内容简介

《辣妈潮史》是英国著名的女性小说家波利·威廉姆斯所写的一本畅销小说。文章内容幽默风趣，主要采用人物对话的形式，生动形象。文章主要描写了女主人公产后的一系列生理和心理状态上的变化，无论是感情还是家庭生活都渴望一个全新的自我，寻求着自由的空间，表达了女主人公内心的挣扎和无奈。

《辣妈潮史》第九章主要讲述了艾米带着孩子艾薇和好朋友凯特（也是男主人公乔的前女友）一同去美容院发生的故事。与艾米不同的是，凯特结婚后却迟迟没能怀孕。

有一天，好朋友凯特约好和乔吃午饭，因为乔忙于工作而泡汤，便来到家中看望艾米。之后，凯特答应艾米陪她去美容院去腿毛——“艾米改造计划”的第一步。两人聊及彼此婚姻生活，谈到自己的朋友、工作等等。艾米了解到凯特和丈夫皮特搬往乡下住以后的争吵以及在生孩子的问题上两人不同的见解。谈到乔这个敏感话题，艾米由于之前的酒店预约事件一直对两人有着猜疑，让她和凯特陷入沉寂。艾米去腿毛期间，凯特带着艾薇消失了一会儿，更是虚惊一场，还好最后艾薇平安无事地回来了。

INTRODUCTION

The novel The rise and fall of a yummy mummy is written by the journalist Polly Williams who is a celebrated English female writer. In this novel, the writer talks about the new transformation and adaptation of a new mother Amy. After getting a baby, she is confronted with a load of struggles to fit back into her old self. Six months after her baby’s birth, Amy still looks pregnant and can’t remember the last time she got a wax. And she suspects her boyfriend of cheating her. Amy is in crisis. With the supervision of her friend---Alice, she makes efforts to find a new life.

My task is to translate chapter 9 of this novel into correct Chinese in terms of content, ideals, style and cultural differences. In this chapter, Kate accompanied Amy to the local beauty salon. To get waxed was the first step of Amy’s project which had been recommended by Alice. During the period of a leg wax, Amy and Kate talked about their personal life in many aspects including baby, marriage, friends, work, and so on.