Extreme polish in England suggests you don't quite have a life; no serious women writers have manicures, for example, although pedicures are acceptable.

在英格兰，极度光鲜亮丽意味着你不太会生活；例如，没有哪个严肃女作家去修手指甲，尽管修脚指甲是可以被人们接受的。

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The issue included articles telling readers that, while it’s acceptable to choose a husband by occupation, “looks shouldn’t matter because they’re not essential to leading a married life.

这类文章用案例告诫读者，如果对方的职业值得选择的话，“外貌并不重要，因为那不是婚姻的基本条件。

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One answer:stretch the average life of nuclear plants, which are emission-free, from theagreed 32 years to a scientifically acceptable 40 (in America their life isalready being stretched to 60 years).

一个途径是：延长零排放的核电站的平均寿命，从已公认的32年延长至科学认证的40年（在美国，他们的寿命已经被延长至60年）。

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But it becomes a much more acceptable part of life when you see it for what it really is.

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For some, embryonic stem cell research requires the taking of a human life, but for others, it represents the acceptable use of cells from very early stage embryos that would never have developed into a person.

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On Dixey's death in 1964, an obituary said "because of her natural dignity and refinement both on the stage and in private life, she played a leading part in making striptease into an acceptable entertainment".

BBC: Row over plaque for stripper Phyllis Dixey on London flats