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Okay, let's go over this one more time. The Housewives...

好的， 让我们再复习一下家庭主妇们。。。

Not believing it, I replied,"Grandmaaaa, that's just an old wives' tale!"

我可不信这个，回答到："奶奶，那只老主妇们讲出来的故事"！

"There was, moreover, a boldness and rotundity of speech among these matrons, as most of them seemed to be, that would startle us at the present day, whether in respect to its purport or its volume of tone."

尤其令人瞩目的是，这些主妇们多数人一开口便是粗喉咙、大嗓门，要是在今天，她们的言谈无论是含义还是音量，都足以使我们瞠目结舌。

In my mind, something drastic and very aggressive change in scale is a transformation.

这样做的好处是主妇们可以从烹饪工作中解放出来，在新年假期中好好休息一下。

It won't be long before the average housewife will be buying take-home foods like groceries.

不久，普通的家庭主妇们就会像购买日用品一样购买"带回家的食品"。

Furthermore, the computer is the most obedient and diligent "house-keeper" or "servant" o f housewiv es; It is also a game expert admired by children.

甚至，它是一个家庭主妇们最听话、最勤奋的&管家&和&服务员&，它也是孩子们钦佩的游戏高手。

Fall, fresh carrots mustard pimple and unearthed, the housewives will be busy, and carrots cut the mustard knots top to root, washed, and then burn out the water, dry thoroughly, pour Weng Li, together with coarse salt, the second spring can eat.

秋天，新鲜的芥菜疙瘩和胡萝卜出土后，家庭主妇们便忙碌起来，将芥菜疙瘩和胡萝卜切顶、去根、洗净，然后烧出开水，晾透，倒入翁里，加上粗盐，到第二年春天就可以吃了。

Shaking hands with the young sportsmen; kissing the rosy-cheeked girls; sometimes even embracing portly matrons who came to thank him for their pleasant visit; everywhere genial, hospitable, generous, happy, and beloved, the baronet hurried from room to room, from the hall to the stables, from the stables to the courtyard, from the courtyard to the arched gateway, to speed the parting guest.

他同爱打猎的年轻人握手；亲吻面颊绯红的姑娘们；有时甚至还要拥抱那些前来感谢他殷勤招待的肥胖主妇们；爵士匆匆忙忙的从这个房间走到那个房间，从大厅走到马厩，从马厩走到院子，从院子走到拱廊入口，祝愿离去的客人一路顺风，他走到哪儿都显得亲切、殷勤、慷慨、快乐和招人喜欢。

Not long ago Uriel Rone, a market researcher for the French advertising agency Publicis, told me: The French housewife is not used to disposable products.

不久前一个服务于法国公众广告机构名为Uriel Rone的市场调查员告诉我：＂法国主妇们不习惯丢弃东西。

From then on, I've always tried to keep aopen mind about those strange old wives' tales because they do have some truth to them.

从那开始，我就试图对老主妇们所讲的传说敞开心扉了，因为这些传说确实是真的。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。