前两天热搜（她上过两次热搜）

小C有个朋友，就因为年龄“应该”结婚了，和一个只见了两次面的男孩订婚了……

可人生哪有“应该”，57岁苏阿姨的故事，能够给她一些勇气去找寻自己吧。

57岁，她来了一场说走就走的自驾游，想送上千朵花给同龄女性。

At the age of 57, she went on a road trip and wanted to send thousands of flowers to women of the same age.

• road trip 自驾游
• of the same age 同龄的

这就是苏阿姨，浪漫而自由，开一辆小车，即刻出发，决定为自己而活。

Mrs Su, romantic and free, drives a little car, sets out and lives for herself.

• romantic /rəʊˈmæntɪk/ adj. 浪漫的
• free / friː/ adj. 自由的
• set out 出发

苏阿姨越潇洒，质疑声就越多，自私自利、抛夫弃女……一个个标签袭来。

• unrestraint /ˌʌnrɪˈstreɪnt/ n. 潇洒
• query /ˈkwɪəri/ v. 质疑
• bombard /bɑːmˈbɑːrd/ v. 袭来

Aunt Su’s story drew huge attention and many people applauded her for her unrestraint.

苏阿姨的故事受到了很大的关注，不少人为她的潇洒鼓掌。

Some people queried that why she can be so selfish.

一些人质疑她为何能如此自私？

All sorts of problems bombarded her suddenly.

各种问题突然向她袭来。

但这些问题都没能让她退却，她心是满的，就不会轻易被外界的声音击碎。

• retreat /rɪˈtriːt/ v. 退却
• break to pieces 击碎

When it comes to query, the rule is to never retreat, never surrender.

面对质疑，应该做的就是永不退却，永不投降。

A heart full of love will never be broken to pieces easily.

一颗满是爱的心，不会被轻易击碎。

苏阿姨出生在一个重男轻女的家庭中，为了逃离这样的家庭环境，她选择了走进婚姻。

She was born in a family that prefers boys to girls，in order to escape，she got married.

• prefer boys to girls 重男轻女

她像所有传统女人一样洗衣做饭、生儿育女，可婚姻带给她回报的只有打骂。

After washing, cooking, giving birth to babies and bringing them up just like every conventional woman, she received, however, only assault and scolding from her marriage .

• conventional /kənˈvenʃənl/ adj. 传统的
• scold /skəʊld/ v. 责骂

苏阿姨终于意识到，她尽到了她每一个身份背后的职责，唯独没有做自己！是时候转身告别这样的生活了。

• turn around 转身
• status /ˈsteɪtəs/ n. 身份

She turned around and gave her life a big change.

她转身给了生活一个大改变。

She has assumed the responsibility behind those status and now she wants to be herself.

她已经承担了那些身份背后的责任，现在她想做自己。

感受过自由后，她想送所有女性一枝花，奖励她们的辛苦，告诉她们被爱着，告诉她们生活还可以有不同的模样。

She wanted to give women a flower, to reward their hard work, to tell them that they are being loved and their life can be different.

真正的生命力就应该复杂而多面，不应该只有家庭主妇的故事，与其指望别人，不如就从自己开始改变。

• life force 生命力
• multidimensional /ˌmʌltɪdɪˈmenʃənl/ adj. 多面的

Her strong life force will influence more people.

她强大的生命力将会影响更多人。

How can we live a happy life? The answers will be multidimensional.

如何幸福生活，回答是多面的。

❤小C寄语❤

这世界上总有一种爱不可替代，那就是爱自己，因为你独一无二且值得被爱，与其去追逐光，不如成为那道光。