和老外聊天的地道口語第15期:中國式離婚

M: hi, how are you doing?
D: everything's great. And you?
M: same here. Have you seen any new films recently?
D: no, I haven't had a chance to. But I've been watching a Chinese TV series called "Chinese-Style Divorce."
M: oh, really? I saw it two years ago. It's worth seeing and it's thought-provoking.
D: yeah. I found it is so close to our life.
M: it reflects some of our difficulties in this ever-changing world.
D: you said it. You know, the divorce rate has been on the rise in recent years.
M: well, it's said that a lot of young people favor getting married quickly which tend end quickly too.
D: I know a couple who divorced a week after getting married.
M: oh, that's too short-lived.
D: that's true. It's said the short-lived marriage is typical of the "post-80s" generation.
M: I can't agree more. The "only-child" generation in China tends to know little about marriage.
D: definitely. They don't take Relationships and marriages very seriously.
M: in their mind, love is nothing but passion and marriage is over once the passion is gone.
D: I think, as the saying goes "haste makes waste", it is the same thing with marriage.

嗨，過得好嗎？
挺好的，你呢？
還老樣子。最近看什麼新電影了嗎？
沒有，沒機會去啊。但是我在看一部中國電視連續劇，叫《中國式離婚》。
哦，是嗎？我兩年前就看過了。值得一看，很啓發人。
的確，我覺得很貼近生活。
反映了我們這個變化莫測的社會中的很多現實的問題。
的確。近年來，離婚率不斷增長。
是啊，現在的年輕人流行閃婚，然後很快婚姻就破裂了。
我認識一對夫妻，他們結婚後一週就離婚了。
那簡直是太曇花一現了。
是啊，據說，短暫的婚姻在80後一代很典型。
完全同意。中國的獨生子女一代，不太明白婚姻的含義。
的確，他們對待戀愛和婚姻都不那麼認真。
在他們看來，愛情就是激情，激情沒了，婚姻也就結束了。
我認爲，“欲速則不達”，婚姻也是如此。

Chance 機會

Reflect 反映
That choice reflects your good taste.
那選擇反映了你的高雅品味.

Typical 典型的
It was typical of him to be so merciless.
只有他纔會這麼冷酷無情.
This painting is typical of his early work.
這幅畫是他早期的代表作.

Relationship 強烈的感情關係

Favor 贊同
We favor John's plan.
我們贊成約翰的計劃.

Passion 激情
They sang with great passion.
他們滿懷激情地歌唱.

Cherish 珍惜
They cherished the child as one of their own.
他們把這孩子當作自己親生子女一般.

Thought-provoking 引人深思的

Ever-changing 變化莫測的

Divorce rate 離婚率

On the rise 不斷增長
But this week, a report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation offered new evidence that violent crime may be on the rise.
然而本週,美國聯邦調查局的一份報告提供新的證據,該份證據表明暴力犯罪率可能正在上升.

Short-lived marriage 短暫的婚姻

Nothing but 只不過;只有
It is nothing but a joke.
這不過是開開玩笑而已.
Nothing but a miracle can save her life.
只有奇蹟才能挽救她的生命.

Haste makes waste 欲速則不達

Ex-marital affairs often kill a marriage.
婚外情會破壞婚姻.
kill: to destroy or spoil sth or make it stop 毀滅,破壞,扼殺,使停止
Do you agree that television kills conversation?
電視扼殺人與人之間的交談,這種說法你同意嗎?

Couples with children who intend to divorce should think twice before they make the move.
有孩子的夫妻,離婚前應該三思而後行.

Divorce is never easy. The pain and loss to family members are immeasurable.
離婚絕非易事.離婚給家庭成員帶來的傷痛是無法估計的.

Divorce is a traumatic experience and not something that happens overnight.
離婚很痛苦,不是一兩天的事.

To dull the shock and pain, some turn to alcohol and drugs.
爲了撫平傷痛,與多人開始酗酒和抽菸.
dull: (of pain or an emotion) to become or be made weaker or less severe 減輕
The tablets they gave him dulled the pain for a while.
他們給他的藥片暫時緩解了疼痛.