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I belong to that classification of people
known as wives. I am A Wife.
我属于人们称为妻子的那一类人，我是一个妻子。
And, not altogether incidentally, I am
a mother.
而且，并非偶然，我还是一个母亲。
1) Not too long ago a male friend of
mine appeared on the scene fresh from a
recent divorce.
不久之前，我的一位男性朋友离婚了。
2)
He
had
one
child,
who
is,
of
course,
with
his
ex-wife.
He
is
looking
for
another wife.
他有一个孩子，当然，这个孩子跟随他的前妻生活。他正在寻
找一位新的妻子。
3) As I thought
about him while I was ironing one evening, it
suddenly occurred
to me that I too,
would like to have a wife.
有一天晚上，当我在熨衣服的时候，我想起了他，我突然想到，我也想要一位妻
子。
Why do I want a wife?
我为什么希望有个妻子呢？
4)
I
would
like
to
go
back
to
school
so
that
I
can
become
economically
independent, support myself, and if
need be, support those dependent upon
me.
我想回学校继续学习，
然后我就可以在经济上独立，
养活自己，
而
且如果需要的
话，养活那些依靠我生活的人。
I want a wife who will work and send me
to school. And while I am going to
school I want a wife to take care of my
children.
我要找一个有一份工作并愿意送我上学的妻子，
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顾孩子的妻子。
5)
I
want
a
wife
a
wife
to
keep
track
of
the
children's
doctor
and
dentist
appointments. And to keep track of
mine, too.
我想要一位妻子去留意孩子们与医生
和牙医的预约的进程。并且也留意我的预
约。
6) I want a wife to make sure my
children eat properly and are kept clean. I
want a wife who will wash the
children's clothes and keep them mended.
我想要一位妻子去确保我的孩子们吃得适时适量并且保持清洁
。
我想要一位妻子
去清洗并且修补孩子们的衣服。
7)
I
want
a
wife
who
is
a
good
nurturing
attendant
to
my
children,
who
arranges for their
schooling, makes sure that they have an adequate
social life
with their peers, takes
them to the park, the zoo, etc.
我需要一位妻子去成为照顾我孩子们的好保姆，
她安排他们上下学，
确保他们与
小伙伴有足够的社交时间，带他们去公园，动物园等等。
I want a wife who takes care
of the children when they are sick, a wife who
arranges to be around when the children
need special care, because, of course,
I cannot miss classes at school.
我需要一个当孩子生病需要特别照护时，
能挤出时间陪伴其左右的妻子，
因为我
在学校的功课自然是耽误不得的。
8) My wife must arrange to lose time at
work and not lose the job.
我的妻子必须要适当安排更少的工作时间但不能丢掉工作。
It may mean a small cut in my wife's
income from time to time, but I guess I
can tolerate that. Needless to say,
my wife will arrange and pay for the
care of
the children while my wife is
working.
这意味着我妻子的收入有时会被扣掉些许，不过我想这一点我还是能
够容忍的。
不用说，我妻子上班时会把花钱找人看孩子的事安排好的。
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9)I want a wife who will take care
of my physical needs.
我需要一位妻子去照顾我的生理需求。
I want a wife who will keep my house
clean. A wife who will pick up after my
children,
a
wife
who
will
pick
up
after
me.
I
want
a
wife
who
will
keep
my
clothes
clean, ironed, mended, replaced when need be, and
who
will see to it
that my
personal things are kept in their proper place so
that I can find what I
need the minute
I need it. I want a wife who cooks the meals, a
wife who is a
good cook. I want a wife
who will plan the menus, do the necessary grocery
shopping, prepare the meals, serve them
pleasantly, and then do the cleaning
up
while I do my studying.
我希望
有一个能够保持房间整洁的妻子。
一个孩子们在前面乱丢乱扔她在后面拾
掇，
我在前面乱丢乱扔她也在后面拾掇的妻子。
我希望
有一个能够把我的衣服洗
得干干净净、
熨得平平整整、
缝补得完完好好，
必要时还能够替我添置新衣服的
妻子，
而且还要保证把我的个人用品放在适当的地方，
以便需
要时随时都能找到
的妻子。
我希望有一个能替我做饭而且烹调技
术还很不错的妻子。
我希望有一个
会计划菜谱、采购必备食品、
做好饭菜、笑脸侍应，然后我去学习时能够洗碗刷
锅的妻子。
I want a wife who will care for me when
I am sick and sympathize with my pain
and loss of time from school. I want a
wife to go along when our family takes a
vacation so that someone can continue
care for me and my when I need a rest
and
change
of
scene.
I
want
a
wife
who
will
not
bother
me
with
rambling
complaints about a wife's duties.
我希望有一个我生病时能关心我，而且对我的病痛和耽误的学习有同情心的妻
子。
我希望有一个能够随全家一起度假的妻子，
这样当我需要
休息和转移地方时，
有人能继续照料我和孩子。
我希望有这样一
个妻子，
她不会喋喋不休地抱怨做妻
子的义务来烦扰我。
10) But I want a wife who will
listen to me when I feel the need to explain a
rather difficult point I have come
across in my course of studies.
但是，当我想要解释在课程学习上遇到的一个难题，我需要一位妻子去聆听我。
And I want a wife who will type my
papers for me when I have written them.
我希望有一个在我写完论文之后能替我打字的妻子。
I want a wife who will take care of the
details of my social life. When my wife
and
I
are
invited
out
by
my
friends,
I
want
a
wife
who
take
care
of
the
baby-
sitting arrangements. When I meet people at school
that I like and want
to entertain, I
want a wife who will have the house clean, will
prepare a special
meal, serve it to me
and my friends, and not interrupt when I talk
about things
that interest me and my
friends.
我希望有一个对我的社交生活关照入微的妻子。当我和妻子应朋友之邀外出时，