老外最想聊的100個口語話題（10)：離婚之痛

　　Divorce 離婚之痛

　　dialogue 1

　　M: hello, Deva, how are you?

　　嗨，迪娃，你好嗎?

　　D: can't complain. What about you?

　　還行吧，你呢?

　　M: not bad. Have you heard Wendy divorced her husband?

　　還成。你聽說了嗎?溫迪和她的外國丈夫離婚了。

　　D: I've heard. She looks quite depressed.

　　嗯，聽說了。溫迪看上去悶悶不樂的。

　　M: Yes. They used to be joined at the hip.

　　是啊，他們以前好得如膠似漆。

　　D: I heard they were just married for 5 months.

　　可是我聽說他們結(jié)婚才5個月。

　　M: yes, she said they couldn't communicate well with each other and they often argued over trivial things.

　　是啊，溫迪說他們溝通不好，經(jīng)常為一些小事吵架

　　D: yeah. Mixed marriage is tempting but crisis-ridden.

　　是啊，跨國婚姻雖然很吸引人，但是隱藏著危機。

　　M: you said it. You know, they fall in love at first sight and quickly jumped into marriage.

　　是這樣。他們一見鐘情，然后就草草結(jié)婚。

　　D: maybe they were just attracted to each other but too different to be married.

　　也許當時他們只是互相吸引，但是差別太大，不適合結(jié)婚。

　　M: yeah. We Chinese have quite different lifestyles and values from foreigners.

　　對啊，我們中國人和外國人的生活方式，價值觀念相差太大。

　　D: definitely. That's why many cross-cultural marriages end in divorce.

　　的確如此，所以許多跨國婚姻都以失敗告終。

　　M: we've heard so much about Chinese film stars divorcing foreigners.

　　經(jīng)常聽說某個中國影星和外國人離婚了。

　　D: that's true.Just hope Wendy can recover from the pain of divorce soon.

　　的確。希望溫迪盡快從離婚的陰影中走出來吧。

　　dialogue 2

　　M: Hi, how are you doing?

　　嗨，過得好嗎?

　　D: Everything's great. And you?

　　挺好的，你呢?

　　M: Same here.Havc you seen any new films recently?

　　還老樣子。最近看什么新電影了嗎?

　　D: No, I haven't had a chancc to. But Iire becn watching a Chinese TV scrics called "Chinesc-Style Divoroc.

　　沒有，沒機會去啊。但是我在看一部中國電視連續(xù)劇，叫<中國式離婚》。

　　M: Oh. reajly? I saw it two ycears ago. It's worth sceing and it's thought-provoking.

　　哦，是嗎?我兩年前兢看過'r.值得一看，很啟發(fā)人.

　　D: Yeah. I found it is so close to our life.

　　的確，我覺得很貼近生活.

　　M: It reflects some of our difficulties in this cvcr-changing wodd.

　　反映了我們這個變化莫測的社會中的很多現(xiàn)實問題。

　　D: You said iL You know, the divOrcc rate has been on the risc in recent year.

　　的確.近年來，離婚率不斷增長.

　　M: Well, it's said that a lot of youag people favor getting married quickly which tend cnd quickly too.

　　是啊，現(xiàn)在的年輕人流行閃婚，然后很快婚姻就破裂了.

　　D: I know a couple who divorced a week after gctting married.

　　我認識—對夫妻，他們結(jié)婚后一周筑離婚了。

　　M: Oh, that's too short-lived.

　　那簡直是太曇花一現(xiàn)了.

　　D: That's true. It's said the short-lived marriage is typical of the post -80s' generation.

　　是啊.據(jù)說，短暫的婚姻在“80后”一代中很典型。

　　M: I can't agrcc more. The "only-child- generation in China tends to know littlc about marriage.

　　完全同意.中國的獨生子女一代，不太明白婚姻的含義.

　　D: Defrnitely.Thcy don't take relationsbips and marriages very seriously.

　　的確，他們對待戀愛和婚姻都不那么認真。

　　M: In thcir mind, love is nothing but passion and marriagc is over once the passion is gone.

　　在他們看來，愛情就是激情，激情沒了.婚姻也就結(jié)束了.

　　D: I think, as the sayjpg goes "haste makcs waste- , it is the same with marriage.

　　我認為，欲速則不達，婚姻也是如此。