今天的这段对话，在讨论跨国婚姻，
 
跨国婚姻虽然吸引人，但隐藏了哪些危机
 
来听今天的讲解:
 
A: hello, Deva, how are you?
 
嗨，迪娃，你好吗？
 
B: can't complain. What about you?
 
还行吧，你呢？
 
A: not bad. Have you heard Wendy divorced her husband?
 
还成。你听说了吗？温迪和她的外国丈夫离婚了。
 
B: I've heard. She looks quite depressed.
 
嗯，听说了。温迪看上去闷闷不乐的。
 
A: Yes. They used to be joined at the hip.
 
是啊，他们以前好得如胶似漆。
 
B: I heard they were just married for 5 months.
 
可是我听说他们结婚才5个月。
 
A: yes, she said they couldn't communicate well with each other and they often argued over trivial things.
 
是啊，温迪说他们沟通不好，经常为一些小事吵架。
 
B: yeah. Mixed marriage is tempting but crisis-ridden.
 
是啊，跨国婚姻虽然很吸引人，但是隐藏着危机。
 
A: you said it. You know, they fall in love at first sight and quickly jumped into marriage.
 
你说的。你知道，他们一见钟情，很快就结婚了。
 
B: maybe they were just attracted to each other but too different to be married.
 
也许当时他们只是互相吸引，但是差别太大，不适合结婚。
 
A: yeah. We Chinese have quite different lifestyles and values from foreigners.
 
对啊，我们中国人和外国人的生活方式，价值观念相差太大。
 
B: definitely. That's why many cross-cultural marriages end in divorce.
 
的确如此，所以许多跨国婚姻都以失败告终。
 
A: we've heard so much about Chinese film stars divorcing foreigners.
 
经常听说某个中国影星和外国人离婚了。
 
B: that's true.Just hope Wendy can recover from the pain of divorce soon.
 
的确。希望温迪尽快从离婚的阴影中走出来吧。