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What do women really want?

女人最想要的是什么?

Young King Arthur was ambushed and imprisoned by the monarch of a neighboring kingdom. The monarch could have killed him, but was moved by Arthur’s youthful happiness. So he offered him freedom, as long as he could answer a very difficult question. Arthur would have a year to figure out the answer; if, after a year, he still had no answer, he would be killed.

國王亞瑟被俘，本應被處死，但對方國王見他年輕樂觀，十分欣賞，他要求亞瑟回答一個十分難的問題，答出來就可以得到自由。

The question was: What do women really want?

這個問題就是：“女人真正想要的是什么?”

Such a question would perplex even the most knowledgeable man, and, to young Arthur, it seemed an impossible query. Well, since it was better than death, he accepted the monarch’s proposition to have an answer by year’s end. He returned to his kingdom and began to poll everybody: the princess, the prostitutes, the priests, the wise men, the court jester. In all, he spoke with everyone but no one could give him a satisfactory answer.

這樣的問題甚至能難倒最有見識的男人。對年輕的阿瑟來說，這個問題似乎是不可解答的。但選擇回答總比死好。于是阿瑟接受了君主的提議，答應一年后給出答案。于是，阿瑟回到自己的國家，并開始向每個人征詢答案，他問了了公主、妓女、牧師、智者，還有法官和小丑。他問了每個人這個問題，但是沒有人能給他一個滿意的答案。

What most people did tell him was to consult the old witch, as only she would know the answer. The price would be high, since the witch was famous throughout the kingdom for the exorbitant prices she charged.

有人告訴亞瑟，郊外的陰森城堡里住著一個老女巫，據(jù)說她無所不知，但收費高昂，且要求離奇。

The last day of the year arrived and Arthur had no alter native but to talk to the witch. She agreed to answer his question, but he’d have to accept her price first: The old witch wanted to marry Gawain, the most noble of the Knights of the Round Table and Arthur’s closest friend!

期限馬上就要到了，亞瑟別無選擇，只好去找女巫。女巫答應回答他的問題，但條件是，要和亞瑟最高貴的圓桌騎士之一，他最親近的朋友——嘉文——結婚。