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Not Just a Mom. 母亲的含义。 A woman named Emily renewing her drivers license at the County Clerks office was asked by the woman recorder to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself. What I mean is, explained the recorder, do you have a job, or are you just a ... 一位名叫埃米莉的妇女在县办事处给驾驶执照续期时，一名女记录员问及她的职业。她犹豫了一下，不敢肯定应如何将自己归类。我意思是说你有没有工作，那名记录员解释说，还是说你只不过是一名 Of course I have a job, snapped Emily. m a mother. 我当然有工作，埃米莉马上回答，我是一名母亲。 We dont list mother as an occupation ... Housewife covers it, said the recorder emphatically. 我们这里不把母亲看成是一个职业家庭主妇就可以了。那名记录员断然回答。 I forgot all about her story until one day I found myself in the same situation, this time at our own Town Hall. The Clerk was obviously a career woman, poised, efficient, and possessed of a high sounding title like, Official Interrogator or Town Registrar. What is your occupation? she probed. 这个故事听后，我就忘了。直到有一天在市政厅，我也遇到了同样的情况。很显然，那名办事员是位职业女性，自信、有能力，并有着一个类似官方讯问员或镇登记员之类很堂皇的头衔。你的职业?她问道。 | 
