一次,開車去芝加哥,途經聖路易斯的時候,汽車拋錨,就近停在了一家停車場,準備把備用輪胎先換上。但是我和先生二個都沒有經驗,又帶著孩子。當附近一個黑人晃的時候,他問要不要幫忙,我們正求之不得。於是問他價錢。他說,“several bucks"。先生信以為真。當換完之後,我拿出5塊錢,其實我也不相信他會要價那麽便宜。果然,他看了一眼,就回了一句,“are you kidding?".我馬上知道先生誤解了他的意思。當時的情形之下,隻要隨便踢一下車,或者是拉扯一下我和孩子一下,損失都比我付他幾十塊錢大得多,我示意要意氣用事的老公不要作聲,我來處理這件事情,於是問他,“那麽你想要多少錢呢?”他咽了咽唾沫,說,“20”。我飛速地想了一下,20塊對於換一下備用輪胎是貴了點。但是天色已晚,我不想和他再作糾纏。於是就準備給他,因為已經給了他一些零票子,就想以此加到20,但是不夠。於是我換了一張20元整票子給他,然後要求他把原來的錢退還給我。
This is one of the first comments I posted, didn't mean to be mean to her. But anyway, we got where we got today.
"我覺得你更應該把你自己塑造成“才女”而不是“美女”。
A little modesty (or realism) won't do you any harm. Be less cynical and critical towards other beautiful women can actually make yourself more credible."
stonedoor 發表評論於
Wow, as a guy, I like each writing that is good no matter how beautiful or ugly the author is, though I like pretty women as a tradition man. Honestly I like 水門汀's words, though I can't agree with her at times. Cement's figure does look good to me but it is not the reason to make me read her words. Zhang Ailing was never a pretty woman in my opinion but she was once my favorite lady writer.
By the way, I would say 水門汀's old picture might be more meaningful, which let us see a pair of eyes that had something in them. Here, I didn't see that uniqueness.
I happened to cross this article,think you may enjoy it as much as I do. ;-)
Written by someone who even knows your blog (and many others' of course).
"製造美女的第三個方法,就是在互連網上裝。別的不說,就說這小小的文學城吧,除了“老醜婆”、“老恐龍”等不多的幾位“醜”女之外,哪個不是貌似天仙,美若桃花?以至於你如果到中國城等華人聚集的地方走一趟,已經很難發現一個美女了。海外的中國美女,大概都跑到文學城上網了。反正隔著屏幕,四十開外的大媽,可以裝扮成二十歲的少女,茁壯豐滿的阿姨,可以變換成阿娜撩人的少婦。“偶是美女,who怕who啊?”難怪如今這麽多男人上網成癮,原來都是美女惹的禍"
水門汀 發表評論於
回巴黎:那麽,你有沒有一件"皇帝的新裝"呢?
怎麽會和你無關呢?你不會無緣無故贈我一件"皇帝的新裝"吧?:)這回走得踏實,滿意了吧!
So long!
春天的巴黎 發表評論於
你的美貌就像皇帝的新衣。
but you're right, it's not my business if you consider yourself to be so beautiful. You can, it's your right, just as I have my right to think the opposite.
Anyway, there are a lot other interesting blogs written by many interesting women here, so so long.
ps: it doesn't worth my time to discuss if you are pretty or not. So yes, I won't understand your "self-promoting" kind of articles that you will (certainly)continue to write.
不過它們讀起來真是很好笑。。。so, please continue, at least, they are very "entertaining".
我覺得你更應該把你自己塑造成“才女”而不是“美女”。
A little modesty (or realism) won't do you any harm. Be less cynical and critical towards other beautiful women can actually make yourself more credible.
"stonedoor":I don't understand what you are talking about? Each girl is different and ZZY is just one of them.
Many many girls can be very successful and those two are just more than lucky. That's it. They have been achieved whatever they want so far. Then, what is their contributions to this world, to those people who really love them so much like you? Do you think how much could be deserved for the reputation “one good actress” ?
Oops, this is a harsh one. I wonder why gals including my wife and her sister don't like ZZY. There are so many beautiful girls in China but there is only one ZZY. Perhaps back to the days when you were an undergraduate, there were similar comments about Gong Li, who is actually a very good actress. About Broken Back Mountain, I thought the producer chose the script instead of Ann Lee. I would like to ask a question quietly here: do the gals like to put things in a straightforward and simple way?