A_Woman_Can_Learn_Anything_a_Man_Can课文及翻译

虽然我不明白这会给我带来什么结果。

家里 人期盼我去上大学，

但没有人

告诉过我我将来会成为一名优秀的 工程师。

When I was in high sc

hool, I didn’t know the first thing

about engineering. I couldn’t have distinguished a transmission

from an alternator.

The car I drove needed some work but I

was

afraid

to

take

it

to

the

mechanic.

Because

honestly,

the

mechanic could have shown me an electric can opener and said,

“This is part of your car and it’s broken —

pay me to fix it,” and

I wouldn’t have known any better.

在我还在上高中时，我对工程一窍不通。我根本分辨不出哪一个是变速器，

哪一 个是交流发电机。我开的车坏了需要修理，但我害怕让机修工给我修一下。

因为说实话， 机修工可能会给我看一个电动开罐器，然后对我说：

“这是你车上

的零部件，坏了——给我钱，我替你修

,

我不会清楚这是否是 个敲诈。

At

the

end

of

my

junior

year

of

high

school,

I

heard

about

a

summer

program

designed

to

interest

girls

in

engineering. The six-week program was free, and students were

given

college

credit

and

a

dorm

room

at

the

University

of

Maryland. I applied to the program, not because I wanted to be

an

engineer,

but

because

I

was

craving

independence

and

wanted to get out of my

parents’ house for six weeks.

我在高中第三年末的时候，听说了一个暑期班，专门致力于提升

文档冲亿

季，好礼乐相随

mini

ipad

移动硬盘拍立得百度书包

女孩对工程的兴趣。课程

长达六周，

完全免费，

并且参加的学生还能获得大学学分以及住在马兰里大 学的

学生宿舍里。

我报了那个暑期班，

并不是因为我想成为一名工程师，

而是由于我

渴望独立，希望能 够搬离父母的房子自己生活六周。

I

was

accepted

to

the

program

and

I

earned

six

engineering credits. The next year I entered the university as an

engineering

major.

Five

years

later

I

had

a

degree

and

three

decent job offers.

我被那个暑期班接受 了并且获得了

6

个工程学分。第二年我进入马兰里大学

学习，主修工程学。五年后我获得了学位并且得到了

3

< br>个像样的工作机会。

I can’t help shuddering when I hear about studies that

show that women are at a disadvantage when it comes to math.

They

imply

that

I

am

somehow

abnormal.

I’m

not,

but

I

do

know

that

if

I

hadn’t

stumbled

into

that

summer

program,

I

wouldn’t be an engineer.

每当听到研究表明女人在学数学方面处于劣势时我总是情不自禁地战栗。

这

暗示我有点不正常。

我并非不正常，

但我确实知道如果不是因为一个偶然的机遇

参加了那个暑期班，我绝不会成为一名工 程师。

When

I

was

growing

up

I

was

told,

as

many

students

are, to do what I am best at. But I didn’t know what that was.

Most

people

think

that

when

you

are

good

at

something,

it

comes easily to you. But this is what I discovered: just because a

subject is difficult to learn, it does not mean you are not good at

it. You just have to grit your teeth and work harder to get

good

at

it. Once you do, there’s a strong chance you will enjoy it more

than anything else.

和许多学生一样，在我成长过程中，别人告诉我将来去从事自己擅长的事。

< br>但我并不清楚我自己最擅长什么。

大多数人会认为你某样东西学得很好时，

这种

东西对你而言就很简单但是我发现：

仅仅 因为一门学科很难学，

这并不意味着你