Posted on Monday, October 18, 2004 3:37 PM
#我爱读书
Women seldom are judged by their practical skill or education background, most of the time, people just can't completely believe that women can handle family and work both well. but man never meet this kind of questions. although men also will face difficulties in work, their difficulties are totally different from women's.
Dictionary break: I will try to introduce some new words I met when I read this book here. today I found this following word. hoopla, it also has a meaning of “跳绳”。
Hoopla: (From MSN Encarta)
| 1. loud celebration: noisy excited commotion or joyous celebrating ( slang ) |
| 2. great public uproar: a great amount of public fuss, commotion, or uproar with attendant publicity or media interest ( slang ) |
| 3. misleading talk: intentionally misleading talk or propaganda ( informal ) |
| [Late 19th century. Origin uncertain: perhaps from French houp-là “upsy-daisy!”] |