Both the Martians and Venusians forgot that they were from different planets and were supposed to be different. In one morning everything they had learned about their differences was erased from their memory. Without the awareness that we are supposed to be different, men and women are at odds with each other. We usually become angry or frustrated with the opposite sex because we have forgotten this important truth. We expect the opposite sex to be more like ourselves. We desire them to want what we want and feel the way we feel. We mistakenly assume that if our partners love us they will react and behave in certain ways the ways we react and behave when we love someone. 
火星人和金星人都忘了他们来自不同的星球,本来就存在差异。突然,一个早上的时间,他们就全然忘记了他们曾熟知的彼此差异。没有认识到两性原来就有差异,这导致男人和女人之间经常起争执。通常情况下,我们对异性感到气愤或是沮丧是因为我们忘记了这一重要事实。我们期望异性和我们更相像。我们渴望他们和自己有共同的需求和感受。我们错误地假定,如果伴侣爱我们,那他们的行为反应就会跟我们对他们爱意举动和反应一模一样。

1. be supposed to 
应该，应当

2. erase [ɪ'reɪz] 
v.抹去，擦除

3. awareness [ə'weənəs] 
意识，知道，认识

4. be aware of 
意识到，知道，明白

5. at odds 
争执，不一致

6. odd [ɒd] 
adj. 奇数的；古怪的；剩余的；临时的

7. odds 
n. 几率；胜算；不平等；差别

8. frustrated [frʌ'streɪtɪd] 
adj. 失意的，挫败的

9. assume [ə'sjuːm] 
ｖ. 假定，承担

10. behave [bɪ'heɪv] 
v. 表现，举止 
behavior

11. react [rɪ'ækt] 
v. 反应