全新版大学英语2 第六单元.docx

A?Woman?Can?Learn?Anything?a?Man?Can男人会的，女人也能学会?When?I?was?a?kid,?everything?in?my?bedroom?was?pink.?I?have?two?sisters?and?we?had?a?complete?miniature?kitchen,?a?herd?of?My?Little?Ponies?and?several?Barbie?and?Ken?dolls.?We?didn’t?have?any?toy?trucks,???G.?I.Joes???or???basketballs.?We?did?have?a?Wiffle-ball?set,?but?you?would?have?been?hard-pressed?to?find?it?in?our?playroom.?Tomboys?we?weren’t.当我还是个小孩时，我卧室里的所有东西都是粉红色的。我有两个姐姐，我们有一个一应俱全的微型厨房、一群小矮种马和一些芭比娃娃、肯娃娃。我们没有玩具卡车、玩具大兵、篮球。我们确实有一套空心棒球，但是很难在我们的游戏室中找到。毕竟我们不是假小子。???So?some?people?may?find?it?ironic?that?I?grew?up?to?be?a?mechanical?engineer.?In?fact,?I?am?the?only?female?engineer?at?my?company.?In?order?to?get?my?college?degree,?I?had?to?take?a?lot?of?math?and?science?classes.?I?also?had?to?work?with?a?team?of?students?as?part?of?a?national?competition?to?convert?a?gas-guzzling?SUV?into?a?hybrid?electric?vehicle???—???that’s??where??I??learned??how??to??fix??cars.??I’m?proud?to?say?that?I?got?A’s?in?all?my?classes,?including?multivariable?calculus?and?differential?equations.?I’ve?always?been?pretty?good?at?math?and?design,?but?I?didnt?understand?where?that?could?take?me.?I?was?expected?to?go?to?college,?but?no?one?ever?told?me?I’d?make?a?good?engineer?someday.??因而一些人或许会对我成长为一个机械工程师而倍感惊讶。事实上，我是我们公司唯一的一名女工程师。为了获得我的大学文凭，我不得不上许多数学和自然科学课程。我也不得不和一小组学生合作去参加一个全国竞赛——将一辆耗油特多的运动型多用途汽车改装为一辆混合电动汽车——正是这样我学会了修车。我很骄傲我门门功课都是A，包括多元微积分和微分方程。我的数学和设计一向很好，虽然我不明白这会给我带来什么结果。家里人期盼我去上大学，但没有人告诉过我我将来会成为一名优秀的工程师。??When?I?was?in?high?school,?I?didn’t?know?the?first?thing?about?engineering.?I?couldn’t?have?distinguished?a?transmission?from?an?alternator.???The?car?I?drove?needed?some?work?but?I?was?afraid?to?take?it?to?the?mechanic.?Because?honestly,?the?mechanic?could?have?shown?me?an?electric?can?opener?and?said,?“This?is?part?of?your?car?and?it’s?broken?—?pay?me?to?fix?it,”?and?I?wouldn’t?have?known?any?better.?在我还在上高中时，我对工程一窍不通。我根本分辨不出哪一个是变速器，哪一个是交流发电机。我开的车坏了需要修理，但我害怕让机修工给我修一下。因为说实话，机修工可能会给我看一个电动开罐器，然后对我说：“这是你车上的零部件，坏了——给我钱，我替你修,,我不会清楚这是否是个敲