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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