于說真話，假如維修工給我看一把電動開罐器并對我說：“這是你的汽車零件，壞了——你付錢我給你修，”我也不會知道他在欺詐。4Attheendofmyjunioryearofhighschool,Iheardaboutasummerprogramdesignedtointerestgirlsinengineering.Thesix-weekprogramwasfree,andstudentsweregivencollegecreditandadormroomattheUniversityofMaryland.Iappliedtotheprogram,notbecauseIwantedtobeanengineer,butbecauseIwascravingindependenceandwantedtogetoutofmyparents'houseforsixweeks.我在高中第三年關(guān)的時候，聽聞有一個暑期班，專門培育女孩對工程的興趣。課程六周，不用繳費。學生還能夠夠獲得大學學分，還能夠夠享受馬里蘭大學學生宿舍一個房間。我申請參加這個暑期班，這倒不是由于我想當工程師，而是由于我希望獨立，想走開父母的房屋自己獨自過上六周。5IwasacceptedtotheprogramandIearnedsixengineeringcredits.ThenextyearIenteredtheuniversityasanengineeringmajor.FiveyearslaterIhadadegreeandthreedecentjoboffers.我被這個暑期班錄取了，獲得了六個工程學分。第二年我上了這個大學，主修工程。五年后我獲得了學位，還有三個像樣的就業(yè)機會。6Ican'thelpshudderingwhenIhearaboutstudiesthatshowthatwomenareatadisadvantagewhenitcomestomath.TheyimplythatIamsomehowabnormal.I'mnot,butIdoknowthatifIhadn'tstumbledintothatsummerprogram,Iwouldn'tbeanengineer.聽到有研究表示女性學數(shù)學處于劣勢，我不由毛骨悚然。他們的言下之意是我有點失態(tài)。我一點也不失態(tài)，可是我知道，要不是我有時闖入了那個暑期班，我是成不了工程師的。7WhenIwasgrowingupIwastold,asmanystudentsare,todowhatIambestat.ButIdidn'tknowwhatthatwas.Mostpeoplethinkthatwhenyouaregoodatsomething,itcomeseasilytoyou.ButthisiswhatIdiscovered:justbecauseasubjectisdifficulttolearn,itdoesnotmeanyouarenotgoodatit.Youjusthavetogrityourteethandworkhardertogetgoodatit.Onceyoudo,there'sastrongchanceyouwillenjoyitmorethananythingelse.像很多學生相同，我成長過程中，就有人告訴我要做自己最善于的事?？墒俏也恢雷约鹤钌朴诘氖鞘裁?。很多人以為，假如你善于某件事，那你就能萬無一失的把它學好?？墒俏业陌l(fā)現(xiàn)是：某一門課程難學，其實不意味著你不善于它。你得咬緊牙加倍努力干，才能學好它。一旦你學好了，你即可能喜愛上它，從中獲得無與倫比的樂趣。8IneighthgradeItookalgebra.OnonetestIgotonly36percentoftheanswerscorrect.Ifailedthenextone,too.Istartedtothink,maybeI'mjustnogoodatthis.Iwasluckyenoughtohaveateacherwhodidn'ttakemybadgradesasajudgmentofmyabilities,butsimplyasanindicationthatIshouldstudymore.HepulledmeasideandtoldmeheknewIcoulddobetter.Heletmeretakethetests,andIpulledmygradeuptoanA.八年級時我修代數(shù)，有一次考試我只答對了百分之三十六的題目。接下去一次考試我又不及格。于是我想，或許我的確不善于代數(shù)。值得有幸的是我有一位老師，他沒有依據(jù)我的低分來權(quán)衡我的能力，而以為低分只表示我應當下更大的功夫。他把我叫到一旁，告訴我他知道我能學得更好。他讓我重考，此次我把成績提升到A。9Istudiedalotincollege,too.IhadmomentsofpanicwhilesittingunderneaththebuzzingfluorescentlightsintheengineeringlibraryonSaturdayafternoons,whenIworriedthattheestrogeninmybodywaspreventingmefromunderstandingthermodynamics.Buttheguysinmyclasseshadtoworkjustashard,andIknewthatIcouldn'taffordtoloseconfidenceinmyself.Ididn'twanttochoosebetweenmyfemininityandagoodcareer.SoIremindedmyselfthatthosestudies,theonesthatsaythatmathcomesmorenaturallytomen,arebasedonafaultypremise:thatyoucanjudgeaperson'sabilitiesseparatefromtheculturalcuesthatshehasreceivedsinceshewasaninfant.Nomanisanisland.Nowomanis,either.我在大學也很努力。禮拜六下午坐在工程圖書室吱吱作響的熒光燈下學習時，我也有過懼怕的時候，擔憂我體內(nèi)的雌激素阻攔我理解熱動力學?？墒俏野嗌系哪猩蚕嗤鹿Ψ?，我知道我不可以夠?qū)ψ约簡守摷s心。我不想在女生的嬌輕柔一個好職業(yè)中間二者只取其一。所以我提示自己，聲稱男性天生更能學好數(shù)學的研究是鑒于一個錯誤的前提，那就是以為人們能夠走開一個人從孩提時代就遇到社會的文化熏陶而徑直判斷她的能力。男人不是孤島，女人也不是。Whyarewesoquicktolimitourselves?I'mnotdenyingthatmostlittlegirlslovedollsandmostlittleboyslovevideogames,anditmaybetruethatsomepeoplefavortherightsideoftheirbrain,andotherstheleft.Buthowrelevantisthattome,ortoanyone,asanindividual?Insteadoftranslatingourdifferencesintohardandfastconclusionsaboutthehumanbrain,whycan'twefocusinsteadonhowincrediblyflexibleweare?Insteadofusingwhatweknowasareasonwhywomencan'tlearnphysics,maybeweshouldconsiderthepossibilitythatourbrainsaremorepowerfulthanweimagine.我們?yōu)楹我敲纯斓南拗谱约耗兀课也环穸?，大部分小女孩喜愛玩具娃娃，大部分小男孩喜愛電子游戲?；蛟S真的是有人喜愛用大腦的右半球，有人則喜愛用左半球。但這與我，或任何其余個人有何相關(guān)？為何要對人與人之間的差別下定結(jié)論，說成是與大腦相關(guān)，而不可以夠把注意力集中到我們所具備的難以置信的靈巧性上去呢？或許我們應該考慮我們的大腦可能比我們想象的興盛得多，而不該當用我們所知的一點東西來論述女人學不會物理的原因。11Here'sasecret:mathandsciencedon'tcomeeasilytomostpeople.Noonewaseverbornknow