A short while ago, they say, two faeries, little creatures, one like a young man, one like a young woman, came to a farmer's house, and spent the night sweeping the hearth and setting all tidy.

他们说，不久前有两位小仙人来到一位农夫的架，花了一晚上清扫壁炉，把家里打理得干干净净。它们中一位长得像个年轻男人，另一位则像个年轻女人。

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Relationships fail because men still don't under- stand why a woman can't be more like a man, and women expect their men to behave just like they do.

彼此之间关系恶化，是因为我们任然不能理解为什么一个女人就不能想男人一样，为什么男人就不能想女人想象中的那样。

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Gloria Steinem once said a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle. That's nonsense.

Gloria Steinem曾说过一个女人需要一个男人就像一条鱼需要自行车，那是胡说八道。

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A transvestite is a man who dresses and acts like a woman.

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He gives an example of a young woman, who was describing a man that she liked, and she said, I like him very much, I find him very probable.

他举了一个年轻小姐的例子,一位小姐描述她喜欢的男子,她说道,我太喜欢他了,我觉得他有很大可能

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Francis Bacon, influenced by Machiavelli, urged human beings to employ their reason to force nature to give up its secrets, to treat nature like a woman, to master nature in order to improve man's material well being.

弗朗西斯·培根受到马基雅弗利的影响,提倡人们运用理性,来让自然原形毕露,像对待女人那样对待自然,去征服自然以提升人类的物质生活

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We've come to the conclusion that a woman may trust a man's opinion more and then a man may trust a woman's opinion more in some cases only because I know what I want a man to look like and a man knows what he wants a woman to look like.

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But when people foul up in a spectacular fashion, especially when it involves a personal matter, Americans will give them a break and a second chance -- as long as they stand up like a man or a woman, admit they screwed up, say they're sorry and look like they damn well mean it.

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Could it be possible that the modern business woman analyzes her man like she would a new career move or a new business?

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