After a banner day out,I drove until we were situated under a big old oak tree on a hill    off the expressway

With five nights of diligent work,I actually made a logician out of Polly

I laughed with somewhat less amusement,hiding my dread that she'd learned her  lessons too well.

But she was pretty,well-off,didn't dye her hair strange colors or wear too much makeup 

She magnifies the smallest imperfection in her bodly and imagines them as glaring  flaws the whole world will notice and ridicule

 By participating in this system of extreme conformity,women are actually opening    themselves up to the scrutiny of other women,the only ones qualfied to judge their  efforts.

Men don't face the same societal focus purely on physical beauty,and they're    encouraged to reach out to other characteristics to promote their self-esteem.

By participating in this system of extreme conformity,women are actually opening    themselves up to the scrutiny of other women,the only ones qualified to judge their efforts

"Full,I'm already full,"Sau-sau  muttered weakly,eying the scallop. 

Chinese people are so "discreet and modest",the article started,that there aren't even  words for “yes”and "no”.

I worry about the power of language:If one says anything enough times,it might  become true,with or without malicious intent.

If  people  think  we  are  modest  and  polite,let  them  think  that.

But,as a boy,if I had to choose between tending a baby and tending a machine,I think l would have chosen the baby. 

No doubt,had l taken a more deductive look at their lives,I would have envied them less.

Here for the first time I met women who told me that men were guilty of having kept all the joys and privileges of the earth for themselves.