Rule Three: Listen to What They Say
原則三:聽聽媽媽們的意見
Pride and Prejudice begins with one of the most famous lines in English literature - 'It is a truth universally acknowledged that a young man in possession of a large fortune must be in want of a wife.'
《傲慢與偏見》一書的開場白是英語文學中最著名的句子之一:“一個單身男子,坐擁萬貫家財,自然欲求妻室,此道理普世公認?!?/span>
Indeed he is! It seems that women like Mrs Bennet - and like your mother and mine - do know a thing or two after all! Time-tested rules are never secret, rather, they are universally acknowledged.
確是如此!像班奈特夫人——還有你的媽媽和我的媽媽——這樣的人畢竟懂得多!這些經過時間考驗的真理永遠都不會是秘密,相反,是全天下人都知道的。