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1、AWomanCanLearnAnythingaManCan男人会的,女人也能学会carolynTurkWhenIwasakid,everythinginmybedroomwaspink.Ihavetwosistersandwehadacompleteminiaturekitchen,aherdofMyLittlePoniesandseveralBarbieandKendolls.Wedidn’thaveanytoytrucks,G.I.Joesorbasketballs.WedidhaveaWiffle-bal
2、lset,butyouwouldhavebeenhard-pressedtofinditinourplayroom.Tomboysweweren’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。SosomepeoplemayfinditironicthatIgrewuptobeamechanicalengineer.In
3、fact,Iamtheonlyfemaleengineeratmycompany.Inordertogetmycollegedegree,Ihadtotakealotofmathandscienceclasses.Ialsohadtoworkwithateamofstudentsaspartofanationalcompetitiontoconvertagas-guzzlingSUVintoahybridelectricvehicle—that’swhereIlearnedhowtofixcars.I’mpro
4、udtosaythatIgotA’sinallmyclasses,includingmultivariablecalculusanddifferentialequations.I’vealwaysbeenprettygoodatmathanddesign,butIdidn'tunderstandwherethatcouldtakeme.Iwasexpectedtogotocollege,butnooneevertoldmeI’dmakeagoodengineersomeday.因而一些人或许会对我成长为一个机械
5、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。WhenIwasinhighschool,Ididn’tknowthefirstthingabo
6、utengineering.Icouldn’thavedistinguishedatransmissionfromanalternator.ThecarIdroveneededsomeworkbutIwasafraidtotakeittothemechanic.Becausehonestly,themechaniccouldhaveshownmeanelectriccanopenerandsaid,“Thisispartofyourcarandit’sbroken—paymetofixit,”andIwould
7、n’thaveknownanybetter.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诈。Attheendofmyjunioryearofhighschool,Iheardaboutasummerprogramdesignedtointerestgirlsinengineering.The
8、six-weekprogramwasfree,andstudentsweregivencollegecreditandadormroomattheUniversityofMaryland.Iappliedtotheprogram,notbecauseIwantedtobeanengineer,butbecauseIwascravingindependenceandwantedtoget