輕松英語(yǔ)之旅24:經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退致使離婚率下降
[00:16.11]雙語(yǔ)新聞
[00:21.52]Financial woes often drive couples apart
[00:24.24]but the current recession seems to
[00:26.27]be having the opposite effect,
[00:28.45]with less couples able to afford
[00:30.75]the cost of a divorce.
[00:38.03]財(cái)務(wù)狀況惡化經(jīng)常會(huì)讓夫婦分離，
[00:41.12]但目前的經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退似乎起了反作用，
[00:44.12]因?yàn)殡x婚的人反而少了。
[00:46.45]原因在于有些人實(shí)在太窮了，
[00:48.39]想離都離不起。
[01:02.19]即時(shí)講解
[01:04.82]對(duì)于美國(guó)人來(lái)說(shuō)，
[01:06.04]結(jié)婚對(duì)于很多人來(lái)說(shuō)可能就是尋找一個(gè)玩伴，
[01:08.52]或說(shuō)找一個(gè)人來(lái)一起享樂，
[01:10.80]但兩人都囊中羞澀時(shí)，
[01:12.62]分開似乎是一個(gè)不錯(cuò)的選擇。
[01:15.19]不過(guò)，窮到離婚都離不起，
[01:17.42]那不能不說(shuō)是一種痛苦了，
[01:19.70]就如今天報(bào)道中的一個(gè)詞woe，
[01:22.68]woe的英語(yǔ)意義是Deep distress or misery，
[01:26.63]"深深的苦惱與不幸"。
[01:28.90]woe這個(gè)詞平時(shí)用得不多，
[01:31.35]意思其實(shí)與suffering比較接近，
[01:34.28]看兩個(gè)例子，He told a tale of woe.
[01:37.97]"他講了一個(gè)不幸的故事";
[01:40.34]You need to forget your woes for a while
[01:43.97]and go out to have some fun.
[01:46.25]"你暫時(shí)需要放下這些悲傷的事情，出去找點(diǎn)樂子"。
[01:50.40]對(duì)于這些想離但又離不起的人們來(lái)說(shuō)，
[01:53.63]他們要做的是在damaged marriages"已破損的婚姻"和
[01:58.07]tight budgets"緊縮的預(yù)算"之間作出出決擇。
[02:02.13]我想，在TA們作出決定時(shí)，
[02:04.10]心中可能會(huì)默念這幾天曝光率極高的一句話：
[02:07.70]This is it!
[02:13.96]原文重聽
[02:15.78]Financial woes often drive couples apart
[02:18.61]but the current recession seems to
[02:20.49]be having the opposite effect,
[02:22.66]with less couples able to afford
[02:25.20]the cost of a divorce.
