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What is the number one definition of mistress in the dictionary? "mistress"
在字典里的第一个解释是什么
No no no no
不不不,不是你们认为的那个意思
Person who runs the household
而是掌管一个家的人,女主人
It's the number one meaning
这才是它的最初的含义
Miss, you know this is kind of curious to me
至于关于Ms 这个称呼,我对此很好奇
because you know whether you lease a car for university
因为假设你向大学租借一辆汽车
always looking for ways to save money in certain way
你总是会想尽一切办法省钱
and all that little ink you use to print those little dots
但是打印或者在信件上写下Ms的小点时
and on your mailings with Miss cause money
那些油墨和墨水都会增加开销
Is Miss an old term? Ms
是个很古老的词么
Maybe old to you
或许对你们来说有历史了
Hundred years old?
一百年的历史
Thirty years old?
三十年的历史
Have any idea?
有谁知道
Yeah, that's real close
对,那很接近了
Actually, it was developed in the nineteen fifties
这个称谓是在20世纪50年代出现的
so you're right on, by professional secretaries in New York City
你答对了,是纽约的秘书最初使用的
who allow more single and they want something to refer to themselves other than as Miss which is not an abbreviation
这些职业女性对单身现象很包容,她们想要一个自己独有的特殊的称谓,一个不像Miss那样的非缩写的称呼
so no period
所以没有点的Ms应运而生
And so they started using Miss no period
于是她们开始使用没有点的Ms
'cause what is it it's not an abbreviation
因为它不是一个缩写
It doesn't stand for anything
所以它没有任何实际的含义
It's a manufactured form
这完全是一个人造的形式
If we go back to the original Miss magazines, no period
翻看最初的女性杂志 Ms后面是没有点的
But what happens and a friend of mine who's now a retire,
后来我跟一个退休的朋友讨论这个问题
he used to teach history in the English language course
他曾在英语课程中教授历史
we get in the discussion he said "Larry you're right
我们讨论时他说
but you're never gonna win this one " "Larry
其实你是对的,但你不会赢"
Why we have a period we use a period after mister,
为什么我们要在Mr后面加一个点
we use a period after Missis,
为什么我们要在Ms后面加一个点
so people are just too stupid or lazy to keep it straight
因为人们只是太笨或太懒而不念全称
that we don't use a period after Miss so now you use it, and so we give up
我们以前不用这个点而你们现在都用了,所以我们只好放弃了用这个点
Chivalry, Chivalrous the promise that we go
那下面我们接着谈之前说的骑士精神
from chivalry to chivalrous, chivalrous, R-O-U-S "Chivalrous"
源自"Chivalry"骑士精神这个词
characteristic of the ideal knight of a Feudal and Renaissance times
它是封建时期和文艺复兴时期一个称职的骑士的特点
according to the modern Romantic tradition
还有现代浪漫主义传统
and a lot of staff we think of this whole period
这整个时期让我们想到的很多东西
really is influenced by the Romantic tradition
其实都深受浪漫主义传统影响
