在现代社会，女子要得到男士青睐，除了要温柔、知书达理外，还需要具备很多别的优点。男人们心中理想的女人应该是，受过良好教育、风趣、心理和经济都很独立，等等。可现在的问题是，有多少男人配得上如此高淑商(gentlewoman quotient)的女子呢?

Here are 10 traits that make up a perfect gentlewoman:

以下是构成完美淑女的十个条件：

1. Being beautiful and virtuous—a basic requirement for all gentlewomen.

1.美丽贤惠——古今淑女的基本条件。

2. Being independent and having her own ideas, which may save tons of trouble for men.

2.独立有主见，省去男人为其事事操心的麻烦。

3. Being humorous, not keeping a straight face while everyone else is laughing at a joke.

3.富有幽默感，不会在开玩笑时板着脸。

4. Being capable of adjusting herself to various circumstances and undergoing blows from life.

4.有较强的适应能力，能遭受现代生活的种种打击。

5. Having an attractive and warm appearance, with an adorable smile.

5.既有靓丽甚至惹火的外表，也有可爱的微笑。

6. Being able to maintain the balance between work and family.

6.能掌握好事业与家庭的平衡。

7. Having a driver’s license, a valid passport and a blog of her own.

7.有一张驾照，一本有效私人护照。有自己的博客地址。

8. Enjoying her native culture and fondness for her mother tongue, at the same time, being capable of speaking at least two foreign languages.

8.喜欢自己的母语文化，但至少掌握两门外语。

9. Owning a certain amount of products from international brands, such as Chanel perfume or Dior cosmetics.

9.拥有一两件或者更多国际品牌的东西——比如香奈儿香水、迪奥化妆品等。

10. Having her private space and wealth regardless of whether she will get married.

10.无论是否走进婚姻，都有属于自己的私密时空和财富。