1. One day, while filling out an application form for a publishing job, the young woman impulsively substituted her middle name, Lynne, for her first name Debbie. 一天,在填写出版工作申请表时,这位小姐一时冲动,用她的中名林恩替换了她的名字黛比。
2. One woman I know turned down a blind date with a man named Harry because "he sounded dull". 我认识一个女人,她拒绝了一次由第三方安排的、与一个叫哈里的男人的约会,因为"这人听上去没劲"。
3. Often, we project name-based stereotypes on people, as one woman friend discovered while taking charge of a nursery-school's group of four-year olds. 正如我的一位女性朋友在照看一批托儿所里的四岁儿童时所发现的那样, 我们常常把由名字引起的固定想法加到他人身上。
4. One woman's doctor told her she was not at risk for AIDS because she was married and didn't use drugs. Such misinformation plagues the medical establishment. According to the Centers for Disease Control, women will soon make up 80 percent of those di 一位妇女的医生对她说她不存在染上艾滋病的危险,因为她已经结婚,而且不吸毒。这类错误观念困扰着医疗机构。根据疾病控制中心的预测,女性将占感染艾滋病毒人口的80%。
5. Or was she just an old woman who liked weddings and scanned for announcements in church bulletins? 或者她本是个喜欢婚礼的老太太,常在教堂的布告栏上打听婚礼的消息?
6. One woman in a housecoat was startled as I came around the corner of her house. At the sound of my greeting, she gathered her housecoat tightly about her and retreated quickly indoors. 一个身着家居长便服的妇女,见我绕过她家的屋角,脸上露出惊讶之色。听到我向她打招呼,赶紧用衣服把自己严严实实地遮了起来,赶忙退进屋里。
7. One woman lived eight miles from town, had a drinking problem and thought she was pregnant. 有一名妇女住在离城8英里的地方,她酗酒,而且认为自己怀孕了。
8. One woman admits she was doubtful until she tried Imedeen herself. 一位女士承认自己在试用"伊美婷"之前是有怀疑的。
9. They were amazed to find that the goddess turned out to be a very modern-looking woman. 惊奇地发现那位女神原来是一位相貌十分摩登的女郎。
10. The woman at the next swing wants to know. 旁边一位站在秋千旁的女人想知道。