地道美语听力播客886：婆婆的意见

马克：谁打的电话?

Carla: It was your mother – again. She wanted to give me another piece of unsolicited advice about housekeeping. She’s called five times this week already.

卡拉：又是你妈!她想在家务方面再给我一条不切实际的建议。这个礼拜

Marc: She’s just trying to be helpful.

马克：她只是想帮上点忙

Carla: I wish she’d do it without being so critical. I feel like she enjoys finding fault with everything I do.

卡拉：我希望她帮忙的时候不要这么挑剔。我觉得她很乐意在我做的事情上找茬。

Marc: She’s a little overeager to help, that’s all. Don’t think of it as her interfering. Think of it as her giving you support. She isn’t like your mother.

马克：这就是她只是太想帮忙了。不要总觉得她干涉你。当她在支持你。她跟你妈终究不一样的。

Carla: What do you mean?

卡拉：你什么意思?

Marc: What do I mean?! She’s constantly giving me advice on how to be a better husband.

马克：我什么意思?她一直给我建议告诉我应该怎么做一个更好的丈夫。

Carla: Well, we just got married and she wants our marriage to be the best it can be.

卡拉：好吧，我们还是新婚，她就想让我们的婚姻达到最好。

Marc: I know, but your mother has a really sharp tongue and she doesn’t hold back. She butts in whenever I’m trying to do something to tell me how to do it better.

马克：我知道，但是你妈妈对我说话从不客气而且毫不收敛。她对我做的每一件事都插手，告诉我该怎么做。

Carla: Just like your mother, she’s only trying to help.

卡拉：跟你妈一样，我妈只是想帮忙。

Marc: With her constant sarcastic comments?

马克：用她持续不断刻薄的话帮我?

Carla: That’s just her sense of humor. She doesn’t mean anything by it. She likes you.

卡拉：这只是她的幽默所在。她这样说没有别的意思。她喜欢你。

Marc: She has a strange way of showing it.

马克：那她表达的方式太奇怪了。

Carla: All of this talk about mothers-in-law is getting our blood up. At this rate, we won’t be able to follow the best piece of marriage advice we’ve received so far.

卡拉：谈论婆婆和丈母娘的事情使我们感到生气了。照这样下去，我们就不能实行到目前为止收到的好的建议了。

Carla: Don’t go to bed angry.

卡拉：别生气。

Marc: Who’s angry?

马克：谁生气了?