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while remaining kind to the elderly and invariably polite and absolutely completely delightfully feminine.
而且她還能善待老人、處處謙遜禮貌，絕對(duì)是一位極其完美、令人著迷的女性。
I mean, what else was there?
我的意思是，在那時(shí)還有其他女性可以與之相媲美嗎？
I soon found out what else when I encountered the four March sisters of Little Women, a sentimental, old-fashioned book about girls growing up in Civil War time in New England. About spoiled, vain, pretty Amy. And sickly, saintly Beth. And womanly, decent Meg. And about—most important of all—gawky, bookworm Jo. Dear Jo, who wasn't as flawless as the golden Nancy Drew but who showed me that girls like her—like us—could be heroines. Even if we weren't much to look at. Even if we were clumsy and socially gauche. And even if the transition into young womanhood often appeared to our dubious eye to be difficult and scary and even unwelcome.
很快地，我發(fā)現(xiàn)了其他的女性。我在《小婦人》中遇到了馬奇家的四姐妹。這是一本令人傷感的舊書，講述了幾個(gè)女孩在新英格蘭內(nèi)戰(zhàn)期間的成長(zhǎng)過(guò)程。漂亮的埃米受人寵愛(ài)、愛(ài)慕虛榮；貝絲疾病纏身、圣潔可人；梅格體面正派、女人味十足；最重要的主人公喬，笨拙遲鈍、酷愛(ài)讀書。可愛(ài)的喬雖然沒(méi)有金發(fā)飄逸的南希那么完美，但她卻告訴我，像她那樣的女孩——像我們這樣的普通女孩——是可以成為主角的，即使我們長(zhǎng)得不好看，即使我們笨拙、遲鈍、不善于社交，即使在我們疑惑的眼神中，成長(zhǎng)為女人的過(guò)程也困難重重、令人害怕、惹人厭煩。
Jo got stains on her dress and laughed when she shouldn't and lost her temper and didn't display tact or patience or restraint. Jo brought a touch of irreverence to the cultural constraints of the world she lived in. And yet her instincts were good and her heart was pure and her headstrong ways led always to virtue. And furthermore Jo—as I yearned to be—was a writer!
喬的衣服上污漬斑斑，在不應(yīng)該發(fā)笑時(shí)放聲大笑，她脾氣暴躁，缺乏機(jī)智、耐心和約束力。她鄙視她所生活的那個(gè)世界中的文化限制。然而，她本性善良、心地純潔，她任性的行為方式總是能達(dá)到美好的效果。而且喬——正如我所渴望的一樣——是一個(gè)作家！
In the book the years go by, Beth dies, Meg and Amy marry and Jo—her fierce heart somewhat tamed—is alone. "An old maid, that's what I'm to be.
隨著時(shí)間的流逝，貝絲死了，梅格和埃米也結(jié)婚了，雖然喬狂躁的內(nèi)心有點(diǎn)被馴服了，但她仍然是獨(dú)自一人。“我就是要成為一個(gè)老處女。
