每個女孩兒都可以是一道美麗的風景

1. I’ve always had hang-ups about being bigger than my girlfriends (6 ft and 150 lbs). But once we went on a tour around Europe. In 2 weeks of our trip, my friends just became invisible for everyone. I, on the contrary, was neck-deep in compliments and admirers. They all said I was a true Russian beauty (I’ve got a typical Slavic appearance with round face, big breasts, and thick brown hair). No more hang-ups now.

我常常為自己長得比朋友高大而煩惱（我身高1米82，體重136斤）。但是有一次我們去歐洲旅游，兩周的時間，人們都沒注意到我的朋友。相反，很多人都說我很漂亮，是名副其實的俄羅斯美女（我是標準的斯拉夫人長相，圓臉，大胸，厚厚的棕色頭發(fā)）?，F在的我再也不煩惱了。

2. I’m naturally red-haired and green-eyed, and I was mocked for that at school and college. Even my dark-haired parents told me that my red color was ugly. Today, though, I had my nails done at a beauty salon, and one lady asked the hairdresser for a color like mine.She even asked to take a picture of me because they didn’t have such a dye. I’m starting to feel beautiful and unique. That’s surprising.

我天生紅頭發(fā)綠眼睛，因為這上學總被人嘲笑。甚至我黑頭發(fā)的父母也覺得我的紅發(fā)很丑。但是今天在美容院做指甲時，一位女士讓她的發(fā)型師將她的頭發(fā)染成和我一樣的發(fā)色。她甚至想給我拍張照片因為美容院沒有這種顏色。我開始感覺到自己的美麗和獨一無二，這是一種很奇妙的感受。

3. My parents were too busy making money to raise my sister and me, so I only heard about my looks from my granny. She said I had bulgy eyes, a stubby nose, and so on... And only recently I’ve heard from my husband’s boss that my hubby has a picture of me at his office, and everyone is envious of him for having such a beautiful wife.

我的父母忙著賺錢沒時間照顧我和妹妹，所以我只聽過我奶奶對我相貌的評價。她說我眼睛凸出，鼻子小而塌......直到最近我聽我老公的老板說我老公在辦公室里放了一張我的照片，而辦公室里的每個人都羨慕他有位漂亮的妻子。

4. I’ve got a strange body with too-long arms and huge feet, and I’ve always had trouble picking clothes and shoes (size 9 at 14 years old!). The latter are the worst — I have to have them tailor made, which isn’t cheap, so I have just a couple of pairs for every occasion. It’s the biggest problem of my life, and I’ve been mocked as "Gulliver" since time immemorial. I met my husband at 28 at the same shoemaker. He’s 7 ft tall and has size 12. Now we have two Gullivers in our family.

我身體很奇怪，胳膊太長腳太大，所以挑衣服和鞋的時候我常常犯難（14歲就穿39碼的鞋）。更糟的是的鞋必須得定制，這可不便宜，所以我只有幾雙鞋。于是乎腳大成了我人生中的頭號難題，我也總被嘲笑成“格列佛”。28歲時在鞋匠鋪我遇見了現在的老公，他身高2米13，穿47碼的鞋，現在我們家里有了兩個“格列佛”。

看了這篇小文章，是不是很有感觸呢？所以不要再對自己不滿意啦，我們每個人都是獨一無二的，抬頭挺胸，讓世界看到你的美。
 

Vocabulary:

hang-up ['hæ??p] n. 煩惱;大難題;障礙

Slavic ['slɑ:vik; 'slæ-] adj. 斯拉夫的

beauty salon n. 美容院

hairdresser 英 ['he?dres?(r)] 美 ['h?rdres?] n. 美發(fā)師

bulgy ['b?ld??] adj. 凸出的;膨脹的;腫脹的

stubby 英 ['st?b?] 美 ['st?bi] adj. 短而粗硬的;又短又禿的

hubby 英 ['h?b?] 美 ['h?bi] n. 丈夫

Gulliver ['ɡ?liv?] n. 格利佛(《格利佛游記》的主人公)

shoemaker 英 ['?u?me?k?] 美 ['??'mek?] n. 鞋匠;補鞋工人