Maybe I'd been brainwashed living in Germany all these years, or maybe I was ill informed, but I could scarcely believe my ears, because hardly any of my female friends and acquaintances with young children here in Germany are in a position to pursue a normal career.
或許異鄉生活，幾年下來已被德國人洗腦，也或許是我孤陋寡聞，乍聽之下難以置信。因為週遭熟識的德國女友當中，有小孩又能正常上班的幾乎絕無僅有。