情景会话口袋书人际篇54:离婚(1)(在线收听

   1. I'm going to divorce my wife.

  我要和我妻子离婚了。
  还能这样说:
  My wife and I will get divorced.
  My wife and I have decided to break our marriage.
  应用解析:
  be divroced from/divorce oneself from 与……离婚;脱离;与……分开
  2. Marriage is compared to a cage fro me.
  对于我来说婚姻就是牢笼。
  还能这样说:
  I am always controlled since marriage.
  For me, once married, I am caught in a trap.
  应用解析:
  compared with 和……比较起来;
  beyond compare 无与伦比的,不可及的;
  not to be compared with 相差极远,远不如;
  compare to 比拟,比作
  3. After two years of marriage, they are divorcing.
  他们结婚刚两年,现在正在闹离婚。
  还能这样说:
  They are calling it quits after two years of marriage.
  They are getting divorced after two-year marriage.
  谚语:
  There are no birds of this year in last year's nest.
  年年岁岁花相似,岁岁年年人不同。
  4. She got a divorce from him last week.
  她上周和他离了婚。
  还能这样说:
  Their marriage ended in divorce last week.
  They ended their marriage last week.
  谚语:
  Something you get as the product of making something else.
  有心栽花花不开,无心插柳柳成荫。
  5. My wife's a two-timer.
  我妻子对我不忠。
  还能这样说:
  My wife is unfaithful to me.
  My wife is disloyal to me.
  谚语:
  Time and tide wait for no man.
  岁月不待人。
  6. We just can't get along.
  我们感情不和。
  还能这样说:
  We are on the outs these days.
  My wife and I do not agree with each other.
  应用解析:
  affair of love 私通;
  affair of the heart 恋爱事件;
  current affairs 时事,新闻;
  domestic affairs 内政,家事
  7. I'm separated from my wife.
  我和我妻子分居了。
  还能这样说:
  We are living separately right now.
  I am estranged from my wife now.
  谚语:
  Never judge from appearances.
  不可以貌取人。
  8. It's not my fault in the breakdwon of the marriage.
  婚姻破裂不是我的错。
  还能这样说:
  I am not the person who is to be blamed for the falling apart of the marriage.
  It is not me who caused the break-up of the marriage.
  谚语:
  A fault confessed is half redressed.
  肯认错就改正了一半。
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