一. 精华词语

1. Due date 预产期

2. pediatrician n. 小儿科医师

3. dissertation n 博士学位论文；专题论文（长而正式的论文）；学位论文 【记】dissert（vi 论述）

4. dissect v 解剖；仔细检查、分析或详细评论＝analyze

5. discrepancy [dɪsˈkrepənsɪ] n. 相差；差异；矛盾

6. back and forth 反复地，来回地

7. lopsided adj 倾向一方的；不平衡的 【记】lop（v 砍伐；v 下垂）

8. epilogue n 收场白（戏剧结束后对观众说的道白或短诗）；尾声（文学作品结束时简短的关于作品人物的未来的附加性或总结性章节）

9. cafeteria [ˌkæfɪˈtɪərɪə] n. 自助食堂

10. collaborative adj. 合作的,协作的,协力完成的

二. 经典语句

1.No wonder when asked at a conference what men could do to help advance women’s leadership, Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter answered, “The laundry.”13 Tasks like laundry, food shopping, cleaning, and cooking are mundane and mandatory.

三. 读后感

As the author said, the single most important career decision that a woman makes is whether she will have a life partner and who that partner is. How to keep balance between life and work is a longtime course for both wife and husband. We women do the things we can do and men should assist partners to do the housework that they can do.