They see free IVF as something out of Margaret Atwood's best-selling book, The Handmaid's Tale.

他们认为体外人工受孕是玛格丽特·阿特伍德最畅销的书《使女的故事》中的内容。

The Handmaid's Tale was one of the night's major winners.

《使女的故事》成为当晚最大赢家之。

Her novel The Handmaid's Tale was itself nominated for the Booker Prize in 1986.

她的小说《使女的故事》在1986被提名布克奖。

Dorothy Fortenberry is a TV writer. She wrote " The Handmaid's Tale."

多萝西·福滕伯里是名电视编剧。她写了《使女的故事》。

" What is the matter with you, my dear? " she said crossly to the maid who kept her waiting some minutes. " Don't you wish to serve me? Then I'll find you another place."

“您这是怎么啦，小姐，”她怒气冲冲地对来迟几分钟的使女说，“不想干了，还是怎么的？那我可以给您另找地方。”

She asked me what I had been doing with myself during the summer, and with this help I managed to make some conversation till tea was brought in.

她问起我怎样消夏的事。有她提了这个头，我多少也找到些话说，捱到使女端上茶点来。

" I see it, I deduce it. How do I know that you have been getting yourself very wet lately, and that you have a most clumsy and careless servant girl? "

“这是我看出来的，是我推断出来的。否则我怎么知道你最近淋，而且有位最笨手笨脚粗心大意的使女的呢？”

38 " I am the Lord's servant, " Mary answered. " May it be to me as you have said." Then the angel left her.

38 马利亚说、我是主的使女、情愿照你的话成就在我身上。天使就离开他去了。

The two were recognized for their performances in the TV show The Handmaid's Tale and the superhero movie The Avengers.

后者因在电视剧《使女的故事》超级英雄电影《复仇者联盟》中的表演获得了观众认可。

Books removed in Florida include John Green's Looking for Alaska, Colleen Hoover's Hopeless, and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.

佛罗里达州下架的书籍包括约翰·格林的《寻找阿拉斯加》、科琳·胡佛的《绝望》玛格丽特·阿特伍德的《使女的故事》。

Once the training is complete, she goes off to be a Handmaid and live within various households.

旦训练完成，她就会成为使女，住在不同的家庭里。

Her manner suggested to my excited fancy a complete knowledge of the domestic calamity.

也可能是我过于激动，胡乱猜想，我觉得从那使女的神情看，好象她已经完全知道这家人遭遇的不幸了。

I wouldn't say that it is a big part of the story in The Handmaid's Tale.

我不会说这是《使女的故事》中叙述的重要组成部分。

This is what was in The Handmaid's Tale and now it's happened.

这就是《使女的故事》里的情节，现在已经发生了。

It's also the reason why there are strict hierarchical labels, such as Handmaid, Marthas, Wives.

这也是为什么有严格的等级标签，如使女，玛莎，妻子。

The countess was upset by her friend's sorrow and humiliating poverty, and was therefore out of sorts, a state of mind which with her always found expression in calling her maid " my dear" and speaking to her with exaggerated politeness.

伯爵夫人为朋友的贫穷苦恼而难过，逢到这种时候，她总是挖苦使女，用“您”“小姐”称呼她。

56 A servant girl saw him seated there in the firelight. She looked closely at him and said, " This man was with him."

56 有个使女、看见彼得坐在火光里、就定睛看他、说、这个人素来也是同那人伙的。

It returns to the totalitarian state of Gilead some 15 years after the end of The Handmaid's Tale.

在《使女的故事》结束大约15后，故事又重回极权主义国家基列国。

" I am very sorry, ma'am, " answered the maid.

“是我的不是，太太。”使女说。

So firstly, let's explore the world of The Handmaid's Tale.

首先，让我们来探索下《使女的故事》的世界。