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My girlfriends, however, expressed shock and horror that I would leave my boyfriend at the time to live abroad for a year.
但聽說我要離開當時的男友到國外居住一年，我的女伴們都一臉的震驚和恐懼，
My relatives asked whether I was worried that I'd never get married.
親戚們都問我是否擔心自己會嫁不出去。
And when I attended a barbecue with my then-beau, his boss took me aside to remind me that 'there aren't many guys like that out there.'
我與當時的男友參加一場戶外燒烤活動，他的老板拉我到一邊提醒我‘像那樣的好男人可不多’。
The result of these negative reactions, in Gayle's view, is that many women still see ambition as a dirty word."
在萊蒙看來，其他人所給出的這些負面反應，導致的直接結果是讓許多女性“仍將進取心看作是羞于提起的字眼”。
Many have argued with me that ambition is not the problem.
人們與我爭辯，認為問題并不在于進取心本身。
Women are not less ambitious than men, they insist, but more enlightened with different and more meaningful goals.
他們堅持認為女性的抱負心不遜色于男性，她們只是追隨著有別于男性而且更有意義的目標而已。
I do not dismiss or dispute this argument.
我不會反對或反駁這種看法。
There is far more to life than climbing a career ladder,
除了在職業生涯上孜孜以求之外，
including raising children, seeking personal fulfillment, contributing to society, and improving the lives of others.
人生還有很多重要的事情，比如生兒育女、個人追求、社會貢獻以及扶助他人等等。
And there are many people who are deeply committed to their jobs but do not—and should not have to— aspire to run their organizations.
有許多人在工作中極為投入，但并不意味著（也不應該是必須）他們想要成為工作單位的經營管理者。
Leadership roles are not the only way to have profound impact.
若要讓自己產生影響力，成為領導者并不是唯一的方式。
I also acknowledge that there are biological differences between men and women.
我也承認，男人和女人之間的確有著生理上的差異。
I have breast-fed two children and noted, at times with great disappointment, that this was simply not something my husband was equipped to do.
我的兩個孩子都是母乳喂養，我有時候會非常失望地想到，哺乳是我丈夫壓根兒就沒有生理條件去做的一件事。
Are there characteristics inherent in sex differences that make women more nurturing and men more assertive? Quite possibly.
在性別差異中是否存在某些先天的特征讓女人更適合哺育后代，而讓男人更有自信與決斷力？很有可能。
