(单词翻译:单击)
中英文本
There was no coloured restroom, so she used the white one. A few years back, when the bus taking her to her first teaching job in marion, virginia, had crossed the state line from west virginia, all the blacks had been told to get off and take taxis. She refused until she was asked nicely. But it could be unwise to push a white man too far. Nonetheless, this engineer's calculation was wrong. If she did not ask the question, an aircraft might not fly, or might fly and crash.
那里没有有色人种的厕所,所以凯瑟琳就用白色人种的厕所
So, very carefully, she asked it. Was it possible that he could have made a mistake? He did not admit it but, by turning the colour of a cough drop, he ceded the point. She asked more such questions, and they got her noticed. As the weeks passed, the men "forgot" To return her to the pool. Her incessant "why?" And "how?" Made their work sharper. It also challenged them. Why were their calculations of aerodynamic forces so often out? Because they were maths graduates who had forgotten their geometry, whereas she had not; her high-school brilliance at maths had led to special classes on analytic geometry in which she, at 13, had been the only pupil.
于是,她非常小心地问了这个问题
Why was she not allowed to get her name on a flight-trajectory report when she had done most of the work, filling her data sheets with figures for days? Because women didn't. That was no answer, so she got her name on the report, the first woman to be so credited. Why was she not allowed into the engineers' lectures on orbital mechanics and rocket propulsion? Because "the girls don't go". Why? Did she not read Aviation Week, like them? She soon became the first woman there.
为什么她在已经完成了大部分工作,在数据表上填满了几天的数据后,不被允许在飞行轨迹报告上留下自己的名字?因为女人不可以
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词语解释
1.get off逃脱惩罚
He is likely to get off with a small fine.
可能会逃脱严惩,仅仅罚一点钱了事
2.lead to导致
A lack of prudence may lead to financial problems.
不够谨慎可能会导致财政上出现问题
3.make a mistake犯错
I'd always played a defensive game, waiting for my opponent to make a mistake.
我总是采取防守型的打法,等待对手出错